Hardware Engineer Contracts in the Thames Valley

Hardware Engineer
South East > Thames Valley

The median Hardware Engineer daily rate in the Thames Valley is £210 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 28 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
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 119 144 155
Rank change year-on-year +25 +11 -
Contract jobs requiring a Hardware Engineer 24 4 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.90% 0.14% 0.26%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.96% 0.14% 0.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 3 2
10th Percentile - £324 £155
25th Percentile £205 £341 £163
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £210 £370 £180
Median % change year-on-year -43.24% +105.56% -
75th Percentile £236 - £193
90th Percentile £300 - £197
South East median daily rate £210 £438 £150
% change year-on-year -52.00% +191.67% +7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 5
Median hourly rate - - £13.00
South East median hourly rate £77.12 - £16.02
% change year-on-year - - -59.96%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Thames Valley

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley. 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 Thames Valley with a recognized job title 2,498 2,771 3,346
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.49% 94.32% 95.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,423 1,920 2,280
10th Percentile £207 £313 £190
25th Percentile £370 £406 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £675 £688 £650
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £488
% change year-on-year - +2.56% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 190 76 101
10th Percentile £15.81 £17.31 £10.77
25th Percentile £19.25 £20.75 £12.50
Median hourly rate £45.00 £46.70 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% +166.86% -16.86%
75th Percentile £63.09 £66.21 £23.75
90th Percentile £84.48 £79.19 £57.38
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £48.40 £21.00
% change year-on-year -1.86% +130.48% -16.00%

Hardware Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Hardware Engineer in the Thames Valley

Hardware Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Hardware Engineer in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Hardware Engineer in the Thames Valley

Hardware Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Hardware Engineer in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for Hardware Engineer in the Thames Valley

Hardware Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 28 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
Berkshire - 24 £210 - 2
Hardware Engineer
South East

Hardware Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley

For the 6 months to 28 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 Thames Valley region featuring Hardware Engineer in the job title.

1 23 (95.83%) ITIL
1 23 (95.83%) HP
2 19 (79.17%) Software Testing
2 19 (79.17%) Windows
2 19 (79.17%) Problem-Solving
3 18 (75.00%) Organisational Skills
3 18 (75.00%) Social Skills
3 18 (75.00%) Customer Service
3 18 (75.00%) Software Deployment
3 18 (75.00%) Microsoft Office
3 18 (75.00%) LAN
3 18 (75.00%) Microsoft
3 18 (75.00%) Firmware
3 18 (75.00%) Service Delivery
3 18 (75.00%) Degree
3 18 (75.00%) SCCM
3 18 (75.00%) DV Cleared
3 18 (75.00%) Security Cleared
3 18 (75.00%) Windows 7
3 18 (75.00%) Driving Licence
3 18 (75.00%) Windows 10
3 18 (75.00%) Customer Requirements
4 5 (20.83%) Break/Fix
4 5 (20.83%) Problem Management
4 5 (20.83%) JIRA
4 5 (20.83%) Dell
4 5 (20.83%) ServiceNow
4 5 (20.83%) Data Centre
5 1 (4.17%) Selenium
5 1 (4.17%) Validation

Hardware Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 18 (75.00%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 18 (75.00%) LAN
Development Applications
1 5 (20.83%) JIRA
2 1 (4.17%) Git
2 1 (4.17%) Selenium
General
1 18 (75.00%) Organisational Skills
1 18 (75.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 18 (75.00%) Driving Licence
2 5 (20.83%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 19 (79.17%) Windows
2 18 (75.00%) Windows 10
2 18 (75.00%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (95.83%) ITIL
2 19 (79.17%) Problem-Solving
2 19 (79.17%) Software Testing
3 18 (75.00%) Customer Requirements
3 18 (75.00%) Customer Service
3 18 (75.00%) Service Delivery
3 18 (75.00%) Software Deployment
4 5 (20.83%) Break/Fix
4 5 (20.83%) Problem Management
5 1 (4.17%) Continuous Integration
5 1 (4.17%) Root Cause Analysis
5 1 (4.17%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.17%) Bash
1 1 (4.17%) PowerShell
1 1 (4.17%) Python
Qualifications
1 18 (75.00%) Degree
1 18 (75.00%) DV Cleared
1 18 (75.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 18 (75.00%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 18 (75.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 23 (95.83%) HP
2 18 (75.00%) Microsoft
3 5 (20.83%) Dell
3 5 (20.83%) ServiceNow