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 10 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 37 401 570
Rank change year-on-year +364 +169 +85
Permanent jobs citing HND 2,224 413 192
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 5.71% 0.58% 0.32%
As % of the Qualifications category 10.38% 2.12% 0.88%
Number of salaries quoted 957 210 87
10th Percentile £40,000 £23,125 £29,200
25th Percentile £47,683 £29,000 £33,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £42,101 £46,000
Median % change year-on-year +18.89% -8.48% -3.16%
75th Percentile £60,265 £52,500 £55,675
90th Percentile - £59,998 £58,600
UK median annual salary £50,055 £42,500 £45,925
% change year-on-year +17.78% -7.46% -0.70%

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 21,420 19,487 21,880
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 55.00% 27.48% 36.38%
Number of salaries quoted 9,052 12,232 8,108
10th Percentile £31,250 £27,000 £28,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £37,029
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,000 £50,000 £51,350
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -2.63% +2.70%
75th Percentile £63,750 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £73,708 £78,750 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £54,000 £59,500
% change year-on-year +1.85% -9.24% +8.18%

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 10 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 10 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 +246 958 £50,055 +24.36% 87
North West +212 946 £50,055 +43.01% 49
East of England +138 339 £55,000 +46.56% 43
South East +220 286 £44,605 -6.09% 90
Scotland +251 260 £58,033 +37.51% 29
Midlands +198 236 £35,000 -22.65% 59
East Midlands +152 204 - - 31
South West +147 139 £52,600 +29.88% 53
West Midlands +54 32 £35,000 +7.69% 27
Yorkshire +36 12 £57,560 +21.18% 32
Northern Ireland +43 8 £40,221 +16.15% 3
Wales +30 1 £32,500 -18.75% 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 31 (1.39%) Confluence
2 9 (0.40%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.090%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.045%) Apache
Applications
1 465 (20.91%) Simulink
2 207 (9.31%) Microsoft Excel
3 201 (9.04%) Microsoft Office
4 172 (7.73%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 142 (6.38%) Abaqus
6 110 (4.95%) Mathcad
7 6 (0.27%) Windchill
8 3 (0.13%) AutoCAD
9 2 (0.090%) Autodesk Inventor
10 1 (0.045%) Microsoft Project
10 1 (0.045%) MicroStation
10 1 (0.045%) Revit
Business Applications
1 212 (9.53%) Teamcenter
2 2 (0.090%) Dynamics GP
3 1 (0.045%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.045%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 14 (0.63%) Google Workspace
2 8 (0.36%) Microsoft 365
3 7 (0.31%) GitHub
4 6 (0.27%) Power Platform
5 5 (0.22%) Dynamics 365
6 4 (0.18%) AWS
6 4 (0.18%) Power Automate
7 2 (0.090%) Azure
8 1 (0.045%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 725 (32.60%) 5G
2 722 (32.46%) LTE
3 721 (32.42%) Bluetooth
3 721 (32.42%) GSM
3 721 (32.42%) UMTS
3 721 (32.42%) Wi-Fi
3 721 (32.42%) Wireless
4 19 (0.85%) Firewall
5 18 (0.81%) TCP/IP
6 15 (0.67%) DHCP
6 15 (0.67%) VLAN
7 14 (0.63%) BGP
7 14 (0.63%) DNS
7 14 (0.63%) OSPF
7 14 (0.63%) WLAN
8 11 (0.49%) NAS
8 11 (0.49%) SAN
9 5 (0.22%) WAN
10 4 (0.18%) SD-WAN
11 2 (0.090%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (0.27%) Power BI
2 5 (0.22%) SQL Server
3 3 (0.13%) SQLite
4 1 (0.045%) Looker
4 1 (0.045%) MySQL
4 1 (0.045%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 112 (5.04%) LabVIEW
2 56 (2.52%) JIRA
3 40 (1.80%) Rational DOORS
4 9 (0.40%) Git
5 5 (0.22%) ClearCase
6 3 (0.13%) Visual Studio
General
1 777 (34.94%) Electronics
2 329 (14.79%) Social Skills
3 289 (12.99%) Automotive
4 284 (12.77%) Aerospace
5 237 (10.66%) Manufacturing
6 147 (6.61%) Analytical Skills
7 74 (3.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 65 (2.92%) Aeronautics
9 61 (2.74%) Avionics
9 61 (2.74%) Influencing Skills
10 43 (1.93%) Finance
11 40 (1.80%) Presentation Skills
12 32 (1.44%) Agriculture
13 24 (1.08%) Organisational Skills
13 24 (1.08%) Retail
14 12 (0.54%) Military
14 12 (0.54%) Pharmaceutical
