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 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 66 482 667
Rank change year-on-year +416 +185 +266
Permanent jobs citing HND 1,928 401 234
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 3.94% 0.45% 0.27%
As % of the Qualifications category 7.83% 1.62% 0.81%
Number of salaries quoted 666 205 106
10th Percentile £40,000 £23,125 £29,507
25th Percentile £47,683 £31,250 £32,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £43,227 £46,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -6.03% -8.00%
75th Percentile £52,600 £52,500 £55,675
90th Percentile £58,943 £64,499 £60,000
UK median annual salary £50,055 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +17.78% -5.56% -5.51%

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 24,632 24,771 28,776
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 50.31% 27.69% 33.31%
Number of salaries quoted 9,782 15,756 13,083
10th Percentile £31,750 £28,500 £32,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £38,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,897 £54,399 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.92% -9.34% +9.09%
75th Percentile £68,938 £71,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £87,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £53,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +2.80% -10.83% +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 30 May 2025.

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 30 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North of England +268 919 £50,055 +25.14% 60
North West +219 888 £50,055 +43.01% 38
East of England +143 340 £55,000 +46.56% 35
South East +223 292 £44,605 -6.09% 84
Midlands +203 232 £35,000 -22.22% 40
East Midlands +154 206 £40,750 -18.50% 22
South West +148 133 £52,600 +29.88% 28
Yorkshire +53 31 £57,560 +21.18% 18
West Midlands +49 26 £35,000 - 17
London +100 10 £44,500 -30.20% 31
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 15 (0.78%) Confluence
2 12 (0.62%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.052%) SharePoint
Applications
1 237 (12.29%) Simulink
2 203 (10.53%) Microsoft Office
3 184 (9.54%) Microsoft Excel
4 173 (8.97%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 109 (5.65%) Abaqus
6 77 (3.99%) Mathcad
7 6 (0.31%) AutoCAD
8 5 (0.26%) Autodesk Inventor
9 4 (0.21%) Adobe Illustrator
9 4 (0.21%) Photoshop
9 4 (0.21%) QuarkXPress
10 2 (0.10%) Microsoft Project
11 1 (0.052%) MicroStation
11 1 (0.052%) Revit
Business Applications
1 206 (10.68%) Teamcenter
2 2 (0.10%) Primavera
3 1 (0.052%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.052%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 11 (0.57%) Google Workspace
2 8 (0.41%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (0.21%) GitHub
4 2 (0.10%) Azure
5 1 (0.052%) AWS
5 1 (0.052%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (0.052%) Power Platform
5 1 (0.052%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 734 (38.07%) 5G
2 730 (37.86%) Bluetooth
2 730 (37.86%) GSM
2 730 (37.86%) LTE
2 730 (37.86%) UMTS
2 730 (37.86%) Wi-Fi
2 730 (37.86%) Wireless
3 14 (0.73%) Firewall
3 14 (0.73%) NAS
3 14 (0.73%) SAN
4 13 (0.67%) TCP/IP
5 11 (0.57%) BGP
5 11 (0.57%) DHCP
5 11 (0.57%) DNS
5 11 (0.57%) OSPF
5 11 (0.57%) VLAN
5 11 (0.57%) WLAN
6 5 (0.26%) IP Telephony
6 5 (0.26%) SNMP
7 4 (0.21%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (0.26%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.052%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 72 (3.73%) LabVIEW
2 58 (3.01%) Rational DOORS
3 32 (1.66%) JIRA
4 9 (0.47%) Git
5 5 (0.26%) ClearCase
General
1 784 (40.66%) Electronics
2 325 (16.86%) Social Skills
3 282 (14.63%) Automotive
4 274 (14.21%) Aerospace
5 209 (10.84%) Manufacturing
6 136 (7.05%) Analytical Skills
7 73 (3.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 65 (3.37%) Aeronautics
9 61 (3.16%) Avionics
9 61 (3.16%) Influencing Skills
10 32 (1.66%) Agriculture
11 21 (1.09%) Finance
11 21 (1.09%) Presentation Skills
12 16 (0.83%) Pharmaceutical
13 13 (0.67%) Retail
