HND Jobs

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 3 months to 25 June 2017 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

Higher National Diploma (HND) UK
Location	3 months to 25 Jun 2017	Same period 2016	Same period 2015
Rank	689	728	705
Rank change year-on-year	+39	-23
Permanent jobs citing HND	183	197	269
As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK	0.21%	0.20%	0.24%
As % of the Qualifications category	0.85%	0.76%	0.88%
Number of salaries quoted	158	159	220
Median salary	£37,500	£35,000	£40,000
Median salary % change year-on-year	+7.14%	-12.50%
90% offered a salary of more than	£20,000	£23,500	£24,500
10% offered a salary of more than	£45,000	£50,000	£62,500
UK excluding London median salary	£37,500	£32,759	£40,000
% change year-on-year	+14.47%	-18.10%

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 academic qualifications and professional certifications cited in permanent job vacancies.

Academic & Professional Certification UK
Permanent job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications	21651	25902	30444
As % of all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the UK	24.58%	26.68%	27.50%
Number of salaries quoted	16870	20937	24141
Median salary	£45,000	£47,500	£45,000
Median salary % change year-on-year	-5.26%	+5.55%
90% offered a salary of more than	£27,500	£27,500	£27,000
10% offered a salary of more than	£75,000	£70,000	£72,500
UK excluding London median salary	£42,500	£42,500	£42,000
% change year-on-year	-	+1.19%

HND
Job Vacancy Trend

The job posting trend of jobs advertised citing HND as a proportion of all permanent or contract IT jobs with a match in the Qualifications category.

HND
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing HND.

HND
Salary Histogram

The salary distribution of IT jobs citing HND over the 3 months to 25 June 2017.

HND
Top 30 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 3 months to 25 June 2017. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Year	Matching Permanent IT Job Ads	Median Salary Last 3 Months	Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Job Vacancies
England	+45	161	£37,500	+7.14%	26
South East	+44	40	£38,750	+22.04%	2
South West	+24	35	£37,500	+12.78%	8
West Midlands	+30	25	£32,500	-7.87%	5
North West	-47	17	£25,000	-28.57%	4
Falmouth	-	16	£37,500	-
Penryn	-	16	£37,500	-	3
Cornwall	-	16	£37,500	-	3
Yorkshire	+19	15	£27,500	-24.65%	1
Birmingham	-	13	£34,000	-	1
London	+7	12	£35,000	-	3
Wiltshire	+11	11	£44,500	+41.26%	2
South Wales	+26	10	£45,000	-
Wales	+16	10	£45,000	-
Buckinghamshire	-3	9	£17,000	-15.00%
Manchester	-25	9	£20,000	-33.33%	3
Swindon	+2	8	£44,500	+41.26%
Milton Keynes	-7	8	£17,000	-27.65%
East Yorkshire	-	8	£27,500	-
Hull	-	8	£27,500	-
City of London	+34	7	£25,500	-51.42%	1
Hampshire	+10	7	£42,500	+33.85%	1
Kent	+9	7	£50,000	-	1
Surrey	+21	6	£22,250	-21.92%
Cardiff	+15	6	£45,000	-10.00%
North East	+15	6	£20,000	-48.71%
East of England	+3	6	£45,000	-	2
Stevenage	+19	5	£45,000	-5.26%
East Midlands	+17	5	£40,000	+23.07%	1
West Sussex	+9	5	£42,000	+50.00%

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Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 June 2017, IT jobs citing HND also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number co-occurrences and its proportion to all job ads with a requirement for HND.

