HND Contracts in the UK excluding London

Higher National Diploma (HND)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 272 383 460
Rank change year-on-year +111 +77 -67
Contract jobs citing HND 132 47 44
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.62% 0.21% 0.14%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.73% 0.64% 0.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 18 19
10th Percentile £255 £116 £114
25th Percentile £259 £149 £148
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £275 £378 £425
Median % change year-on-year -27.15% -11.18% +9.53%
75th Percentile £450 £478 £509
90th Percentile £704 £502 £600
UK median daily rate £275 £378 £486
% change year-on-year -27.25% -22.14% +40.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 46 23 17
10th Percentile £35.38 £36.33 £20.65
25th Percentile - £39.52 £25.28
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 - £56.88 -
UK median hourly rate £43.00 £45.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -4.44% - +12.50%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK excluding London

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 the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 7,648 7,386 8,107
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 35.86% 32.55% 26.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,425 4,873 5,318
10th Percentile £275 £305 £263
25th Percentile £425 £425 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.00% +10.50%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £600
90th Percentile £713 £713 £675
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 967 571 539
10th Percentile £13.69 £13.88 £13.41
25th Percentile £17.90 £20.00 £17.00
Median hourly rate £41.27 £52.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.40% +50.00% +25.00%
75th Percentile £65.00 £67.25 £56.14
90th Percentile £77.50 £79.19 £67.60
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £55.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -27.27% +23.60% +34.85%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing HND as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for HND in the UK excluding London

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing HND in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for HND in the UK excluding London

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Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate histogram for HND in the UK excluding London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing HND in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for HND in the UK excluding London

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate histogram for HND in the UK excluding London

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Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing HND within the UK excluding London 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% 94
East Midlands +27 21 £266 - 45
South West +19 21 £675 +42.86% 77
South East +10 7 £450 - 131
Scotland +43 5 £350 +193.38% 67
North of England +11 3 - - 136
North West +9 3 - - 70
Wales +20 2 - - 11
West Midlands +18 2 - - 49
Northern Ireland -3 2 - - 2
HND
UK

