HND Contracts in Northern Ireland

Higher National Diploma (HND)
UK > Northern Ireland

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Northern Ireland with a requirement for HND qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 29 22 30
Rank change year-on-year -7 +8 -
Contract jobs citing HND 3 2 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 1.89% 1.35% 1.50%
As % of the Qualifications category 5.36% 4.17% 10.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £425
75th Percentile - - £438
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £325 £275 £406
% change year-on-year +18.18% -32.31% +75.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £31.25 -
UK median hourly rate £70.00 £43.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year +62.79% -4.44% +13.92%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Northern Ireland

HND falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in Northern Ireland.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 56 48 28
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 35.22% 32.43% 14.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 27 14
10th Percentile £135 £206 £172
25th Percentile £200 £344 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £369 £520 £413
Median % change year-on-year -29.09% +26.06% -4.62%
75th Percentile £523 £623 £475
90th Percentile £588 £660 £500
UK median daily rate £525 £536 £550
% change year-on-year -2.05% -2.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 10 4
10th Percentile £22.50 - -
25th Percentile £24.00 - -
Median hourly rate £32.13 £12.25 £13.91
Median % change year-on-year +162.24% -11.93% -26.79%
75th Percentile £36.84 £15.63 £14.65
90th Percentile £44.65 £31.88 £15.99
UK median hourly rate £40.25 £40.00 £54.00
% change year-on-year +0.63% -25.93% +29.16%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Job vacancy trend for HND in Northern Ireland

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Northern Ireland

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing HND in Northern Ireland.

Daily rate trend for HND in Northern Ireland

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Northern Ireland

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing HND in Northern Ireland.

Hourly rate trend for HND in Northern Ireland

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Contract Job Locations in Northern Ireland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing HND within the Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 2 May 2025. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
County Antrim -9 3 - - 2
HND
UK

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Northern Ireland 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:

Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) Firewall
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) IT Support
1 3 (100.00%) Support Officer
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
1 3 (100.00%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Patch Management
System Software
1 3 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft