HND Jobs in the UK excluding London

Higher National Diploma (HND)
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for HND qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 401 569 646
Rank change year-on-year +168 +77 -128
Permanent jobs citing HND 417 190 203
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.59% 0.31% 0.29%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.15% 0.85% 0.91%
Number of salaries quoted 210 87 128
10th Percentile £23,125 £28,350 £27,347
25th Percentile £29,000 £32,500 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,101 £46,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.48% +8.24% +6.25%
75th Percentile £52,500 £55,675 £55,000
90th Percentile £59,998 £57,900 £61,265
UK median annual salary £42,500 £46,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -7.61% +8.24% +6.25%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK excluding London

HND is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 19,383 22,417 22,202
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 27.65% 36.48% 31.39%
Number of salaries quoted 12,194 8,237 10,285
10th Percentile £27,000 £28,000 £27,750
25th Percentile £36,181 £37,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.99% +1.00% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £78,750 £81,250 £76,250
UK median annual salary £54,000 £58,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -6.90% +5.45% -

HND
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing HND as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for HND in the UK excluding London

HND
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing HND in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for HND in the UK excluding London

HND
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing HND in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

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 28 April 2024. 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
North of England +113 111 £40,250 -9.70% 121
South East +12 85 £47,500 -7.50% 129
South West +32 76 £40,500 -42.14% 75
North West +64 70 £35,000 +11.11% 58
East of England +56 62 £37,528 +21.06% 50
Midlands +35 50 £45,250 +99.85% 91
Yorkshire +129 37 £47,500 -40.63% 52
West Midlands +49 33 £32,500 +43.54% 57
Scotland -43 20 £42,202 +4.20% 62
East Midlands -3 13 £50,000 - 34
Wales +24 11 £40,000 - 10
North East -11 4 £41,500 -16.26% 16
Northern Ireland - 2 £34,628 - 8
HND
UK

