HND Job Trends in Glasgow

Higher National Diploma (HND)
Scotland > Glasgow

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Glasgow with a requirement for HND qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 14 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 70 91 -
Rank change year-on-year +21 - -
Permanent jobs citing HND 16 1 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Glasgow 2.03% 0.092% -
As % of the Qualifications category 7.55% 0.45% -
Number of salaries quoted 11 1 0
10th Percentile £29,000 - -
25th Percentile £31,000 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,000 £70,000 -
Median % change year-on-year -54.29% - -
75th Percentile £33,000 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median annual salary £32,000 £58,033 £26,947
% change year-on-year -44.86% +115.36% -33.64%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Glasgow

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 Glasgow.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 212 223 155
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Glasgow 26.84% 20.42% 21.62%
Number of salaries quoted 75 92 105
10th Percentile £28,250 £36,000 £32,850
25th Percentile £29,625 £40,000 £41,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -34.55% +4.76% +9.38%
75th Percentile £61,875 £77,500 £60,800
90th Percentile £85,000 £90,000 £67,000
Scotland median annual salary £33,500 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -36.19% - +9.38%

HND
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing HND relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Glasgow.

HND job vacancy trend in Glasgow

HND
Salary Trend in Glasgow

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing HND.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing HND

HND
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Glasgow 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:

Applications
1 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (6.25%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 2 (12.50%) Azure
1 2 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (12.50%) DHCP
1 2 (12.50%) DNS
1 2 (12.50%) Firewall
1 2 (12.50%) Softphone
1 2 (12.50%) TCP/IP
1 2 (12.50%) VPN
1 2 (12.50%) Wi-Fi
General
1 9 (56.25%) Social Skills
2 3 (18.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (6.25%) Digital Health
3 1 (6.25%) Electronics
3 1 (6.25%) Finance
Job Titles
1 11 (68.75%) Support Engineer
2 9 (56.25%) Electrical Engineer
2 9 (56.25%) Technical Engineer
2 9 (56.25%) Technical Support
2 9 (56.25%) Technical Support Engineer
3 3 (18.75%) Senior
4 2 (12.50%) IT Engineer
4 2 (12.50%) IT Support
4 2 (12.50%) IT Support Engineer
5 1 (6.25%) Customer Engineer
5 1 (6.25%) Customer Service Engineer
5 1 (6.25%) Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (12.50%) CCTV
Operating Systems
1 2 (12.50%) Windows
1 2 (12.50%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (56.25%) Customer Requirements
1 9 (56.25%) Presales
2 3 (18.75%) QMS
3 2 (12.50%) Collaborative Culture
3 2 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (6.25%) Customer Service
4 1 (6.25%) Data Privacy
4 1 (6.25%) Decision-Making
4 1 (6.25%) Digital Twin
4 1 (6.25%) Mathematics
4 1 (6.25%) Mentoring
4 1 (6.25%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
4 1 (6.25%) Software Engineering
4 1 (6.25%) SysML
4 1 (6.25%) Systems Engineering
4 1 (6.25%) Validation
4 1 (6.25%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (6.25%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 11 (68.75%) HNC
2 6 (37.50%) Degree
3 3 (18.75%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.25%) GDPR
System Software
1 2 (12.50%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (12.50%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 3 (18.75%) Microsoft
2 2 (12.50%) Dell
2 2 (12.50%) HP
3 1 (6.25%) Siemens