HND Contracts in the UK excluding London

Higher National Diploma (HND)
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for HND qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 264 395 473
Rank change year-on-year +131 +78 -73
Contract jobs citing HND 127 62 52
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.62% 0.26% 0.17%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.67% 0.78% 0.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 29 30
10th Percentile £255 £116 £114
25th Percentile £258 £138 £117
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £275 £425 £188
Median % change year-on-year -35.29% +126.67% -52.53%
75th Percentile £450 £488 £447
90th Percentile £712 £527 £576
UK median daily rate £275 £388 £263
% change year-on-year -29.03% +47.34% -28.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 46 27 13
10th Percentile £35.38 £37.00 £19.55
25th Percentile - £42.50 £23.75
Median hourly rate £43.00 £45.00 £39.50
Median % change year-on-year -4.44% +13.92% -1.25%
75th Percentile - £47.50 £47.50
90th Percentile - £55.11 -
UK median hourly rate £43.00 £45.00 £39.50
% change year-on-year -4.44% +13.92% -1.25%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK excluding London

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 contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 7,617 7,936 8,140
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 37.05% 33.21% 26.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,398 5,327 5,282
10th Percentile £269 £281 £251
25th Percentile £425 £420 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £530 £500
Median % change year-on-year - +6.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £638 £634 £600
90th Percentile £725 £713 £675
UK median daily rate £535 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.73% +4.76% +8.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 933 666 534
10th Percentile £13.54 £14.13 £13.25
25th Percentile £16.50 £19.28 £17.00
Median hourly rate £40.94 £49.94 £34.69
Median % change year-on-year -18.02% +43.96% +0.43%
75th Percentile £63.75 £65.75 £56.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £78.00 £66.56
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £54.00 £42.00
% change year-on-year -25.93% +28.57% +10.82%

HND
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing HND as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for HND in the UK excluding London

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing HND in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for HND in the UK excluding London

HND
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing HND in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for HND in the UK excluding London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing HND in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for HND in the UK excluding London

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing HND in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for HND in the UK excluding London

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Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing HND within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 4 May 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
East of England +72 69 £400 - 58
Midlands +48 22 £266 -40.89% 102
East Midlands +43 21 £266 - 39
South West +37 20 £719 +42.68% 81
South East +12 9 £450 +23.63% 125
Scotland +32 4 £350 +193.38% 64
Northern Ireland +5 2 - - 5
West Midlands +24 1 - - 63
North of England +18 1 - - 127
North West +11 1 - - 62
HND
UK

