The first table below looks at the demand for HND in IT jobs advertised for the North West region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited HND over the 3 months to 20 June 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 North West region.

Location
3 months to
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Higher National Diploma (HND)
Rank 238 218 203
Rank change year-on-year
-20 -15
Permanent jobs citing HND 7 30 34
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 0.094% 0.417% 0.486%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.400% 1.662% 2.069%
Number of salaries quoted 5 27 31
Average salary £23,980 £35,000 £22,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-31.48% +55.55%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,050 £18,000 £18,000
10% offered a salary of more than £35,250 £40,000 £35,000
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £35,000 £30,000
% change year-on-year
-7.14% +16.66%
All Qualifications
North West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
1752 1805 1643
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 23.58% 25.11% 23.48%
Number of salaries quoted 1453 1559 1439
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 £23,500 £22,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £57,500 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
HND
England

HND
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West 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 North West region.

North West HND Salary Trend

HND
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing HND across the North West region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013.

North West HND Salary Histogram

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 North West region over the 3 months to 20 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Merseyside +17 3 £23,980 -6.41% 1
Manchester -33 3 £30,000 -7.69% 8
Cheshire +12 2 £23,980 -31.48% 2
HND
England

HND
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the North West 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 14 (60.87%) Degree
2 7 (30.43%) Retail
2 7 (30.43%) C
2 7 (30.43%) Java
2 7 (30.43%) UNIX
2 7 (30.43%) jQuery
3 6 (26.09%) J2EE
3 6 (26.09%) EJB
4 5 (21.74%) TCP/IP
4 5 (21.74%) Hibernate
4 5 (21.74%) Scrum
4 5 (21.74%) Subversion
4 5 (21.74%) Spring
4 5 (21.74%) Oracle
4 5 (21.74%) SQL Server
4 5 (21.74%) VSS/SourceSafe
4 5 (21.74%) Swing
4 5 (21.74%) Linux
4 5 (21.74%) Oracle 10g
4 5 (21.74%) EJB 3.0
4 5 (21.74%) BDD
4 5 (21.74%) Embedded Systems
4 5 (21.74%) JIRA
4 5 (21.74%) TDD
4 5 (21.74%) SCADA
4 5 (21.74%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
4 5 (21.74%) Use Case
5 4 (17.39%) Military
5 4 (17.39%) HNC
5 4 (17.39%) C++