HND
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 6 (1.44%) CMS
1 6 (1.44%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.48%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.24%) JBoss
3 1 (0.24%) WebSphere
Applications
1 95 (22.78%) AutoCAD
2 51 (12.23%) Microsoft Office
3 31 (7.43%) Microsoft Excel
4 18 (4.32%) Revit
5 17 (4.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 12 (2.88%) Simulink
7 11 (2.64%) SOLIDWORKS
7 11 (2.64%) Stateflow
8 10 (2.40%) Solid Edge
9 9 (2.16%) Photoshop
10 8 (1.92%) EPLAN
11 7 (1.68%) CANalyzer
12 5 (1.20%) Microsoft Project
13 3 (0.72%) Adobe Creative Suite
13 3 (0.72%) Adobe Illustrator
13 3 (0.72%) InDesign
14 2 (0.48%) MS Visio
15 1 (0.24%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 10 (2.40%) NEC Housing
2 1 (0.24%) Primavera
2 1 (0.24%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 20 (4.80%) Azure
2 9 (2.16%) Microsoft 365
3 8 (1.92%) GitHub
4 6 (1.44%) AWS
4 6 (1.44%) Azure DevOps
4 6 (1.44%) Cloud Computing
4 6 (1.44%) OneDrive
5 5 (1.20%) Google Workspace
6 4 (0.96%) PaaS
6 4 (0.96%) SaaS
7 3 (0.72%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 2 (0.48%) Boomi
8 2 (0.48%) iPaaS
9 1 (0.24%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 24 (5.76%) Internet
2 20 (4.80%) LAN
3 19 (4.56%) WAN
4 11 (2.64%) J1939
5 8 (1.92%) Firewall
5 8 (1.92%) Wireless
6 7 (1.68%) Ethernet
7 6 (1.44%) Intranet
7 6 (1.44%) MQTT
7 6 (1.44%) Remote Desktop
7 6 (1.44%) Wi-Fi
8 5 (1.20%) 5G
8 5 (1.20%) Network Security
8 5 (1.20%) OSPF
8 5 (1.20%) SD-WAN
8 5 (1.20%) TCP/IP
9 4 (0.96%) DHCP
9 4 (0.96%) DNS
9 4 (0.96%) Profibus
9 4 (0.96%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (6.00%) Data Vault
2 15 (3.60%) SQL Server
3 4 (0.96%) QlikView
3 4 (0.96%) Relational Database
4 3 (0.72%) Azure SQL Database
4 3 (0.72%) Ingres
5 2 (0.48%) MySQL
5 2 (0.48%) RDBMS
6 1 (0.24%) Data Hub
6 1 (0.24%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.24%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.24%) Metadata
6 1 (0.24%) MS Access
6 1 (0.24%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 25 (6.00%) JIRA
2 21 (5.04%) Git
3 13 (3.12%) LabVIEW
4 11 (2.64%) ClearCase
4 11 (2.64%) Plastic SCM
5 7 (1.68%) ClearQuest
5 7 (1.68%) Rational DOORS
6 6 (1.44%) Jenkins
7 3 (0.72%) Subversion
8 2 (0.48%) Selenium
8 2 (0.48%) Visual Studio
General
1 158 (37.89%) Social Skills
2 78 (18.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 72 (17.27%) Analytical Skills
4 71 (17.03%) Legal
5 69 (16.55%) Manufacturing
6 54 (12.95%) Local Government
7 52 (12.47%) Aerospace
8 49 (11.75%) Electronics
9 47 (11.27%) Finance
10 40 (9.59%) Automotive
11 27 (6.47%) Telecoms
12 25 (6.00%) Publishing
13 24 (5.76%) Presentation Skills
13 24 (5.76%) Retail
14 22 (5.28%) Marketing
15 18 (4.32%) Organisational Skills
16 14 (3.36%) Law
17 13 (3.12%) Public Sector
18 6 (1.44%) Influencing Skills
19 4 (0.96%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 63 (15.11%) Senior
2 51 (12.23%) Coordinator
3 49 (11.75%) Technical Coordinator
4 38 (9.11%) Project Manager
5 29 (6.95%) Software Engineer
6 27 (6.47%) Technical Manager
7 23 (5.52%) Author
7 23 (5.52%) Systems Engineer
7 23 (5.52%) Technical Author
8 22 (5.28%) Senior Software Engineer
9 21 (5.04%) Technical Support
10 20 (4.80%) Support Engineer
11 19 (4.56%) Analyst
12 16 (3.84%) Hardware Engineer
13 15 (3.60%) Quantity Surveyor
14 14 (3.36%) Lead
15 13 (3.12%) Product Engineer
15 13 (3.12%) Senior Systems Engineer
15 13 (3.12%) Verification Engineer
16 12 (2.88%) Technical Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (6.00%) XML
2 8 (1.92%) pytest
3 7 (1.68%) .NET
4 6 (1.44%) Ajax
4 6 (1.44%) AngularJS
4 6 (1.44%) CSS
4 6 (1.44%) HTML
4 6 (1.44%) LESS
4 6 (1.44%) React
4 6 (1.44%) Sass
4 6 (1.44%) Vue
5 5 (1.20%) Apache Thrift
6 4 (0.96%) Akka
7 2 (0.48%) Middleware
8 1 (0.24%) ModSecurity
8 1 (0.24%) Node-RED
