The first table below looks at the demand for HND in IT jobs advertised for the Watford region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited HND over the 3 months to 24 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 Watford region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Higher National Diploma (HND)
Rank - 56 -
Permanent jobs citing HND 0 6 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Watford - 1.739% -
As % of the Qualifications category - 5.455% -
Number of salaries quoted 0 6 0
Average salary - £40,000 -
UK excluding London average salary £31,250 £35,000 £29,750
% change year-on-year
-10.71% +17.64%
All Qualifications
Watford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
70 110 88
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Watford 24.14% 31.88% 19.69%
Number of salaries quoted 66 60 72
Average salary £50,000 £38,500 £34,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+29.87% +13.23%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,300 £29,500 £23,600
10% offered a salary of more than £62,000 £45,000 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
HND
Hertfordshire

HND
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Watford 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 Watford region.

Watford HND Salary Trend

HND
Top 19 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Watford 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%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) MCSE
1 1 (100.00%) MS Excel
1 1 (100.00%) Windows XP
1 1 (100.00%) ISO 9000
1 1 (100.00%) SLA
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Citrix
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL Certification
1 1 (100.00%) ISSMP
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Problem Management
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 7

HND
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Watford 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
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Support Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Support
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Support Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Support Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Technical Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Technical Support
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Technical Support Analyst
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows XP
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (100.00%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) MCSE
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL Certification
1 1 (100.00%) ISSMP
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) ISO 9000
1 1 (100.00%) SLA
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Citrix