HND
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the North West 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 7 (30.43%) jQuery
2 6 (26.09%) J2EE
2 6 (26.09%) EJB
3 5 (21.74%) Hibernate
3 5 (21.74%) Spring
3 5 (21.74%) Swing
3 5 (21.74%) EJB 3.0
4 2 (8.696%) FFmpeg
4 2 (8.696%) .NET
4 2 (8.696%) XHTML
4 2 (8.696%) CSS
4 2 (8.696%) JNI
5 1 (4.348%) Web Services
5 1 (4.348%) XML
5 1 (4.348%) ASP.NET
5 1 (4.348%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 1 (4.348%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 2 (8.696%) MS Excel
1 2 (8.696%) AutoCAD
2 1 (4.348%) Pro/ENGINEER
Communications & Networking
1 5 (21.74%) TCP/IP
2 3 (13.04%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (21.74%) SQL Server
1 5 (21.74%) Oracle 10g
Development Applications
1 5 (21.74%) Subversion
1 5 (21.74%) VSS/SourceSafe
1 5 (21.74%) JIRA
General
1 7 (30.43%) Retail
2 4 (17.39%) Military
2 4 (17.39%) Finance
3 3 (13.04%) Manufacturing
3 3 (13.04%) Electronics
4 1 (4.348%) Pharmaceutical
4 1 (4.348%) Telecoms
4 1 (4.348%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 10 (43.48%) Developer
2 7 (30.43%) Software Engineer
3 6 (26.09%) Software Developer
4 5 (21.74%) Java Developer
4 5 (21.74%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 5 (21.74%) Java/J2EE Developer
4 5 (21.74%) Java Software Developer
5 4 (17.39%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
5 4 (17.39%) Senior Software Engineer
6 2 (8.696%) Senior Developer
6 2 (8.696%) Analyst
6 2 (8.696%) PHP Developer
7 1 (4.348%) Senior Java Developer
7 1 (4.348%) Senior Analyst Developer
7 1 (4.348%) Communications Engineer
7 1 (4.348%) Help Desk Support
7 1 (4.348%) Web Designer
7 1 (4.348%) Analyst Developer
7 1 (4.348%) IT Support Analyst
7 1 (4.348%) Project Support Officer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (21.74%) Embedded Systems
1 5 (21.74%) SCADA
1 5 (21.74%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
2 3 (13.04%) Mathematics
3 2 (8.696%) Computer Science
3 2 (8.696%) Mobile App
3 2 (8.696%) Digital Media
4 1 (4.348%) Smartcard
4 1 (4.348%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (4.348%) Mechatronics
Operating Systems
1 7 (30.43%) UNIX
2 5 (21.74%) Linux
3 3 (13.04%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (21.74%) Scrum
1 5 (21.74%) BDD
1 5 (21.74%) TDD
1 5 (21.74%) Use Case
2 3 (13.04%) OO
2 3 (13.04%) Software Engineering
3 2 (8.696%) Embedded Software Development
4 1 (4.348%) Automated Testing
4 1 (4.348%) Project Management
4 1 (4.348%) ITIL
4 1 (4.348%) PRINCE2
4 1 (4.348%) CAD
4 1 (4.348%) ITIL V3
4 1 (4.348%) Unit Testing
4 1 (4.348%) Integration Testing
4 1 (4.348%) Technical Architecture
Programming Languages
1 7 (30.43%) C
1 7 (30.43%) Java
2 4 (17.39%) C++
3 3 (13.04%) JavaScript
3 3 (13.04%) Embedded C
4 2 (8.696%) PHP
4 2 (8.696%) C#
5 1 (4.348%) SQL
5 1 (4.348%) VB.NET
5 1 (4.348%) VBA
Qualifications
1 14 (60.87%) Degree
2 4 (17.39%) HNC
3 3 (13.04%) BC Cleared
3 3 (13.04%) Security Cleared
4 1 (4.348%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.348%) QA
Vendors
1 5 (21.74%) Oracle
2 1 (4.348%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.348%) SolidWorks
2 1 (4.348%) EMC
Manchester, North West
An exciting permanent opportunity has opened up with a company at the forefront ofUKengineering. My client deals with large blue-chip customers on a national level delivering solutions...
Progressive Recruitment
Salary: £40000 - £55000 per annum
Posted: 10 June 2013
Manchester, North West
I am currently recruting for a very exciting permanent opportunity with one of my key clients, they are one of the UK's leading engineering solution providers... They...
Progressive Recruitment
Salary: £45 - £55 per annum
Posted: 17 June 2013
Crewe, Cheshire
The main purpose of the position is the management of the Engineering Department, including new product introduction, continuous improvement, drawing change control, lean manufacturing principles, jigs and fixtures...
Capita Resourcing - IT Resourcing
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 17 June 2013
Cumbria, North West
Experienced with the use of 3D CAD systems, preferably Solid Works but ProE, Inventor or similar would be considered. *Experienced with the use of Microsoft Office products (Word,...
Progressive Recruitment
Posted: 5 June 2013
Stockport, Cheshire
SQL Server and MySQL... HND, preferably degree educated, in a related subject. Preferably OCP certified... Proven demonstrable experience of implementing and supporting database backup and recovery strategies (preferably...
AATOM Recruitment
Salary: Up to £40,000 per annum
Posted: 14 June 2013
CREWE, North West
Provisio Solutions
Salary: £40,000 per year
Posted: 14 June 2013
North West
Touchpoint Resource
Salary: From £35,000 to £45,000 per annum
Posted: 19 June 2013
Stockport, Cheshire
Net Recruit.co.uk Ltd
Salary: £Competitive
Posted: 17 June 2013
Stockport, Cheshire, North West
Net Recruit.co.uk Ltd
Salary: GBP Competitive
Posted: 17 June 2013
Stockport, Cheshire, North West
Net Recruit.co.uk Ltd
Salary: Competitive salary
Posted: 17 June 2013
Stockport, Cheshire
Net Recruit.co.uk Ltd
Salary: Competitive salary
Posted: 17 June 2013
Stockport, Cheshire
Jam Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £28000 - £30000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 17 June 2013
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