HND Jobs in England

Higher National Diploma (HND)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for HND qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 489 628 934
Rank change year-on-year +139 +306 -109
Permanent jobs citing HND 332 207 258
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.42% 0.29% 0.18%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.56% 0.87% 0.64%
Number of salaries quoted 146 94 145
10th Percentile £28,750 £30,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £33,500 £33,700
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,000 £46,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% -8.00% +25.00%
75th Percentile £51,229 £55,675 £55,000
90th Percentile £61,250 £65,000 £61,265
UK median annual salary £42,000 £46,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -8.70% -3.16% +18.75%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
England

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

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 21,233 23,740 40,487
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 27.10% 33.40% 27.54%
Number of salaries quoted 12,087 12,302 17,912
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,000 £30,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £72,500 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £88,770 £95,000 £91,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -

HND
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for HND in England

HND
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing HND in England.

Salary trend for HND in England

HND
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing HND in England over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for HND in England

HND
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing HND within the England region over the 6 months to 26 July 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North of England +92 114 £41,647 -9.46% 105
North West +56 80 £39,316 -8.19% 53
South East -19 62 £42,500 -11.78% 101
South West +17 51 £45,000 -25.00% 42
East of England +33 47 £37,528 +66.79% 30
Midlands +12 42 £42,000 +23.80% 76
Yorkshire +90 34 £47,500 +35.71% 34
West Midlands +16 29 £35,000 +3.17% 36
London +57 16 £58,098 +23.61% 36
East Midlands - 9 £52,500 - 40
HND
UK

