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 5 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 515 698 976
Rank change year-on-year +183 +278 -237
Permanent jobs citing HND 446 249 308
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.42% 0.27% 0.18%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.59% 0.79% 0.66%
Number of salaries quoted 238 111 152
10th Percentile £24,875 £28,750 £27,040
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £45,000 £47,563
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% -5.39% +18.91%
75th Percentile £52,500 £55,675 £55,000
90th Percentile £61,625 £58,750 £61,265
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,000 £45,425 £47,625
% change year-on-year -7.54% -4.62% +19.06%

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 28,090 31,716 46,444
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 26.39% 33.96% 27.29%
Number of salaries quoted 17,218 14,326 19,252
10th Percentile £28,664 £32,000 £30,861
25th Percentile £38,603 £42,500 £40,620
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.83% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £70,844 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £91,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -

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 5 June 2024.

Salary histogram for HND in the UK

HND
Top 17 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 5 June 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
UK excluding London +133 410 £42,000 -7.54% 529
England +174 405 £43,011 -6.50% 522
North of England +91 109 £40,000 -10.20% 128
South East -24 86 £47,500 -7.50% 123
South West +8 73 £40,000 -42.86% 83
North West +43 67 £35,000 +11.11% 64
East of England +36 61 £37,528 +44.34% 53
Midlands +26 53 £45,000 +98.74% 92
Work from Home +4 53 £45,000 +15.38% 125
Yorkshire - 39 £47,500 - 44
West Midlands +5 35 £35,000 +54.58% 49
London +81 23 £65,000 +73.33% 49
Scotland -60 15 £42,202 +4.20% 66
East Midlands - 14 £50,000 - 43
Wales - 11 £40,000 - 10
North East -25 3 £41,500 -16.26% 21
Northern Ireland - 2 £34,628 - 2

