HND Contract Job Trends in the West Midlands

Higher National Diploma (HND)
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for HND qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 18 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 126 108 115
Rank change year-on-year -18 +7 +58
Contract jobs citing HND 2 4 6
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 0.10% 0.21% 0.29%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.29% 0.67% 1.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 4
10th Percentile - £157 £379
25th Percentile £325 £160 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £167 £438
Median % change year-on-year +110.04% -61.91% -5.41%
75th Percentile £375 £171 £456
90th Percentile - £172 -
England median daily rate £500 £363 £438
% change year-on-year +37.93% -17.14% -11.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £17.16
25th Percentile - - £17.22
Median hourly rate - - £17.38
75th Percentile - - £17.47
90th Percentile - - £17.49
England median hourly rate £43.00 £43.00 £39.75
% change year-on-year - +8.18% -11.67%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
West Midlands

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 West Midlands.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 699 599 574
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 36.60% 31.91% 28.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 460 384 348
10th Percentile £263 £313 £300
25th Percentile £411 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £538 £525
Median % change year-on-year -6.93% +2.38% +5.00%
75th Percentile £588 £628 £602
90th Percentile £671 £725 £700
England median daily rate £525 £526 £550
% change year-on-year -0.19% -4.36% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 53 13 31
10th Percentile £16.64 £20.65 £17.13
25th Percentile £18.87 £23.60 £23.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% +27.27% +20.88%
75th Percentile £40.46 £50.00 £67.50
90th Percentile £50.00 £56.30 £70.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £52.50 £53.77
% change year-on-year -52.10% -2.36% +19.48%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing HND relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

HND job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

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Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing HND.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing HND

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Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing HND.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing HND

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Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing HND within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 18 October 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
Warwickshire +2 2 £350 -
HND
England

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 2 (100.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (100.00%) AutoCAD
1 2 (100.00%) MicroStation
1 2 (100.00%) Navisworks
1 2 (100.00%) Revit
General
1 2 (100.00%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Coordinator
1 2 (100.00%) Draughtsman
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Building Information Modelling
1 2 (100.00%) Business Continuity
1 2 (100.00%) CAD
1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Resilience
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Process Improvement
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) Accessibility
1 2 (100.00%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Autodesk