HND Jobs in Scotland

Higher National Diploma (HND)
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for HND qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 264 218 225
Rank change year-on-year -46 +7 -51
Permanent jobs citing HND 20 3 21
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 0.30% 0.063% 0.37%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.60% 0.22% 1.41%
Number of salaries quoted 15 2 16
10th Percentile £28,250 - £25,000
25th Percentile £29,500 £39,250 £28,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,202 £40,500 £34,012
Median % change year-on-year +4.20% +19.08% +31.70%
75th Percentile £45,662 £41,750 £40,606
90th Percentile £54,059 - -
UK median annual salary £42,500 £46,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -7.61% +8.24% +6.25%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Scotland

HND is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1,247 1,368 1,493
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 18.57% 28.88% 26.16%
Number of salaries quoted 557 413 509
10th Percentile £26,700 £29,000 £25,925
25th Percentile £34,000 £39,294 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £54,882 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.90% +21.96% -
75th Percentile £62,880 £69,649 £60,000
90th Percentile £78,000 £77,715 £81,500
UK median annual salary £54,000 £58,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -6.90% +5.45% -

HND
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing HND as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for HND in Scotland

HND
Salary Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing HND in Scotland.

Salary trend for HND in Scotland

HND
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing HND in Scotland over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for HND in Scotland

HND
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing HND within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Glasgow - 8 £42,202 - 14
Aberdeen - 4 - - 17
East Ayrshire - 3 £29,500 - 1
East Lothian - 1 - -
Fife - 1 £42,500 - 4
Renfrewshire - 1 £28,921 -
HND
UK

HND
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Applications
1 3 (15.00%) AutoCAD
1 3 (15.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (5.00%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 6 (30.00%) Azure
2 3 (15.00%) AWS
2 3 (15.00%) Azure Cosmos DB
2 3 (15.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (15.00%) LAN
1 3 (15.00%) Remote Desktop
1 3 (15.00%) VLAN
1 3 (15.00%) WAN
1 3 (15.00%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (15.00%) Azure SQL Database
1 3 (15.00%) Ingres
1 3 (15.00%) SQL Server
General
1 6 (30.00%) Analytical Skills
1 6 (30.00%) Public Sector
1 6 (30.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (15.00%) Finance
3 2 (10.00%) Presentation Skills
3 2 (10.00%) Retail
4 1 (5.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (5.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 7 (35.00%) Analyst
1 7 (35.00%) Project Manager
2 3 (15.00%) Database Engineer
2 3 (15.00%) Platform Engineer
2 3 (15.00%) Support Analyst
2 3 (15.00%) Technical Analyst
2 3 (15.00%) Technical Support
2 3 (15.00%) Technical Support Analyst
3 2 (10.00%) Business Analyst
3 2 (10.00%) Service Analyst
3 2 (10.00%) Service Desk Analyst
4 1 (5.00%) Coordinator
4 1 (5.00%) Quality Engineer
4 1 (5.00%) Security Officer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (20.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (5.00%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 3 (15.00%) Linux
1 3 (15.00%) Unix
1 3 (15.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (45.00%) Project Management
2 6 (30.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 6 (30.00%) Customer Requirements
2 6 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (30.00%) Project Delivery
2 6 (30.00%) Root Cause Analysis
2 6 (30.00%) Service Delivery
3 5 (25.00%) Agile
3 5 (25.00%) Customer Service
4 4 (20.00%) Customer Experience
5 3 (15.00%) Coaching
5 3 (15.00%) Critical Thinking
5 3 (15.00%) Innovative Thinking
5 3 (15.00%) Knowledge Transfer
5 3 (15.00%) Platform Engineering
5 3 (15.00%) Proactive Monitoring
5 3 (15.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (15.00%) Task Automation
6 2 (10.00%) Business Analysis
6 2 (10.00%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (15.00%) Bash
1 3 (15.00%) PowerShell
1 3 (15.00%) Python
1 3 (15.00%) SQL
1 3 (15.00%) T-SQL
2 1 (5.00%) C
Qualifications
1 5 (25.00%) Degree
2 3 (15.00%) HNC
3 1 (5.00%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (15.00%) Disclosure Scotland
2 2 (10.00%) COSHH
2 2 (10.00%) SLA
3 1 (5.00%) Data Quality
3 1 (5.00%) ISO 13485
3 1 (5.00%) ISO 9001
3 1 (5.00%) QA
System Software
1 6 (30.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (15.00%) Hyper-V
Vendors
1 6 (30.00%) VMware
2 5 (25.00%) Microsoft