The first table below looks at the demand for HND in IT jobs advertised for the Shropshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited HND over the 3 months to 17 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 Shropshire region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Higher National Diploma (HND)
Rank 34 29 -
Rank change year-on-year
-5 -
Permanent jobs citing HND 1 3 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Shropshire 0.446% 1.961% -
As % of the Qualifications category 1.818% 6.122% -
Number of salaries quoted 0 3 0
Average salary - £17,000 -
UK excluding London average salary £31,000 £35,000 £31,500
% change year-on-year
-11.42% +11.11%
All Qualifications
Shropshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
55 49 34
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Shropshire 24.55% 32.03% 20.99%
Number of salaries quoted 24 30 32
Average salary £40,000 £32,500 £27,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+23.07% +18.18%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,000 £21,100 £16,000
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £45,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
HND
West Midlands

HND
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Shropshire 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 Shropshire region.

Shropshire HND Salary Trend

HND
Top 12 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Shropshire 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 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) Visual Studio
1 1 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 1 (100.00%) HNC
1 1 (100.00%) MS Excel
1 1 (100.00%) SharePoint
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Team Foundation Server
1 1 (100.00%) SharePoint 2010

HND
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Shropshire 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 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) ASP.NET
Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) SharePoint
1 1 (100.00%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 1 (100.00%) MS Excel
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Visual Studio
1 1 (100.00%) Team Foundation Server
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Software Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) HNC
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft