Hardware Engineer Contracts in England

Hardware Engineer
UK > England

The median Hardware Engineer daily rate in England is £210 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 444 607 683
Rank change year-on-year +163 +76 -102
Contract jobs requiring a Hardware Engineer 101 52 84
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.27% 0.10% 0.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.29% 0.11% 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 54 28 46
10th Percentile £139 £164 £112
25th Percentile £201 £203 £150
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £210 £275 £160
Median % change year-on-year -23.64% +71.88% +14.29%
75th Percentile £338 £405 £215
90th Percentile £475 £500 £242
UK median daily rate £210 £250 £160
% change year-on-year -16.00% +56.25% +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 15 22
10th Percentile £31.39 - -
25th Percentile £45.00 £15.50 £13.00
Median hourly rate £60.00 £46.11 £16.83
Median % change year-on-year +30.14% +174.03% -57.94%
75th Percentile £68.75 £58.57 £38.56
90th Percentile £82.43 £65.00 £41.74
UK median hourly rate £60.50 £47.55 £16.83
% change year-on-year +27.24% +182.60% -57.94%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in England with a recognized job title 34,467 47,939 67,846
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.73% 94.60% 95.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,885 33,999 48,181
10th Percentile £275 £310 £313
25th Percentile £411 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £640 £663 £638
90th Percentile £750 £763 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,421 1,437 1,912
10th Percentile £13.00 £14.28 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.96 £44.53 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.25% +97.91% +0.36%
75th Percentile £60.25 £65.75 £48.62
90th Percentile £72.90 £76.35 £62.24
UK median hourly rate £35.96 £45.00 £23.00
% change year-on-year -20.09% +95.65% +0.24%

Hardware Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Hardware Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Hardware Engineer in England

Hardware Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Hardware Engineer in England

Hardware Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Hardware Engineer in England over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Hardware Engineer in England

Hardware Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Hardware Engineer in England

Hardware Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Hardware Engineer in England over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Hardware Engineer in England

Hardware Engineer
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 Hardware Engineer within the England region over the 6 months to 26 April 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
South East +66 52 £210 -52.00% 39
London +120 15 £146 -60.47% 6
South West +23 12 £164 -20.12% 7
East of England +17 10 £450 +181.25% 18
North of England +31 9 £200 +8.11% 7
Yorkshire +26 8 £200 +8.11%
Midlands +23 7 £235 +16.05% 31
West Midlands +28 5 - - 17
East Midlands +20 2 £235 - 14
North East - 1 - -
Hardware Engineer
UK

Hardware Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 26 April 2024, Hardware Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the England region featuring Hardware Engineer in the job title.

1 36 (35.64%) Security Cleared
2 32 (31.68%) Social Skills
3 31 (30.69%) HP
4 27 (26.73%) Windows
5 25 (24.75%) Firmware
6 24 (23.76%) Windows 10
7 23 (22.77%) ITIL
7 23 (22.77%) Customer Requirements
8 22 (21.78%) Problem-Solving
8 22 (21.78%) Customer Service
8 22 (21.78%) Degree
9 21 (20.79%) Software Testing
9 21 (20.79%) Microsoft
10 20 (19.80%) Service Delivery
10 20 (19.80%) Windows 7
10 20 (19.80%) Organisational Skills
11 19 (18.81%) SCCM
12 18 (17.82%) DV Cleared
12 18 (17.82%) Driving Licence
12 18 (17.82%) Software Deployment
12 18 (17.82%) LAN
12 18 (17.82%) Microsoft Office
13 16 (15.84%) SC Cleared
14 13 (12.87%) Electronics
15 11 (10.89%) ServiceNow
16 10 (9.90%) Dell
16 10 (9.90%) Break/Fix
17 7 (6.93%) Schematic Capture
17 7 (6.93%) Problem Management
17 7 (6.93%) SLA