HND
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 6 (4.72%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.79%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 3 (2.36%) Infor M3
Cloud Services
1 7 (5.51%) AWS
1 7 (5.51%) PaaS
1 7 (5.51%) SaaS
2 4 (3.15%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 8 (6.30%) WAN
2 7 (5.51%) PBX
2 7 (5.51%) VoIP
3 4 (3.15%) Junos
3 4 (3.15%) LAN
3 4 (3.15%) SDH
4 2 (1.57%) HTTP
4 2 (1.57%) RTP
4 2 (1.57%) Wireless
5 1 (0.79%) LTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.57%) PostgreSQL
1 2 (1.57%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 12 (9.45%) Rational DOORS
2 2 (1.57%) Checkstyle
2 2 (1.57%) Git
2 2 (1.57%) SonarQube
General
1 64 (50.39%) Publishing
2 30 (23.62%) Social Skills
3 14 (11.02%) Telecoms
4 11 (8.66%) Public Sector
5 7 (5.51%) Aeronautics
5 7 (5.51%) Digital Economy
6 6 (4.72%) Finance
7 5 (3.94%) Aerospace
7 5 (3.94%) Electronics
8 4 (3.15%) Advertising
8 4 (3.15%) Manufacturing
9 2 (1.57%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.79%) Analytical Skills
10 1 (0.79%) Automotive
10 1 (0.79%) Legal
Job Titles
1 65 (51.18%) Author
1 65 (51.18%) Technical Author
2 16 (12.60%) Architect
3 11 (8.66%) Solutions Architect
4 8 (6.30%) Project Manager
5 7 (5.51%) Test Manager
6 5 (3.94%) Production Manager
7 4 (3.15%) Coordinator
7 4 (3.15%) Technical Architect
7 4 (3.15%) Technical Coordinator
8 3 (2.36%) Hardware Engineer
8 3 (2.36%) Trainer
9 2 (1.57%) Design Engineer
9 2 (1.57%) DV Cleared Software Engineer
9 2 (1.57%) IT Engineer
9 2 (1.57%) IT Support
9 2 (1.57%) Quality Manager
9 2 (1.57%) Site Manager
9 2 (1.57%) Software Engineer
9 2 (1.57%) Support Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 66 (51.97%) XML
2 64 (50.39%) SGML
3 4 (3.15%) Middleware
4 2 (1.57%) .NET
4 2 (1.57%) .NET Core
4 2 (1.57%) .NET Framework
4 2 (1.57%) JSON
4 2 (1.57%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 7 (5.51%) Blackberry
1 7 (5.51%) Video Conferencing
2 6 (4.72%) Self-Motivation
3 4 (3.15%) Public Cloud
4 2 (1.57%) FPGA
4 2 (1.57%) Linux Command Line
5 1 (0.79%) Analogue Electronics
5 1 (0.79%) IoT
5 1 (0.79%) iPad
5 1 (0.79%) NB-IoT
5 1 (0.79%) SCADA
5 1 (0.79%) Smart Meter
5 1 (0.79%) TM Forum
Operating Systems
1 8 (6.30%) Linux
2 7 (5.51%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (50.39%) Desktop Publishing
2 30 (23.62%) Problem-Solving
3 26 (20.47%) Decision-Making
4 19 (14.96%) Conflict Management
4 19 (14.96%) Time Management
5 17 (13.39%) Continuous Improvement
6 16 (12.60%) TOGAF
7 15 (11.81%) Critical Thinking
7 15 (11.81%) ITIL
7 15 (11.81%) People Management
8 14 (11.02%) Asset Management
9 13 (10.24%) Customer Engagement
10 11 (8.66%) ArchiMate
10 11 (8.66%) Architecture Governance
10 11 (8.66%) BPMN
10 11 (8.66%) Digital Strategy
10 11 (8.66%) Enterprise Architecture
10 11 (8.66%) Roadmaps
10 11 (8.66%) Strategic Roadmap
11 8 (6.30%) Customer Requirements
Programming Languages
1 2 (1.57%) C#
1 2 (1.57%) Python
2 1 (0.79%) MATLAB
2 1 (0.79%) SQL
Qualifications
1 98 (77.17%) HNC
2 36 (28.35%) Degree
3 27 (21.26%) Security Cleared
4 16 (12.60%) SC Cleared
5 15 (11.81%) DV Cleared
6 11 (8.66%) TOGAF Certification
7 7 (5.51%) CCNP
7 7 (5.51%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (3.15%) JNCIA
9 3 (2.36%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 2 (1.57%) Chartered Engineer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (7.87%) QA
System Software
1 3 (2.36%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (1.57%) Firmware
3 1 (0.79%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.79%) BitLocker
Vendors
1 11 (8.66%) Cisco
1 11 (8.66%) IBM
1 11 (8.66%) Juniper
1 11 (8.66%) Nokia
2 9 (7.09%) Microsoft
3 7 (5.51%) Avaya
3 7 (5.51%) Ericsson
3 7 (5.51%) Google
3 7 (5.51%) Ribbon
4 4 (3.15%) Ciena
4 4 (3.15%) Palo Alto
5 3 (2.36%) VMware
6 2 (1.57%) EMC
7 1 (0.79%) Mentor Graphics
7 1 (0.79%) SAP