HND Job Trends 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 21 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 228 173 253
Rank change year-on-year -55 +80 +58
Permanent jobs citing HND 23 46 49
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.19% 0.95% 0.43%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.69% 2.37% 1.82%
Number of salaries quoted 17 21 32
10th Percentile £30,000 - £21,700
25th Percentile £34,750 £32,500 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £35,000 £45,250
Median % change year-on-year +21.43% -22.65% +99.85%
75th Percentile £43,750 £37,500 £52,500
90th Percentile £51,750 - £57,250
England median annual salary £42,500 £50,055 £42,794
% change year-on-year -15.09% +16.97% -14.41%

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 3,340 1,944 2,691
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 27.21% 39.97% 23.82%
Number of salaries quoted 890 797 1,848
10th Percentile £27,500 £26,500 £25,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £35,750 £31,537
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £61,041 £65,000 £61,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £58,750 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +2.17% +4.55% -4.35%

HND
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

HND job vacancy trend in the Midlands

HND
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing HND.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing HND

HND
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing HND in the Midlands over the 6 months to 21 April 2026.

Salary histogram 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 21 April 2026. 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 -55 14 £42,500 - 7
West Midlands -50 9 £45,000 +28.57% 13
HND
England

HND
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (8.70%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (8.70%) PTC Creo
1 2 (8.70%) Solid Edge
2 1 (4.35%) Acrobat
2 1 (4.35%) Adobe Illustrator
2 1 (4.35%) AutoCAD
2 1 (4.35%) CATIA
2 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (4.35%) Photoshop
2 1 (4.35%) SOLIDWORKS
Cloud Services
1 2 (8.70%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (8.70%) Firewall
1 2 (8.70%) VPN
2 1 (4.35%) SMS
General
1 13 (56.52%) Social Skills
2 7 (30.43%) Manufacturing
3 2 (8.70%) Finance
3 2 (8.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2 (8.70%) Marketing
4 1 (4.35%) Agriculture
4 1 (4.35%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (30.43%) Support Engineer
1 7 (30.43%) Technical Engineer
1 7 (30.43%) Technical Support
1 7 (30.43%) Technical Support Engineer
2 2 (8.70%) Design Engineer
2 2 (8.70%) Graduate
2 2 (8.70%) IT Support
2 2 (8.70%) Mechanical Design Engineer
2 2 (8.70%) Mechanical Engineer
2 2 (8.70%) Project Manager
2 2 (8.70%) Systems Engineer
3 1 (4.35%) Automation Engineer
3 1 (4.35%) Electrical Engineer
3 1 (4.35%) Installations Engineer
3 1 (4.35%) Lead
3 1 (4.35%) Programmer
3 1 (4.35%) Project Engineer
3 1 (4.35%) Senior
3 1 (4.35%) Technical Illustrator
Miscellaneous
1 7 (30.43%) Driving Licence
1 7 (30.43%) Robotics
2 4 (17.39%) CCTV
3 3 (13.04%) SCADA
4 2 (8.70%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (4.35%) EPoS
Operating Systems
1 2 (8.70%) Linux
1 2 (8.70%) Windows
1 2 (8.70%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (30.43%) CRM
2 6 (26.09%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (17.39%) CAD
3 4 (17.39%) Project Delivery
3 4 (17.39%) Project Management
4 3 (13.04%) Collaborative Working
4 3 (13.04%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (13.04%) Customer Requirements
4 3 (13.04%) Design for Manufacturing
4 3 (13.04%) Root Cause Analysis
4 3 (13.04%) Software Engineering
4 3 (13.04%) Validation
5 2 (8.70%) Antivirus Management
5 2 (8.70%) CAPA
5 2 (8.70%) Change Control
5 2 (8.70%) Migration
5 2 (8.70%) Network Design
5 2 (8.70%) Production Planning
5 2 (8.70%) QMS
5 2 (8.70%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (13.04%) C#
1 3 (13.04%) Ladder Logic
1 3 (13.04%) VB
2 2 (8.70%) C
2 2 (8.70%) C++
2 2 (8.70%) VBA
3 1 (4.35%) SQL
Qualifications
1 15 (65.22%) HNC
2 12 (52.17%) Degree
3 1 (4.35%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.70%) QA
2 1 (4.35%) IEC 61508
System Software
1 2 (8.70%) Active Directory
1 2 (8.70%) Hyper-V
2 1 (4.35%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (4.35%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 7 (30.43%) Siemens
2 6 (26.09%) Salesforce
3 3 (13.04%) Cisco
3 3 (13.04%) Microsoft
4 2 (8.70%) HP
5 1 (4.35%) Adobe
5 1 (4.35%) Rockwell