HND
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Application Platforms
1 11 (3.31%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (1.81%) CMS
3 5 (1.51%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.30%) JBoss
4 1 (0.30%) WebSphere
Applications
1 77 (23.19%) AutoCAD
2 41 (12.35%) Microsoft Office
3 23 (6.93%) Microsoft Excel
4 18 (5.42%) Revit
5 13 (3.92%) Simulink
6 11 (3.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 8 (2.41%) Photoshop
8 7 (2.11%) EPLAN
9 4 (1.20%) Microsoft Project
10 3 (0.90%) Stateflow
11 2 (0.60%) Adobe Creative Suite
11 2 (0.60%) Adobe Illustrator
11 2 (0.60%) InDesign
11 2 (0.60%) SOLIDWORKS
12 1 (0.30%) FrameMaker
12 1 (0.30%) Solid Edge
12 1 (0.30%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 7 (2.11%) NEC Housing
2 3 (0.90%) Teamcenter
3 2 (0.60%) Primavera
4 1 (0.30%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 12 (3.61%) Azure
1 12 (3.61%) GitHub
2 10 (3.01%) Google Workspace
3 6 (1.81%) Azure DevOps
3 6 (1.81%) Cloud Computing
4 4 (1.20%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (1.20%) OneDrive
5 1 (0.30%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 28 (8.43%) LAN
2 17 (5.12%) Internet
3 10 (3.01%) Firewall
4 9 (2.71%) WAN
5 6 (1.81%) BGP
5 6 (1.81%) DHCP
5 6 (1.81%) DNS
5 6 (1.81%) MQTT
5 6 (1.81%) OSPF
5 6 (1.81%) SAN
5 6 (1.81%) TCP/IP
5 6 (1.81%) VLAN
5 6 (1.81%) VPN
5 6 (1.81%) WLAN
6 5 (1.51%) NAS
6 5 (1.51%) RS-232
6 5 (1.51%) SNMP
6 5 (1.51%) Wireless
7 4 (1.20%) Intranet
7 4 (1.20%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (6.93%) QlikView
2 12 (3.61%) SQL Server
3 5 (1.51%) Data Vault
4 1 (0.30%) MS Access
4 1 (0.30%) MySQL
4 1 (0.30%) Oracle Database
4 1 (0.30%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 18 (5.42%) Git
1 18 (5.42%) LabVIEW
2 13 (3.92%) JIRA
3 6 (1.81%) Jenkins
4 3 (0.90%) ClearCase
4 3 (0.90%) Plastic SCM
5 2 (0.60%) Selenium
6 1 (0.30%) Subversion
General
1 130 (39.16%) Social Skills
2 79 (23.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 78 (23.49%) Legal
4 56 (16.87%) Analytical Skills
5 52 (15.66%) Local Government
5 52 (15.66%) Manufacturing
6 38 (11.45%) Aerospace
7 37 (11.14%) Automotive
7 37 (11.14%) Electronics
7 37 (11.14%) Finance
8 28 (8.43%) Law
9 21 (6.33%) Presentation Skills
9 21 (6.33%) Telecoms
10 17 (5.12%) Retail
11 11 (3.31%) Marketing
11 11 (3.31%) Organisational Skills
12 6 (1.81%) Public Sector
13 5 (1.51%) Military
13 5 (1.51%) Police
13 5 (1.51%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 47 (14.16%) Coordinator
2 46 (13.86%) Technical Coordinator
3 39 (11.75%) Senior
4 34 (10.24%) Project Manager
5 32 (9.64%) Systems Engineer
6 31 (9.34%) Technical Support
7 24 (7.23%) Support Specialist
8 23 (6.93%) Technical Manager
8 23 (6.93%) Technical Specialist
8 23 (6.93%) Technical Support Specialist
9 15 (4.52%) Software Engineer
9 15 (4.52%) Test Technician
10 14 (4.22%) Electronics Technician
11 13 (3.92%) Lead
11 13 (3.92%) Support Engineer
11 13 (3.92%) Test Engineer
12 12 (3.61%) Product Engineer
12 12 (3.61%) Product Test Engineer
12 12 (3.61%) Technical Assistant
12 12 (3.61%) Verification Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (3.61%) pytest
2 7 (2.11%) .NET
3 6 (1.81%) Ajax
3 6 (1.81%) AngularJS
3 6 (1.81%) CSS
3 6 (1.81%) HTML
3 6 (1.81%) LESS
3 6 (1.81%) React
3 6 (1.81%) Sass
3 6 (1.81%) Vue
4 5 (1.51%) Apache Thrift
4 5 (1.51%) XML
5 1 (0.30%) Node-RED
Miscellaneous
1 52 (15.66%) Housing Association
2 41 (12.35%) Management Information System
3 20 (6.02%) Self-Motivation
4 13 (3.92%) CCTV
5 12 (3.61%) Driving Licence
5 12 (3.61%) IoT
6 11 (3.31%) Blackberry
7 9 (2.71%) FMCG
8 7 (2.11%) Algorithms
8 7 (2.11%) Smartphone
8 7 (2.11%) Video Conferencing
9 5 (1.51%) Clustering
9 5 (1.51%) Embedded Systems
9 5 (1.51%) Mobile App
10 4 (1.20%) Acoustics
10 4 (1.20%) Analogue Electronics
10 4 (1.20%) Operational Technology
11 3 (0.90%) Renewable Energy
11 3 (0.90%) SCADA
12 2 (0.60%) Graphic Design
Operating Systems
1 70 (21.08%) Windows
2 38 (11.45%) Linux
3 20 (6.02%) Windows 10
4 16 (4.82%) Windows Server
5 12 (3.61%) Unix
5 12 (3.61%) Windows Server 2019
6 6 (1.81%) Apple iOS
6 6 (1.81%) Mac OS X
6 6 (1.81%) Ubuntu
6 6 (1.81%) Windows Server 2016
7 5 (1.51%) VMS
8 4 (1.20%) FreeRTOS
9 2 (0.60%) Android
10 1 (0.30%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 104 (31.33%) Problem-Solving
2 91 (27.41%) Time Management
3 85 (25.60%) Agile
4 44 (13.25%) Project Management
5 42 (12.65%) Continuous Improvement
6 40 (12.05%) Mathematics
7 30 (9.04%) Systems Engineering
8 27 (8.13%) B2B
8 27 (8.13%) Computer Science
8 27 (8.13%) Kalman Filter
9 23 (6.93%) Collaborative Culture
9 23 (6.93%) Software Engineering
10 21 (6.33%) CAD
10 21 (6.33%) Mentoring
10 21 (6.33%) Validation
11 19 (5.72%) Creative Thinking
12 18 (5.42%) Project Delivery
13 15 (4.52%) Customer Service
13 15 (4.52%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 15 (4.52%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 28 (8.43%) MATLAB
2 17 (5.12%) Python
3 14 (4.22%) PowerShell
3 14 (4.22%) SQL
4 13 (3.92%) C++
5 11 (3.31%) C
6 8 (2.41%) Embedded C
7 7 (2.11%) C#
8 6 (1.81%) JavaScript
9 4 (1.20%) Java
10 3 (0.90%) Perl
11 2 (0.60%) VB
12 1 (0.30%) Bash
12 1 (0.30%) Embedded C++
12 1 (0.30%) Ladder Logic
12 1 (0.30%) T-SQL
12 1 (0.30%) VBA
Qualifications
1 224 (67.47%) Degree
2 196 (59.04%) HNC
3 35 (10.54%) Security Cleared
4 21 (6.33%) Microsoft Certification
4 21 (6.33%) SC Cleared
5 20 (6.02%) DV Cleared
6 13 (3.92%) Computer Science Degree
7 7 (2.11%) RIBA
8 6 (1.81%) DBS Check
8 6 (1.81%) MCSE
9 4 (1.20%) NVQ Level 4
10 3 (0.90%) Chartered Engineer
11 2 (0.60%) ISTQB
11 2 (0.60%) Master's Degree
11 2 (0.60%) MRICS
11 2 (0.60%) NVQ Level 3
12 1 (0.30%) APMP
12 1 (0.30%) CCNP
12 1 (0.30%) Cisco Certification
12 1 (0.30%) EMC Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (2.11%) SLA
2 6 (1.81%) QA
3 5 (1.51%) NEBOSH
4 3 (0.90%) Automotive SPICE
4 3 (0.90%) AUTOSAR
4 3 (0.90%) ISO 26262
4 3 (0.90%) ISO 9001
4 3 (0.90%) MISRA
5 1 (0.30%) Def Stans
5 1 (0.30%) ISO 14001
5 1 (0.30%) ISO 9000
5 1 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 15288
5 1 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 17025
5 1 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 17 (5.12%) Active Directory
2 15 (4.52%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (2.11%) vSphere
4 6 (1.81%) Docker
5 5 (1.51%) Firmware
6 3 (0.90%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.30%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 4 (1.20%) SmoothWall
2 3 (0.90%) FortiGate
3 1 (0.30%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 40 (12.05%) Microsoft
2 34 (10.24%) SAP
3 18 (5.42%) Google
4 16 (4.82%) VMware
5 11 (3.31%) McAfee
5 11 (3.31%) Veeam
6 10 (3.01%) Apple
6 10 (3.01%) Cisco
7 9 (2.71%) Adobe
7 9 (2.71%) Dell
8 8 (2.41%) NEC
8 8 (2.41%) Salesforce
9 7 (2.11%) HP
10 6 (1.81%) Fortinet
10 6 (1.81%) Mitel
10 6 (1.81%) Oracle
10 6 (1.81%) Ubiquiti
11 4 (1.20%) Citrix
11 4 (1.20%) EMC
12 3 (0.90%) Juniper