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This section looks at the demand for the Hardware Engineer role in IT jobs within the Birmingham 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 Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Hardware Engineer
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank131127
Rank change on same period last yearDown-4
Matching permanent IT job ads93
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.005 %0.001 %
As % of the category below0.349 %0.109 %
Salaries quoted93
Average minimum salary£19,444£25,767
Average salary£25,611£27,600
% change on same period last year-7.20 %
Average maximum salary£31,778£29,433
UK excluding London average salary£33,300£31,977
% change on same period last year+4.13 %
Birmingham IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Birmingham
Matching permanent IT job ads25812749
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled1.389 %1.146 %
Salaries quoted22622364
Average minimum salary£35,478£36,613
Average salary£38,981£40,174
% change on same period last year-2.96 %
Average maximum salary£42,485£43,736
UK excluding London average salary£38,055£39,430
% change on same period last year-3.48 %
Hardware Engineer West MidlandsHardware Engineer
West Midlands

Hardware Engineer
Demand Trend

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

Birmingham Hardware Engineer Demand Trend

Hardware Engineer
Salary Trend

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

Birmingham Hardware Engineer Salary Trend

Hardware Engineer
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Hardware Engineer across the Birmingham region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008.

Birmingham Hardware Engineer Salary Histogram

Hardware Engineer
Top 29 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs across the Birmingham 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.

116 (84.21 %)HP
211 (57.89 %)SLA
310 (52.63 %)Cisco
49 (47.37 %)Dell
58 (42.11 %)Microsoft
58 (42.11 %)UNIX
58 (42.11 %)Solaris
58 (42.11 %)Compaq
58 (42.11 %)MS Excel
58 (42.11 %)A+ Certification
58 (42.11 %)EPoS
67 (36.84 %)Sun
67 (36.84 %)Auditing
76 (31.58 %)Microsoft Certification
76 (31.58 %)MCP
76 (31.58 %)DCSE
76 (31.58 %)HP ASE
76 (31.58 %)HP MASE
76 (31.58 %)HP APS
83 (15.79 %)Firewall
83 (15.79 %)Telecoms
83 (15.79 %)Linux
83 (15.79 %)Windows
83 (15.79 %)LAN
92 (10.53 %)Pensions
101 (5.263 %)SC Cleared
101 (5.263 %)Security Cleared
101 (5.263 %)Government
101 (5.263 %)Incident Management

Hardware Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs across the Birmingham 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.

Birmingham IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
18 (42.11 %)MS Excel
Birmingham IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
13 (15.79 %)LAN
13 (15.79 %)Firewall
Birmingham IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
17 (36.84 %)Auditing
23 (15.79 %)Telecoms
32 (10.53 %)Pensions
41 (5.263 %)Government
Birmingham IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
18 (42.11 %)EPoS
Birmingham IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
18 (42.11 %)UNIX
18 (42.11 %)Solaris
23 (15.79 %)Linux
23 (15.79 %)Windows
Birmingham IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (5.263 %)Incident Management
11 (5.263 %)SC Cleared
11 (5.263 %)Security Cleared
Birmingham IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
18 (42.11 %)A+ Certification
26 (31.58 %)DCSE
26 (31.58 %)HP ASE
26 (31.58 %)HP MASE
26 (31.58 %)HP APS
26 (31.58 %)MCP
26 (31.58 %)Microsoft Certification
Birmingham IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
111 (57.89 %)SLA
Birmingham IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
116 (84.21 %)HP
210 (52.63 %)Cisco
39 (47.37 %)Dell
48 (42.11 %)Microsoft
48 (42.11 %)Compaq
57 (36.84 %)Sun