HND Jobs 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 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 44 411 553
Rank change year-on-year +367 +142 +111
Permanent jobs citing HND 2,185 404 198
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 5.51% 0.54% 0.35%
As % of the Qualifications category 10.23% 2.04% 0.92%
Number of salaries quoted 895 209 93
10th Percentile £40,000 £23,125 £28,750
25th Percentile £47,683 £29,000 £33,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £42,000 £46,000
Median % change year-on-year +19.18% -8.70% -3.41%
75th Percentile £60,265 £52,500 £55,675
90th Percentile - £59,998 £58,700
UK median annual salary £50,055 £42,500 £45,425
% change year-on-year +17.78% -6.44% -4.62%

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 21,361 19,849 21,444
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 53.83% 26.51% 37.41%
Number of salaries quoted 8,719 12,283 7,957
10th Percentile £31,000 £27,500 £28,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,900 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £73,708 £79,600 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £53,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +2.80% -10.83% +9.09%

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 31 May 2025.

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 31 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
North of England +257 919 £50,055 +25.14% 66
North West +211 888 £50,055 +43.01% 41
East of England +148 340 £55,000 +46.56% 37
South East +216 292 £44,605 -6.09% 88
Scotland +245 263 £58,033 +37.51% 31
Midlands +189 234 £35,000 -22.22% 60
East Midlands +155 208 £40,000 -20.00% 33
South West +151 133 £52,600 +29.88% 32
Yorkshire +49 31 £57,560 +21.18% 22
West Midlands +47 26 £35,000 - 27
Northern Ireland +47 7 £40,221 +16.15% 3
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 15 (0.69%) Confluence
2 12 (0.55%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.092%) SharePoint
Applications
1 480 (21.97%) Simulink
2 201 (9.20%) Microsoft Office
3 184 (8.42%) Microsoft Excel
4 173 (7.92%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 109 (4.99%) Abaqus
6 77 (3.52%) Mathcad
7 6 (0.27%) AutoCAD
7 6 (0.27%) Windchill
8 5 (0.23%) Autodesk Inventor
9 2 (0.092%) Microsoft Project
10 1 (0.046%) MicroStation
10 1 (0.046%) Revit
Business Applications
1 212 (9.70%) Teamcenter
2 2 (0.092%) Primavera
3 1 (0.046%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.046%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 11 (0.50%) Google Workspace
2 7 (0.32%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (0.18%) GitHub
4 2 (0.092%) Azure
4 2 (0.092%) Power Platform
5 1 (0.046%) AWS
5 1 (0.046%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (0.046%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 725 (33.18%) 5G
2 721 (33.00%) Bluetooth
2 721 (33.00%) GSM
2 721 (33.00%) LTE
2 721 (33.00%) UMTS
2 721 (33.00%) Wi-Fi
2 721 (33.00%) Wireless
3 14 (0.64%) Firewall
3 14 (0.64%) NAS
3 14 (0.64%) SAN
4 13 (0.59%) TCP/IP
5 11 (0.50%) BGP
5 11 (0.50%) DHCP
5 11 (0.50%) DNS
5 11 (0.50%) OSPF
5 11 (0.50%) VLAN
5 11 (0.50%) WLAN
6 5 (0.23%) IP Telephony
6 5 (0.23%) SNMP
7 4 (0.18%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (0.23%) SQL Server
2 2 (0.092%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 72 (3.30%) LabVIEW
2 58 (2.65%) Rational DOORS
3 32 (1.46%) JIRA
4 9 (0.41%) Git
5 5 (0.23%) ClearCase
General
1 778 (35.61%) Electronics
2 340 (15.56%) Social Skills
3 282 (12.91%) Automotive
4 278 (12.72%) Aerospace
5 212 (9.70%) Manufacturing
6 136 (6.22%) Analytical Skills
7 75 (3.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 65 (2.97%) Aeronautics
9 61 (2.79%) Avionics
9 61 (2.79%) Influencing Skills
10 32 (1.46%) Agriculture
11 29 (1.33%) Finance
12 21 (0.96%) Presentation Skills
12 21 (0.96%) Retail
13 16 (0.73%) Pharmaceutical
14 11 (0.50%) Public Sector
15 9 (0.41%) Organisational Skills
16 6 (0.27%) Fire and Rescue
16 6 (0.27%) Local Government
