HND Jobs in England

Higher National Diploma (HND)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for HND qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 470 703 914
Rank change year-on-year +233 +211 -193
Permanent jobs citing HND 410 227 238
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.48% 0.25% 0.18%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.68% 0.77% 0.68%
Number of salaries quoted 206 96 133
10th Percentile £23,125 £29,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £33,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,011 £50,454 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.75% +0.91% +25.00%
75th Percentile £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
90th Percentile £66,875 £58,625 £61,265
UK median annual salary £42,500 £46,000 £46,250
% change year-on-year -7.61% -0.54% +15.63%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
England

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 permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 24,424 29,487 35,127
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 28.47% 32.60% 26.38%
Number of salaries quoted 15,760 13,357 16,642
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £31,000
25th Percentile £38,500 £42,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,998 £59,526 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.61% +8.23% -
75th Percentile £71,250 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £54,000 £59,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.24% +8.18% -

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 8 May 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 8 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North of England +116 109 £40,250 -9.57% 119
South East +7 86 £47,500 -7.50% 113
South West +24 76 £40,500 -42.14% 78
North West +53 68 £35,000 +11.11% 60
East of England +57 62 £37,528 +21.06% 57
Midlands +40 51 £45,250 +99.85% 93
Yorkshire - 37 £47,500 - 46
West Midlands +34 34 £32,500 +43.54% 57
London +118 26 £63,750 +70.00% 52
East Midlands -3 13 £50,000 - 36
North East -10 4 £41,500 -13.14% 17
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 6 (1.46%) CMS
1 6 (1.46%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.49%) WinCC
3 1 (0.24%) JBoss
3 1 (0.24%) WebSphere
Applications
1 94 (22.93%) AutoCAD
2 46 (11.22%) Microsoft Office
3 29 (7.07%) Microsoft Excel
4 18 (4.39%) Revit
5 15 (3.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 12 (2.93%) Simulink
7 11 (2.68%) SOLIDWORKS
7 11 (2.68%) Stateflow
8 10 (2.44%) Solid Edge
9 9 (2.20%) Photoshop
10 8 (1.95%) EPLAN
11 7 (1.71%) CANalyzer
12 4 (0.98%) Microsoft Project
13 3 (0.73%) Adobe Creative Suite
13 3 (0.73%) Adobe Illustrator
13 3 (0.73%) InDesign
14 1 (0.24%) MS Visio
14 1 (0.24%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 10 (2.44%) NEC Housing
2 1 (0.24%) Primavera
2 1 (0.24%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 14 (3.41%) Azure
2 8 (1.95%) GitHub
3 6 (1.46%) Azure DevOps
3 6 (1.46%) Cloud Computing
3 6 (1.46%) Microsoft 365
3 6 (1.46%) OneDrive
4 5 (1.22%) Google Workspace
5 4 (0.98%) PaaS
5 4 (0.98%) SaaS
6 3 (0.73%) AWS
7 2 (0.49%) Boomi
7 2 (0.49%) iPaaS
8 1 (0.24%) Power Platform
8 1 (0.24%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 24 (5.85%) Internet
2 15 (3.66%) LAN
3 14 (3.41%) WAN