8 1 (0.24%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 52 (12.47%) Housing Association
2 43 (10.31%) Management Information System
3 27 (6.47%) Self-Motivation
4 19 (4.56%) Driving Licence
5 16 (3.84%) IoT
6 12 (2.88%) CCTV
7 11 (2.64%) Algorithms
8 10 (2.40%) Mobile App
9 8 (1.92%) FMCG
9 8 (1.92%) Operational Technology
10 6 (1.44%) Renewable Energy
10 6 (1.44%) SCADA
11 5 (1.20%) GNSS
12 4 (0.96%) Acoustics
12 4 (0.96%) EPoS
12 4 (0.96%) FPGA
12 4 (0.96%) Linux Command Line
13 3 (0.72%) Clustering
13 3 (0.72%) Graphic Design
13 3 (0.72%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 48 (11.51%) Windows
2 35 (8.39%) Linux
3 16 (3.84%) Unix
4 12 (2.88%) Windows Server
5 11 (2.64%) Windows 10
6 8 (1.92%) Apple iOS
7 5 (1.20%) VMS
8 4 (0.96%) FreeRTOS
8 4 (0.96%) VxWorks
9 2 (0.48%) Android
9 2 (0.48%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.24%) Debian
10 1 (0.24%) Fedora
10 1 (0.24%) Mac OS X
10 1 (0.24%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.24%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 102 (24.46%) Agile
2 97 (23.26%) Problem-Solving
3 96 (23.02%) Time Management
4 58 (13.91%) Project Management
5 52 (12.47%) Continuous Improvement
6 38 (9.11%) Mathematics
7 34 (8.15%) Software Engineering
8 30 (7.19%) CAD
9 29 (6.95%) Customer Service
10 28 (6.71%) B2B
11 26 (6.24%) Mentoring
12 25 (6.00%) Customer Requirements
12 25 (6.00%) Document Management
12 25 (6.00%) Impact Assessments
13 23 (5.52%) Cybersecurity
13 23 (5.52%) Innovative Thinking
13 23 (5.52%) Project Delivery
14 19 (4.56%) Creative Thinking
14 19 (4.56%) Kalman Filter
15 17 (4.08%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 34 (8.15%) Python
2 25 (6.00%) C
2 25 (6.00%) MATLAB
3 19 (4.56%) SQL
4 15 (3.60%) Embedded C
5 11 (2.64%) C#
5 11 (2.64%) Perl
6 9 (2.16%) C++
6 9 (2.16%) PowerShell
7 7 (1.68%) Bash
8 6 (1.44%) JavaScript
8 6 (1.44%) VB
9 5 (1.20%) Ladder Logic
10 4 (0.96%) T-SQL
10 4 (0.96%) VBA
11 3 (0.72%) Java
11 3 (0.72%) Shell Script
12 1 (0.24%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 250 (59.95%) Degree
2 243 (58.27%) HNC
3 27 (6.47%) Security Cleared
4 11 (2.64%) Microsoft Certification
5 10 (2.40%) DV Cleared
5 10 (2.40%) SC Cleared
6 7 (1.68%) Cisco Certification
6 7 (1.68%) MRICS
7 6 (1.44%) Chartered Engineer
7 6 (1.44%) DBS Check
8 5 (1.20%) NVQ Level 4
9 4 (0.96%) Computer Science Degree
9 4 (0.96%) Master's Degree
9 4 (0.96%) MCP
9 4 (0.96%) MCTS
9 4 (0.96%) RIBA
10 3 (0.72%) CCNP
11 2 (0.48%) ISTQB
11 2 (0.48%) TOGAF Certification
11 2 (0.48%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (4.08%) SLA
2 12 (2.88%) MISRA
3 11 (2.64%) Automotive SPICE
3 11 (2.64%) AUTOSAR
3 11 (2.64%) ISO 26262
4 9 (2.16%) QA
5 8 (1.92%) NEBOSH
6 5 (1.20%) ISO 13485
7 4 (0.96%) 21 CFR Part 11
7 4 (0.96%) COSHH
7 4 (0.96%) ISO 9001
8 3 (0.72%) Disclosure Scotland
8 3 (0.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 2 (0.48%) Data Quality
9 2 (0.48%) ISO 14001
9 2 (0.48%) ISO/IEC 15288
10 1 (0.24%) Def Stans
10 1 (0.24%) ISO 9000
10 1 (0.24%) JSP 440
10 1 (0.24%) RMADS
System Software
1 17 (4.08%) VMware Infrastructure
2 11 (2.64%) vSphere
3 8 (1.92%) Firmware
4 6 (1.44%) Active Directory
4 6 (1.44%) Docker
5 5 (1.20%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (0.72%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 6 (1.44%) SmoothWall
2 3 (0.72%) Failover Clustering
2 3 (0.72%) FortiGate
2 3 (0.72%) Microsoft Clustering
3 2 (0.48%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
4 1 (0.24%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 53 (12.71%) Microsoft
2 33 (7.91%) SAP
3 20 (4.80%) VMware
4 15 (3.60%) Google
5 13 (3.12%) IBM
6 11 (2.64%) Cisco
6 11 (2.64%) Lauterbach
6 11 (2.64%) NEC
7 9 (2.16%) Adobe
7 9 (2.16%) Apple
7 9 (2.16%) HP
8 8 (1.92%) Salesforce
9 7 (1.68%) EMC
9 7 (1.68%) Siemens
10 6 (1.44%) Oracle
11 5 (1.20%) Juniper
11 5 (1.20%) Thales
12 4 (0.96%) Citrix
12 4 (0.96%) Dell
12 4 (0.96%) Facebook