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 7 (1.57%) CMS
2 6 (1.35%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.45%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.22%) JBoss
4 1 (0.22%) Sitecore CMS
4 1 (0.22%) WebSphere
Applications
1 97 (21.75%) AutoCAD
2 49 (10.99%) Microsoft Office
3 32 (7.17%) Microsoft Excel
4 18 (4.04%) Revit
5 17 (3.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 15 (3.36%) Simulink
7 11 (2.47%) SOLIDWORKS
7 11 (2.47%) Stateflow
8 10 (2.24%) Photoshop
8 10 (2.24%) Solid Edge
9 8 (1.79%) EPLAN
10 7 (1.57%) CANalyzer
11 5 (1.12%) Microsoft Project
12 3 (0.67%) Adobe Creative Suite
12 3 (0.67%) Adobe Illustrator
12 3 (0.67%) InDesign
13 2 (0.45%) MS Visio
14 1 (0.22%) FrameMaker
14 1 (0.22%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 10 (2.24%) NEC Housing
2 1 (0.22%) Primavera
2 1 (0.22%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 20 (4.48%) Azure
2 9 (2.02%) Microsoft 365
3 8 (1.79%) GitHub
4 6 (1.35%) AWS
4 6 (1.35%) Azure DevOps
4 6 (1.35%) Cloud Computing
4 6 (1.35%) OneDrive
5 5 (1.12%) Google Workspace
6 4 (0.90%) PaaS
6 4 (0.90%) SaaS
7 3 (0.67%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 2 (0.45%) Boomi
8 2 (0.45%) iPaaS
9 1 (0.22%) Figma
9 1 (0.22%) Miro
9 1 (0.22%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 25 (5.61%) LAN
2 24 (5.38%) Internet
3 14 (3.14%) WAN
4 11 (2.47%) J1939
5 10 (2.24%) Firewall
6 7 (1.57%) Ethernet
6 7 (1.57%) Network Security
6 7 (1.57%) Wireless
7 6 (1.35%) Intranet
7 6 (1.35%) MQTT
7 6 (1.35%) Remote Desktop
7 6 (1.35%) Wi-Fi
8 5 (1.12%) OSPF
8 5 (1.12%) TCP/IP
9 4 (0.90%) DHCP
9 4 (0.90%) DNS
9 4 (0.90%) Multicast
9 4 (0.90%) Profibus
9 4 (0.90%) VLAN
10 3 (0.67%) RS-232
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (5.61%) Data Vault
2 15 (3.36%) SQL Server
3 9 (2.02%) QlikView
4 6 (1.35%) Relational Database
5 3 (0.67%) Azure SQL Database
5 3 (0.67%) Ingres
5 3 (0.67%) MySQL
6 2 (0.45%) RDBMS
7 1 (0.22%) MS Access
7 1 (0.22%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 25 (5.61%) JIRA
2 21 (4.71%) Git
3 11 (2.47%) ClearCase
3 11 (2.47%) Plastic SCM
4 9 (2.02%) LabVIEW
5 7 (1.57%) ClearQuest
5 7 (1.57%) Rational DOORS
6 6 (1.35%) Jenkins
7 3 (0.67%) Subversion
8 2 (0.45%) Selenium
8 2 (0.45%) Visual Studio
General
1 173 (38.79%) Social Skills
2 84 (18.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 78 (17.49%) Legal
4 76 (17.04%) Manufacturing
5 72 (16.14%) Analytical Skills
6 61 (13.68%) Local Government
7 54 (12.11%) Electronics
8 53 (11.88%) Aerospace
9 43 (9.64%) Finance
10 40 (8.97%) Automotive
11 33 (7.40%) Telecoms
12 25 (5.61%) Publishing
13 23 (5.16%) Marketing
14 19 (4.26%) Law
14 19 (4.26%) Retail
15 18 (4.04%) Organisational Skills
15 18 (4.04%) Presentation Skills
16 13 (2.91%) Public Sector
17 8 (1.79%) Police
18 6 (1.35%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 64 (14.35%) Senior
2 53 (11.88%) Coordinator
3 51 (11.43%) Technical Coordinator
4 49 (10.99%) Project Manager
5 32 (7.17%) Systems Engineer
6 29 (6.50%) Software Engineer
7 28 (6.28%) Technical Manager
8 26 (5.83%) Technical Support
9 24 (5.38%) Author
9 24 (5.38%) Technical Author
10 22 (4.93%) Senior Software Engineer
11 20 (4.48%) Support Engineer
12 16 (3.59%) Analyst
12 16 (3.59%) Hardware Engineer
13 15 (3.36%) Quantity Surveyor
14 14 (3.14%) Senior Systems Engineer
14 14 (3.14%) Technical Engineer
15 13 (2.91%) Lead
15 13 (2.91%) Test Engineer
16 12 (2.69%) Technical Assistant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (5.61%) XML
2 8 (1.79%) pytest
3 7 (1.57%) .NET
4 6 (1.35%) Ajax
4 6 (1.35%) AngularJS
4 6 (1.35%) CSS
4 6 (1.35%) HTML
4 6 (1.35%) LESS
4 6 (1.35%) React
4 6 (1.35%) Sass
4 6 (1.35%) Vue
5 5 (1.12%) Apache Thrift
6 4 (0.90%) Akka
7 2 (0.45%) Middleware
8 1 (0.22%) Node-RED
8 1 (0.22%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 54 (12.11%) Housing Association
