Higher National Diploma (HND)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for HND qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 4 December 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 593 857 752
Rank change year-on-year +264 -105 -64
Permanent jobs citing HND 148 219 355
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.28% 0.18% 0.28%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.85% 0.59% 1.12%
Number of salaries quoted 61 93 177
10th Percentile £23,500 £28,900 £32,000
25th Percentile £31,791 £35,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,860 £47,500 £41,860
Median % change year-on-year -7.66% +13.47% -6.98%
75th Percentile £61,250 £55,000 £49,774
90th Percentile £75,000 £62,250 £56,398
UK excluding London median annual salary £43,000 £45,257 £40,000
% change year-on-year -4.99% +13.14% -5.88%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

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 with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 17,351 36,863 31,741
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 32.59% 29.74% 24.75%
Number of salaries quoted 10,857 16,923 17,862
10th Percentile £31,125 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,000 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.88% +3.64% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £76,250 £72,750
90th Percentile £92,500 £93,750 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% - +2.04%

HND
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing HND as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for HND in the UK

HND
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing HND.

Salary trend for HND in the UK

HND
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing HND over the 6 months to 4 December 2023.

Salary histogram for HND in the UK

HND
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing HND within the UK over the 6 months to 4 December 2023. 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
England +287 133 £46,500 -7.00% 503
UK excluding London +163 108 £43,000 -4.99% 482
Work from Home +262 42 £57,500 +53.33% 122
London +298 39 £51,000 -15.70% 69
South West +67 26 £52,500 +55.79% 68
South East +128 25 £43,860 -12.28% 109
North of England +153 21 £39,250 +0.81% 96
North West +117 15 - - 58
Midlands +125 14 £22,000 -46.67% 115
Scotland +52 9 £26,949 -25.26% 41
East Midlands +41 9 - - 49
East of England +103 8 £22,500 -27.42% 55
West Midlands +135 5 £22,000 -37.14% 66
Northern Ireland +36 5 £25,250 -42.62% 3
Yorkshire +90 3 £33,750 -57.81% 33
North East +43 3 £42,750 +9.79% 5