15 11 (0.49%) Public Sector
16 6 (0.27%) Fire and Rescue
16 6 (0.27%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 896 (40.29%) Systems Engineer
2 790 (35.52%) Electronics Engineer
3 725 (32.60%) Electronics Test Engineer
3 725 (32.60%) Test Engineer
4 534 (24.01%) Senior
5 255 (11.47%) Senior Systems Engineer
6 111 (4.99%) Lead
7 110 (4.95%) Engineering Specialist
7 110 (4.95%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
8 108 (4.86%) Senior Electrical Engineer
9 58 (2.61%) Integration Engineer
9 58 (2.61%) Systems Integration Engineer
10 43 (1.93%) Design Engineer
11 38 (1.71%) Support Engineer
12 37 (1.66%) Associate Engineer
12 37 (1.66%) Electronics Design Engineer
12 37 (1.66%) PCB Design Engineer
12 37 (1.66%) PCB Engineer
12 37 (1.66%) Project Manager
13 36 (1.62%) Senior Integration Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (0.22%) HTML
1 5 (0.22%) XML
1 5 (0.22%) XSD
2 4 (0.18%) pytest
3 3 (0.13%) .NET
3 3 (0.13%) JSON
3 3 (0.13%) LINQ
3 3 (0.13%) Next.js
3 3 (0.13%) Node.js
3 3 (0.13%) WPF
4 2 (0.090%) CSS
4 2 (0.090%) Leaflet
5 1 (0.045%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 721 (32.42%) Driving Licence
2 53 (2.38%) Management Information System
3 20 (0.90%) Satnav
4 15 (0.67%) SCADA
5 14 (0.63%) Smartphone
6 8 (0.36%) Self-Motivation
7 7 (0.31%) Analogue Electronics
7 7 (0.31%) Renewable Energy
8 6 (0.27%) Clustering
9 4 (0.18%) Self-Driving Car
10 3 (0.13%) NHS
11 2 (0.090%) Blackberry
11 2 (0.090%) CSOC
11 2 (0.090%) Optoelectronics
11 2 (0.090%) Security Operations Centre
12 1 (0.045%) Housing Association
12 1 (0.045%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 38 (1.71%) Linux
2 34 (1.53%) Windows
3 20 (0.90%) Windows Server
4 18 (0.81%) Windows 10
5 17 (0.76%) Windows Server 2019
6 15 (0.67%) Ubuntu
7 14 (0.63%) Mac OS X
7 14 (0.63%) Windows Server 2016
8 4 (0.18%) Unix
9 1 (0.045%) CentOS
9 1 (0.045%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,206 (54.23%) Validation
2 1,180 (53.06%) Verification and Validation
3 954 (42.90%) Coaching
4 936 (42.09%) Systems Engineering
5 784 (35.25%) Customer Requirements
6 734 (33.00%) Mentoring
7 721 (32.42%) Test Strategy
8 640 (28.78%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
9 537 (24.15%) Mathematics
10 485 (21.81%) Software Engineering
11 480 (21.58%) SysML
12 458 (20.59%) Digital Twin
13 212 (9.53%) PLM
14 149 (6.70%) CAD
15 142 (6.38%) Finite Element Analysis
16 109 (4.90%) Workflow
17 108 (4.86%) Experiential Learning
17 108 (4.86%) Resource Management
17 108 (4.86%) Workflow Management
18 95 (4.27%) Requirements Management
Programming Languages
1 675 (30.35%) MATLAB
2 25 (1.12%) SQL
3 24 (1.08%) Java
4 23 (1.03%) C
4 23 (1.03%) PowerShell
5 6 (0.27%) Python
6 5 (0.22%) C#
7 4 (0.18%) JavaScript
8 3 (0.13%) C++
9 1 (0.045%) Ada
9 1 (0.045%) Google Apps Script
9 1 (0.045%) PHP
9 1 (0.045%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.045%) Progress 4GL
9 1 (0.045%) VB
Qualifications
1 2,032 (91.37%) Degree
2 1,050 (47.21%) HNC
3 732 (32.91%) BPSS Clearance
4 145 (6.52%) Master's Degree
5 142 (6.38%) Chartered Engineer
6 27 (1.21%) Security Cleared
7 18 (0.81%) SC Cleared
8 17 (0.76%) Computer Science Degree
8 17 (0.76%) Microsoft Certification
9 16 (0.72%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 14 (0.63%) MCSE
11 9 (0.40%) DV Cleared
12 7 (0.31%) DBS Check
13 6 (0.27%) MOS
14 2 (0.090%) CISM
14 2 (0.090%) CISSP
15 1 (0.045%) AWS Certification
15 1 (0.045%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
15 1 (0.045%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 189 (8.50%) ISO 9001
2 108 (4.86%) ISO/IEC 17025
3 80 (3.60%) AQAP
4 2 (0.090%) GDPR
System Software
1 25 (1.12%) Active Directory
2 22 (0.99%) Virtual Machines
3 12 (0.54%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 211 (9.49%) Microsoft
2 206 (9.26%) ANSYS
3 40 (1.80%) EMC
4 20 (0.90%) Salesforce
5 15 (0.67%) Atlassian
5 15 (0.67%) Cisco
5 15 (0.67%) Google
6 14 (0.63%) Apple
6 14 (0.63%) Dell
6 14 (0.63%) Fortinet
6 14 (0.63%) Ubiquiti
6 14 (0.63%) VMware
7 7 (0.31%) Mentor Graphics
8 5 (0.22%) Oracle
9 4 (0.18%) Veeam
9 4 (0.18%) Zoho
10 3 (0.13%) Facebook
10 3 (0.13%) SAP
10 3 (0.13%) YouTube
11 2 (0.090%) Progress