HND Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Higher National Diploma (HND)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for HND qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 18 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 441 98 403
Rank change year-on-year -343 +305 +103
Permanent jobs citing HND 199 1,048 368
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.28% 3.10% 0.52%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.49% 8.25% 2.06%
Number of salaries quoted 125 147 165
10th Percentile £32,200 £31,000 £25,500
25th Percentile £36,750 £37,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,000 £48,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.42% +20.00% -12.76%
75th Percentile £53,000 £54,782 £48,750
90th Percentile £62,500 £58,998 £58,250
UK median annual salary £43,000 £49,500 £41,500
% change year-on-year -13.13% +19.28% -9.78%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 13,400 12,710 17,891
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 18.64% 37.62% 25.29%
Number of salaries quoted 6,783 5,280 11,077
10th Percentile £29,750 £28,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,000 £36,783
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - -4.76%
75th Percentile £75,000 £66,254 £65,000
90th Percentile £87,955 £78,750 £80,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £54,700
% change year-on-year +9.09% +0.55% -8.83%

HND
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

HND job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

HND
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing HND.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing HND

HND
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing HND in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 18 July 2026.

Salary histogram for HND in the UK excluding London

HND
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing HND within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 18 July 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
South East -169 70 £38,500 -3.75% 33
South West -59 31 £43,000 -18.25% 17
East of England -146 25 £51,359 -6.62% 13
Midlands -175 23 £42,500 +21.43% 14
North of England -143 22 £49,400 -1.31% 19
North West -56 19 £50,586 +1.06% 7
Scotland -5 14 £49,000 +15.29% 8
Wales -41 13 £44,000 - 2
West Midlands -27 12 £45,000 +28.57% 8
East Midlands -127 11 £42,500 +6.25% 6
Yorkshire -75 3 £40,000 -30.51% 9
Northern Ireland -63 1 - -
HND
UK

