HND Job Trends in Swindon

Higher National Diploma (HND)
Wiltshire > Swindon

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Swindon with a requirement for HND qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 29 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 25 51
Rank change year-on-year -3 +26 -
Permanent jobs citing HND 1 5 3
As % of all permanent jobs in Swindon 0.37% 3.65% 0.63%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.22% 8.20% 2.27%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - £38,400
25th Percentile £42,500 - £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 - £41,000
75th Percentile £47,500 - £48,500
90th Percentile - - £52,400
Wiltshire median annual salary £43,750 £57,670 £41,000
% change year-on-year -24.14% +40.66% -41.43%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Swindon

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 Swindon.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 45 61 132
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Swindon 16.79% 44.53% 27.79%
Number of salaries quoted 25 45 103
10th Percentile £46,000 £35,200 £26,350
25th Percentile £70,752 £48,165 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £56,785 £51,000
Median % change year-on-year +40.88% +11.34% +2.00%
75th Percentile £92,500 £68,568 £62,200
90th Percentile - - £70,000
Wiltshire median annual salary £65,000 £51,058 £50,000
% change year-on-year +27.31% +2.12% -1.96%

HND
Job Vacancy Trend in Swindon

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

HND job vacancy trend in Swindon

HND
Salary Trend in Swindon

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Swindon citing HND.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Swindon citing HND

HND
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Swindon 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Git
General
1 1 (100.00%) Aerospace
1 1 (100.00%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Analogue Electronics
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Kalman Filter
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Prototyping
1 1 (100.00%) Rapid Prototyping
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) MATLAB
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared