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 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 397 511 635
Rank change year-on-year +114 +124 -55
Permanent jobs citing HND 339 170 249
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.52% 0.35% 0.32%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.01% 0.93% 0.95%
Number of salaries quoted 157 79 135
10th Percentile £28,400 £29,950 £26,989
25th Percentile £32,500 £33,500 £31,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,500 £45,850 £44,425
Median % change year-on-year -11.67% +3.21% +11.06%
75th Percentile £50,250 £55,675 £55,000
90th Percentile £59,998 £64,600 £61,265
UK median annual salary £42,000 £46,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -8.70% -3.16% +18.75%

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 16,873 18,275 26,124
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 25.85% 37.96% 33.36%
Number of salaries quoted 9,460 7,807 11,272
10th Percentile £28,500 £29,000 £28,109
25th Percentile £37,500 £37,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £48,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +8.25% +2.11%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £77,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +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 26 July 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 26 July 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 +92 114 £41,647 -9.46% 105
North West +56 80 £39,316 -8.19% 53
South East -19 62 £42,500 -11.78% 101
South West +17 51 £45,000 -25.00% 42
East of England +33 47 £37,528 +66.79% 30
Midlands +12 42 £42,000 +23.80% 76
Yorkshire +90 34 £47,500 +35.71% 34
West Midlands +16 29 £35,000 +3.17% 36
Scotland -27 18 £42,851 - 26
East Midlands - 9 £52,500 - 40
Wales - 3 £45,000 - 8
Northern Ireland - 2 £34,628 - 12
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 13 (3.83%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (1.77%) CMS
3 5 (1.47%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.29%) JBoss
4 1 (0.29%) WebSphere
Applications
1 78 (23.01%) AutoCAD
2 46 (13.57%) Microsoft Office
3 27 (7.96%) Microsoft Excel
4 18 (5.31%) Revit
5 15 (4.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 14 (4.13%) Simulink
7 8 (2.36%) Photoshop
8 7 (2.06%) EPLAN
9 5 (1.47%) Microsoft Project
10 3 (0.88%) Stateflow
11 2 (0.59%) Adobe Creative Suite
11 2 (0.59%) Adobe Illustrator
11 2 (0.59%) InDesign
11 2 (0.59%) SOLIDWORKS
12 1 (0.29%) FrameMaker
12 1 (0.29%) MS Visio
12 1 (0.29%) Solid Edge
12 1 (0.29%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 7 (2.06%) NEC Housing
2 5 (1.47%) Teamcenter
3 2 (0.59%) Primavera
4 1 (0.29%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 18 (5.31%) Azure
2 12 (3.54%) GitHub
3 10 (2.95%) Google Workspace
4 7 (2.06%) Microsoft 365
5 6 (1.77%) Azure DevOps
5 6 (1.77%) Cloud Computing
6 4 (1.18%) OneDrive
7 3 (0.88%) AWS
7 3 (0.88%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 1 (0.29%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 33 (9.73%) LAN
