HND Contracts in the UK excluding London

Higher National Diploma (HND)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 318 273 382
Rank change year-on-year -45 +109 +74
Contract jobs citing HND 21 127 65
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.16% 0.61% 0.27%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.46% 1.65% 0.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 38 30
10th Percentile - £255 £116
25th Percentile £80 £258 £140
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £360 £275 £425
Median % change year-on-year +30.91% -35.29% +142.86%
75th Percentile £686 £450 £488
90th Percentile £770 £712 £540
UK median daily rate £325 £275 £406
% change year-on-year +18.18% -32.31% +75.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 46 28
10th Percentile £53.45 £35.38 £37.17
25th Percentile £60.75 - £42.50
Median hourly rate £70.00 £43.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +62.79% -4.44% +13.92%
75th Percentile - - £47.50
90th Percentile £88.00 - £54.67
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
UK excluding London

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 the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 4,542 7,681 7,967
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 35.51% 37.01% 33.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,777 4,413 5,341
10th Percentile £212 £269 £275
25th Percentile £394 £425 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £535 £530
Median % change year-on-year -6.45% +0.94% +6.00%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £631
90th Percentile £688 £725 £703
UK median daily rate £525 £536 £550
% change year-on-year -2.05% -2.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 408 935 669
10th Percentile £18.13 £13.58 £14.25
25th Percentile £21.46 £16.50 £20.00
Median hourly rate £42.50 £40.94 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +3.81% -18.12% +54.46%
75th Percentile £67.50 £63.29 £65.75
90th Percentile £80.25 £77.50 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £40.25 £40.00 £54.00
% change year-on-year +0.63% -25.93% +29.16%

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 2 May 2025.

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 2 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for HND in the UK excluding London

HND
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 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
Midlands +5 8 £80 -69.92% 62
South East +43 6 £700 +55.56% 85
West Midlands +19 5 £80 - 33
East Midlands -4 3 - - 28
Northern Ireland -7 3 - - 3
East of England -32 3 - - 43
Scotland +10 1 - - 30
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 3 (14.29%) Simulink
2 2 (9.52%) Microsoft Project
Communications & Networking
1 3 (14.29%) Ethernet
1 3 (14.29%) Firewall
2 1 (4.76%) Software-Defined Radio
Development Applications
1 1 (4.76%) LabVIEW
1 1 (4.76%) Rational DOORS
General
1 8 (38.10%) Social Skills
2 4 (19.05%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (19.05%) Electronics
3 3 (14.29%) Games
4 2 (9.52%) Aerospace
4 2 (9.52%) Finance
5 1 (4.76%) Manufacturing
5 1 (4.76%) Marketing
5 1 (4.76%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 4 (19.05%) Lead
1 4 (19.05%) Project Manager
2 3 (14.29%) Design Engineer
2 3 (14.29%) IT Support
2 3 (14.29%) Support Officer
2 3 (14.29%) Systems Engineer
3 2 (9.52%) FPGA Engineer
4 1 (4.76%) Firmware Engineer
4 1 (4.76%) Principal Engineer
4 1 (4.76%) RF Engineer
4 1 (4.76%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (14.29%) Algorithms
1 3 (14.29%) FPGA
1 3 (14.29%) PCIe
1 3 (14.29%) Verilog
2 1 (4.76%) Management Information System
2 1 (4.76%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 3 (14.29%) Windows
1 3 (14.29%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (23.81%) Customer Requirements
1 5 (23.81%) Project Management
2 3 (14.29%) Artificial Intelligence
2 3 (14.29%) Computer Science
2 3 (14.29%) Cryptography
2 3 (14.29%) Machine Learning
2 3 (14.29%) Patch Management
2 3 (14.29%) Physics
2 3 (14.29%) Requirements Management
2 3 (14.29%) Supply Chain Management
2 3 (14.29%) UVM
3 2 (9.52%) Agile
3 2 (9.52%) Business Case
3 2 (9.52%) SysML
3 2 (9.52%) Systems Engineering
3 2 (9.52%) Test Strategy
3 2 (9.52%) UML
3 2 (9.52%) Validation
4 1 (4.76%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (4.76%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 3 (14.29%) MATLAB
1 3 (14.29%) SystemVerilog
1 3 (14.29%) Tcl
2 1 (4.76%) C++
2 1 (4.76%) Java
2 1 (4.76%) Python
2 1 (4.76%) SQL
Qualifications
1 14 (66.67%) HNC
2 7 (33.33%) Degree
3 6 (28.57%) Security Cleared
4 5 (23.81%) SC Cleared
5 1 (4.76%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (14.29%) DO-254
System Software
1 3 (14.29%) Active Directory
1 3 (14.29%) Firmware
Vendors
1 3 (14.29%) Actel
1 3 (14.29%) Altera
1 3 (14.29%) Intel
1 3 (14.29%) Microsemi
1 3 (14.29%) Microsoft
1 3 (14.29%) Xilinx