The first table below looks at the demand for the Hardware Engineer role in IT jobs advertised for the North West 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 22 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 North West region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Hardware Engineer
Rank 246 236 224
Rank change year-on-year
-10 -12
Permanent jobs requiring a Hardware Engineer 2 5 7
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 0.028% 0.070% 0.104%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.029% 0.073% 0.109%
Number of salaries quoted 2 3 5
Average salary £33,500 £38,000 £38,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-11.84% -1.29%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £32,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+23.07% -13.33%
All Job Titles
North West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
6899 6891 6432
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 95.51% 95.87% 95.50%
Number of salaries quoted 5861 6087 5695
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
90% offered a salary of more than £23,500 £22,500 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Hardware Engineer
England

Hardware Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West 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 North West region.

North West Hardware Engineer Salary Trend

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 North West region over the 3 months to 22 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
Lancashire +6 2 £33,500 -11.84%
Hardware Engineer
England

Hardware Engineer
Top 8 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West 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 3 (100.00%) Electronics
2 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 2 (66.67%) Kindle
2 2 (66.67%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
2 2 (66.67%) ISO 9001
2 2 (66.67%) Embedded Systems
3 1 (33.33%) Software Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Test Scripting

Hardware Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West 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.

General
1 3 (100.00%) Electronics
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Kindle
1 2 (66.67%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
1 2 (66.67%) Embedded Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Software Testing
1 1 (33.33%) Test Scripting
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) ISO 9001