Principal Hardware Engineer Contracts

Principal Hardware Engineer
UK

As of 3 May 2024, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Principal Hardware Engineer daily rate in the UK.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 577 - 858
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Principal Hardware Engineer 13 0 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.030% - 0.002%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.032% - 0.002%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
UK excluding London median daily rate - - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 0 1
10th Percentile £66.40 - -
25th Percentile £70.00 - £51.25
Median hourly rate £73.56 - £52.50
75th Percentile £82.43 - £53.75
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £73.56 - £52.50

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 UK with a recognized job title 40,241 56,070 84,738
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.76% 94.64% 95.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,194 39,189 59,507
10th Percentile £277 £313 £313
25th Percentile £409 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,676 1,567 2,091
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.28 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.16 £15.52
Median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.50
Median % change year-on-year -18.89% +91.49% +4.44%
75th Percentile £61.26 £65.75 £48.76
90th Percentile £72.50 £76.00 £63.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £39.55 £42.37 £19.52
% change year-on-year -6.64% +117.03% +2.74%

Principal Hardware Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Principal Hardware Engineer in the UK

Principal Hardware Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Principal Hardware Engineer in the UK

Principal Hardware Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Principal Hardware Engineer over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Principal Hardware Engineer in the UK

Principal Hardware Engineer
Top 5 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Principal Hardware Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 3 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 - 13 - - 8
England - 8 - - 9
South East - 7 - - 4
Scotland - 5 - -
East of England - 1 - - 5

Principal Hardware Engineer Skill Set
Top 15 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 3 May 2024, Principal 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 featuring Principal Hardware Engineer in the job title.

1 7 (53.85%) Electronics
2 2 (15.38%) Analogue Electronics
3 1 (7.69%) PCIe
3 1 (7.69%) Root Cause Analysis
3 1 (7.69%) Coaching
3 1 (7.69%) Rational DOORS
3 1 (7.69%) Manufacturing
3 1 (7.69%) HND
3 1 (7.69%) MATLAB
3 1 (7.69%) Simulink
3 1 (7.69%) Mentor Graphics
3 1 (7.69%) Requirements Management
3 1 (7.69%) Degree
3 1 (7.69%) SC Cleared
3 1 (7.69%) Security Cleared

Principal Hardware Engineer Skill Set
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 1 (7.69%) Simulink
Development Applications
1 1 (7.69%) Rational DOORS
General
1 7 (53.85%) Electronics
2 1 (7.69%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 2 (15.38%) Analogue Electronics
2 1 (7.69%) PCIe
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (7.69%) Coaching
1 1 (7.69%) Requirements Management
1 1 (7.69%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.69%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 1 (7.69%) Degree
1 1 (7.69%) HND
1 1 (7.69%) SC Cleared
1 1 (7.69%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (7.69%) Mentor Graphics