HND
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 3 (2.03%) WinCC
2 1 (0.68%) Exchange Server 2010
2 1 (0.68%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 20 (13.51%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (8.11%) AutoCAD
3 4 (2.70%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (1.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (1.35%) Photoshop
5 1 (0.68%) Adobe After Effects
5 1 (0.68%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.68%) Adobe Illustrator
5 1 (0.68%) Adobe Premiere
5 1 (0.68%) CATIA
5 1 (0.68%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 1 (0.68%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 7 (4.73%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (0.68%) Adobe Creative Cloud
2 1 (0.68%) Azure
2 1 (0.68%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 9 (6.08%) 5G
1 9 (6.08%) WAN
2 8 (5.41%) SD-WAN
3 4 (2.70%) Firewall
4 3 (2.03%) Wireless
5 1 (0.68%) 4G
5 1 (0.68%) DHCP
5 1 (0.68%) DNS
5 1 (0.68%) GSM
5 1 (0.68%) IP Telephony
5 1 (0.68%) LAN
5 1 (0.68%) NAS
5 1 (0.68%) PBX
5 1 (0.68%) SAN
5 1 (0.68%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.68%) VLAN
5 1 (0.68%) VoIP
5 1 (0.68%) VPN
5 1 (0.68%) VSAT
5 1 (0.68%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (4.05%) SQL Server
2 4 (2.70%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (2.03%) Relational Database
3 3 (2.03%) Tableau
4 2 (1.35%) Data Hub
4 2 (1.35%) Data Lake
4 2 (1.35%) Metadata
4 2 (1.35%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (0.68%) Data Mining
5 1 (0.68%) Microsoft Analysis Services
5 1 (0.68%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.68%) MySQL
5 1 (0.68%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.68%) Power BI
5 1 (0.68%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 1 (0.68%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 14 (9.46%) Rational DOORS
2 9 (6.08%) Git
3 8 (5.41%) LabVIEW
4 2 (1.35%) eggPlant
4 2 (1.35%) VectorCAST
5 1 (0.68%) JIRA
General
1 41 (27.70%) Social Skills
2 28 (18.92%) Manufacturing
3 25 (16.89%) Analytical Skills
4 24 (16.22%) Aerospace
5 22 (14.86%) Electronics
6 17 (11.49%) Finance
7 15 (10.14%) Retail
8 9 (6.08%) Presentation Skills
9 8 (5.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 6 (4.05%) Local Government
10 6 (4.05%) Public Sector
11 4 (2.70%) Automotive
11 4 (2.70%) Telecoms
12 3 (2.03%) Aeronautics
12 3 (2.03%) Documentation Skills
12 3 (2.03%) Games
12 3 (2.03%) Marketing
12 3 (2.03%) Organisational Skills
12 3 (2.03%) Pharmaceutical
12 3 (2.03%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 23 (15.54%) Senior
2 21 (14.19%) Systems Engineer
3 18 (12.16%) Design Engineer
4 15 (10.14%) Control Systems Engineer
5 13 (8.78%) Project Engineer
6 12 (8.11%) Traffic Engineer
7 10 (6.76%) Verification Engineer
8 9 (6.08%) Graduate
8 9 (6.08%) Software Engineer
8 9 (6.08%) Support Engineer
9 8 (5.41%) Product Engineer
9 8 (5.41%) RF Engineer
10 7 (4.73%) Analyst
10 7 (4.73%) Development Engineer
10 7 (4.73%) IT Support
10 7 (4.73%) PLC Engineer
11 6 (4.05%) Consultant
11 6 (4.05%) IT Support Engineer
11 6 (4.05%) Project Manager
11 6 (4.05%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (4.73%) ModSecurity
2 3 (2.03%) EDI
3 2 (1.35%) .NET
3 2 (1.35%) .NET Framework
4 1 (0.68%) .NET Core
4 1 (0.68%) ASP.NET
4 1 (0.68%) ASP.NET MVC
4 1 (0.68%) Entity Framework
4 1 (0.68%) Middleware
4 1 (0.68%) React
Miscellaneous
1 22 (14.86%) Self-Motivation
2 10 (6.76%) SCADA
3 8 (5.41%) GNSS
4 5 (3.38%) Driving Licence
4 5 (3.38%) Management Information System
5 4 (2.70%) Data Structures
5 4 (2.70%) FPGA
5 4 (2.70%) Verilog
5 4 (2.70%) VHDL
6 3 (2.03%) Robotics
7 2 (1.35%) 3D Printing
7 2 (1.35%) CAN bus
7 2 (1.35%) Data Centre
7 2 (1.35%) Embedded Systems
7 2 (1.35%) Photography
8 1 (0.68%) BYOD
8 1 (0.68%) CCTV
8 1 (0.68%) Graphic Design
8 1 (0.68%) Operational Technology
8 1 (0.68%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 19 (12.84%) Windows
2 8 (5.41%) Unix
3 7 (4.73%) Windows 10
4 3 (2.03%) Linux
5 2 (1.35%) Mac OS
5 2 (1.35%) Windows Server
5 2 (1.35%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (0.68%) Android
6 1 (0.68%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.68%) Windows 7
6 1 (0.68%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (0.68%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (26.35%) Problem-Solving
2 21 (14.19%) Computer Science
2 21 (14.19%) Customer Requirements
2 21 (14.19%) Systems Engineering
3 20 (13.51%) Decision-Making
4 17 (11.49%) Configuration Management
4 17 (11.49%) Software Engineering
5 16 (10.81%) Mentoring
6 15 (10.14%) Physics
6 15 (10.14%) Project Management
7 12 (8.11%) Cybersecurity
7 12 (8.11%) Mathematics
8 11 (7.43%) Agile
8 11 (7.43%) Change Control
8 11 (7.43%) Coaching
8 11 (7.43%) Matrix Organization
9 10 (6.76%) Customer Service
9 10 (6.76%) PLM
9 10 (6.76%) Project Delivery
9 10 (6.76%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 18 (12.16%) Python
2 8 (5.41%) MATLAB
3 7 (4.73%) C
3 7 (4.73%) SQL
4 6 (4.05%) C++
5 3 (2.03%) Ada
5 3 (2.03%) C#
5 3 (2.03%) PowerShell
6 2 (1.35%) VB
7 1 (0.68%) Bash
7 1 (0.68%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.68%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 117 (79.05%) Degree
2 83 (56.08%) HNC
3 46 (31.08%) Security Cleared
4 17 (11.49%) Chartered Engineer
4 17 (11.49%) SC Cleared
5 10 (6.76%) Computer Science Degree
6 8 (5.41%) DBS Check
6 8 (5.41%) Numerate Degree
7 7 (4.73%) CISSP
7 7 (4.73%) DV Cleared
8 3 (2.03%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 3 (2.03%) Master's Degree
9 2 (1.35%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (1.35%) CCNA
9 2 (1.35%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (1.35%) MCSA
9 2 (1.35%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.68%) APMP
10 1 (0.68%) PMP
10 1 (0.68%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (9.46%) QA
2 7 (4.73%) IEC 61508
2 7 (4.73%) JSP 440
2 7 (4.73%) RMADS
3 5 (3.38%) Data Quality
3 5 (3.38%) DO-178B
4 3 (2.03%) Def Stans
5 2 (1.35%) NEBOSH
6 1 (0.68%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.68%) AQAP
6 1 (0.68%) HAZOP
6 1 (0.68%) ISO 13485
6 1 (0.68%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.68%) ISO/IEC 17025
6 1 (0.68%) SLA
System Software
1 12 (8.11%) Firmware
2 4 (2.70%) Active Directory
3 2 (1.35%) Embedded Firmware
4 1 (0.68%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.68%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (2.03%) Wonderware InTouch
2 2 (1.35%) Functional Safety
3 1 (0.68%) FortiGate
3 1 (0.68%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 17 (11.49%) Microsoft
2 10 (6.76%) Rockwell
2 10 (6.76%) Siemens
3 6 (4.05%) Oracle
4 5 (3.38%) Mentor Graphics
5 4 (2.70%) AVEVA
5 4 (2.70%) EMC
5 4 (2.70%) Wonderware
5 4 (2.70%) Xilinx
6 3 (2.03%) Sun
7 2 (1.35%) Adobe
7 2 (1.35%) Cisco
7 2 (1.35%) IBM
7 2 (1.35%) Minitab
7 2 (1.35%) Sage
7 2 (1.35%) SAP
7 2 (1.35%) Ubiquiti
8 1 (0.68%) Dataiku
8 1 (0.68%) IFS
8 1 (0.68%) NEC