2 17 (5.01%) Internet
3 12 (3.54%) WAN
4 10 (2.95%) Firewall
5 9 (2.65%) VLAN
5 9 (2.65%) Wireless
6 7 (2.06%) DHCP
6 7 (2.06%) DNS
6 7 (2.06%) RS-232
6 7 (2.06%) TCP/IP
7 6 (1.77%) BGP
7 6 (1.77%) MQTT
7 6 (1.77%) OSPF
7 6 (1.77%) SAN
7 6 (1.77%) VPN
7 6 (1.77%) WLAN
8 5 (1.47%) NAS
8 5 (1.47%) SNMP
9 4 (1.18%) 5G
9 4 (1.18%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (6.78%) QlikView
2 15 (4.42%) SQL Server
3 5 (1.47%) Data Vault
4 3 (0.88%) Azure SQL Database
4 3 (0.88%) Ingres
4 3 (0.88%) Relational Database
5 2 (0.59%) RDBMS
6 1 (0.29%) MS Access
6 1 (0.29%) MySQL
6 1 (0.29%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 20 (5.90%) Git
2 18 (5.31%) LabVIEW
3 13 (3.83%) JIRA
4 6 (1.77%) Jenkins
5 3 (0.88%) ClearCase
5 3 (0.88%) Plastic SCM
5 3 (0.88%) Subversion
6 2 (0.59%) Selenium
General
1 138 (40.71%) Social Skills
2 74 (21.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 71 (20.94%) Legal
4 61 (17.99%) Analytical Skills
5 53 (15.63%) Manufacturing
6 47 (13.86%) Local Government
7 40 (11.80%) Aerospace
8 39 (11.50%) Automotive
9 38 (11.21%) Finance
10 34 (10.03%) Electronics
11 28 (8.26%) Law
12 23 (6.78%) Presentation Skills
13 18 (5.31%) Retail
14 16 (4.72%) Telecoms
15 12 (3.54%) Public Sector
16 11 (3.24%) Organisational Skills
17 10 (2.95%) Marketing
18 5 (1.47%) Publishing
19 4 (1.18%) Military
19 4 (1.18%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 45 (13.27%) Coordinator
2 44 (12.98%) Technical Coordinator
3 40 (11.80%) Senior
4 34 (10.03%) Systems Engineer
4 34 (10.03%) Technical Support
5 33 (9.73%) Project Manager
6 24 (7.08%) Support Specialist
7 23 (6.78%) Technical Specialist
7 23 (6.78%) Technical Support Specialist
8 22 (6.49%) Technical Manager
9 15 (4.42%) Software Engineer
9 15 (4.42%) Test Technician
10 14 (4.13%) Electronics Technician
11 13 (3.83%) IT Engineer
11 13 (3.83%) Lead
11 13 (3.83%) Support Engineer
11 13 (3.83%) Test Engineer
12 12 (3.54%) Product Engineer
12 12 (3.54%) Product Test Engineer
12 12 (3.54%) Technical Assistant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (3.54%) pytest
2 7 (2.06%) .NET
3 6 (1.77%) Ajax
3 6 (1.77%) AngularJS
3 6 (1.77%) CSS
3 6 (1.77%) HTML
3 6 (1.77%) LESS
3 6 (1.77%) React
3 6 (1.77%) Sass
3 6 (1.77%) Vue
4 5 (1.47%) Apache Thrift
4 5 (1.47%) XML
5 1 (0.29%) Node-RED
Miscellaneous
1 51 (15.04%) Housing Association
2 47 (13.86%) Management Information System
3 18 (5.31%) Self-Motivation
4 15 (4.42%) Driving Licence
5 12 (3.54%) IoT
6 11 (3.24%) Blackberry
7 9 (2.65%) FMCG
8 8 (2.36%) CCTV
9 7 (2.06%) Algorithms
9 7 (2.06%) Smartphone
9 7 (2.06%) Video Conferencing
10 5 (1.47%) Clustering
10 5 (1.47%) Embedded Systems
10 5 (1.47%) Mobile App
11 4 (1.18%) Acoustics
11 4 (1.18%) Analogue Electronics
11 4 (1.18%) FPGA
11 4 (1.18%) Operational Technology
11 4 (1.18%) Renewable Energy
12 3 (0.88%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 76 (22.42%) Windows
2 43 (12.68%) Linux
3 20 (5.90%) Windows 10
4 18 (5.31%) Windows Server
5 15 (4.42%) Unix