1	265 (69.55%)	Degree
2	131 (34.38%)	Computer Science
3	111 (29.13%)	Microsoft
4	94 (24.67%)	Windows
5	93 (24.41%)	HNC
6	84 (22.05%)	Software Engineering
7	72 (18.90%)	Computer Science Degree
8	63 (16.54%)	Microsoft Office
9	62 (16.27%)	SQL
10	60 (15.75%)	Agile Software Development
11	57 (14.96%)	Finance
11	57 (14.96%)	C
11	57 (14.96%)	C++
12	53 (13.91%)	HTML
12	53 (13.91%)	SQL Server

13	52 (13.65%)	JavaScript
14	51 (13.39%)	Electronics
15	50 (13.12%)	Linux
16	49 (12.86%)	Manufacturing
17	45 (11.81%)	ITIL
17	45 (11.81%)	Embedded C
17	45 (11.81%)	GNVQ
18	44 (11.55%)	Management Information System
19	43 (11.29%)	Analytical Skills
20	42 (11.02%)	C#
21	39 (10.24%)	CSS
22	36 (9.45%)	Microsoft Certification
23	35 (9.19%)	Java
24	34 (8.92%)	Automotive
24	34 (8.92%)	Cisco

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Co-occurring IT Skills by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
Applications
Business Applications
Cloud Services
Communications & Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
Development Applications
General
Job Titles
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
Miscellaneous
Operating Systems
Processes & Methodologies
Programming Languages
Qualifications
Quality Assurance & Compliance
System Software
Systems Management
Vendors

Application Platforms
1	8 (2.10%)	Skype for Business
2	6 (1.57%)	MS Exchange
3	5 (1.31%)	IIS
4	2 (0.52%)	Elasticsearch
5	1 (0.26%)	CMS
5	1 (0.26%)	Confluence
5	1 (0.26%)	Exchange Server 2013
5	1 (0.26%)	IBM Domino
5	1 (0.26%)	IBM Notes
5	1 (0.26%)	OpenEdge
5	1 (0.26%)	SharePoint
5	1 (0.26%)	SharePoint 2010

Applications
1	63 (16.54%)	Microsoft Office
2	24 (6.30%)	Photoshop
3	22 (5.77%)	Microsoft Excel
4	15 (3.94%)	Adobe Creative Suite
4	15 (3.94%)	Adobe Illustrator
4	15 (3.94%)	Autodesk Inventor
4	15 (3.94%)	InVision
5	14 (3.67%)	SOLIDWORKS
6	11 (2.89%)	AutoCAD
6	11 (2.89%)	MS Visio
7	8 (2.10%)	Microsoft PowerPoint
8	4 (1.05%)	PTC Creo
9	3 (0.79%)	EPLAN
9	3 (0.79%)	Siemens NX
9	3 (0.79%)	Solid Edge
10	2 (0.52%)	Mathcad
10	2 (0.52%)	Pro/ENGINEER
10	2 (0.52%)	Windchill
11	1 (0.26%)	CATIA
11	1 (0.26%)	OmniGraffle

Business Applications
1	3 (0.79%)	Oracle ERP
1	3 (0.79%)	Primavera
1	3 (0.79%)	SAP ERP
2	1 (0.26%)	Dynamics GP
2	1 (0.26%)	Dynamics NAV
2	1 (0.26%)	NetSuite
2	1 (0.26%)	Northgate Housing
2	1 (0.26%)	Unit4 Business World

Cloud Services
1	17 (4.46%)	Microsoft Azure
2	12 (3.15%)	Office 365
3	5 (1.31%)	Amazon AWS
4	1 (0.26%)	Adobe Creative Cloud
4	1 (0.26%)	GitHub
4	1 (0.26%)	Google Cloud Platform
4	1 (0.26%)	SaaS

Communications & Networking
1	26 (6.82%)	LAN
2	25 (6.56%)	WAN
3	21 (5.51%)	VoIP
4	20 (5.25%)	Firewall
4	20 (5.25%)	TCP/IP
5	19 (4.99%)	VPN
6	16 (4.20%)	WebEx
7	13 (3.41%)	Internet
8	12 (3.15%)	DNS
9	11 (2.89%)	DHCP
10	9 (2.36%)	SAN
11	7 (1.84%)	Wireless
12	6 (1.57%)	MPLS
13	5 (1.31%)	Cisco ASA
13	5 (1.31%)	Cisco Nexus
13	5 (1.31%)	SNMP
14	4 (1.05%)	4G
14	4 (1.05%)	ICMP
14	4 (1.05%)	IPsec
14	4 (1.05%)	LTE

