Hardware Engineer Jobs in Dorset

Hardware Engineer
South West > Dorset

The median Hardware Engineer salary in Dorset is £42,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 2 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 77 74 -
Rank change year-on-year -3 - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Hardware Engineer 26 7 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Dorset 2.21% 1.00% -
As % of the Job Titles category 2.33% 1.18% -
Number of salaries quoted 10 7 0
10th Percentile - £38,000 -
25th Percentile £37,500 £42,500 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £67,500 -
Median % change year-on-year -37.04% - -
75th Percentile £48,750 £74,375 -
90th Percentile - £76,250 -
South West median annual salary £47,500 £68,750 £29,000
% change year-on-year -30.91% +137.07% -57.04%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Dorset

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Dorset. 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 permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Dorset with a recognized job title 1,116 591 758
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.82% 84.31% 97.81%
Number of salaries quoted 655 377 593
10th Percentile £27,000 £32,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £39,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £60,000 £58,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £65,000 £73,000 £73,750
South West median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +11.11%

Hardware Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Dorset

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

Job vacancy trend for Hardware Engineer in Dorset

Hardware Engineer
Salary Trend in Dorset

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Hardware Engineer in Dorset.

Salary trend for Hardware Engineer in Dorset

Hardware Engineer
Job Locations in Dorset

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Hardware Engineer within the Dorset region over the 6 months to 2 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Bournemouth -32 10 £42,500 +30.77%
Hardware Engineer
South West

Hardware Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Dorset

For the 6 months to 2 May 2024, Hardware Engineer 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 permanent job ads across the Dorset region featuring Hardware Engineer in the job title.

1 10 (38.46%) Bluetooth
1 10 (38.46%) Wi-Fi
1 10 (38.46%) Aerospace
2 9 (34.62%) OrCAD
3 5 (19.23%) RS-232
3 5 (19.23%) Mentoring
3 5 (19.23%) Coaching
3 5 (19.23%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (19.23%) FPGA Design
3 5 (19.23%) Customer Requirements
3 5 (19.23%) Analytical Mindset
3 5 (19.23%) Self-Motivation
3 5 (19.23%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (19.23%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 5 (19.23%) Analogue Electronics
3 5 (19.23%) Aviation
3 5 (19.23%) Commercialisation
3 5 (19.23%) Linux
3 5 (19.23%) AWS
3 5 (19.23%) Electronics
3 5 (19.23%) Ethernet
3 5 (19.23%) Firmware
3 5 (19.23%) Manufacturing
3 5 (19.23%) Validation
3 5 (19.23%) LabVIEW
3 5 (19.23%) SOLIDWORKS
3 5 (19.23%) Military
3 5 (19.23%) Logistics
3 5 (19.23%) FPGA
3 5 (19.23%) Degree

Hardware Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Dorset 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 9 (34.62%) OrCAD
2 5 (19.23%) SOLIDWORKS
Cloud Services
1 5 (19.23%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 10 (38.46%) Bluetooth
1 10 (38.46%) Wi-Fi
2 5 (19.23%) Ethernet
2 5 (19.23%) RS-232
Development Applications
1 5 (19.23%) LabVIEW
General
1 10 (38.46%) Aerospace
2 5 (19.23%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (19.23%) Aviation
2 5 (19.23%) Electronics
2 5 (19.23%) Manufacturing
2 5 (19.23%) Military
3 4 (15.38%) Automotive
3 4 (15.38%) Avionics
Miscellaneous
1 5 (19.23%) Analogue Electronics
1 5 (19.23%) Analytical Mindset
1 5 (19.23%) FPGA
1 5 (19.23%) Self-Motivation
2 4 (15.38%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 5 (19.23%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (19.23%) Coaching
1 5 (19.23%) Commercialisation
1 5 (19.23%) Customer Requirements
1 5 (19.23%) FPGA Design
1 5 (19.23%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 5 (19.23%) Logistics
1 5 (19.23%) Mentoring
1 5 (19.23%) Physics
1 5 (19.23%) Problem-Solving
1 5 (19.23%) Validation
Qualifications
1 5 (19.23%) Degree
System Software
1 5 (19.23%) Firmware