17 4 (0.18%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 921 (42.15%) Systems Engineer
2 820 (37.53%) Electronics Engineer
3 725 (33.18%) Electronics Test Engineer
3 725 (33.18%) Test Engineer
4 451 (20.64%) Senior
5 248 (11.35%) Senior Systems Engineer
6 105 (4.81%) Lead
7 77 (3.52%) Engineering Specialist
7 77 (3.52%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
8 68 (3.11%) Senior Electrical Engineer
9 58 (2.65%) Integration Engineer
9 58 (2.65%) Systems Integration Engineer
10 45 (2.06%) Design Engineer
10 45 (2.06%) Support Engineer
11 39 (1.78%) Associate Engineer
11 39 (1.78%) Electronics Design Engineer
11 39 (1.78%) PCB Design Engineer
11 39 (1.78%) PCB Engineer
12 36 (1.65%) Senior Integration Engineer
13 32 (1.46%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (0.23%) XML
1 5 (0.23%) XSD
2 4 (0.18%) pytest
3 3 (0.14%) CSS
4 2 (0.092%) .NET
4 2 (0.092%) Leaflet
5 1 (0.046%) HTML
5 1 (0.046%) jQuery
5 1 (0.046%) Node-RED
Miscellaneous
1 721 (33.00%) Driving Licence
2 44 (2.01%) Management Information System
3 31 (1.42%) Renewable Energy
4 21 (0.96%) Cyberattack
5 19 (0.87%) SCADA
6 17 (0.78%) Satnav
7 11 (0.50%) Smartphone
8 9 (0.41%) Self-Motivation
9 7 (0.32%) Analogue Electronics
10 6 (0.27%) Clustering
10 6 (0.27%) Operational Technology
11 5 (0.23%) Blackberry
12 4 (0.18%) Biopharmaceutical
12 4 (0.18%) Industry 4.0
12 4 (0.18%) IoT
12 4 (0.18%) Self-Driving Car
13 3 (0.14%) Data Centre
13 3 (0.14%) NHS
14 2 (0.092%) Optoelectronics
14 2 (0.092%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 34 (1.56%) Linux
2 33 (1.51%) Windows
3 16 (0.73%) Windows Server
4 14 (0.64%) Windows 10
4 14 (0.64%) Windows Server 2019
5 11 (0.50%) Mac OS X
5 11 (0.50%) Ubuntu
5 11 (0.50%) Windows Server 2016
6 4 (0.18%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,249 (57.16%) Validation
2 1,196 (54.74%) Verification and Validation
3 961 (43.98%) Systems Engineering
4 954 (43.66%) Coaching
5 786 (35.97%) Customer Requirements
6 740 (33.87%) Mentoring
7 721 (33.00%) Test Strategy
8 667 (30.53%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
9 539 (24.67%) Mathematics
10 510 (23.34%) Software Engineering
11 488 (22.33%) SysML
12 473 (21.65%) Digital Twin
13 212 (9.70%) PLM
14 123 (5.63%) Requirements Management
15 120 (5.49%) CAD
16 109 (4.99%) Finite Element Analysis
17 95 (4.35%) Project Planning
18 81 (3.71%) Problem-Solving
19 80 (3.66%) Lean Manufacturing
19 80 (3.66%) Zero Defects
Programming Languages
1 690 (31.58%) MATLAB
2 23 (1.05%) PowerShell
3 18 (0.82%) SQL
4 17 (0.78%) Java
5 15 (0.69%) C
6 8 (0.37%) Python
7 3 (0.14%) C#
8 2 (0.092%) JavaScript
9 1 (0.046%) C++
9 1 (0.046%) PHP
9 1 (0.046%) Progress 4GL
Qualifications
1 1,985 (90.85%) Degree
2 1,045 (47.83%) HNC
3 669 (30.62%) BPSS Clearance
4 113 (5.17%) Chartered Engineer
5 112 (5.13%) Master's Degree
6 29 (1.33%) Security Cleared
7 20 (0.92%) SC Cleared
8 17 (0.78%) Computer Science Degree
8 17 (0.78%) Microsoft Certification
9 11 (0.50%) MCSE
10 9 (0.41%) DV Cleared
11 6 (0.27%) DBS Check
11 6 (0.27%) MOS
12 3 (0.14%) PMI Certification
13 2 (0.092%) CISM
13 2 (0.092%) CISSP
13 2 (0.092%) PMP
14 1 (0.046%) AWS Certification
14 1 (0.046%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
14 1 (0.046%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 150 (6.86%) ISO 9001
2 80 (3.66%) AQAP
3 68 (3.11%) ISO/IEC 17025
4 3 (0.14%) GDPR
5 1 (0.046%) QA
System Software
1 24 (1.10%) Active Directory
2 18 (0.82%) VMware Infrastructure
3 15 (0.69%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (0.14%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 4 (0.18%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 212 (9.70%) Microsoft
2 206 (9.43%) ANSYS
3 39 (1.78%) EMC
4 20 (0.92%) VMware
5 17 (0.78%) Salesforce
6 15 (0.69%) Atlassian
7 12 (0.55%) Cisco
8 11 (0.50%) Apple
8 11 (0.50%) Dell
8 11 (0.50%) Fortinet
8 11 (0.50%) Google
8 11 (0.50%) Ubiquiti
9 8 (0.37%) SAP
10 7 (0.32%) Mentor Graphics
10 7 (0.32%) Veeam
11 5 (0.23%) McAfee
11 5 (0.23%) Oracle
11 5 (0.23%) Siemens
12 4 (0.18%) AVEVA
12 4 (0.18%) Rockwell