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The table below looks at the demand for the Hardware Engineer role in IT jobs within the Oxfordshire region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. 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 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Hardware Engineer
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank141115
Rank change on same period last yearDown-26
Matching permanent IT job ads123
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.010 %
As % of the category below0.039 %0.807 %
Salaries quoted122
Average minimum salary£21,000£28,705
Average salary£21,000£31,523
% change on same period last year-33.38 %
Average maximum salary£21,000£34,341
UK excluding London average salary£34,116£31,544
% change on same period last year+8.15 %
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Oxfordshire
Matching permanent IT job ads25602850
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled1.482 %1.226 %
Salaries quoted22452540
Average minimum salary£32,843£31,309
Average salary£35,987£34,544
% change on same period last year+4.17 %
Average maximum salary£39,131£37,779
UK excluding London average salary£38,208£39,261
% change on same period last year-2.68 %
Hardware Engineer South EastHardware Engineer
South East

Hardware Engineer
Demand Trend

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

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
BicesterNew entry-1£21,000-
OxfordDown-101£21,000-34.91 %
Hardware Engineer South EastHardware Engineer
South East

Hardware Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT jobs across the Oxfordshire 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.

15 (55.56 %)C++
15 (55.56 %)C
24 (44.44 %)Field-Programmable Gate Array
24 (44.44 %)VHDL
24 (44.44 %)Verilog
32 (22.22 %)Degree
32 (22.22 %)Microsoft
32 (22.22 %)Windows
41 (11.11 %)Linux
41 (11.11 %)Windows 2000
41 (11.11 %)UML
41 (11.11 %)OOP
41 (11.11 %)Windows XP
41 (11.11 %)OOD
41 (11.11 %)TCP/IP
41 (11.11 %)Assembly Language
41 (11.11 %)EPoS
41 (11.11 %)Firmware
41 (11.11 %)SQL Server 2000
41 (11.11 %).NET
41 (11.11 %)SQL Server
41 (11.11 %)ASP.NET
41 (11.11 %)WebServices
41 (11.11 %)XML
41 (11.11 %)XSL
41 (11.11 %)Electronics
41 (11.11 %)Validation
41 (11.11 %)SQL Server 2005
41 (11.11 %)C#
41 (11.11 %)Information Security

Hardware Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT jobs across the Oxfordshire 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.

Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (11.11 %).NET
11 (11.11 %)ASP.NET
11 (11.11 %)WebServices
11 (11.11 %)XML
11 (11.11 %)XSL
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (11.11 %)TCP/IP
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (11.11 %)SQL Server
11 (11.11 %)SQL Server 2000
11 (11.11 %)SQL Server 2005
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (11.11 %)Electronics
11 (11.11 %)Retail
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
14 (44.44 %)VHDL
14 (44.44 %)Verilog
14 (44.44 %)Field-Programmable Gate Array
21 (11.11 %)Computer Science
21 (11.11 %)EPoS
21 (11.11 %)Firmware
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (22.22 %)Windows
21 (11.11 %)Linux
21 (11.11 %)Windows 2000
21 (11.11 %)Windows XP
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (11.11 %)UML
11 (11.11 %)OOP
11 (11.11 %)OOD
11 (11.11 %)Validation
11 (11.11 %)Information Security
11 (11.11 %)Software Engineering
11 (11.11 %)Business Development
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
15 (55.56 %)C
15 (55.56 %)C++
21 (11.11 %)Assembly Language
21 (11.11 %)C#
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12 (22.22 %)Degree
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (11.11 %)QA
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (22.22 %)Microsoft