HND Jobs in Scotland

Higher National Diploma (HND)
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for HND qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 264 210 235
Rank change year-on-year -54 +25 -56
Permanent jobs citing HND 15 5 21
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 0.22% 0.11% 0.35%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.24% 0.36% 1.32%
Number of salaries quoted 14 2 16
10th Percentile £28,250 - £25,000
25th Percentile £28,875 £39,250 £28,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,202 £40,500 £34,012
Median % change year-on-year +4.20% +19.08% +31.70%
75th Percentile £45,868 £41,750 £40,606
90th Percentile £54,107 - -
UK median annual salary £42,500 £45,000 £47,625
% change year-on-year -5.56% -5.51% +19.06%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Scotland

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 advertised in Scotland with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1,205 1,405 1,593
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 17.97% 30.59% 26.71%
Number of salaries quoted 538 423 510
10th Percentile £26,700 £28,750 £26,225
25th Percentile £34,143 £38,428 £32,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £46,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +14.13% +2.22%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £62,188
90th Percentile £80,375 £77,715 £81,250
UK median annual salary £54,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% +9.09% -

HND
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for HND in Scotland

HND
Salary Trend in Scotland

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

Salary trend for HND in Scotland

HND
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing HND in Scotland over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Salary histogram for HND in Scotland

HND
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing HND within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 20 May 2024. 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
Glasgow - 8 £42,202 - 17
East Ayrshire - 3 £29,500 -
East Lothian - 1 - -
Renfrewshire - 1 £28,921 -
HND
UK

HND
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 3 (20.00%) AutoCAD
1 3 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (6.67%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 6 (40.00%) Azure
2 3 (20.00%) AWS
2 3 (20.00%) Azure Cosmos DB
2 3 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (20.00%) LAN
1 3 (20.00%) Remote Desktop
1 3 (20.00%) VLAN
1 3 (20.00%) WAN
1 3 (20.00%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (20.00%) Azure SQL Database
1 3 (20.00%) Ingres
1 3 (20.00%) SQL Server
General
1 6 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
1 6 (40.00%) Public Sector
1 6 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (20.00%) Finance
3 2 (13.33%) Presentation Skills
3 2 (13.33%) Retail
4 1 (6.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 7 (46.67%) Analyst
2 3 (20.00%) Database Engineer
2 3 (20.00%) Platform Engineer
2 3 (20.00%) Project Manager
2 3 (20.00%) Support Analyst
2 3 (20.00%) Technical Analyst
2 3 (20.00%) Technical Support
2 3 (20.00%) Technical Support Analyst
3 2 (13.33%) Business Analyst
3 2 (13.33%) Service Analyst
3 2 (13.33%) Service Desk Analyst
4 1 (6.67%) Coordinator
4 1 (6.67%) Security Officer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (26.67%) Management Information System
2 1 (6.67%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 3 (20.00%) Linux
1 3 (20.00%) Unix
1 3 (20.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
1 6 (40.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 6 (40.00%) Service Delivery
2 5 (33.33%) Agile
2 5 (33.33%) Customer Service
2 5 (33.33%) Project Management
3 3 (20.00%) Coaching
3 3 (20.00%) Critical Thinking
3 3 (20.00%) Innovative Thinking
3 3 (20.00%) Knowledge Transfer
3 3 (20.00%) Platform Engineering
3 3 (20.00%) Proactive Monitoring
3 3 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (20.00%) Task Automation
4 2 (13.33%) Business Process Modelling
4 2 (13.33%) Customer Requirements
4 2 (13.33%) Data Flow Diagram
4 2 (13.33%) Decision-Making
4 2 (13.33%) Performance Metrics
4 2 (13.33%) Wireframes
Programming Languages
1 3 (20.00%) Bash
1 3 (20.00%) PowerShell
1 3 (20.00%) Python
1 3 (20.00%) SQL
1 3 (20.00%) T-SQL
2 1 (6.67%) C
Qualifications
1 5 (33.33%) Degree
2 2 (13.33%) HNC
3 1 (6.67%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (20.00%) Disclosure Scotland
2 2 (13.33%) COSHH
2 2 (13.33%) SLA
3 1 (6.67%) Data Quality
System Software
1 6 (40.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (20.00%) Hyper-V
Vendors
1 6 (40.00%) VMware
2 5 (33.33%) Microsoft