The first table below looks at the demand for the Hardware Engineer role in IT jobs advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Hardware Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 23 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the Berkshire region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Hardware Engineer
Rank 205 214 202
Rank change year-on-year
+9 -12
Permanent jobs requiring a Hardware Engineer 11 5 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Berkshire 0.213% 0.081% 0.057%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.226% 0.086% 0.060%
Number of salaries quoted 7 3 3
Average salary £50,000 £45,000 £33,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+11.11% +36.36%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £32,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+23.07% -13.33%
All Job Titles
Berkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
4862 5796 4977
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Berkshire 94.10% 94.44% 94.28%
Number of salaries quoted 3861 4940 4138
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £42,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +1.19%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £27,500 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £62,500 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Hardware Engineer
South East

Hardware Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Berkshire Hardware Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Hardware Engineer
Salary Trend

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

Berkshire Hardware Engineer Salary Trend

Hardware Engineer
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Hardware Engineer within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Reading +7 7 £50,000 +11.11%
Hardware Engineer
South East

Hardware Engineer
Top 21 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Berkshire region that cited Hardware 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 Engineer in their job title.

1 10 (66.67%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
2 9 (60.00%) Manufacturing
3 7 (46.67%) C
3 7 (46.67%) SAS
3 7 (46.67%) Ethernet
3 7 (46.67%) Intel
3 7 (46.67%) Gigabit Ethernet
4 4 (26.67%) Degree
5 3 (20.00%) VHDL
5 3 (20.00%) CPLD
5 3 (20.00%) Xilinx
5 3 (20.00%) Assembly Language
5 3 (20.00%) Electronics
5 3 (20.00%) Embedded C
5 3 (20.00%) EMC
5 3 (20.00%) MPEG
5 3 (20.00%) ZigBee
5 3 (20.00%) Embedded Systems
6 1 (6.667%) C++
6 1 (6.667%) SQL
6 1 (6.667%) LabVIEW

Hardware Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Berkshire region that cited Hardware 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 Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 7 (46.67%) SAS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (46.67%) Ethernet
1 7 (46.67%) Gigabit Ethernet
2 3 (20.00%) ZigBee
Development Applications
1 1 (6.667%) LabVIEW
General
1 9 (60.00%) Manufacturing
2 3 (20.00%) Electronics
Miscellaneous
1 10 (66.67%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
2 3 (20.00%) VHDL
2 3 (20.00%) CPLD
2 3 (20.00%) MPEG
2 3 (20.00%) Embedded Systems
Programming Languages
1 7 (46.67%) C
2 3 (20.00%) Assembly Language
2 3 (20.00%) Embedded C
3 1 (6.667%) C++
3 1 (6.667%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (26.67%) Degree
Vendors
1 7 (46.67%) Intel
2 3 (20.00%) Xilinx
2 3 (20.00%) EMC