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

6 months to
12 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 165 224 258
Rank change year-on-year +59 +34 +12
Permanent jobs citing HND 32 34 12
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.73% 0.46% 0.19%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.32% 1.73% 0.45%
Number of salaries quoted 19 16 3
10th Percentile - £21,500 -
25th Percentile £32,500 £23,000 £21,821
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £32,500 £22,643
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% +43.54% -24.53%
75th Percentile £37,500 £42,000 £35,319
90th Percentile - £56,875 £42,433
England median annual salary £50,055 £43,011 £49,557
% change year-on-year +16.38% -13.21% -0.89%

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 2,422 1,962 2,642
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 55.30% 26.59% 41.31%
Number of salaries quoted 573 1,288 966
10th Percentile £27,750 £25,675 £28,500
25th Percentile £36,925 £32,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.00% -4.76% +11.70%
75th Percentile £65,000 £62,813 £66,242
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -8.33% +9.09%

HND
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

HND
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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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 12 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
Staffordshire +23 14 £35,000 +52.17% 15
Solihull - 6 - -
Birmingham - 5 - - 7
Dudley - 4 £35,000 -
Worcestershire +21 2 - - 1
Warwickshire -16 1 £42,500 +41.67% 3
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 18 (56.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (43.75%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (6.25%) Dynamics GP
2 1 (3.13%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (3.13%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 14 (43.75%) Google Workspace
2 5 (15.63%) Dynamics 365
3 4 (12.50%) Power Automate
3 4 (12.50%) Power Platform
4 1 (3.13%) AWS
4 1 (3.13%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 14 (43.75%) BGP
1 14 (43.75%) DHCP
1 14 (43.75%) DNS
1 14 (43.75%) Firewall
1 14 (43.75%) OSPF
1 14 (43.75%) TCP/IP
1 14 (43.75%) VLAN
1 14 (43.75%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (12.50%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 4 (12.50%) JIRA
General
1 18 (56.25%) Social Skills
2 14 (43.75%) Automotive
2 14 (43.75%) Retail
3 10 (31.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (6.25%) Legal
4 2 (6.25%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 14 (43.75%) IT Engineer
1 14 (43.75%) Systems Engineer
2 8 (25.00%) Project Manager
2 8 (25.00%) Senior
3 5 (15.63%) Senior Manager
3 5 (15.63%) Senior Project Manager
4 4 (12.50%) Developer
4 4 (12.50%) Systems Developer
5 3 (9.38%) Consultant
5 3 (9.38%) Network Consultant
5 3 (9.38%) Network Operations Consultant
5 3 (9.38%) Principal Consultant
5 3 (9.38%) Senior Consultant
5 3 (9.38%) Senior Network Consultant
6 1 (3.13%) Applications Manager
6 1 (3.13%) Business Manager
6 1 (3.13%) IT Manager
Miscellaneous
1 14 (43.75%) Management Information System
1 14 (43.75%) Smartphone
2 3 (9.38%) NHS
3 2 (6.25%) Renewable Energy
3 2 (6.25%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 14 (43.75%) Linux
1 14 (43.75%) Mac OS X
1 14 (43.75%) Ubuntu
1 14 (43.75%) Windows
1 14 (43.75%) Windows 10
1 14 (43.75%) Windows Server
1 14 (43.75%) Windows Server 2016
1 14 (43.75%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (53.13%) Business Case
2 15 (46.88%) Computer Science
3 14 (43.75%) Performance Tuning
3 14 (43.75%) Systems Engineering
4 8 (25.00%) Project Delivery
5 5 (15.63%) Problem-Solving
6 4 (12.50%) Analytics
6 4 (12.50%) Artificial Intelligence
6 4 (12.50%) Business Intelligence
6 4 (12.50%) Data-Driven Decision Making
6 4 (12.50%) Decision-Making
6 4 (12.50%) ETL
6 4 (12.50%) Machine Learning
6 4 (12.50%) Translating Business Requirements
7 3 (9.38%) Asset Management
7 3 (9.38%) Feasibility Study
7 3 (9.38%) Mentoring
7 3 (9.38%) Psychology
7 3 (9.38%) Risk Assessment
7 3 (9.38%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 18 (56.25%) SQL
2 14 (43.75%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 32 (100.00%) Degree
2 19 (59.38%) HNC
3 15 (46.88%) Computer Science Degree
3 15 (46.88%) Microsoft Certification
4 14 (43.75%) MCSE
5 2 (6.25%) Master's Degree
6 1 (3.13%) AWS Certification
6 1 (3.13%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
6 1 (3.13%) Azure Certification
System Software
1 14 (43.75%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 17 (53.13%) Microsoft
2 14 (43.75%) Apple
2 14 (43.75%) Cisco
2 14 (43.75%) Dell
2 14 (43.75%) Fortinet
2 14 (43.75%) Google
2 14 (43.75%) Ubiquiti
3 4 (12.50%) Zoho
4 2 (6.25%) Facebook
4 2 (6.25%) YouTube
5 1 (3.13%) SAP