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The table below looks at the demand for the Hardware Design Engineer role in IT jobs within the Cambridge 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 8 January 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Hardware Design Engineer
Location
3 months to
8 Jan 2009
Same period last year
Rank97126
Rank change on same period last yearUp+29
Matching permanent IT job ads95
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.008 %0.003 %
As % of the category below0.504 %0.195 %
Salaries quoted10
Average minimum salary£25,000-
Average salary£30,000-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum salary£35,000-
UK excluding London average salary£34,767£34,811
% change on same period last year-0.12 %
Cambridge IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Cambridge
Matching permanent IT job ads17862558
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled1.544 %1.305 %
Salaries quoted15382168
Average minimum salary£33,874£33,011
Average salary£37,590£36,670
% change on same period last year+2.50 %
Average maximum salary£41,306£40,329
UK excluding London average salary£38,488£39,022
% change on same period last year-1.36 %
Hardware Design Engineer CambridgeshireHardware Design Engineer
Cambridgeshire

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 Cambridge region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Cambridge Hardware Design Engineer Demand Trend

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 Cambridge region.

Cambridge Hardware Design Engineer Salary Trend

Hardware Design Engineer
Top 25 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 January 2009, IT jobs across the Cambridge 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.

110 (58.82 %)EMC
29 (52.94 %)C
29 (52.94 %)Handset
29 (52.94 %)TETRA
38 (47.06 %)Assembly Language
46 (35.29 %)Degree
54 (23.53 %)Pensions
54 (23.53 %)Health
63 (17.65 %)Law
63 (17.65 %)Field-Programmable Gate Array
63 (17.65 %)Electric
72 (11.76 %)Electronics
72 (11.76 %)CAD
72 (11.76 %)CAE
81 (5.882 %)DECT
81 (5.882 %)GSM
81 (5.882 %)Embedded C
81 (5.882 %)Workflow
81 (5.882 %)Finance
81 (5.882 %)Education
81 (5.882 %)Manufacturing
81 (5.882 %)Validation
81 (5.882 %)Wireless
81 (5.882 %)VHDL
81 (5.882 %)Security Cleared

Hardware Design Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 January 2009, IT jobs across the Cambridge 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.

Cambridge IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
19 (52.94 %)TETRA
21 (5.882 %)DECT
21 (5.882 %)GSM
21 (5.882 %)Wireless
Cambridge IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
14 (23.53 %)Health
14 (23.53 %)Pensions
23 (17.65 %)Electric
23 (17.65 %)Law
32 (11.76 %)Electronics
41 (5.882 %)Finance
41 (5.882 %)Education
41 (5.882 %)Manufacturing
Cambridge IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
19 (52.94 %)Handset
23 (17.65 %)Field-Programmable Gate Array
31 (5.882 %)VHDL
Cambridge IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (11.76 %)CAD
12 (11.76 %)CAE
21 (5.882 %)Workflow
21 (5.882 %)Validation
Cambridge IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
19 (52.94 %)C
28 (47.06 %)Assembly Language
31 (5.882 %)Embedded C
Cambridge IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
16 (35.29 %)Degree
21 (5.882 %)Security Cleared
Cambridge IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
110 (58.82 %)EMC