4 11 (2.68%) J1939
5 9 (2.20%) Firewall
6 6 (1.46%) Intranet
6 6 (1.46%) MQTT
6 6 (1.46%) Network Security
6 6 (1.46%) Wi-Fi
7 5 (1.22%) OSPF
7 5 (1.22%) TCP/IP
7 5 (1.22%) Wireless
8 4 (0.98%) DHCP
8 4 (0.98%) DNS
8 4 (0.98%) Multicast
9 3 (0.73%) 5G
9 3 (0.73%) Remote Desktop
9 3 (0.73%) SD-WAN
9 3 (0.73%) VSAN
10 2 (0.49%) PBX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (6.10%) Data Vault
2 13 (3.17%) SQL Server
3 4 (0.98%) QlikView
4 3 (0.73%) MySQL
5 2 (0.49%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (0.49%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.24%) Data Hub
6 1 (0.24%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.24%) Metadata
6 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Analysis Services
6 1 (0.24%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.24%) MS Access
6 1 (0.24%) Oracle Database
6 1 (0.24%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.24%) Power BI
6 1 (0.24%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 1 (0.24%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.24%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (0.24%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 26 (6.34%) JIRA
2 14 (3.41%) Git
3 11 (2.68%) ClearCase
3 11 (2.68%) LabVIEW
3 11 (2.68%) Plastic SCM
4 7 (1.71%) ClearQuest
4 7 (1.71%) Rational DOORS
5 6 (1.46%) Jenkins
6 2 (0.49%) Selenium
6 2 (0.49%) Visual Studio
General
1 147 (35.85%) Social Skills
2 83 (20.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 78 (19.02%) Legal
4 63 (15.37%) Manufacturing
5 61 (14.88%) Local Government
6 60 (14.63%) Analytical Skills
7 54 (13.17%) Aerospace
8 48 (11.71%) Electronics
9 45 (10.98%) Finance
10 40 (9.76%) Automotive
11 33 (8.05%) Telecoms
12 25 (6.10%) Publishing
13 23 (5.61%) Marketing
14 20 (4.88%) Presentation Skills
14 20 (4.88%) Retail
15 18 (4.39%) Organisational Skills
16 14 (3.41%) Law
17 7 (1.71%) Influencing Skills
17 7 (1.71%) Police
17 7 (1.71%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 61 (14.88%) Senior
2 52 (12.68%) Coordinator
3 51 (12.44%) Technical Coordinator
4 37 (9.02%) Project Manager
5 28 (6.83%) Systems Engineer
5 28 (6.83%) Technical Manager
6 26 (6.34%) Software Engineer
7 23 (5.61%) Author
7 23 (5.61%) Technical Author
8 20 (4.88%) Support Engineer
9 18 (4.39%) Senior Software Engineer
9 18 (4.39%) Technical Support
10 15 (3.66%) Lead
10 15 (3.66%) Quantity Surveyor
11 14 (3.41%) Hardware Engineer
11 14 (3.41%) Senior Systems Engineer
12 13 (3.17%) Technical Engineer
13 12 (2.93%) Analyst
13 12 (2.93%) Technical Assistant
14 11 (2.68%) Verification Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (6.10%) XML
2 8 (1.95%) .NET
2 8 (1.95%) pytest
3 6 (1.46%) Ajax
3 6 (1.46%) AngularJS
3 6 (1.46%) CSS
3 6 (1.46%) HTML
3 6 (1.46%) LESS
3 6 (1.46%) React
3 6 (1.46%) Sass
3 6 (1.46%) Vue
4 5 (1.22%) Apache Thrift
5 4 (0.98%) Akka
6 2 (0.49%) Middleware
7 1 (0.24%) .NET Framework
7 1 (0.24%) ModSecurity
7 1 (0.24%) Node-RED
Miscellaneous
1 53 (12.93%) Housing Association
2 38 (9.27%) Management Information System
3 27 (6.59%) Self-Motivation
4 18 (4.39%) CCTV
5 16 (3.90%) Driving Licence
5 16 (3.90%) IoT
6 11 (2.68%) Algorithms
7 10 (2.44%) Mobile App
7 10 (2.44%) SCADA
8 8 (1.95%) FMCG
8 8 (1.95%) Operational Technology
9 5 (1.22%) Renewable Energy
10 4 (0.98%) Acoustics
10 4 (0.98%) EPoS