HND
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 14 (7.04%) SharePoint
2 10 (5.03%) FactoryTalk
3 5 (2.51%) CMS
4 4 (2.01%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (1.01%) Confluence
6 1 (0.50%) Apache
Applications
1 31 (15.58%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (5.53%) Simulink
3 10 (5.03%) CorelDRAW
4 9 (4.52%) Microsoft Excel
5 5 (2.51%) MS Visio
6 3 (1.51%) CANalyzer
7 2 (1.01%) AutoCAD
7 2 (1.01%) EPLAN
8 1 (0.50%) Microsoft Project
8 1 (0.50%) PTC Creo
8 1 (0.50%) Solid Edge
8 1 (0.50%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 2 (1.01%) IBM Planning Analytics
2 1 (0.50%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 18 (9.05%) Microsoft 365
2 10 (5.03%) Power Platform
3 6 (3.02%) Azure
3 6 (3.02%) Azure DevOps
4 5 (2.51%) GitHub
5 4 (2.01%) Dynamics 365
5 4 (2.01%) PowerApps
6 3 (1.51%) Entra ID
6 3 (1.51%) Microsoft Purview
6 3 (1.51%) Power Automate
7 2 (1.01%) Google Docs
7 2 (1.01%) Google Sheets
7 2 (1.01%) Google Workspace
8 1 (0.50%) Azure Functions
8 1 (0.50%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 17 (8.54%) Ethernet
2 13 (6.53%) TCP/IP
3 10 (5.03%) Profibus
4 8 (4.02%) Firewall
5 7 (3.52%) WAN
6 5 (2.51%) 5G
6 5 (2.51%) SD-WAN
7 4 (2.01%) LTE
7 4 (2.01%) VoIP
7 4 (2.01%) VSAT
8 3 (1.51%) Asterisk PBX
9 2 (1.01%) LAN
9 2 (1.01%) Network Security
9 2 (1.01%) VLAN
10 1 (0.50%) RS-232
10 1 (0.50%) RS-485
10 1 (0.50%) SMS
10 1 (0.50%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (3.02%) Power BI
2 4 (2.01%) MySQL
2 4 (2.01%) SQL Server
3 2 (1.01%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 9 (4.52%) Git
2 7 (3.52%) LabVIEW
3 3 (1.51%) CANoe
3 3 (1.51%) JIRA
4 1 (0.50%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.50%) Cypress.io
4 1 (0.50%) Qt Creator
4 1 (0.50%) SonarQube
4 1 (0.50%) Team Foundation Server
4 1 (0.50%) Visual Studio
General
1 66 (33.17%) Social Skills
2 51 (25.63%) Manufacturing
3 50 (25.13%) Finance
4 46 (23.12%) Electronics
5 22 (11.06%) Aerospace
6 13 (6.53%) Telecoms
7 12 (6.03%) Analytical Skills
7 12 (6.03%) Documentation Skills
7 12 (6.03%) Legal
8 9 (4.52%) Marketing
8 9 (4.52%) Presentation Skills
9 8 (4.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 6 (3.02%) Military
10 6 (3.02%) Organisational Skills
11 5 (2.51%) Billing
11 5 (2.51%) Law
12 4 (2.01%) Retail
13 3 (1.51%) Back Office
13 3 (1.51%) Pharmaceutical
14 2 (1.01%) Games
Job Titles
1 36 (18.09%) Support Engineer
1 36 (18.09%) Systems Engineer
2 34 (17.09%) Technical Engineer
3 33 (16.58%) Technical Support
3 33 (16.58%) Technical Support Engineer
4 29 (14.57%) Senior
5 15 (7.54%) Electronics Engineer
5 15 (7.54%) Hardware Engineer
5 15 (7.54%) Lead
6 13 (6.53%) Principal Engineer
6 13 (6.53%) Principal Hardware Engineer
6 13 (6.53%) Senior Hardware Engineer
7 12 (6.03%) Control Systems Engineer
7 12 (6.03%) Test Engineer
8 10 (5.03%) Applications Support
8 10 (5.03%) Software Engineer
9 9 (4.52%) Electronics Test Engineer
9 9 (4.52%) Project Manager
10 8 (4.02%) Analyst
10 8 (4.02%) IT Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (3.02%) pytest
2 5 (2.51%) XML
3 3 (1.51%) Boost C++ Libraries
4 1 (0.50%) .NET
4 1 (0.50%) .NET Framework
4 1 (0.50%) ASP.NET
4 1 (0.50%) ASP.NET Core
4 1 (0.50%) ASP.NET MVC
4 1 (0.50%) ASP.NET Web Forms
4 1 (0.50%) Entity Framework
4 1 (0.50%) Flash
4 1 (0.50%) Jest
4 1 (0.50%) LAMP
4 1 (0.50%) Node.js
4 1 (0.50%) Qt
4 1 (0.50%) React
4 1 (0.50%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 32 (16.08%) Driving Licence
2 16 (8.04%) Analogue Electronics
3 15 (7.54%) SCADA
4 12 (6.03%) Self-Motivation
5 10 (5.03%) Replication
6 8 (4.02%) Embedded Systems
6 8 (4.02%) Robotics
7 7 (3.52%) Social Media
8 5 (2.51%) Linux Command Line
8 5 (2.51%) Management Information System
8 5 (2.51%) Product Ownership
8 5 (2.51%) Self-Driving Car
9 4 (2.01%) Data Centre
9 4 (2.01%) Onboarding
10 3 (1.51%) Data Structures
10 3 (1.51%) IoT
11 2 (1.01%) CCTV
11 2 (1.01%) Raspberry Pi
12 1 (0.50%) EPoS
12 1 (0.50%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 15 (7.54%) Windows
2 14 (7.04%) Linux
3 7 (3.52%) Unix
3 7 (3.52%) Windows Server
4 3 (1.51%) Ubuntu
5 2 (1.01%) Windows 10
5 2 (1.01%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (1.01%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (0.50%) Debian
6 1 (0.50%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (17.09%) Continuous Improvement
2 30 (15.08%) Problem-Solving
3 20 (10.05%) CRM
3 20 (10.05%) Mentoring
3 20 (10.05%) Validation
4 18 (9.05%) Customer Requirements
5 17 (8.54%) Coaching
6 16 (8.04%) Computer Science
6 16 (8.04%) Software Engineering
6 16 (8.04%) Stakeholder Management
6 16 (8.04%) Systems Engineering
7 14 (7.04%) Project Delivery
8 13 (6.53%) Regression Testing
9 11 (5.53%) Change Management
9 11 (5.53%) Collaborative Working
9 11 (5.53%) Technical Leadership
10 10 (5.03%) Test Automation
11 9 (4.52%) Agile
11 9 (4.52%) Product Management
12 8 (4.02%) Customer Engagement
Programming Languages
1 18 (9.05%) MATLAB
2 16 (8.04%) Python
3 13 (6.53%) SQL
4 11 (5.53%) C++
5 7 (3.52%) C
6 5 (2.51%) Java
6 5 (2.51%) Shell Script
7 4 (2.01%) JavaScript
7 4 (2.01%) PowerShell
8 3 (1.51%) Bash
8 3 (1.51%) Embedded C
9 2 (1.01%) C#
9 2 (1.01%) Perl
10 1 (0.50%) Embedded C++
10 1 (0.50%) Ladder Logic
10 1 (0.50%) PHP
10 1 (0.50%) VB
10 1 (0.50%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 147 (73.87%) Degree
2 142 (71.36%) HNC
3 43 (21.61%) BPSS Clearance
4 10 (5.03%) Security Cleared
5 9 (4.52%) SC Cleared
6 6 (3.02%) NVQ Level 3
7 4 (2.01%) City & Guilds
7 4 (2.01%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (1.51%) Computer Science Degree
8 3 (1.51%) DV Cleared
9 2 (1.01%) A+ Certification
9 2 (1.01%) DBS Check
9 2 (1.01%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 1 (0.50%) CCNA
10 1 (0.50%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (7.54%) Accessibility
2 10 (5.03%) HAZOP
3 9 (4.52%) ISO 9001
3 9 (4.52%) QA
4 7 (3.52%) SLA
5 4 (2.01%) GDPR
6 3 (1.51%) NEBOSH
7 2 (1.01%) DO-254
7 2 (1.01%) ISO/IEC 17025
8 1 (0.50%) Def Stans
8 1 (0.50%) DO-178B
System Software
1 6 (3.02%) Firmware
2 4 (2.01%) Active Directory
2 4 (2.01%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (1.01%) Hyper-V
3 2 (1.01%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (1.01%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (1.01%) vSphere
4 1 (0.50%) Docker
Systems Management
1 10 (5.03%) Wonderware InTouch
2 1 (0.50%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 34 (17.09%) Microsoft
2 13 (6.53%) Allen-Bradley
2 13 (6.53%) Mentor Graphics
2 13 (6.53%) Wonderware
3 11 (5.53%) Rockwell
4 10 (5.03%) Siemens
5 7 (3.52%) Cisco
6 6 (3.02%) Salesforce
7 5 (2.51%) Adobe
7 5 (2.51%) Freshdesk
7 5 (2.51%) Nintex
7 5 (2.51%) Oracle
7 5 (2.51%) SAP
8 4 (2.01%) EMC
8 4 (2.01%) VMware
9 3 (1.51%) Atlassian
9 3 (1.51%) NEC
10 2 (1.01%) Citrix
10 2 (1.01%) Google
10 2 (1.01%) Veeam