Database & Business Intelligence
1	53 (13.91%)	SQL Server
2	17 (4.46%)	SQL Server 2008
3	15 (3.94%)	SQL Server 2012
4	13 (3.41%)	SQL Server 2000
4	13 (3.41%)	SQL Server 2005
4	13 (3.41%)	SQL Server Integration Services
5	9 (2.36%)	MySQL
6	7 (1.84%)	SQL Server Reporting Services
7	5 (1.31%)	Oracle Reports
8	4 (1.05%)	Power BI
9	3 (0.79%)	MS Access
10	2 (0.52%)	Apache Cassandra
10	2 (0.52%)	QlikView
11	1 (0.26%)	Crystal Reports
11	1 (0.26%)	GIS
11	1 (0.26%)	Oracle Database
11	1 (0.26%)	PostgreSQL
11	1 (0.26%)	Relational Database
11	1 (0.26%)	SQL Server Analysis Services
11	1 (0.26%)	SQLite

Development Applications
1	15 (3.94%)	JIRA
2	10 (2.62%)	Axure RP
3	9 (2.36%)	Git (software)
3	9 (2.36%)	Subversion
4	8 (2.10%)	Ant
4	8 (2.10%)	Rational DOORS
5	6 (1.57%)	Jenkins
5	6 (1.57%)	Visual Studio
6	5 (1.31%)	CruiseControl
6	5 (1.31%)	NUnit
7	3 (0.79%)	LabVIEW
7	3 (0.79%)	Team Foundation Server
8	2 (0.52%)	Rational Rhapsody
8	2 (0.52%)	Selenium
8	2 (0.52%)	SpecFlow
9	1 (0.26%)	CircleCI
9	1 (0.26%)	eggPlant
9	1 (0.26%)	JIRA Agile
9	1 (0.26%)	TeamCity
9	1 (0.26%)	WebDriver

General
1	57 (14.96%)	Finance
2	51 (13.39%)	Electronics
3	49 (12.86%)	Manufacturing
4	34 (8.92%)	Automotive
5	21 (5.51%)	Military
6	13 (3.41%)	Advertising
6	13 (3.41%)	Telecoms
7	11 (2.89%)	Marketing
8	9 (2.36%)	Games
9	7 (1.84%)	Banking
9	7 (1.84%)	Retail
10	6 (1.57%)	Aerospace
10	6 (1.57%)	Pharmaceutical
11	2 (0.52%)	Billing
12	1 (0.26%)	Back Office
12	1 (0.26%)	Front Office
12	1 (0.26%)	Local Government
12	1 (0.26%)	Multimedia

Job Titles
1	62 (16.27%)	Developer
2	54 (14.17%)	Analyst
3	35 (9.19%)	Design Engineer
4	33 (8.66%)	Junior
5	29 (7.61%)	Embedded Engineer
6	28 (7.35%)	Software Engineer
7	27 (7.09%)	Mechanical Engineer
8	26 (6.82%)	Service Analyst
9	24 (6.30%)	Graduate
9	24 (6.30%)	Software Developer
10	22 (5.77%)	Designer
10	22 (5.77%)	Mechanical Design Engineer
11	20 (5.25%)	Graduate Analyst
12	19 (4.99%)	Service Desk Analyst
13	18 (4.72%)	Help Desk Analyst
14	17 (4.46%)	Embedded Firmware Engineer
14	17 (4.46%)	Firmware Engineer
14	17 (4.46%)	Support Engineer
15	16 (4.20%)	.NET Developer
16	15 (3.94%)	C# Developer