Hardware Engineer Skill Set
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 (0.99%) Confluence
Applications
1 18 (17.82%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.99%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.99%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 4 (3.96%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (1.98%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 18 (17.82%) LAN
2 3 (2.97%) DWDM
3 2 (1.98%) Remote Desktop
3 2 (1.98%) Structured Cabling
3 2 (1.98%) VPN
4 1 (0.99%) Modbus
4 1 (0.99%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 6 (5.94%) JIRA
2 2 (1.98%) Git
3 1 (0.99%) Bitbucket
3 1 (0.99%) Bitbucket Server
3 1 (0.99%) CMake
3 1 (0.99%) Rational DOORS
3 1 (0.99%) Selenium
General
1 32 (31.68%) Social Skills
2 20 (19.80%) Organisational Skills
3 13 (12.87%) Electronics
4 5 (4.95%) Presentation Skills
5 3 (2.97%) Finance
5 3 (2.97%) Financial Institution
5 3 (2.97%) Manufacturing
6 1 (0.99%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (0.99%) Health Technology
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.96%) ISPF
2 2 (1.98%) XMPP
3 1 (0.99%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 18 (17.82%) Driving Licence
2 5 (4.95%) Data Centre
3 4 (3.96%) LPAR
3 4 (3.96%) Mainframe
4 3 (2.97%) Embedded Systems
5 2 (1.98%) Analogue Electronics
5 2 (1.98%) BYOD
6 1 (0.99%) PCIe
6 1 (0.99%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 27 (26.73%) Windows
2 24 (23.76%) Windows 10
3 20 (19.80%) Windows 7
4 4 (3.96%) zOS
5 2 (1.98%) Android
5 2 (1.98%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.99%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (22.77%) Customer Requirements
1 23 (22.77%) ITIL
2 22 (21.78%) Customer Service
2 22 (21.78%) Problem-Solving
3 21 (20.79%) Software Testing
4 20 (19.80%) Service Delivery
5 18 (17.82%) Software Deployment
6 10 (9.90%) Break/Fix
7 7 (6.93%) Problem Management
7 7 (6.93%) Schematic Capture
8 5 (4.95%) Validation
9 4 (3.96%) Risk Management
10 3 (2.97%) Verification and Validation
11 2 (1.98%) Collaborative Working
11 2 (1.98%) Continuous Integration
11 2 (1.98%) Customer Experience
11 2 (1.98%) Data Analysis
11 2 (1.98%) Decision-Making
11 2 (1.98%) Ticket Management
11 2 (1.98%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 4 (3.96%) JCL
2 3 (2.97%) CLIST
2 3 (2.97%) REXX
3 2 (1.98%) Python
4 1 (0.99%) Bash
4 1 (0.99%) C
4 1 (0.99%) C#
4 1 (0.99%) C++
4 1 (0.99%) MATLAB
4 1 (0.99%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 36 (35.64%) Security Cleared
2 22 (21.78%) Degree
3 18 (17.82%) DV Cleared
4 16 (15.84%) SC Cleared
5 5 (4.95%) DBS Check
6 2 (1.98%) Dell Certification
7 1 (0.99%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (6.93%) SLA
2 4 (3.96%) Def Stans
System Software
1 25 (24.75%) Firmware
2 4 (3.96%) Job Entry Subsystem
2 4 (3.96%) Microcode
2 4 (3.96%) Time Sharing Option
3 1 (0.99%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 19 (18.81%) SCCM
Vendors
1 31 (30.69%) HP
2 21 (20.79%) Microsoft
3 11 (10.89%) ServiceNow
4 10 (9.90%) Dell
5 5 (4.95%) Mentor Graphics
6 4 (3.96%) EMC
6 4 (3.96%) IBM
7 3 (2.97%) Snow
8 2 (1.98%) Fujitsu
8 2 (1.98%) Sun
9 1 (0.99%) Apple
9 1 (0.99%) NVIDIA
9 1 (0.99%) QNX
9 1 (0.99%) Qualys