HND Jobs in the South East

Higher National Diploma (HND)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for HND qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 12 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 88 304 298
Rank change year-on-year +216 -6 +112
Permanent jobs citing HND 288 86 97
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 3.07% 0.51% 0.67%
As % of the Qualifications category 5.43% 1.49% 1.70%
Number of salaries quoted 28 48 50
10th Percentile £37,125 £23,125 £30,265
25th Percentile £37,500 £40,313 £32,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,605 £47,500 £51,350
Median % change year-on-year -6.09% -7.50% +2.70%
75th Percentile £47,625 £59,998 £55,675
90th Percentile £48,000 £68,750 £57,500
England median annual salary £50,055 £43,011 £49,557
% change year-on-year +16.38% -13.21% -0.89%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South East

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 South East.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 5,302 5,790 5,718
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 56.43% 34.43% 39.53%
Number of salaries quoted 2,445 3,640 2,557
10th Percentile £34,988 £29,750 £28,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £38,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £51,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.65% +3.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £82,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -8.33% +9.09%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for HND in the South East

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Salary Trend in the South East

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

Salary trend for HND in the South East

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Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing HND in the South East over the 6 months to 12 May 2025.

Salary histogram for HND in the South East

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Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing HND within the South East region over the 6 months to 12 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
Thames Valley +177 242 £40,197 -26.91% 28
Buckinghamshire +103 194 £40,197 -5.42% 8
Oxfordshire - 40 - - 8
Surrey +46 16 £40,000 - 5
West Sussex +47 10 £44,605 +27.44% 4
Hampshire +61 8 £44,605 -10.79% 32
Berkshire +24 8 - - 14
Kent +22 7 £48,000 -12.73% 8
East Sussex +34 5 - -
HND
England

HND
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 9 (3.13%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.35%) Apache
Applications
1 8 (2.78%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (2.43%) Simulink
3 1 (0.35%) AutoCAD
3 1 (0.35%) MicroStation
3 1 (0.35%) Revit
Cloud Services
1 6 (2.08%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (0.35%) Power Platform
2 1 (0.35%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 218 (75.69%) LTE
2 217 (75.35%) 5G
2 217 (75.35%) Bluetooth
2 217 (75.35%) GSM
2 217 (75.35%) UMTS
2 217 (75.35%) Wi-Fi
2 217 (75.35%) Wireless
3 11 (3.82%) NAS
3 11 (3.82%) SAN
4 3 (1.04%) Firewall
4 3 (1.04%) TCP/IP
5 2 (0.69%) IP Telephony
5 2 (0.69%) SNMP
6 1 (0.35%) DVB
6 1 (0.35%) VoIP
6 1 (0.35%) VSAT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.69%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.35%) Looker
2 1 (0.35%) MySQL
2 1 (0.35%) Power BI
2 1 (0.35%) Relational Database
General
1 249 (86.46%) Electronics
2 31 (10.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 25 (8.68%) Manufacturing
4 9 (3.13%) Social Skills
5 6 (2.08%) Fire and Rescue
5 6 (2.08%) Local Government
6 1 (0.35%) Aerospace
6 1 (0.35%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (0.35%) Automotive
6 1 (0.35%) Aviation
6 1 (0.35%) Finance
6 1 (0.35%) Games
6 1 (0.35%) Legal
6 1 (0.35%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (0.35%) Public Sector
6 1 (0.35%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 241 (83.68%) Electronics Engineer
2 217 (75.35%) Electronics Test Engineer
2 217 (75.35%) Test Engineer
3 24 (8.33%) Associate Engineer
3 24 (8.33%) Design Engineer
3 24 (8.33%) Electronics Design Engineer
3 24 (8.33%) PCB Design Engineer
3 24 (8.33%) PCB Engineer
4 12 (4.17%) IT Engineer
5 11 (3.82%) Systems Engineer
6 10 (3.47%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 10 (3.47%) Infrastructure Support
6 10 (3.47%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
6 10 (3.47%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
6 10 (3.47%) IT Support
6 10 (3.47%) IT Support Engineer
6 10 (3.47%) Support Engineer
7 7 (2.43%) Control Systems Engineer
7 7 (2.43%) Electrical Engineer
7 7 (2.43%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.35%) CSS
1 1 (0.35%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 217 (75.35%) Driving Licence
2 7 (2.43%) Analogue Electronics
3 6 (2.08%) Clustering
4 2 (0.69%) Blackberry
5 1 (0.35%) Management Information System
5 1 (0.35%) Renewable Energy
5 1 (0.35%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 15 (5.21%) Windows
2 5 (1.74%) Windows Server
3 4 (1.39%) Linux
4 3 (1.04%) Windows 10
4 3 (1.04%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (0.35%) CentOS
5 1 (0.35%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 224 (77.78%) Coaching
2 218 (75.69%) Mentoring
2 218 (75.69%) Validation
3 217 (75.35%) Customer Requirements
3 217 (75.35%) Test Strategy
3 217 (75.35%) Verification and Validation
4 24 (8.33%) Project Planning
4 24 (8.33%) Schematic Capture
5 12 (4.17%) Continuous Improvement
6 11 (3.82%) Virtual Environments
7 10 (3.47%) High Availability
7 10 (3.47%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 10 (3.47%) Kalman Filter
8 9 (3.13%) Computer Science
8 9 (3.13%) Server Building
8 9 (3.13%) Web Filtering
9 8 (2.78%) Antivirus Management
9 8 (2.78%) Disaster Recovery
9 8 (2.78%) IT Strategy
9 8 (2.78%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (3.13%) PowerShell
2 7 (2.43%) MATLAB
3 1 (0.35%) Google Apps Script
3 1 (0.35%) JavaScript
3 1 (0.35%) PL/SQL
3 1 (0.35%) Python
3 1 (0.35%) SQL
Qualifications
1 273 (94.79%) Degree
2 19 (6.60%) HNC
3 13 (4.51%) BPSS Clearance
3 13 (4.51%) Security Cleared
4 7 (2.43%) DV Cleared
5 6 (2.08%) DBS Check
5 6 (2.08%) MOS
5 6 (2.08%) SC Cleared
6 2 (0.69%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (0.69%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (0.35%) GDPR
System Software
1 12 (4.17%) VMware Infrastructure
2 9 (3.13%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 24 (8.33%) EMC
2 18 (6.25%) Microsoft
3 14 (4.86%) VMware
4 7 (2.43%) Mentor Graphics
5 4 (1.39%) Veeam
6 2 (0.69%) McAfee
7 1 (0.35%) Google
7 1 (0.35%) Mitel
7 1 (0.35%) Sophos