HND Jobs in the Midlands

Higher National Diploma (HND)
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for HND qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 117 275 309
Rank change year-on-year +158 +34 +26
Permanent jobs citing HND 150 50 14
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 2.16% 0.43% 0.15%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.80% 1.74% 0.37%
Number of salaries quoted 20 32 2
10th Percentile - £21,700 -
25th Percentile £32,500 £27,500 £21,821
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £45,250 £22,643
Median % change year-on-year -22.65% +99.85% -33.40%
75th Percentile £37,500 £52,500 £23,464
90th Percentile - £57,250 -
England median annual salary £50,055 £43,011 £50,454
% change year-on-year +16.38% -14.75% +0.91%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
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 permanent job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 3,944 2,872 3,805
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 56.78% 24.60% 39.84%
Number of salaries quoted 848 1,853 1,277
10th Percentile £26,675 £25,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £32,000 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,683 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.39% -5.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £62,625 £61,250 £63,750
90th Percentile £74,014 £75,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £58,193
% change year-on-year - -5.49% +5.81%

HND
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for HND in the Midlands

HND
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for HND in the Midlands

HND
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing HND within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 1 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
East Midlands +137 117 - - 37
West Midlands +50 33 £35,000 +7.69% 40
HND
England

HND
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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:

Applications
1 19 (12.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (10.67%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (2.00%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (1.33%) Dynamics GP
2 1 (0.67%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.67%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 15 (10.00%) Google Workspace
2 5 (3.33%) Dynamics 365
3 4 (2.67%) Power Automate
3 4 (2.67%) Power Platform
4 1 (0.67%) AWS
4 1 (0.67%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 104 (69.33%) 5G
1 104 (69.33%) Bluetooth
1 104 (69.33%) GSM
1 104 (69.33%) LTE
1 104 (69.33%) UMTS
1 104 (69.33%) Wi-Fi
1 104 (69.33%) Wireless
2 15 (10.00%) BGP
2 15 (10.00%) DHCP
2 15 (10.00%) DNS
2 15 (10.00%) Firewall
2 15 (10.00%) OSPF
2 15 (10.00%) TCP/IP
2 15 (10.00%) VLAN
2 15 (10.00%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.67%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 4 (2.67%) JIRA
General
1 105 (70.00%) Electronics
2 19 (12.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 19 (12.67%) Social Skills
3 15 (10.00%) Automotive
3 15 (10.00%) Retail
4 9 (6.00%) Finance
5 2 (1.33%) Legal
5 2 (1.33%) Public Sector
6 1 (0.67%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 104 (69.33%) Electronics Engineer
1 104 (69.33%) Electronics Test Engineer
1 104 (69.33%) Test Engineer
2 15 (10.00%) IT Engineer
2 15 (10.00%) Systems Engineer
3 11 (7.33%) Project Manager
4 9 (6.00%) Electrical Engineer
4 9 (6.00%) Project Engineer
4 9 (6.00%) Senior
5 5 (3.33%) Senior Manager
5 5 (3.33%) Senior Project Manager
6 4 (2.67%) Developer
6 4 (2.67%) Systems Developer
7 3 (2.00%) Consultant
7 3 (2.00%) Network Consultant
7 3 (2.00%) Network Operations Consultant
7 3 (2.00%) Principal Consultant
7 3 (2.00%) Senior Consultant
7 3 (2.00%) Senior Network Consultant
8 1 (0.67%) Business Manager
Miscellaneous
1 104 (69.33%) Driving Licence
2 15 (10.00%) Management Information System
2 15 (10.00%) Smartphone
3 3 (2.00%) NHS
4 2 (1.33%) Renewable Energy
4 2 (1.33%) SCADA
5 1 (0.67%) Optoelectronics
Operating Systems
1 15 (10.00%) Linux
1 15 (10.00%) Mac OS X
1 15 (10.00%) Ubuntu
1 15 (10.00%) Windows
1 15 (10.00%) Windows 10
1 15 (10.00%) Windows Server
1 15 (10.00%) Windows Server 2016
1 15 (10.00%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 107 (71.33%) Mentoring
2 104 (69.33%) Coaching
2 104 (69.33%) Customer Requirements
2 104 (69.33%) Test Strategy
2 104 (69.33%) Validation
2 104 (69.33%) Verification and Validation
3 18 (12.00%) Business Case
4 17 (11.33%) Project Delivery
5 16 (10.67%) Computer Science
6 15 (10.00%) Performance Tuning
6 15 (10.00%) Systems Engineering
7 9 (6.00%) GAP Analysis
7 9 (6.00%) Project Management
7 9 (6.00%) Supply Chain Management
8 5 (3.33%) Problem-Solving
9 4 (2.67%) Business Intelligence
9 4 (2.67%) Data-Driven Decision Making
9 4 (2.67%) Decision-Making
9 4 (2.67%) ETL
9 4 (2.67%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 19 (12.67%) SQL
2 15 (10.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 141 (94.00%) Degree
2 24 (16.00%) HNC
3 16 (10.67%) Computer Science Degree
3 16 (10.67%) Microsoft Certification
4 15 (10.00%) MCSE
5 2 (1.33%) Master's Degree
6 1 (0.67%) AWS Certification
6 1 (0.67%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
6 1 (0.67%) Azure Certification
System Software
1 15 (10.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 19 (12.67%) Microsoft
2 15 (10.00%) Apple
2 15 (10.00%) Cisco
2 15 (10.00%) Dell
2 15 (10.00%) Fortinet
2 15 (10.00%) Google
2 15 (10.00%) Ubiquiti
3 4 (2.67%) Zoho
4 2 (1.33%) Facebook
4 2 (1.33%) YouTube
5 1 (0.67%) SAP