HND Jobs in the West Midlands

Higher National Diploma (HND)
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for HND qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 18 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 175 198 201
Rank change year-on-year +23 +3 +95
Permanent jobs citing HND 15 30 10
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.37% 0.46% 0.22%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.81% 1.60% 0.56%
Number of salaries quoted 6 15 2
10th Percentile £29,125 £31,000 £23,803
25th Percentile £34,688 £32,500 £27,256
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,250 £35,000 £33,925
Median % change year-on-year +32.14% +3.17% +13.08%
75th Percentile £59,063 £41,000 £41,006
90th Percentile £68,125 £42,000 £44,708
England median annual salary £50,055 £45,000 £43,860
% change year-on-year +11.23% +2.60% -12.28%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
West Midlands

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 West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1,857 1,875 1,782
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 45.78% 29.02% 38.78%
Number of salaries quoted 626 834 975
10th Percentile £27,750 £26,700 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,925 £37,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - +11.70%
75th Percentile £67,500 £65,000 £64,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -8.33% +9.09%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing HND as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for HND in the West Midlands

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Salary Trend in the West Midlands

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

Salary trend for HND in the West Midlands

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Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing HND in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 18 August 2025.

Salary histogram for HND in the West Midlands

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Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing HND within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 18 August 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
Birmingham - 7 £50,000 - 7
Staffordshire +1 4 £35,000 - 5
Herefordshire - 2 £66,250 - 1
Warwickshire +7 1 £42,500 -
Coventry - 1 £26,500 -
HND
England

HND
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:

Applications
1 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (6.67%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (6.67%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 1 (6.67%) AWS
1 1 (6.67%) Azure
1 1 (6.67%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (6.67%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.67%) BGP
1 1 (6.67%) Bluetooth
1 1 (6.67%) DHCP
1 1 (6.67%) DNS
1 1 (6.67%) Firewall
1 1 (6.67%) GSM
1 1 (6.67%) OSPF
1 1 (6.67%) TCP/IP
1 1 (6.67%) UWB
1 1 (6.67%) VLAN
1 1 (6.67%) Wireless
1 1 (6.67%) WLAN
General
1 2 (13.33%) Electronics
1 2 (13.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 2 (13.33%) Legal
1 2 (13.33%) Public Sector
1 2 (13.33%) Retail
1 2 (13.33%) Social Skills
2 1 (6.67%) Automotive
2 1 (6.67%) Finance
2 1 (6.67%) Financial Institution
2 1 (6.67%) Law
Job Titles
1 7 (46.67%) Consultant
2 4 (26.67%) Network Consultant
2 4 (26.67%) Network Operations Consultant
2 4 (26.67%) Principal Consultant
2 4 (26.67%) Senior
2 4 (26.67%) Senior Consultant
2 4 (26.67%) Senior Network Consultant
3 3 (20.00%) Technical Consultant
4 2 (13.33%) Sales Consultant
4 2 (13.33%) Systems Engineer
4 2 (13.33%) Technical Sales Consultant
5 1 (6.67%) Control Systems Engineer
5 1 (6.67%) Graduate Software Engineer
5 1 (6.67%) Graduate Systems Engineer
5 1 (6.67%) IT Engineer
5 1 (6.67%) IT Manager
5 1 (6.67%) Principal Engineer
5 1 (6.67%) Repair Technician
5 1 (6.67%) Safety Engineer
5 1 (6.67%) ServiceNow Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 4 (26.67%) NHS
2 3 (20.00%) SCADA
3 2 (13.33%) Renewable Energy
4 1 (6.67%) 3D Printing
4 1 (6.67%) Arduino
4 1 (6.67%) Driving Licence
4 1 (6.67%) Management Information System
4 1 (6.67%) Operational Technology
4 1 (6.67%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 1 (6.67%) Linux
1 1 (6.67%) Mac OS X
1 1 (6.67%) Ubuntu
1 1 (6.67%) Windows
1 1 (6.67%) Windows 10
1 1 (6.67%) Windows Server
1 1 (6.67%) Windows Server 2016
1 1 (6.67%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (33.33%) Business Case
1 5 (33.33%) Mentoring
2 4 (26.67%) Asset Management
2 4 (26.67%) Feasibility Study
2 4 (26.67%) Psychology
2 4 (26.67%) Risk Assessment
2 4 (26.67%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (20.00%) Computer Science
3 3 (20.00%) CRM
4 2 (13.33%) Business Strategy
4 2 (13.33%) Collaborative Working
4 2 (13.33%) Cost Reduction
4 2 (13.33%) ITIL
4 2 (13.33%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (13.33%) Software Engineering
4 2 (13.33%) Strategic Planning
4 2 (13.33%) Systems Analysis
5 1 (6.67%) Performance Tuning
5 1 (6.67%) Safety Engineering
5 1 (6.67%) Systems Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (6.67%) JavaScript
1 1 (6.67%) PowerShell
1 1 (6.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 14 (93.33%) Degree
2 9 (60.00%) HNC
3 3 (20.00%) Master's Degree
4 2 (13.33%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (13.33%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (13.33%) Security Cleared
5 1 (6.67%) AWS Certification
5 1 (6.67%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
5 1 (6.67%) Azure Certification
5 1 (6.67%) CREST Certified
5 1 (6.67%) DV Cleared
5 1 (6.67%) MCSE
5 1 (6.67%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.67%) Def Stans
1 1 (6.67%) HAZOP
1 1 (6.67%) IEC 61508
System Software
1 1 (6.67%) Active Directory
1 1 (6.67%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (6.67%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 2 (13.33%) Facebook
1 2 (13.33%) Microsoft
1 2 (13.33%) YouTube
2 1 (6.67%) Apple
2 1 (6.67%) Cisco
2 1 (6.67%) Dell
2 1 (6.67%) EMC
2 1 (6.67%) Fortinet
2 1 (6.67%) Google
2 1 (6.67%) Rockwell
2 1 (6.67%) SAP
2 1 (6.67%) ServiceNow
2 1 (6.67%) Siemens
2 1 (6.67%) Ubiquiti