2 49 (10.99%) Management Information System
3 24 (5.38%) Self-Motivation
4 19 (4.26%) Driving Licence
5 18 (4.04%) CCTV
6 16 (3.59%) IoT
7 11 (2.47%) Algorithms
8 10 (2.24%) Mobile App
9 8 (1.79%) FMCG
9 8 (1.79%) Operational Technology
9 8 (1.79%) SCADA
10 6 (1.35%) Renewable Energy
11 4 (0.90%) Acoustics
11 4 (0.90%) EPoS
11 4 (0.90%) FPGA
11 4 (0.90%) Linux Command Line
12 3 (0.67%) Clustering
12 3 (0.67%) Graphic Design
12 3 (0.67%) VHDL
12 3 (0.67%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 51 (11.43%) Windows
2 35 (7.85%) Linux
3 12 (2.69%) Windows Server
4 11 (2.47%) Unix
4 11 (2.47%) Windows 10
5 8 (1.79%) Apple iOS
6 5 (1.12%) VMS
7 4 (0.90%) FreeRTOS
7 4 (0.90%) VxWorks
8 2 (0.45%) Android
8 2 (0.45%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.22%) Debian
9 1 (0.22%) Fedora
9 1 (0.22%) Mac OS X
9 1 (0.22%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.22%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 111 (24.89%) Agile
2 108 (24.22%) Problem-Solving
3 100 (22.42%) Time Management
4 70 (15.70%) Project Management
5 55 (12.33%) Continuous Improvement
6 42 (9.42%) Mathematics
7 39 (8.74%) Software Engineering
8 31 (6.95%) CAD
9 29 (6.50%) Customer Service
9 29 (6.50%) Project Delivery
10 27 (6.05%) Mentoring
11 25 (5.61%) Document Management
11 25 (5.61%) Impact Assessments
12 24 (5.38%) Innovative Thinking
13 23 (5.16%) B2B
14 22 (4.93%) Customer Requirements
14 22 (4.93%) Validation
15 21 (4.71%) Collaborative Working
16 20 (4.48%) Commercial Awareness
16 20 (4.48%) Systems Engineering
Programming Languages
1 29 (6.50%) Python
2 25 (5.61%) C
3 23 (5.16%) MATLAB
4 18 (4.04%) SQL
5 15 (3.36%) Embedded C
6 11 (2.47%) C#
6 11 (2.47%) Perl
7 9 (2.02%) C++
8 7 (1.57%) PowerShell
9 6 (1.35%) Bash
9 6 (1.35%) JavaScript
9 6 (1.35%) VB
10 5 (1.12%) Ladder Logic
11 4 (0.90%) Java
11 4 (0.90%) T-SQL
11 4 (0.90%) VBA
12 3 (0.67%) Shell Script
13 1 (0.22%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 276 (61.88%) HNC
2 273 (61.21%) Degree
3 33 (7.40%) Security Cleared
4 17 (3.81%) DV Cleared
4 17 (3.81%) SC Cleared
5 11 (2.47%) Microsoft Certification
6 8 (1.79%) RIBA
7 7 (1.57%) Cisco Certification
7 7 (1.57%) MRICS
8 6 (1.35%) Chartered Engineer
8 6 (1.35%) DBS Check
9 5 (1.12%) NVQ Level 4
10 4 (0.90%) Master's Degree
10 4 (0.90%) MCP
10 4 (0.90%) MCTS
11 3 (0.67%) CCNP
11 3 (0.67%) Computer Science Degree
11 3 (0.67%) NVQ Level 3
12 2 (0.45%) ISTQB
12 2 (0.45%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (4.04%) SLA
2 12 (2.69%) MISRA
3 11 (2.47%) Automotive SPICE
3 11 (2.47%) AUTOSAR
3 11 (2.47%) ISO 26262
4 9 (2.02%) NEBOSH
5 8 (1.79%) QA
6 4 (0.90%) 21 CFR Part 11
6 4 (0.90%) COSHH
6 4 (0.90%) ISO 13485
6 4 (0.90%) ISO 9001
7 3 (0.67%) Disclosure Scotland
7 3 (0.67%) ISO 14001
7 3 (0.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 2 (0.45%) ISO/IEC 15288
9 1 (0.22%) Data Quality
9 1 (0.22%) Def Stans
9 1 (0.22%) ISO 9000
System Software
1 17 (3.81%) VMware Infrastructure
2 11 (2.47%) vSphere
3 8 (1.79%) Firmware
4 6 (1.35%) Active Directory
4 6 (1.35%) Docker
5 5 (1.12%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (0.67%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 6 (1.35%) SmoothWall
2 3 (0.67%) Failover Clustering
2 3 (0.67%) FortiGate
2 3 (0.67%) Microsoft Clustering
3 2 (0.45%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
4 1 (0.22%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 57 (12.78%) Microsoft
2 33 (7.40%) SAP
3 20 (4.48%) VMware
4 15 (3.36%) Google
5 13 (2.91%) IBM
6 11 (2.47%) Cisco
6 11 (2.47%) Lauterbach
6 11 (2.47%) NEC
7 10 (2.24%) Adobe
8 9 (2.02%) Apple
8 9 (2.02%) HP
9 8 (1.79%) Salesforce
10 7 (1.57%) EMC
10 7 (1.57%) Siemens
11 6 (1.35%) Oracle
12 5 (1.12%) Juniper
12 5 (1.12%) Sage
12 5 (1.12%) Thales
13 4 (0.90%) Instagram
13 4 (0.90%) QNX