Berkshire Hardware Design Engineer Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for the Hardware Design Engineer role in IT jobs within the Berkshire region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Hardware Design Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Hardware Design Engineer
Location Berkshire Bristol Cambridge Cambridgeshire Cardiff Cheadle Colchester East Midlands East of England England Essex Hampshire Leeds Lothian Manchester North West Nottinghamshire Peterborough Portsmouth Reading Scotland South East South Wales South West Stockport UK Wales West Midlands West Yorkshire Yorkshire	3 months to 21 Nov 2008	Same period last year
Rank	230	280
Rank change on same period last year	+50
Matching permanent IT job ads	10	6
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	0.006 %	0.003 %
As % of the category below	0.131 %	0.053 %
Salaries quoted	6	5
Average minimum salary	£35,000	£33,000
Average salary	£40,000	£38,500
% change on same period last year	+3.89 %
Average maximum salary	£45,000	£44,000
UK excluding London average salary	£36,989	£37,045
% change on same period last year	-0.15 %
Job Titles Berkshire
Matching permanent IT job ads	7610	11412
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	4.910 %	5.108 %
Salaries quoted	6369	9337
Average minimum salary	£38,871	£38,405
Average salary	£42,272	£42,054
% change on same period last year	+0.51 %
Average maximum salary	£45,673	£45,703
UK excluding London average salary	£38,468	£39,125
% change on same period last year	-1.68 %
Hardware Design Engineer South East

Hardware Design Engineer
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Hardware Design Engineer across the Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Hardware Design Engineer
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Hardware Design Engineer across the Berkshire region.

Hardware Design Engineer
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Hardware Design Engineer across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008.

Hardware Design Engineer
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Hardware Design Engineer within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Permanent IT Job Ads	Average Salary Last 3 Months	Average Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year
Reading	-	6	£40,000	-

Hardware Design Engineer South East

Hardware Design Engineer
Top 7 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT jobs across the Berkshire region that cited Hardware Design Engineer in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with Hardware Design Engineer in their job title.

1 22 (100.00 %) VHDL 1 22 (100.00 %) Field-Programmable Gate Array 2 4 (18.18 %) Xilinx 2 4 (18.18 %) Degree 2 4 (18.18 %) C 2 4 (18.18 %) Project Management 2 4 (18.18 %) Education

Hardware Design Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT jobs across the Berkshire region that cited Hardware Design Engineer in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with Hardware Design Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

General 1 4 (18.18 %) Education	Miscellaneous 1 22 (100.00 %) VHDL 1 22 (100.00 %) Field-Programmable Gate Array
Processes & Methodologies 1 4 (18.18 %) Project Management	Programming Languages 1 4 (18.18 %) C
Qualifications 1 4 (18.18 %) Degree	Vendors 1 4 (18.18 %) Xilinx