10 4 (0.98%) Linux Command Line
11 3 (0.73%) Clustering
11 3 (0.73%) GNSS
11 3 (0.73%) Graphic Design
11 3 (0.73%) Video Conferencing
12 2 (0.49%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 41 (10.00%) Windows
2 30 (7.32%) Linux
3 11 (2.68%) Unix
3 11 (2.68%) Windows 10
4 10 (2.44%) Windows Server
5 8 (1.95%) Apple iOS
6 5 (1.22%) VMS
7 2 (0.49%) Android
8 1 (0.24%) Mac OS X
8 1 (0.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.24%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.24%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.24%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 103 (25.12%) Agile
2 100 (24.39%) Time Management
3 91 (22.20%) Problem-Solving
4 56 (13.66%) Project Management
5 51 (12.44%) Continuous Improvement
6 41 (10.00%) Mathematics
7 33 (8.05%) Software Engineering
8 31 (7.56%) CAD
9 27 (6.59%) Mentoring
10 26 (6.34%) B2B
11 25 (6.10%) Document Management
11 25 (6.10%) Impact Assessments
12 24 (5.85%) Customer Service
13 23 (5.61%) Project Delivery
14 21 (5.12%) Collaborative Working
14 21 (5.12%) Cybersecurity
14 21 (5.12%) Innovative Thinking
15 20 (4.88%) Customer Requirements
16 19 (4.63%) Commercial Awareness
16 19 (4.63%) Creative Thinking
Programming Languages
1 28 (6.83%) Python
2 23 (5.61%) MATLAB
3 19 (4.63%) SQL
4 17 (4.15%) C
5 13 (3.17%) C#
6 12 (2.93%) Embedded C
7 11 (2.68%) C++
7 11 (2.68%) Perl
8 8 (1.95%) VB
9 6 (1.46%) JavaScript
9 6 (1.46%) PowerShell
10 5 (1.22%) Ladder Logic
11 4 (0.98%) VBA
12 3 (0.73%) Java
13 2 (0.49%) Bash
14 1 (0.24%) Embedded C++
14 1 (0.24%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 260 (63.41%) Degree
2 254 (61.95%) HNC
3 37 (9.02%) Security Cleared
4 17 (4.15%) DV Cleared
4 17 (4.15%) SC Cleared
5 12 (2.93%) Microsoft Certification
6 8 (1.95%) RIBA
7 7 (1.71%) Cisco Certification
7 7 (1.71%) MRICS
8 6 (1.46%) Chartered Engineer
8 6 (1.46%) DBS Check
9 5 (1.22%) Computer Science Degree
9 5 (1.22%) NVQ Level 4
10 4 (0.98%) Master's Degree
10 4 (0.98%) MCP
10 4 (0.98%) MCTS
11 3 (0.73%) CCNP
11 3 (0.73%) NVQ Level 3
12 2 (0.49%) ISTQB
12 2 (0.49%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (3.90%) SLA
2 11 (2.68%) Automotive SPICE
2 11 (2.68%) AUTOSAR
2 11 (2.68%) ISO 26262
2 11 (2.68%) MISRA
3 9 (2.20%) NEBOSH
4 8 (1.95%) QA
5 3 (0.73%) ISO 9001
6 2 (0.49%) COSHH
6 2 (0.49%) Data Quality
6 2 (0.49%) ISO 14001
6 2 (0.49%) ISO/IEC 15288
7 1 (0.24%) Def Stans
7 1 (0.24%) ISO 9000
7 1 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.24%) JSP 440
7 1 (0.24%) RMADS
System Software
1 11 (2.68%) VMware Infrastructure
2 9 (2.20%) vSphere
3 6 (1.46%) Docker
4 4 (0.98%) Active Directory
4 4 (0.98%) Firmware
5 3 (0.73%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 6 (1.46%) SmoothWall
2 3 (0.73%) Failover Clustering
2 3 (0.73%) FortiGate
2 3 (0.73%) Functional Safety
2 3 (0.73%) Microsoft Clustering
3 2 (0.49%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
3 2 (0.49%) Wonderware InTouch
Vendors
1 48 (11.71%) Microsoft
2 33 (8.05%) SAP
3 15 (3.66%) Google
4 13 (3.17%) IBM
5 12 (2.93%) VMware
6 11 (2.68%) Cisco
6 11 (2.68%) Lauterbach
6 11 (2.68%) NEC
7 9 (2.20%) Adobe
7 9 (2.20%) HP
7 9 (2.20%) Oracle
7 9 (2.20%) Siemens
8 8 (1.95%) Salesforce
9 7 (1.71%) Apple
10 5 (1.22%) EMC
10 5 (1.22%) Juniper
10 5 (1.22%) Thales
11 4 (0.98%) Citrix
11 4 (0.98%) Facebook
11 4 (0.98%) Instagram