Hardware Engineer Jobs in the North West

Hardware Engineer
England > North West

The median Hardware Engineer salary in the North West is £22,650 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 12 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
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 238 292 331
Rank change year-on-year +54 +39 -81
Permanent jobs requiring a Hardware Engineer 55 5 4
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 0.56% 0.064% 0.043%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.59% 0.071% 0.044%
Number of salaries quoted 54 5 0
10th Percentile £12,000 - -
25th Percentile £12,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £22,650 £25,000 -
Median % change year-on-year -9.40% - -
75th Percentile £51,250 - -
90th Percentile - £40,750 -
England median annual salary £50,000 £40,000 £29,000
% change year-on-year +25.00% +37.93% -17.14%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North West

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the North West. 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 the North West with a recognized job title 9,331 7,025 8,989
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.60% 89.29% 95.92%
Number of salaries quoted 7,169 4,098 5,355
10th Percentile £27,250 £30,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £81,250 £81,250
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +9.09%

Hardware Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Hardware Engineer in the North West

Hardware Engineer
Salary Trend in the North West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Hardware Engineer in the North West.

Salary trend for Hardware Engineer in the North West

Hardware Engineer
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Hardware Engineer in the North West over the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Hardware Engineer in the North West

Hardware Engineer
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Hardware Engineer within the North West region over the 6 months to 12 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
Manchester +45 31 £12,500 -50.00% 5
Lancashire +3 16 £47,500 -
Merseyside - 8 £22,650 - 2
Hardware Engineer
England

Hardware Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West

For the 6 months to 12 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 North West region featuring Hardware Engineer in the job title.

1 25 (45.45%) Electronics
2 19 (34.55%) Manufacturing
3 18 (32.73%) Social Skills
4 16 (29.09%) Self-Motivation
5 14 (25.45%) LabVIEW
6 11 (20.00%) Apple
6 11 (20.00%) Advertising
6 11 (20.00%) Mathematics
7 9 (16.36%) Degree
8 8 (14.55%) HNC
8 8 (14.55%) HND
9 6 (10.91%) Windows
9 6 (10.91%) Active Directory
9 6 (10.91%) Microsoft 365
10 4 (7.27%) Line Management
10 4 (7.27%) Windows Vista
10 4 (7.27%) ITIL
10 4 (7.27%) MCP
10 4 (7.27%) MCSE
10 4 (7.27%) MCSA
10 4 (7.27%) Microsoft
10 4 (7.27%) CCNA
10 4 (7.27%) Cisco Certification
10 4 (7.27%) Microsoft Certification
10 4 (7.27%) A+ Certification
10 4 (7.27%) Break/Fix
10 4 (7.27%) Customer Service
11 3 (5.45%) Design for Manufacturing
11 3 (5.45%) Verification and Validation
11 3 (5.45%) Driving Licence

Hardware Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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:

Cloud Services
1 6 (10.91%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (1.82%) Azure
Development Applications
1 14 (25.45%) LabVIEW
General
1 25 (45.45%) Electronics
2 19 (34.55%) Manufacturing
3 18 (32.73%) Social Skills
4 11 (20.00%) Advertising
5 3 (5.45%) Marketing
6 2 (3.64%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 16 (29.09%) Self-Motivation
2 3 (5.45%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 6 (10.91%) Windows
2 4 (7.27%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (20.00%) Mathematics
2 4 (7.27%) Break/Fix
2 4 (7.27%) Customer Service
2 4 (7.27%) ITIL
2 4 (7.27%) Line Management
3 3 (5.45%) Design for Manufacturing
3 3 (5.45%) Software Engineering
3 3 (5.45%) Validation
3 3 (5.45%) Verification and Validation
Qualifications
1 9 (16.36%) Degree
2 8 (14.55%) HNC
2 8 (14.55%) HND
3 4 (7.27%) A+ Certification
3 4 (7.27%) CCNA
3 4 (7.27%) Cisco Certification
3 4 (7.27%) MCP
3 4 (7.27%) MCSA
3 4 (7.27%) MCSE
3 4 (7.27%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (3.64%) SC Cleared
4 2 (3.64%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 6 (10.91%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 11 (20.00%) Apple
2 4 (7.27%) Microsoft
3 3 (5.45%) EMC