The first table below looks at the demand for the Hardware Engineer role in IT jobs advertised for the Hertfordshire 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 24 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 Hertfordshire region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Hardware Engineer
Rank 129 139 165
Rank change year-on-year
+10 +26
Permanent jobs requiring a Hardware Engineer 11 11 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 0.446% 0.437% 0.030%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.476% 0.453% 0.032%
Number of salaries quoted 6 3 1
Average salary £35,000 £37,500 £27,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.66% +36.36%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £32,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+23.07% -13.33%
All Job Titles
Hertfordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
2312 2427 3148
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 93.79% 96.35% 93.33%
Number of salaries quoted 1877 1966 2555
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £41,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +3.65%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £25,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £60,000 £59,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Hardware Engineer
East of England

Hardware Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire Hardware Engineer Salary Trend

Hardware Engineer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Hardware Engineer across the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 24 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
Stevenage +15 5 - -
Hemel Hempstead +5 2 £23,500 -
Borehamwood - 1 £35,000 -
Hardware Engineer
East of England

Hardware Engineer
Top 26 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Hertfordshire 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 7 (58.33%) Linux
2 6 (50.00%) Degree
3 5 (41.67%) Integration Testing
3 5 (41.67%) CAN bus
3 5 (41.67%) Project Planning
3 5 (41.67%) OO
3 5 (41.67%) C++
3 5 (41.67%) Java
3 5 (41.67%) Risk Management
4 4 (33.33%) ASIC
4 4 (33.33%) VHDL
4 4 (33.33%) Verilog
4 4 (33.33%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
5 2 (16.67%) Asset Management
5 2 (16.67%) Windows Server 2008
5 2 (16.67%) Windows Server 2003
5 2 (16.67%) Electronics
5 2 (16.67%) UNIX
5 2 (16.67%) Windows
5 2 (16.67%) VoIP
6 1 (8.333%) EMC
6 1 (8.333%) Tcl
6 1 (8.333%) Perl
6 1 (8.333%) Video Processing
6 1 (8.333%) C-shell
6 1 (8.333%) Electronic Design Automation

Hardware Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Hertfordshire 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.

Communications & Networking
1 2 (16.67%) VoIP
General
1 2 (16.67%) Electronics
Miscellaneous
1 5 (41.67%) CAN bus
2 4 (33.33%) ASIC
2 4 (33.33%) VHDL
2 4 (33.33%) Verilog
2 4 (33.33%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
Operating Systems
1 7 (58.33%) Linux
2 2 (16.67%) Windows Server 2008
2 2 (16.67%) Windows Server 2003
2 2 (16.67%) UNIX
2 2 (16.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (41.67%) Integration Testing
1 5 (41.67%) Project Planning
1 5 (41.67%) OO
1 5 (41.67%) Risk Management
2 2 (16.67%) Asset Management
3 1 (8.333%) Video Processing
3 1 (8.333%) Electronic Design Automation
Programming Languages
1 5 (41.67%) C++
1 5 (41.67%) Java
2 1 (8.333%) Tcl
2 1 (8.333%) Perl
2 1 (8.333%) C-shell
Qualifications
1 6 (50.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (8.333%) EMC