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The first part of the table below looks at the demand for the Hardware Engineer role in IT jobs advertised for the England 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 17 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the England region.

 Hardware Engineer
Location
3 months to
17 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank483484550
Rank change year-on-year
Up+1Up+66
Matching permanent IT job ads190183435
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England0.234 %0.228 %0.228 %
As % of the Job Titles category0.250 %0.243 %0.241 %
Salaries quoted177159355
Average salary£40,000£32,500£32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+23.07 %-
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£22,000£27,500£21,450
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£45,000£42,500£44,750
UK excluding London average salary£40,000£35,000£32,500
% change year-on-year
+14.28 %+7.690 %
England IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryAll Job Titles
England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
7589875255180252
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England93.40 %93.69 %94.39 %
Salaries quoted6332862287148483
Average salary£41,000£38,500£40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.490 %-3.750 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£25,000£25,000£25,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£72,500£65,000£65,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,500£35,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+1.420 %-
Hardware Engineer UKHardware Engineer
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Hardware Engineer
Demand Trend

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

England 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 England region.

England Hardware Engineer Salary Trend

Hardware Engineer
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Hardware Engineer across the England region over the 3 months to 17 March 2010.

England Hardware Engineer Salary Histogram

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 England region over the 3 months to 17 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
East of EnglandUp+76117£42,000+20.00 %
South EastDown-2529£42,000+10.52 %
South WestDown-413£19,000-41.53 %
LondonDown-3412£31,500+5.88 %
East MidlandsDown-59£22,500-25.00 %
West MidlandsNew entry-6£30,500-
North WestUp+112£46,250+189.06 %
YorkshireNo change02£21,250-24.10 %
Hardware Engineer UKHardware Engineer
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Hardware Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 March 2010, IT jobs across the England 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.

199 (30.00 %)Multimedia
276 (23.03 %)Degree
368 (20.61 %)C
460 (18.18 %)Electronics
558 (17.58 %)Wireless
653 (16.06 %)VHDL
752 (15.76 %)Automotive
843 (13.03 %)Field-Programmable Gate Array
942 (12.73 %)C++
942 (12.73 %)HP
1037 (11.21 %)Firmware
1128 (8.485 %)Manufacturing
1128 (8.485 %)Computer Science
1225 (7.576 %)EMC
1323 (6.970 %)Windows
1422 (6.667 %)Education
1519 (5.758 %)Verilog
1519 (5.758 %)Telecoms
1618 (5.455 %)Security Cleared
1717 (5.152 %)UNIX
1717 (5.152 %)Solaris
1717 (5.152 %)SLA
1717 (5.152 %)Dell
1816 (4.848 %)Sun
1915 (4.545 %)Assembly Language
1915 (4.545 %)JTAG
2014 (4.242 %)GSM
2113 (3.939 %)Workflow
2113 (3.939 %)Validation
2212 (3.636 %)Toshiba

Hardware Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 March 2010, IT jobs across the England 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.

England IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
13 (0.909 %)OpenVG
13 (0.909 %)OpenGL
England IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
11 (0.303 %)Exchange Server 5.5
11 (0.303 %)Exchange Server 2003
11 (0.303 %)MS Exchange
11 (0.303 %)Site Server
England IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
16 (1.818 %)MS Visio
22 (0.606 %)MS Office
31 (0.303 %)MS PowerPoint
31 (0.303 %)Spreadsheet
31 (0.303 %)MATLAB
England IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
158 (17.58 %)Wireless
214 (4.242 %)GSM
312 (3.636 %)Ethernet
48 (2.424 %)GPRS
48 (2.424 %)ZigBee
57 (2.121 %)Bluetooth
57 (2.121 %)TCP/IP
57 (2.121 %)DVB
57 (2.121 %)Wi-Fi
64 (1.212 %)SAN
72 (0.606 %)Gigabit Ethernet
81 (0.303 %)NAS
81 (0.303 %)DHCP
81 (0.303 %)VPN
81 (0.303 %)DNS
England IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
199 (30.00 %)Multimedia
260 (18.18 %)Electronics
352 (15.76 %)Automotive
428 (8.485 %)Manufacturing
522 (6.667 %)Education
619 (5.758 %)Telecoms
710 (3.030 %)Pensions
89 (2.727 %)3D Graphics
95 (1.515 %)Electric
104 (1.212 %)Health
113 (0.909 %)Marketing
113 (0.909 %)Insurance
113 (0.909 %)Games
113 (0.909 %)Aerospace
121 (0.303 %)Retail
121 (0.303 %)Legal
121 (0.303 %)Government
121 (0.303 %)Military
121 (0.303 %)Finance
England IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
153 (16.06 %)VHDL
243 (13.03 %)Field-Programmable Gate Array
337 (11.21 %)Firmware
428 (8.485 %)Computer Science
519 (5.758 %)Verilog
66 (1.818 %)Physics
75 (1.515 %)Chemistry
75 (1.515 %)Mathematics
75 (1.515 %)Photography
84 (1.212 %)PDA
93 (0.909 %)CPLD
102 (0.606 %)Handset
102 (0.606 %)ASIC
102 (0.606 %)Life Science
111 (0.303 %)Data Protection Act
111 (0.303 %)French Language
111 (0.303 %)HP Superdome
111 (0.303 %)EPoS
111 (0.303 %)DTV
111 (0.303 %)Mainframe
England IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
123 (6.970 %)Windows
217 (5.152 %)UNIX
217 (5.152 %)Solaris
311 (3.333 %)Windows XP
47 (2.121 %)Linux
56 (1.818 %)HPUX
56 (1.818 %)Windows Vista
62 (0.606 %)AIX
71 (0.303 %)Windows Server 2003
England IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
113 (3.939 %)Workflow
113 (3.939 %)Validation
29 (2.727 %)CAD
38 (2.424 %)Project Management
46 (1.818 %)Change Management
46 (1.818 %)Risk Analysis
54 (1.212 %)Software Engineering
54 (1.212 %)Business Development
54 (1.212 %)Integration Testing
63 (0.909 %)Logistics
63 (0.909 %)Service Delivery
72 (0.606 %)Programme Management
81 (0.303 %)Product Marketing
81 (0.303 %)Supply Chain Management
81 (0.303 %)Computer Architecture
81 (0.303 %)Product Management
81 (0.303 %)Data Protection
81 (0.303 %)Matrix Management
81 (0.303 %)Image Processing
81 (0.303 %)PRINCE2
England IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
168 (20.61 %)C
242 (12.73 %)C++
315 (4.545 %)Assembly Language
44 (1.212 %)Perl
52 (0.606 %)Embedded C
52 (0.606 %)VC++
52 (0.606 %)VB
52 (0.606 %)Java
52 (0.606 %)C#
61 (0.303 %)Bash shell
61 (0.303 %)Python
61 (0.303 %)Embedded C++
61 (0.303 %)Shell Script
England IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
176 (23.03 %)Degree
218 (5.455 %)Security Cleared
39 (2.727 %)HND
48 (2.424 %)HNC
54 (1.212 %)SC Cleared
62 (0.606 %)Microsoft Certification
62 (0.606 %)MCSE
71 (0.303 %)MCTS
71 (0.303 %)HP ASE
71 (0.303 %)MCP
71 (0.303 %)A+ Certification
71 (0.303 %)Sun Certification
71 (0.303 %)Citrix Certification
71 (0.303 %)Network+ Certification
England IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
117 (5.152 %)SLA
215 (4.545 %)JTAG
33 (0.909 %)ISO9000
41 (0.303 %)QA
England IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
15 (1.515 %)Veritas Volume Manager
21 (0.303 %)Active Directory
21 (0.303 %)VMware ESX
England IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
142 (12.73 %)HP
225 (7.576 %)EMC
317 (5.152 %)Dell
416 (4.848 %)Sun
512 (3.636 %)Toshiba
512 (3.636 %)IBM
611 (3.333 %)Xilinx
75 (1.515 %)Tandberg
75 (1.515 %)Actel
75 (1.515 %)Veritas
75 (1.515 %)Cadence
84 (1.212 %)VMware
84 (1.212 %)Cisco
93 (0.909 %)Altera
93 (0.909 %)Microsoft
93 (0.909 %)ION Trading
102 (0.606 %)Hitachi
102 (0.606 %)NetApp
102 (0.606 %)Mentor Graphics
102 (0.606 %)Fujitsu