The first table below looks at the demand for HND in IT jobs advertised for the Swindon 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 Swindon region.

Location
3 months to
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Higher National Diploma (HND)
Rank 57 50 35
Rank change year-on-year
-7 -15
Permanent jobs citing HND 1 13 19
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Swindon 0.192% 2.297% 3.815%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.870% 7.143% 16.24%
Number of salaries quoted 1 9 19
Average salary £42,500 £40,000 £33,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.25% +19.40%
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £35,000 £30,000
% change year-on-year
-7.14% +16.66%
All Qualifications
Swindon
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
115 182 117
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Swindon 22.12% 32.16% 23.49%
Number of salaries quoted 104 156 110
Average salary £47,500 £38,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+23.37% +10.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £25,000 £23,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £47,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
HND
Wiltshire

HND
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Swindon 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 Swindon region.

Swindon HND Salary Trend

HND
Top 17 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the Swindon 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%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) MCSE
1 1 (100.00%) MS Excel
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) HP
1 1 (100.00%) EMC
1 1 (100.00%) Citrix
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL Certification
1 1 (100.00%) NetApp
1 1 (100.00%) Electronics
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Hyper-V
1 1 (100.00%) XenApp

HND
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the Swindon 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.

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
General
1 1 (100.00%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Project Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) MCSE
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Hyper-V
1 1 (100.00%) XenApp
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) HP
1 1 (100.00%) EMC
1 1 (100.00%) Citrix
1 1 (100.00%) NetApp
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