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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 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 19 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 Hertfordshire region.

 Hardware Engineer
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank99114133
Rank change year-on-year
Up+15Up+19
Matching permanent IT job ads9135
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hertfordshire0.474 %0.047 %0.777 %
As % of the Job Titles category0.495 %0.050 %0.818 %
Salaries quoted7132
Average salary£23,000£27,500£36,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
-16.36 %-24.13 %
UK excluding London average salary£40,000£34,000£32,500
% change year-on-year
+17.64 %+4.610 %
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryAll Job Titles
Hertfordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
182020174281
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hertfordshire95.84 %95.46 %95.05 %
Salaries quoted151416473549
Average salary£42,500£40,000£38,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.250 %+3.890 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£25,000£25,000£24,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£57,500£55,000£60,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,556£35,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+1.580 %-
Hardware Engineer East of EnglandHardware Engineer
East of England

Hardware Engineer
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 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 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 Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire Hardware Engineer Salary Trend

Hardware Engineer
Top 27 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, 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.

17 (46.67 %)Windows
26 (40.00 %)Windows XP
26 (40.00 %)TCP/IP
26 (40.00 %)Change Management
26 (40.00 %)Windows Vista
26 (40.00 %)Risk Analysis
35 (33.33 %)Firmware
35 (33.33 %)Degree
44 (26.67 %)Electronics
44 (26.67 %)C
44 (26.67 %)C++
53 (20.00 %)HPUX
53 (20.00 %)Solaris
53 (20.00 %)Sun
53 (20.00 %)HP
53 (20.00 %)ISO9000
62 (13.33 %)Field-Programmable Gate Array
62 (13.33 %)Aerospace
71 (6.667 %)Electric
71 (6.667 %)Manufacturing
71 (6.667 %)VHDL
71 (6.667 %)Insurance
71 (6.667 %)Wireless
71 (6.667 %)Pensions
71 (6.667 %)Computer Science
71 (6.667 %)Life Science
71 (6.667 %)Product Management

Hardware Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, 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.

Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
16 (40.00 %)TCP/IP
21 (6.667 %)Wireless
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
14 (26.67 %)Electronics
22 (13.33 %)Aerospace
31 (6.667 %)Electric
31 (6.667 %)Manufacturing
31 (6.667 %)Insurance
31 (6.667 %)Pensions
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
15 (33.33 %)Firmware
22 (13.33 %)Field-Programmable Gate Array
31 (6.667 %)Computer Science
31 (6.667 %)Life Science
31 (6.667 %)VHDL
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
17 (46.67 %)Windows
26 (40.00 %)Windows XP
26 (40.00 %)Windows Vista
33 (20.00 %)HPUX
33 (20.00 %)Solaris
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
16 (40.00 %)Change Management
16 (40.00 %)Risk Analysis
21 (6.667 %)Product Management
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
14 (26.67 %)C
14 (26.67 %)C++
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
15 (33.33 %)Degree
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
13 (20.00 %)ISO9000
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
13 (20.00 %)Sun
13 (20.00 %)HP