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1	53 (13.91%)	HTML
2	39 (10.24%)	CSS
3	33 (8.66%)	.NET
4	26 (6.82%)	jQuery
5	22 (5.77%)	ASP.NET
6	20 (5.25%)	ASP.NET MVC
7	18 (4.72%)	SOAP
7	18 (4.72%)	Web Services
8	11 (2.89%)	Qt
9	9 (2.36%)	AngularJS
9	9 (2.36%)	Twitter Bootstrap
10	7 (1.84%)	REST
10	7 (1.84%)	WCF
11	6 (1.57%)	Ajax
11	6 (1.57%)	JPA
11	6 (1.57%)	Spring
12	5 (1.31%)	.NET Framework
12	5 (1.31%)	Apache Camel
12	5 (1.31%)	XHTML
13	4 (1.05%)	XML

Miscellaneous
1	131 (34.38%)	Computer Science
2	44 (11.55%)	Management Information System
3	43 (11.29%)	Analytical Skills
4	31 (8.14%)	User Experience
5	17 (4.46%)	Embedded Systems
6	14 (3.67%)	Driving Licence
7	13 (3.41%)	Replication
8	11 (2.89%)	Data Centre
9	10 (2.62%)	Foreign Exchange (FX)
9	10 (2.62%)	Mobile App
10	9 (2.36%)	Device Driver
11	6 (1.57%)	CAN bus
11	6 (1.57%)	Robotics
12	5 (1.31%)	Kindle
12	5 (1.31%)	Life Science
12	5 (1.31%)	Smartphone
13	3 (0.79%)	Data Structures
13	3 (0.79%)	Digital Media
13	3 (0.79%)	FMCG
13	3 (0.79%)	iPhone

Operating Systems
1	94 (24.67%)	Windows
2	50 (13.12%)	Linux
3	31 (8.14%)	Windows XP
4	29 (7.61%)	Android
4	29 (7.61%)	Windows Server
5	26 (6.82%)	Apple iOS
6	23 (6.04%)	Windows 8
7	18 (4.72%)	Windows 7
7	18 (4.72%)	Windows Server 2008
8	17 (4.46%)	Windows Server 2003
9	15 (3.94%)	Windows Server 2012
10	12 (3.15%)	Windows 10
11	9 (2.36%)	Embedded Linux
12	5 (1.31%)	Unix
13	2 (0.52%)	AIX
13	2 (0.52%)	Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14	1 (0.26%)	CentOS
14	1 (0.26%)	Fedora
14	1 (0.26%)	Ubuntu
14	1 (0.26%)	Windows Phone

Processes & Methodologies
1	84 (22.05%)	Software Engineering
2	60 (15.75%)	Agile Software Development
3	45 (11.81%)	ITIL
4	33 (8.66%)	CAD
5	31 (8.14%)	OO
6	26 (6.82%)	Time Management
7	25 (6.56%)	Continuous Improvement
8	24 (6.30%)	SDLC
9	23 (6.04%)	Validation
10	22 (5.77%)	MVC
11	18 (4.72%)	Test Automation
11	18 (4.72%)	UX Design
12	16 (4.20%)	Disaster Recovery
12	16 (4.20%)	Information Security
13	15 (3.94%)	Customer Requirements
13	15 (3.94%)	Typography
14	14 (3.67%)	Process Management
14	14 (3.67%)	Project Management
14	14 (3.67%)	Scenario Testing
14	14 (3.67%)	Service Management

Programming Languages
1	62 (16.27%)	SQL
2	57 (14.96%)	C
2	57 (14.96%)	C++
3	52 (13.65%)	JavaScript
4	45 (11.81%)	Embedded C
5	42 (11.02%)	C#
6	35 (9.19%)	Java
7	24 (6.30%)	T-SQL
8	22 (5.77%)	PHP
9	15 (3.94%)	Embedded C++
10	11 (2.89%)	Python
11	6 (1.57%)	Perl
11	6 (1.57%)	VB
12	5 (1.31%)	MATLAB
13	2 (0.52%)	PowerShell
13	2 (0.52%)	VB.NET
13	2 (0.52%)	XPath
14	1 (0.26%)	Fortran
14	1 (0.26%)	Tcl
14	1 (0.26%)	VBScript