14 11 (0.57%) Public Sector
15 8 (0.41%) Organisational Skills
16 6 (0.31%) Fire and Rescue
16 6 (0.31%) Local Government
17 5 (0.26%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 828 (42.95%) Electronics Engineer
2 734 (38.07%) Electronics Test Engineer
2 734 (38.07%) Test Engineer
3 678 (35.17%) Systems Engineer
4 454 (23.55%) Senior
5 248 (12.86%) Senior Systems Engineer
6 99 (5.13%) Lead
7 77 (3.99%) Engineering Specialist
7 77 (3.99%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
8 68 (3.53%) Senior Electrical Engineer
9 58 (3.01%) Integration Engineer
9 58 (3.01%) Systems Integration Engineer
10 45 (2.33%) Design Engineer
11 40 (2.07%) Support Engineer
12 39 (2.02%) Associate Engineer
12 39 (2.02%) Electronics Design Engineer
12 39 (2.02%) PCB Design Engineer
12 39 (2.02%) PCB Engineer
13 36 (1.87%) Senior Integration Engineer
14 26 (1.35%) IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (0.26%) XML
1 5 (0.26%) XSD
2 4 (0.21%) pytest
3 2 (0.10%) .NET
3 2 (0.10%) CSS
3 2 (0.10%) Leaflet
4 1 (0.052%) Node-RED
Miscellaneous
1 730 (37.86%) Driving Licence
2 44 (2.28%) Management Information System
3 28 (1.45%) Renewable Energy
4 21 (1.09%) Cyberattack
5 19 (0.99%) SCADA
6 17 (0.88%) Satnav
7 11 (0.57%) Smartphone
8 7 (0.36%) Analogue Electronics
8 7 (0.36%) Self-Motivation
9 6 (0.31%) Clustering
10 5 (0.26%) Blackberry
10 5 (0.26%) Operational Technology
11 4 (0.21%) Animation
11 4 (0.21%) Biopharmaceutical
11 4 (0.21%) Graphic Design
11 4 (0.21%) Industry 4.0
11 4 (0.21%) IoT
11 4 (0.21%) Self-Driving Car
11 4 (0.21%) Social Media
12 3 (0.16%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 34 (1.76%) Linux
1 34 (1.76%) Windows
2 16 (0.83%) Windows Server
3 15 (0.78%) Windows 10
4 14 (0.73%) Windows Server 2019
5 11 (0.57%) Mac OS X
5 11 (0.57%) Ubuntu
5 11 (0.57%) Windows Server 2016
6 4 (0.21%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,014 (52.59%) Validation
2 961 (49.84%) Verification and Validation
3 948 (49.17%) Coaching
4 791 (41.03%) Customer Requirements
5 739 (38.33%) Mentoring
6 730 (37.86%) Test Strategy
7 717 (37.19%) Systems Engineering
8 424 (21.99%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
9 296 (15.35%) Mathematics
10 266 (13.80%) Software Engineering
11 245 (12.71%) SysML
12 230 (11.93%) Digital Twin
13 206 (10.68%) PLM
14 123 (6.38%) Requirements Management
15 117 (6.07%) CAD
16 109 (5.65%) Finite Element Analysis
17 95 (4.93%) Project Planning
18 80 (4.15%) CMMI
18 80 (4.15%) Lean Manufacturing
18 80 (4.15%) Six Sigma
Programming Languages
1 447 (23.18%) MATLAB
2 23 (1.19%) PowerShell
3 16 (0.83%) SQL
4 15 (0.78%) C
4 15 (0.78%) Java
5 6 (0.31%) Python
6 2 (0.10%) C#
6 2 (0.10%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.052%) Progress 4GL
Qualifications
1 1,741 (90.30%) Degree
2 783 (40.61%) HNC
3 663 (34.39%) BPSS Clearance
4 113 (5.86%) Chartered Engineer
5 112 (5.81%) Master's Degree
6 29 (1.50%) Security Cleared
7 20 (1.04%) SC Cleared
8 17 (0.88%) Computer Science Degree
8 17 (0.88%) Microsoft Certification
9 11 (0.57%) MCSE
10 9 (0.47%) DV Cleared
11 6 (0.31%) DBS Check
11 6 (0.31%) MOS
12 3 (0.16%) PMI Certification
13 2 (0.10%) CISM
13 2 (0.10%) CISSP
13 2 (0.10%) PMP
14 1 (0.052%) A+ Certification
14 1 (0.052%) AWS Certification
14 1 (0.052%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 148 (7.68%) ISO 9001
2 80 (4.15%) AQAP
3 68 (3.53%) ISO/IEC 17025
4 3 (0.16%) GDPR
5 1 (0.052%) QA
System Software
1 25 (1.30%) Active Directory
2 18 (0.93%) VMware Infrastructure
3 15 (0.78%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (0.16%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 4 (0.21%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 214 (11.10%) Microsoft
2 206 (10.68%) ANSYS
3 39 (2.02%) EMC
4 20 (1.04%) VMware
5 17 (0.88%) Salesforce
6 15 (0.78%) Atlassian
7 13 (0.67%) Cisco
8 11 (0.57%) Apple
8 11 (0.57%) Dell
8 11 (0.57%) Fortinet
8 11 (0.57%) Google
8 11 (0.57%) Ubiquiti
9 8 (0.41%) SAP
10 7 (0.36%) Mentor Graphics
10 7 (0.36%) Veeam
11 5 (0.26%) McAfee
11 5 (0.26%) Oracle
11 5 (0.26%) Siemens
12 4 (0.21%) Adobe
12 4 (0.21%) AVEVA