Hardware Engineer Jobs in the UK excluding London

Hardware Engineer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Hardware Engineer salary in the UK excluding London is £50,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 2 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
2 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 415 555 730
Rank change year-on-year +140 +175 -110
Permanent jobs requiring a Hardware Engineer 389 202 116
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.55% 0.33% 0.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.58% 0.37% 0.17%
Number of salaries quoted 292 43 72
10th Percentile £22,750 £22,950 £22,000
25th Percentile £34,875 £25,000 £24,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £29,750
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% +51.26% -21.71%
75th Percentile £60,000 £62,500 £47,500
90th Percentile £67,500 £76,050 £48,675
UK median annual salary £50,000 £45,000 £30,400
% change year-on-year +11.11% +48.03% -15.56%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 66,712 54,809 67,929
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.79% 89.23% 95.80%
Number of salaries quoted 47,259 31,113 42,994
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,750 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.21% +5.50% +5.26%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £76,250 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,550 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.42% - +9.09%

Hardware Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Hardware Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Hardware Engineer in the UK excluding London

Hardware Engineer
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Hardware Engineer in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Hardware Engineer in the UK excluding London

Hardware Engineer
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Hardware Engineer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 2 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Hardware Engineer in the UK excluding London

Hardware Engineer
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Hardware Engineer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 2 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
South East +25 123 £40,000 -23.81% 32
East of England +60 87 £55,000 +124.49% 17
Midlands +56 58 £57,500 +53.33% 35
North of England +93 55 £22,650 -9.40% 7
North West +49 49 £22,650 -9.40% 7
West Midlands +70 48 £60,000 - 20
South West +1 47 £47,500 -30.91% 8
Scotland -51 12 £50,000 +25.79% 7
East Midlands -12 10 £50,000 +33.33% 15
Wales - 8 £26,750 -
North East - 4 £28,000 -
Yorkshire +93 2 £29,000 +16.00%
Hardware Engineer
UK

Hardware Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 2 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 UK excluding London region featuring Hardware Engineer in the job title.

1 188 (48.33%) Electronics
2 137 (35.22%) Degree
3 67 (17.22%) Manufacturing
4 65 (16.71%) Social Skills
5 59 (15.17%) EMC
6 53 (13.62%) IoT
7 49 (12.60%) Analytical Skills
8 43 (11.05%) Wireless
9 42 (10.80%) Firmware
9 42 (10.80%) Schematic Capture
10 41 (10.54%) Self-Motivation
11 40 (10.28%) Python
12 39 (10.03%) Validation
12 39 (10.03%) Software Testing
13 37 (9.51%) Problem-Solving
14 36 (9.25%) Security Cleared
15 34 (8.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 34 (8.74%) FPGA
15 34 (8.74%) LabVIEW
16 28 (7.20%) SLA
16 28 (7.20%) CAD
17 27 (6.94%) Customer Service
18 26 (6.68%) TCP/IP
18 26 (6.68%) Break/Fix
19 25 (6.43%) Test Automation
19 25 (6.43%) Bluetooth
19 25 (6.43%) Wi-Fi
19 25 (6.43%) Automotive
20 24 (6.17%) Agile
20 24 (6.17%) SC Cleared