HND
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 (0.76%) Confluence
Applications
1 7 (5.30%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.76%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.76%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 2 (1.52%) Infor M3
2 1 (0.76%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 7 (5.30%) AWS
1 7 (5.30%) PaaS
1 7 (5.30%) SaaS
2 4 (3.03%) Azure
2 4 (3.03%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 8 (6.06%) WAN
2 7 (5.30%) PBX
2 7 (5.30%) VoIP
3 4 (3.03%) Junos
3 4 (3.03%) LAN
3 4 (3.03%) SDH
4 3 (2.27%) BGP
4 3 (2.27%) Cisco ASA
4 3 (2.27%) Firewall
4 3 (2.27%) IPv4
4 3 (2.27%) IPv6
4 3 (2.27%) MPLS
5 2 (1.52%) HTTP
5 2 (1.52%) RTP
5 2 (1.52%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.52%) PostgreSQL
1 2 (1.52%) SQLite
2 1 (0.76%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 12 (9.09%) Rational DOORS
2 2 (1.52%) Checkstyle
2 2 (1.52%) Git
2 2 (1.52%) SonarQube
3 1 (0.76%) JIRA
General
1 64 (48.48%) Publishing
2 32 (24.24%) Social Skills
3 13 (9.85%) Telecoms
4 9 (6.82%) Public Sector
5 7 (5.30%) Digital Economy
6 6 (4.55%) Aeronautics
6 6 (4.55%) Finance
7 5 (3.79%) Aerospace
7 5 (3.79%) Electronics
7 5 (3.79%) Manufacturing
8 4 (3.03%) Advertising
9 3 (2.27%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (1.52%) Local Government
10 2 (1.52%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (1.52%) Welsh Language
11 1 (0.76%) Analytical Skills
11 1 (0.76%) Automotive
11 1 (0.76%) Marketing
11 1 (0.76%) Retail
Job Titles
1 65 (49.24%) Author
1 65 (49.24%) Technical Author
2 15 (11.36%) Architect
3 11 (8.33%) Solutions Architect
4 9 (6.82%) Project Manager
5 7 (5.30%) Test Manager
6 5 (3.79%) Production Manager
7 4 (3.03%) Coordinator
7 4 (3.03%) Digital Transformation
7 4 (3.03%) Technical Architect
7 4 (3.03%) Technical Coordinator
8 3 (2.27%) Hardware Engineer
8 3 (2.27%) Network Engineer
9 2 (1.52%) DV Cleared Software Engineer
9 2 (1.52%) IT Engineer
9 2 (1.52%) Lead
9 2 (1.52%) Quality Manager
9 2 (1.52%) Site Manager
9 2 (1.52%) Software Engineer
9 2 (1.52%) Trainer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 67 (50.76%) XML
2 64 (48.48%) SGML
3 4 (3.03%) Middleware
4 2 (1.52%) .NET
4 2 (1.52%) .NET Core
4 2 (1.52%) .NET Framework
4 2 (1.52%) JSON
4 2 (1.52%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 7 (5.30%) Blackberry
1 7 (5.30%) Video Conferencing
2 6 (4.55%) Self-Motivation
3 4 (3.03%) Management Information System
3 4 (3.03%) Public Cloud
4 3 (2.27%) Data Centre
5 2 (1.52%) Driving Licence
5 2 (1.52%) FPGA
5 2 (1.52%) Linux Command Line
6 1 (0.76%) Analogue Electronics
Operating Systems
1 8 (6.06%) Linux
2 6 (4.55%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (48.48%) Desktop Publishing
2 35 (26.52%) Problem-Solving
3 26 (19.70%) Decision-Making
4 19 (14.39%) Conflict Management
4 19 (14.39%) Time Management
5 18 (13.64%) ITIL
6 17 (12.88%) Continuous Improvement
7 15 (11.36%) Critical Thinking
7 15 (11.36%) People Management
7 15 (11.36%) TOGAF
8 14 (10.61%) Asset Management
9 13 (9.85%) Customer Engagement
10 11 (8.33%) ArchiMate
10 11 (8.33%) Architecture Governance
10 11 (8.33%) BPMN
10 11 (8.33%) Computer Science
10 11 (8.33%) Digital Strategy
10 11 (8.33%) Enterprise Architecture
10 11 (8.33%) Roadmaps
10 11 (8.33%) Strategic Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 2 (1.52%) C#
1 2 (1.52%) Python
2 1 (0.76%) JavaScript
2 1 (0.76%) MATLAB
2 1 (0.76%) SQL
Qualifications
1 99 (75.00%) HNC
2 41 (31.06%) Degree
3 26 (19.70%) Security Cleared
4 16 (12.12%) SC Cleared
5 15 (11.36%) DV Cleared
6 11 (8.33%) TOGAF Certification
7 10 (7.58%) CCNP
7 10 (7.58%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (3.03%) JNCIA
9 3 (2.27%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 2 (1.52%) Chartered Engineer
11 1 (0.76%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (9.09%) QA
System Software
1 3 (2.27%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (1.52%) Firmware
Vendors
1 14 (10.61%) Cisco
2 13 (9.85%) Microsoft
3 11 (8.33%) IBM
3 11 (8.33%) Juniper
3 11 (8.33%) Nokia
4 7 (5.30%) Avaya
4 7 (5.30%) Ericsson
4 7 (5.30%) Google
4 7 (5.30%) Ribbon
5 4 (3.03%) Ciena
5 4 (3.03%) Palo Alto
6 3 (2.27%) Fortinet
6 3 (2.27%) VMware
7 2 (1.52%) EMC
8 1 (0.76%) Mentor Graphics
8 1 (0.76%) Salesforce
8 1 (0.76%) SAP