6 12 (3.54%) Windows Server 2019
7 6 (1.77%) Apple iOS
7 6 (1.77%) Mac OS X
7 6 (1.77%) Ubuntu
7 6 (1.77%) Windows Server 2016
8 5 (1.47%) VMS
9 4 (1.18%) FreeRTOS
10 2 (0.59%) Android
11 1 (0.29%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 104 (30.68%) Problem-Solving
2 86 (25.37%) Time Management
3 84 (24.78%) Agile
4 45 (13.27%) Project Management
5 39 (11.50%) Continuous Improvement
5 39 (11.50%) Mathematics
6 33 (9.73%) Systems Engineering
7 27 (7.96%) B2B
7 27 (7.96%) Computer Science
7 27 (7.96%) Kalman Filter
8 24 (7.08%) Software Engineering
9 23 (6.78%) Collaborative Culture
10 22 (6.49%) Validation
11 21 (6.19%) CAD
11 21 (6.19%) Mentoring
12 20 (5.90%) Customer Service
13 19 (5.60%) Creative Thinking
14 17 (5.01%) Project Delivery
14 17 (5.01%) Stakeholder Management
15 16 (4.72%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 31 (9.14%) MATLAB
2 22 (6.49%) Python
3 17 (5.01%) PowerShell
3 17 (5.01%) SQL
4 14 (4.13%) C
5 13 (3.83%) C++
6 10 (2.95%) Embedded C
7 7 (2.06%) C#
8 6 (1.77%) Bash
8 6 (1.77%) JavaScript
9 4 (1.18%) Java
9 4 (1.18%) T-SQL
10 3 (0.88%) Perl
11 2 (0.59%) Shell Script
11 2 (0.59%) VB
12 1 (0.29%) Embedded C++
12 1 (0.29%) Ladder Logic
12 1 (0.29%) VBA
Qualifications
1 219 (64.60%) Degree
2 193 (56.93%) HNC
3 30 (8.85%) Security Cleared
4 21 (6.19%) Microsoft Certification
5 16 (4.72%) SC Cleared
6 15 (4.42%) DV Cleared
7 13 (3.83%) Computer Science Degree
8 6 (1.77%) DBS Check
8 6 (1.77%) MCSE
9 4 (1.18%) NVQ Level 4
10 3 (0.88%) Chartered Engineer
10 3 (0.88%) RIBA
11 2 (0.59%) ISTQB
11 2 (0.59%) Master's Degree
11 2 (0.59%) MRICS
11 2 (0.59%) NVQ Level 3
12 1 (0.29%) APMP
12 1 (0.29%) CCNP
12 1 (0.29%) Cisco Certification
12 1 (0.29%) EMC Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (2.36%) SLA
2 6 (1.77%) QA
3 4 (1.18%) NEBOSH
4 3 (0.88%) Automotive SPICE
4 3 (0.88%) AUTOSAR
4 3 (0.88%) Disclosure Scotland
4 3 (0.88%) ISO 26262
4 3 (0.88%) ISO 9001
4 3 (0.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (0.88%) MISRA
5 2 (0.59%) COSHH
6 1 (0.29%) Def Stans
6 1 (0.29%) ISO 14001
6 1 (0.29%) ISO 9000
6 1 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 15288
6 1 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 17025
System Software
1 21 (6.19%) VMware Infrastructure
2 19 (5.60%) Active Directory
3 9 (2.65%) vSphere
4 6 (1.77%) Docker
5 5 (1.47%) Firmware
5 5 (1.47%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (0.88%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.29%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 4 (1.18%) SmoothWall
2 3 (0.88%) FortiGate
3 1 (0.29%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 48 (14.16%) Microsoft
2 34 (10.03%) SAP
3 24 (7.08%) VMware
4 18 (5.31%) Google
5 12 (3.54%) Apple
6 11 (3.24%) McAfee
6 11 (3.24%) Veeam
7 10 (2.95%) Cisco
8 9 (2.65%) Adobe
8 9 (2.65%) Dell
9 8 (2.36%) NEC
9 8 (2.36%) Salesforce
10 7 (2.06%) HP
11 6 (1.77%) EMC
11 6 (1.77%) Fortinet
11 6 (1.77%) Mitel
11 6 (1.77%) Oracle
11 6 (1.77%) Ubiquiti
12 5 (1.47%) ANSYS
13 4 (1.18%) Citrix