Qualifications
1	265 (69.55%)	Degree
2	93 (24.41%)	HNC
3	72 (18.90%)	Computer Science Degree
4	45 (11.81%)	GNVQ
5	36 (9.45%)	Microsoft Certification
6	29 (7.61%)	Cisco Certification
7	27 (7.09%)	Security Cleared
8	26 (6.82%)	SC Cleared
9	22 (5.77%)	CCNA
9	22 (5.77%)	MCSE
10	19 (4.99%)	MCP
11	16 (4.20%)	CCNP
11	16 (4.20%)	MCSA
12	13 (3.41%)	A+ Certification
13	12 (3.15%)	DV Cleared
14	10 (2.62%)	ISTQB
15	9 (2.36%)	ITIL Certification
15	9 (2.36%)	PhD
16	7 (1.84%)	ISEB
17	5 (1.31%)	CCIE

Quality Assurance & Compliance
1	29 (7.61%)	SLA
2	19 (4.99%)	QA
3	13 (3.41%)	ISO/IEC 20000
4	4 (1.05%)	Def Stans
5	3 (0.79%)	RMADS
6	2 (0.52%)	DO-254
6	2 (0.52%)	ISO 9001
7	1 (0.26%)	ISO/IEC 27001
7	1 (0.26%)	NEBOSH

System Software
1	32 (8.40%)	Firmware
2	29 (7.61%)	Active Directory
3	18 (4.72%)	VMware ESXi
4	17 (4.46%)	Hyper-V
5	12 (3.15%)	VMware Infrastructure
6	7 (1.84%)	Citrix Presentation Server
6	7 (1.84%)	XenApp
7	3 (0.79%)	Microsoft Virtual Server
7	3 (0.79%)	Virtual Servers
7	3 (0.79%)	VMware Workstation
8	2 (0.52%)	RHEV
9	1 (0.26%)	iptables
9	1 (0.26%)	MDaemon
9	1 (0.26%)	Virtual Machines
9	1 (0.26%)	vSphere

Systems Management
1	14 (3.67%)	DameWare
1	14 (3.67%)	Perfmon
2	11 (2.89%)	Endace
2	11 (2.89%)	SCCM
3	2 (0.52%)	EMC NetWorker
3	2 (0.52%)	MOM
4	1 (0.26%)	AirWatch
4	1 (0.26%)	Cisco UCCE
4	1 (0.26%)	everRun
4	1 (0.26%)	Microsoft Data Protection Manager
4	1 (0.26%)	MobiControl
4	1 (0.26%)	Packer
4	1 (0.26%)	Puppet
4	1 (0.26%)	SCOM
4	1 (0.26%)	Symantec Endpoint Protection
4	1 (0.26%)	vCenter Server

Vendors
1	111 (29.13%)	Microsoft
2	34 (8.92%)	Cisco
3	22 (5.77%)	Freescale
4	19 (4.99%)	Oracle
5	16 (4.20%)	Adobe
6	14 (3.67%)	VMware
7	11 (2.89%)	Riverbed
8	10 (2.62%)	Citrix
9	8 (2.10%)	Siemens
10	7 (1.84%)	Avaya
10	7 (1.84%)	Juniper
11	6 (1.57%)	CheckPoint
11	6 (1.57%)	SAP
12	5 (1.31%)	Aruba
12	5 (1.31%)	Autodesk
12	5 (1.31%)	F5
12	5 (1.31%)	Palo Alto
13	4 (1.05%)	EMC
13	4 (1.05%)	HP
14	3 (0.79%)	Rockwell