Higher National Diploma (HND)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for HND qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates 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 454 623 809
Rank change year-on-year +169 +186 -156
Contract jobs citing HND 125 71 54
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.29% 0.12% 0.061%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.98% 0.46% 0.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 27 28
10th Percentile £254 £115 £115
25th Percentile £258 £127 £118
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £275 £388 £420
Median % change year-on-year -29.03% -7.74% +20.00%
75th Percentile £450 £469 £518
90th Percentile £720 £507 £606
UK excluding London median daily rate £275 £425 £415
% change year-on-year -35.29% +2.41% +5.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 37 17
10th Percentile £35.45 £37.75 £20.13
25th Percentile - £42.50 £23.75
Median hourly rate £43.00 £45.00 £39.73
Median % change year-on-year -4.44% +13.28% -0.69%
75th Percentile - £60.00 £47.50
90th Percentile £48.80 £68.00 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £43.00 £45.00 £39.73
% change year-on-year -4.44% +13.28% -0.69%

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 contract job vacancies with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 12,775 15,576 19,048
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 30.03% 27.20% 21.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,956 10,400 12,640
10th Percentile £308 £330 £340
25th Percentile £425 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% +4.76% +7.14%
75th Percentile £646 £650 £630
90th Percentile £738 £743 £706
UK excluding London median daily rate £530 £525 £500
% change year-on-year +0.95% +5.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,057 771 774
10th Percentile £13.69 £15.21 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.80 £21.24 £19.52
Median hourly rate £40.00 £55.00 £43.95
Median % change year-on-year -27.27% +25.14% +21.73%
75th Percentile £61.60 £68.25 £57.95
90th Percentile £76.25 £79.19 £67.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.94 £50.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -18.12% +42.86% +5.26%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for HND in the UK

HND
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing HND over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for HND in the UK

HND
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for HND in the UK

HND
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing HND over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for HND in the UK

HND
Top 14 Contract Locations

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 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
UK excluding London +120 124 £275 -35.29% 599
England +197 120 £270 -36.47% 569
East of England +72 69 £400 - 68
Work from Home +116 45 £675 +50.00% 137
Midlands +37 22 £266 -40.89% 119
East Midlands +37 21 £266 - 52
South West +24 20 £719 +38.22% 77
South East +13 7 £450 - 121
Scotland +32 3 £350 +193.38% 83
Northern Ireland +3 2 - - 3
North of England +22 1 - - 139
West Midlands +20 1 - - 67
North West +8 1 - - 67
London - 1 - - 62

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:

Applications
1 6 (4.80%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.80%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 2 (1.60%) Infor M3
Cloud Services
1 7 (5.60%) AWS
1 7 (5.60%) PaaS
1 7 (5.60%) SaaS
2 4 (3.20%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 8 (6.40%) WAN
2 7 (5.60%) PBX
2 7 (5.60%) VoIP
3 4 (3.20%) Junos
3 4 (3.20%) LAN
3 4 (3.20%) SDH
4 2 (1.60%) HTTP
4 2 (1.60%) RTP
4 2 (1.60%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.60%) PostgreSQL
1 2 (1.60%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 13 (10.40%) Rational DOORS
2 2 (1.60%) Checkstyle
2 2 (1.60%) Git
2 2 (1.60%) SonarQube
General
1 64 (51.20%) Publishing
2 28 (22.40%) Social Skills
3 13 (10.40%) Telecoms
4 10 (8.00%) Public Sector
5 7 (5.60%) Digital Economy
6 6 (4.80%) Aeronautics
6 6 (4.80%) Finance
7 5 (4.00%) Aerospace
7 5 (4.00%) Electronics
8 4 (3.20%) Advertising
8 4 (3.20%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.80%) Analytical Skills
9 1 (0.80%) Automotive
9 1 (0.80%) Legal
9 1 (0.80%) Military
9 1 (0.80%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 65 (52.00%) Author
1 65 (52.00%) Technical Author
2 15 (12.00%) Architect
3 11 (8.80%) Solutions Architect
4 8 (6.40%) Project Manager
5 7 (5.60%) Test Manager
6 5 (4.00%) Production Manager
7 4 (3.20%) Coordinator
7 4 (3.20%) Technical Architect
7 4 (3.20%) Technical Coordinator
8 3 (2.40%) Hardware Engineer
9 2 (1.60%) Design Engineer
9 2 (1.60%) DV Cleared Software Engineer
9 2 (1.60%) IT Engineer
9 2 (1.60%) Lead
9 2 (1.60%) Quality Manager
9 2 (1.60%) Site Manager
9 2 (1.60%) Software Engineer
9 2 (1.60%) Trainer
10 1 (0.80%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 66 (52.80%) XML
2 64 (51.20%) SGML
3 4 (3.20%) Middleware
4 2 (1.60%) .NET
4 2 (1.60%) .NET Core
4 2 (1.60%) .NET Framework
4 2 (1.60%) JSON
4 2 (1.60%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 7 (5.60%) Blackberry
1 7 (5.60%) Video Conferencing
2 6 (4.80%) Self-Motivation
3 4 (3.20%) Public Cloud
4 2 (1.60%) FPGA
4 2 (1.60%) Linux Command Line
5 1 (0.80%) Analogue Electronics
5 1 (0.80%) iPad
5 1 (0.80%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 8 (6.40%) Linux
2 6 (4.80%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (51.20%) Desktop Publishing
2 30 (24.00%) Problem-Solving
3 26 (20.80%) Decision-Making
4 19 (15.20%) Conflict Management
4 19 (15.20%) Time Management
5 18 (14.40%) Continuous Improvement
6 15 (12.00%) Critical Thinking
6 15 (12.00%) ITIL
6 15 (12.00%) People Management
6 15 (12.00%) TOGAF
7 14 (11.20%) Asset Management
8 13 (10.40%) Customer Engagement
9 11 (8.80%) ArchiMate
9 11 (8.80%) Architecture Governance
9 11 (8.80%) BPMN
9 11 (8.80%) Digital Strategy
9 11 (8.80%) Enterprise Architecture
9 11 (8.80%) Roadmaps
9 11 (8.80%) Strategic Roadmap
10 8 (6.40%) Customer Requirements
Programming Languages
1 2 (1.60%) C#
1 2 (1.60%) Python
2 1 (0.80%) MATLAB
2 1 (0.80%) SQL
Qualifications
1 98 (78.40%) HNC
2 36 (28.80%) Degree
3 27 (21.60%) Security Cleared
4 17 (13.60%) SC Cleared
5 15 (12.00%) DV Cleared
6 11 (8.80%) TOGAF Certification
7 7 (5.60%) CCNP
7 7 (5.60%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (3.20%) JNCIA
9 3 (2.40%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 2 (1.60%) Chartered Engineer
11 1 (0.80%) EMC Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (8.00%) QA
System Software
1 3 (2.40%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (1.60%) Firmware
Vendors
1 11 (8.80%) Cisco
1 11 (8.80%) IBM
1 11 (8.80%) Juniper
1 11 (8.80%) Nokia
2 9 (7.20%) Microsoft
3 7 (5.60%) Avaya
3 7 (5.60%) Ericsson
3 7 (5.60%) Google
3 7 (5.60%) Ribbon
4 4 (3.20%) Ciena
4 4 (3.20%) Palo Alto
5 3 (2.40%) EMC
5 3 (2.40%) VMware
6 1 (0.80%) Mentor Graphics
6 1 (0.80%) SAP