Hardware Engineer Contracts in the South East

Hardware Engineer
England > South East

The median Hardware Engineer daily rate in the South East is £210 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 18 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
18 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 150 214 238
Rank change year-on-year +64 +24 -37
Contract jobs requiring a Hardware Engineer 52 11 24
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.92% 0.19% 0.30%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.00% 0.20% 0.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 10 11
10th Percentile - £311 £100
25th Percentile £205 £364 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £210 £438 £150
Median % change year-on-year -52.00% +191.67% +7.14%
75th Percentile £236 £500 £185
90th Percentile £300 - £215
England median daily rate £210 £250 £160
% change year-on-year -16.00% +56.25% +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 0 10
10th Percentile £46.74 - -
25th Percentile £48.00 - £13.00
Median hourly rate £60.00 - £16.02
75th Percentile £82.43 - £39.75
90th Percentile - - £41.93
England median hourly rate £60.00 £46.11 £16.83
% change year-on-year +30.14% +174.03% -57.94%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South East

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the South East. 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 the South East with a recognized job title 5,204 5,592 7,540
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.56% 94.30% 95.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,123 3,891 5,110
10th Percentile £213 £225 £200
25th Percentile £400 £400 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year - +2.56% +8.33%
75th Percentile £613 £601 £588
90th Percentile £688 £700 £663
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 477 238 336
10th Percentile £12.80 £18.08 £12.24
25th Percentile £18.32 £22.03 £16.00
Median hourly rate £47.50 £45.00 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% +114.29% -16.00%
75th Percentile £62.50 £65.00 £43.75
90th Percentile £76.86 £75.00 £60.00
England median hourly rate £35.00 £43.25 £22.28
% change year-on-year -19.08% +94.12% -0.62%

Hardware Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Hardware Engineer in the South East

Hardware Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Hardware Engineer in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Hardware Engineer in the South East

Hardware Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Hardware Engineer in the South East over the 6 months to 18 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Hardware Engineer in the South East

Hardware Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Hardware Engineer in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Hardware Engineer in the South East

Hardware Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Hardware Engineer in the South East over the 6 months to 18 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Hardware Engineer in the South East

Hardware Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the South East

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 South East region over the 6 months to 18 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
Thames Valley +28 26 £210 -43.24% 12
Berkshire - 25 £210 - 4
Kent - 15 - - 2
Hampshire +18 10 £143 -57.78% 6
Oxfordshire - 1 £143 - 4
East Sussex - 1 £410 -
Hardware Engineer
England

Hardware Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 18 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 South East region featuring Hardware Engineer in the job title.

1 28 (53.85%) Security Cleared
2 24 (46.15%) ITIL
2 24 (46.15%) HP
3 21 (40.38%) Windows
3 21 (40.38%) Problem-Solving
4 20 (38.46%) Windows 10
4 20 (38.46%) SCCM
4 20 (38.46%) Microsoft
4 20 (38.46%) Software Testing
4 20 (38.46%) Degree
5 19 (36.54%) Firmware
5 19 (36.54%) Microsoft Office
5 19 (36.54%) LAN
5 19 (36.54%) Service Delivery
5 19 (36.54%) DV Cleared
5 19 (36.54%) Windows 7
5 19 (36.54%) Driving Licence
5 19 (36.54%) Software Deployment
5 19 (36.54%) Customer Requirements
5 19 (36.54%) Organisational Skills
5 19 (36.54%) Social Skills
5 19 (36.54%) Customer Service
6 9 (17.31%) SC Cleared
7 7 (13.46%) Break/Fix
8 5 (9.62%) ServiceNow
8 5 (9.62%) Data Centre
8 5 (9.62%) Problem Management
8 5 (9.62%) JIRA
8 5 (9.62%) Dell
9 3 (5.77%) Electronics

Hardware Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 19 (36.54%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.92%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 1 (1.92%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 19 (36.54%) LAN
Development Applications
1 5 (9.62%) JIRA
2 1 (1.92%) Git
2 1 (1.92%) Rational DOORS
2 1 (1.92%) Selenium
General
1 19 (36.54%) Organisational Skills
1 19 (36.54%) Social Skills
2 3 (5.77%) Electronics
3 1 (1.92%) Analytical Skills
Miscellaneous
1 19 (36.54%) Driving Licence
2 5 (9.62%) Data Centre
3 1 (1.92%) Analogue Electronics
Operating Systems
1 21 (40.38%) Windows
2 20 (38.46%) Windows 10
3 19 (36.54%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (46.15%) ITIL
2 21 (40.38%) Problem-Solving
3 20 (38.46%) Software Testing
4 19 (36.54%) Customer Requirements
4 19 (36.54%) Customer Service
4 19 (36.54%) Service Delivery
4 19 (36.54%) Software Deployment
5 7 (13.46%) Break/Fix
6 5 (9.62%) Problem Management
7 1 (1.92%) Coaching
7 1 (1.92%) Continuous Integration
7 1 (1.92%) Requirements Management
7 1 (1.92%) Root Cause Analysis
7 1 (1.92%) Validation
7 1 (1.92%) Vulnerability Remediation
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.92%) Bash
1 1 (1.92%) MATLAB
1 1 (1.92%) PowerShell
1 1 (1.92%) Python
Qualifications
1 28 (53.85%) Security Cleared
2 20 (38.46%) Degree
3 19 (36.54%) DV Cleared
4 9 (17.31%) SC Cleared
5 2 (3.85%) DBS Check
6 1 (1.92%) HND
System Software
1 19 (36.54%) Firmware
2 1 (1.92%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 20 (38.46%) SCCM
Vendors
1 24 (46.15%) HP
2 20 (38.46%) Microsoft
3 5 (9.62%) Dell
3 5 (9.62%) ServiceNow
4 2 (3.85%) Mentor Graphics
5 1 (1.92%) Qualys