The first table below looks at the demand for HND in IT jobs advertised for the Manchester region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited HND over the 3 months to 21 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Qualifications for the Manchester region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Higher National Diploma (HND)
Rank 186 150 152
Rank change year-on-year
-36 +2
Permanent jobs citing HND 3 26 24
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester 0.073% 0.714% 0.616%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.284% 3.006% 2.422%
Number of salaries quoted 2 21 22
Average salary £31,500 £22,500 £18,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+40.00% +25.00%
UK excluding London average salary £30,500 £35,000 £31,400
% change year-on-year
-12.85% +11.46%
All Qualifications
Manchester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
1058 865 991
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester 25.82% 23.76% 25.42%
Number of salaries quoted 908 722 880
Average salary £37,500 £35,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.14% -
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £23,000 £22,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £60,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
HND
North West

HND
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing HND across the Manchester region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

Manchester HND Jobs Demand Trend

HND
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing HND across the Manchester region.

Manchester HND Salary Trend

HND
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing HND within the Manchester region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Bolton - 1 £33,000 -
Bury - 1 £30,000 -
HND
North West

HND
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Manchester region citing HND also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited HND.

1 5 (45.45%) HNC
1 5 (45.45%) Degree
2 4 (36.36%) Project Management
2 4 (36.36%) UNIX
3 3 (27.27%) Windows
3 3 (27.27%) OO
3 3 (27.27%) Oracle Reports
3 3 (27.27%) Oracle
3 3 (27.27%) Crystal Reports
3 3 (27.27%) MS Office
3 3 (27.27%) PL/SQL
3 3 (27.27%) SQL
3 3 (27.27%) ISO 9000
3 3 (27.27%) Software Testing
4 2 (18.18%) C#
4 2 (18.18%) C++
4 2 (18.18%) J2EE
5 1 (9.091%) C
5 1 (9.091%) VB
5 1 (9.091%) .NET
5 1 (9.091%) ASP.NET
5 1 (9.091%) EJB
5 1 (9.091%) Web Services
5 1 (9.091%) MS Excel
5 1 (9.091%) PRINCE2
5 1 (9.091%) Smartcard
5 1 (9.091%) CAD
5 1 (9.091%) AutoCAD
5 1 (9.091%) SolidWorks
5 1 (9.091%) Pro/ENGINEER

HND
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Manchester region citing HND also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited HND. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (18.18%) J2EE
2 1 (9.091%) .NET
2 1 (9.091%) ASP.NET
2 1 (9.091%) EJB
2 1 (9.091%) Web Services
Applications
1 3 (27.27%) MS Office
2 1 (9.091%) MS Excel
2 1 (9.091%) AutoCAD
2 1 (9.091%) Pro/ENGINEER
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (27.27%) Oracle Reports
1 3 (27.27%) Crystal Reports
Job Titles
1 3 (27.27%) Project Manager
1 3 (27.27%) Developer
1 3 (27.27%) Analyst
1 3 (27.27%) Support Analyst
1 3 (27.27%) Software Support Analyst
2 2 (18.18%) Software Developer
3 1 (9.091%) C++ Developer
3 1 (9.091%) Project Support Officer
3 1 (9.091%) C++ Software Developer
3 1 (9.091%) Applications Developer
3 1 (9.091%) Project Officer
3 1 (9.091%) CAD Technician
3 1 (9.091%) CAD Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (9.091%) Smartcard
1 1 (9.091%) Mathematics
1 1 (9.091%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 4 (36.36%) UNIX
2 3 (27.27%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (36.36%) Project Management
2 3 (27.27%) OO
2 3 (27.27%) Software Testing
3 1 (9.091%) PRINCE2
3 1 (9.091%) CAD
3 1 (9.091%) Technical Architecture
3 1 (9.091%) Automated Testing
3 1 (9.091%) Unit Testing
3 1 (9.091%) Integration Testing
Programming Languages
1 3 (27.27%) PL/SQL
1 3 (27.27%) SQL
2 2 (18.18%) C#
2 2 (18.18%) C++
3 1 (9.091%) C
3 1 (9.091%) VB
Qualifications
1 5 (45.45%) HNC
1 5 (45.45%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (27.27%) ISO 9000
2 1 (9.091%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (27.27%) Oracle
2 1 (9.091%) SolidWorks
Bury, North West
You will also assist with testing, fault-finding, installation and commissioning as required.Other responsibilities will include providing technical support and consultancy to users internally and externally, and...
Bluefire Consulting
Salary: £30000 - £36000 per annum + 25 days holidays + public hols
Posted: 18 May 2013
Bury, Lancashire
You will also be tasked with the continuous improvement of the company's electrical systems through proactive research of new technologies and successfully implementing these with existing processes.....
Bluefire Consulting
Salary: £30000 - £36000 per annum + 25 days holidays + public hols
Posted: 17 May 2013
Oldham, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom, North...
Maximising the uptime of Bedside Units and therefore the availability of the system to customers.RESPONSIBILITIES: a) Maximising the uptime (technical availability to customers) of the Bedside Unit...
Easy Web Recruitment
Salary: £20,000 + £2,500 Travel
Posted: 20 May 2013
Oldham, Lancashire
Server and PC hardware/software in a Microsoft/Linux networking environment. - Analogue and digital/VOIP telephone networks. - TCP/IP network fundamentals including working with Windows software configurations... DESIRABLE...
EasyWebRecruitment.com
Salary: £20,000 + £2,500 Travel
Posted: 15 May 2013
Stockport, Cheshire
SQL Server and MySQL... Dimensions & Limits Of Authority of Oracle Database Administrator... Qualifications for Oracle Database Administrator. - HND, preferably degree educated, in a related subject. - Preferably OCP certified...
Net Recruit.co.uk Ltd
Salary: £ Competitive
Posted: 15 May 2013
Stockport, Cheshire, North West
Position: Oracle Database AdministratorLocation: Stockport, CheshireSalary: £ CompetitiveThe Company:CDL is a leading supplier of software solutions to the UK insurance sector, providing our clients with the competitive edge...
Net Recruit.co.uk Ltd
Salary: GBP Competitive
Posted: 16 May 2013
Norwich, Norfolk - commutable Great Yarmouth, King...
You will have a HND / HNC in an engineering discipline, or equivalent, and extensive knowledge of relevant design software such as AutoCAD, Pro Engineer, Wildfire, Creo or Solidworks.
Networx Recruitment
Salary: £30,000 plus OTE
Posted: 8 May 2013