HND Contracts in England

Higher National Diploma (HND)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for HND qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 426 601 750
Rank change year-on-year +175 +149 -122
Contract jobs citing HND 124 35 37
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.33% 0.074% 0.053%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.08% 0.27% 0.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 13 16
10th Percentile £254 £337 £366
25th Percentile £258 £369 £411
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £273 £425 £519
Median % change year-on-year -35.88% -18.07% +51.46%
75th Percentile £450 £450 £597
90th Percentile £728 £526 £663
UK median daily rate £275 £378 £486
% change year-on-year -27.25% -22.14% +40.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 45 21 16
10th Percentile - £36.00 £19.95
25th Percentile - £37.80 £23.25
Median hourly rate £43.00 £45.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.44% - +12.50%
75th Percentile - £47.50 £47.50
90th Percentile £51.70 £57.76 -
UK median hourly rate £43.00 £45.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -4.44% - +12.50%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
England

HND falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in England.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 11,463 12,852 15,408
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 30.56% 27.32% 21.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,093 8,593 10,289
10th Percentile £313 £350 £325
25th Percentile £425 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.73% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £650 £652 £638
90th Percentile £738 £745 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,006 655 691
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.35 £13.50
25th Percentile £20.00 £21.50 £19.06
Median hourly rate £40.66 £55.00 £41.36
Median % change year-on-year -26.07% +32.99% +14.88%
75th Percentile £64.25 £70.00 £56.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £80.25 £68.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £55.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -27.27% +23.60% +34.85%

HND
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for HND in England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing HND in England.

Daily rate trend for HND in England

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Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing HND in England over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for HND in England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing HND in England.

Hourly rate trend for HND in England

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Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing HND in England over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for HND in England

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Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing HND within the England region over the 6 months to 12 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
East of England +65 69 £400 - 56
Midlands +37 23 £266 -40.89% 95
East Midlands +27 21 £266 - 46
South West +19 21 £675 +42.86% 80
South East +10 7 £450 - 131
North of England +11 3 - - 137
North West +9 3 - - 70
West Midlands +18 2 - - 49
London - 1 - - 59
HND
UK

HND
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 1 (0.81%) Confluence
Applications
1 7 (5.65%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.81%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.81%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 2 (1.61%) Infor M3
2 1 (0.81%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 7 (5.65%) AWS
1 7 (5.65%) PaaS
1 7 (5.65%) SaaS
2 4 (3.23%) Azure
3 2 (1.61%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 8 (6.45%) WAN
2 7 (5.65%) PBX
2 7 (5.65%) VoIP
3 4 (3.23%) Junos
3 4 (3.23%) LAN
3 4 (3.23%) SDH
4 2 (1.61%) HTTP
4 2 (1.61%) RTP
4 2 (1.61%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.61%) PostgreSQL
1 2 (1.61%) SQLite
2 1 (0.81%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 13 (10.48%) Rational DOORS
2 2 (1.61%) Checkstyle
2 2 (1.61%) Git
2 2 (1.61%) SonarQube
3 1 (0.81%) JIRA
General
1 64 (51.61%) Publishing
2 28 (22.58%) Social Skills
3 13 (10.48%) Telecoms
4 9 (7.26%) Public Sector
5 7 (5.65%) Digital Economy
6 6 (4.84%) Aeronautics
7 5 (4.03%) Aerospace
8 4 (3.23%) Advertising
8 4 (3.23%) Finance
9 3 (2.42%) Electronics
9 3 (2.42%) Manufacturing
10 2 (1.61%) Local Government
11 1 (0.81%) Analytical Skills
11 1 (0.81%) Automotive
11 1 (0.81%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.81%) Marketing
11 1 (0.81%) Military
11 1 (0.81%) Retail
Job Titles
1 65 (52.42%) Author
1 65 (52.42%) Technical Author
2 15 (12.10%) Architect
3 11 (8.87%) Solutions Architect
4 7 (5.65%) Project Manager
4 7 (5.65%) Test Manager
5 5 (4.03%) Production Manager
6 4 (3.23%) Coordinator
6 4 (3.23%) Technical Architect
6 4 (3.23%) Technical Coordinator
7 2 (1.61%) Design Engineer
7 2 (1.61%) Digital Transformation
7 2 (1.61%) DV Cleared Software Engineer
7 2 (1.61%) IT Engineer
7 2 (1.61%) Lead
7 2 (1.61%) Quality Manager
7 2 (1.61%) Site Manager
7 2 (1.61%) Software Engineer
7 2 (1.61%) Trainer
8 1 (0.81%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 67 (54.03%) XML
2 64 (51.61%) SGML
3 4 (3.23%) Middleware
4 2 (1.61%) .NET
4 2 (1.61%) .NET Core
4 2 (1.61%) .NET Framework
4 2 (1.61%) JSON
4 2 (1.61%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 7 (5.65%) Blackberry
1 7 (5.65%) Video Conferencing
2 4 (3.23%) Public Cloud
2 4 (3.23%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (1.61%) Driving Licence
3 2 (1.61%) Management Information System
4 1 (0.81%) Analogue Electronics
Operating Systems
1 6 (4.84%) Linux
1 6 (4.84%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (51.61%) Desktop Publishing
2 28 (22.58%) Problem-Solving
3 26 (20.97%) Decision-Making
4 19 (15.32%) Conflict Management
4 19 (15.32%) Time Management
5 18 (14.52%) Continuous Improvement
6 15 (12.10%) Critical Thinking
6 15 (12.10%) ITIL
6 15 (12.10%) People Management
6 15 (12.10%) TOGAF
7 14 (11.29%) Asset Management
8 11 (8.87%) ArchiMate
8 11 (8.87%) Architecture Governance
8 11 (8.87%) BPMN
8 11 (8.87%) Customer Engagement
8 11 (8.87%) Digital Strategy
8 11 (8.87%) Enterprise Architecture
8 11 (8.87%) Roadmaps
8 11 (8.87%) Strategic Roadmap
9 8 (6.45%) Customer Requirements
Programming Languages
1 2 (1.61%) C#
2 1 (0.81%) JavaScript
2 1 (0.81%) MATLAB
2 1 (0.81%) SQL
Qualifications
1 98 (79.03%) HNC
2 36 (29.03%) Degree
3 27 (21.77%) Security Cleared
4 17 (13.71%) SC Cleared
5 15 (12.10%) DV Cleared
6 11 (8.87%) TOGAF Certification
7 7 (5.65%) CCNP
7 7 (5.65%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (3.23%) JNCIA
9 3 (2.42%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 2 (1.61%) Chartered Engineer
11 1 (0.81%) Computer Science Degree
11 1 (0.81%) EMC Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (9.68%) QA
System Software
1 3 (2.42%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 11 (8.87%) Cisco
1 11 (8.87%) IBM
1 11 (8.87%) Juniper
1 11 (8.87%) Microsoft
1 11 (8.87%) Nokia
2 7 (5.65%) Avaya
2 7 (5.65%) Ericsson
2 7 (5.65%) Google
2 7 (5.65%) Ribbon
3 4 (3.23%) Ciena
3 4 (3.23%) Palo Alto
4 3 (2.42%) VMware
5 1 (0.81%) EMC
5 1 (0.81%) Mentor Graphics
5 1 (0.81%) Salesforce
5 1 (0.81%) SAP