HND Job Trends in the South West

Higher National Diploma (HND)
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for HND qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 7 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 186 109 220
Rank change year-on-year -77 +111 -5
Permanent jobs citing HND 24 48 73
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 0.31% 1.73% 0.74%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.18% 4.38% 2.31%
Number of salaries quoted 11 18 13
10th Percentile £32,500 - -
25th Percentile £40,625 - £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,600 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.45% +31.50% -42.86%
75th Percentile £53,000 £56,275 £45,000
90th Percentile £54,500 £58,744 £47,000
England median annual salary £42,500 £50,055 £43,011
% change year-on-year -15.09% +16.38% -6.35%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South West

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 West.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 2,026 1,096 3,155
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 26.39% 39.61% 31.96%
Number of salaries quoted 999 683 2,186
10th Percentile £30,900 £27,300 £30,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £31,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -9.09% +0.73%
75th Percentile £80,000 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £81,250 £82,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £54,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% +0.92% -9.17%

HND
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

HND job vacancy trend in the South West

HND
Salary Trend in the South West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing HND.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing HND

HND
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing HND in the South West over the 6 months to 7 June 2026.

Salary histogram for HND in the South West

HND
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing HND within the South West region over the 6 months to 7 June 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
Devon -26 14 £75,000 - 5
Gloucestershire -28 3 £53,000 +0.76% 5
Wiltshire -21 2 £43,750 -24.14% 3
Somerset - 2 £43,000 - 3
Dorset - 2 £35,000 -
Bristol -33 1 £53,000 +0.76% 2
HND
England

HND
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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 (8.33%) SharePoint
2 1 (4.17%) CMS
Applications
1 12 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (8.33%) CorelDRAW
Business Applications
1 1 (4.17%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 10 (41.67%) GitHub
2 3 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (4.17%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (4.17%) Power Platform
3 1 (4.17%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 10 (41.67%) 5G
1 10 (41.67%) SD-WAN
1 10 (41.67%) WAN
2 2 (8.33%) TCP/IP
3 1 (4.17%) RS-232
3 1 (4.17%) RS-485
Development Applications
1 12 (50.00%) Git
2 10 (41.67%) LabVIEW
General
1 16 (66.67%) Electronics
2 10 (41.67%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (29.17%) Presentation Skills
4 6 (25.00%) Social Skills
5 5 (20.83%) Manufacturing
6 3 (12.50%) Documentation Skills
6 3 (12.50%) Finance
6 3 (12.50%) Telecoms
7 1 (4.17%) Aerospace
7 1 (4.17%) Back Office
7 1 (4.17%) Law
7 1 (4.17%) Marketing
7 1 (4.17%) Military
7 1 (4.17%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (4.17%) Retail
Job Titles
1 12 (50.00%) Test Engineer
2 10 (41.67%) Product Engineer
2 10 (41.67%) Product Test Engineer
2 10 (41.67%) Verification Engineer
3 4 (16.67%) Electronics Engineer
3 4 (16.67%) Electronics Test Engineer
3 4 (16.67%) Project Manager
3 4 (16.67%) Technical Manager
4 3 (12.50%) Technical Project Manager
5 2 (8.33%) Software Engineer
5 2 (8.33%) Test Technician
6 1 (4.17%) Applications Manager
6 1 (4.17%) Author
6 1 (4.17%) Electronics Hardware Engineer
6 1 (4.17%) Hardware Engineer
6 1 (4.17%) Hardware Test Engineer
6 1 (4.17%) Technical Author
6 1 (4.17%) Technical Writer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (41.67%) pytest
2 1 (4.17%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 10 (41.67%) Self-Driving Car
2 9 (37.50%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (12.50%) Analogue Electronics
3 3 (12.50%) Data Centre
4 2 (8.33%) Embedded Systems
5 1 (4.17%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (4.17%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 12 (50.00%) Unix
1 12 (50.00%) Windows
2 2 (8.33%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (50.00%) Kalman Filter
2 10 (41.67%) B2B
2 10 (41.67%) Test Assurance
2 10 (41.67%) Test Automation
3 8 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
4 7 (29.17%) Physics
4 7 (29.17%) System Testing
4 7 (29.17%) Test Scripting
4 7 (29.17%) Validation
4 7 (29.17%) Verification and Validation
5 6 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 6 (25.00%) Project Delivery
6 5 (20.83%) Stakeholder Management
7 3 (12.50%) Commercial Awareness
7 3 (12.50%) Facilities Management
7 3 (12.50%) Manual Testing
7 3 (12.50%) Technical Leadership
8 2 (8.33%) Containerisation
8 2 (8.33%) Process Improvement
8 2 (8.33%) Prototyping
Programming Languages
1 12 (50.00%) MATLAB
1 12 (50.00%) Python
2 2 (8.33%) C++
3 1 (4.17%) C
Qualifications
1 17 (70.83%) Degree
2 8 (33.33%) HNC
3 3 (12.50%) SC Cleared
3 3 (12.50%) Security Cleared
4 1 (4.17%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (12.50%) ISO 9001
2 1 (4.17%) DO-178B
2 1 (4.17%) NEBOSH
2 1 (4.17%) QA
System Software
1 3 (12.50%) Firmware
Vendors
1 4 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.17%) NEC