Hardware Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Application Platforms
1 8 (2.06%) Confluence
Applications
1 18 (4.63%) OrCAD
2 9 (2.31%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (1.80%) AutoCAD
4 5 (1.29%) SOLIDWORKS
5 4 (1.03%) EPLAN
5 4 (1.03%) Windchill
6 3 (0.77%) Microsoft Excel
7 2 (0.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 1 (0.26%) MS Visio
8 1 (0.26%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 8 (2.06%) AWS
2 2 (0.51%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (0.26%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 43 (11.05%) Wireless
2 26 (6.68%) TCP/IP
3 25 (6.43%) Bluetooth
3 25 (6.43%) Wi-Fi
4 23 (5.91%) Ethernet
5 19 (4.88%) Internet
6 15 (3.86%) 5G
6 15 (3.86%) GSM
6 15 (3.86%) ISDN
6 15 (3.86%) LTE
6 15 (3.86%) PSTN
6 15 (3.86%) UMTS
7 9 (2.31%) RS-232
8 3 (0.77%) Modbus
8 3 (0.77%) ZigBee
9 2 (0.51%) RS-422
9 2 (0.51%) RS-485
9 2 (0.51%) Wideband
10 1 (0.26%) LAN
Development Applications
1 34 (8.74%) LabVIEW
2 9 (2.31%) JIRA
3 8 (2.06%) Bitbucket
4 3 (0.77%) Git
5 2 (0.51%) Subversion
General
1 188 (48.33%) Electronics
2 67 (17.22%) Manufacturing
3 65 (16.71%) Social Skills
4 49 (12.60%) Analytical Skills
5 34 (8.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 25 (6.43%) Automotive
7 23 (5.91%) Organisational Skills
8 18 (4.63%) Aerospace
9 17 (4.37%) Telecoms
10 14 (3.60%) Games
11 12 (3.08%) Retail
12 11 (2.83%) Advertising
13 10 (2.57%) Aviation
14 9 (2.31%) Military
15 5 (1.29%) Aeronautics
15 5 (1.29%) Japanese Language
15 5 (1.29%) Marketing
16 4 (1.03%) Avionics
17 3 (0.77%) Finance
17 3 (0.77%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.03%) Flash
2 3 (0.77%) Flask
Miscellaneous
1 53 (13.62%) IoT
2 41 (10.54%) Self-Motivation
3 34 (8.74%) FPGA
4 22 (5.66%) Analogue Electronics
5 18 (4.63%) PCIe
6 15 (3.86%) Acoustics
6 15 (3.86%) Driving Licence
6 15 (3.86%) Satnav
7 14 (3.60%) EPoS
8 12 (3.08%) VHDL
9 11 (2.83%) Operational Technology
10 8 (2.06%) Renewable Energy
11 5 (1.29%) Analytical Mindset
11 5 (1.29%) Embedded Systems
12 4 (1.03%) Algorithms
13 3 (0.77%) 3D Printing
13 3 (0.77%) CAN bus
13 3 (0.77%) CPLD
13 3 (0.77%) Robotics
13 3 (0.77%) Verilog
Operating Systems
1 14 (3.60%) Windows
2 12 (3.08%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (10.80%) Schematic Capture
2 39 (10.03%) Software Testing
2 39 (10.03%) Validation
3 37 (9.51%) Problem-Solving
4 28 (7.20%) CAD
5 27 (6.94%) Customer Service
6 26 (6.68%) Break/Fix
7 25 (6.43%) Test Automation
8 24 (6.17%) Agile
9 21 (5.40%) Coaching
9 21 (5.40%) Project Planning
10 20 (5.14%) Customer Requirements
11 18 (4.63%) Software Engineering
12 16 (4.11%) Data Management
12 16 (4.11%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 15 (3.86%) Asset Management
13 15 (3.86%) Critical Thinking
13 15 (3.86%) IT Asset Management
13 15 (3.86%) Test Scripting
14 14 (3.60%) Mathematics
Programming Languages
1 40 (10.28%) Python
2 13 (3.34%) C
3 6 (1.54%) Bash
4 3 (0.77%) C++
5 2 (0.51%) Embedded C
5 2 (0.51%) MATLAB
5 2 (0.51%) Shell Script
6 1 (0.26%) C#
6 1 (0.26%) Java
Qualifications
1 137 (35.22%) Degree
2 36 (9.25%) Security Cleared
3 24 (6.17%) SC Cleared
4 20 (5.14%) DV Cleared
5 18 (4.63%) A+ Certification
6 16 (4.11%) HND
7 14 (3.60%) Microsoft Certification
8 13 (3.34%) MCP
9 10 (2.57%) HNC
10 7 (1.80%) Master's Degree
10 7 (1.80%) PhD
11 3 (0.77%) Network+ Certification
12 2 (0.51%) Chartered Engineer
13 1 (0.26%) CCNA
13 1 (0.26%) Cisco Certification
13 1 (0.26%) MCDST
13 1 (0.26%) MCSA
13 1 (0.26%) VTSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (7.20%) SLA
2 11 (2.83%) QA
3 8 (2.06%) ISO 9001
4 6 (1.54%) JTAG
System Software
1 42 (10.80%) Firmware
2 20 (5.14%) Active Directory
3 18 (4.63%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 15 (3.86%) SCCM
2 2 (0.51%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 59 (15.17%) EMC
2 22 (5.66%) Microsoft
3 12 (3.08%) HP
4 11 (2.83%) Apple
4 11 (2.83%) Dell
5 10 (2.57%) IBM
6 5 (1.29%) Mentor Graphics
6 5 (1.29%) Xilinx
7 4 (1.03%) Intel
7 4 (1.03%) Siemens
8 3 (0.77%) Altera
8 3 (0.77%) Lattice Semiconductor
9 2 (0.51%) Cadence
9 2 (0.51%) NVIDIA
9 2 (0.51%) SAP
10 1 (0.26%) 3PAR
10 1 (0.26%) CA
10 1 (0.26%) F5
10 1 (0.26%) ServiceNow
10 1 (0.26%) Sun