Hardware Design Engineer Jobs

Hardware Design Engineer
UK

The median Hardware Design Engineer salary in the UK is £47,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 30 April 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
30 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 871 943 1202
Rank change year-on-year +72 +259 -293
Permanent jobs requiring a Hardware Design Engineer 25 45 4
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.025% 0.043% 0.003%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.027% 0.047% 0.003%
Number of salaries quoted 25 9 2
10th Percentile - £45,500 £50,125
25th Percentile £43,750 £47,500 £50,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £51,250
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +2.44% -6.82%
75th Percentile £57,500 £56,000 £52,813
90th Percentile £66,250 £76,250 £53,375
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £51,250 £51,250
% change year-on-year -7.32% - -6.82%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 93,176 95,124 149,724
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.61% 91.52% 96.07%
Number of salaries quoted 66,877 59,832 85,287
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,507
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,750 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.08% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

Hardware Design Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Hardware Design Engineer in the UK

Hardware Design Engineer
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Hardware Design Engineer.

Salary trend for Hardware Design Engineer in the UK

Hardware Design Engineer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Hardware Design Engineer over the 6 months to 30 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Hardware Design Engineer in the UK

Hardware Design Engineer
Top 10 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Hardware Design Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 30 April 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
UK excluding London -41 25 £47,500 -7.32% 29
England +107 24 £47,500 -9.52% 27
Work from Home +75 22 £47,500 -12.04% 16
North West - 16 £47,500 - 1
North of England - 16 £47,500 - 1
East of England -8 6 £62,500 - 6
Midlands -3 1 £52,500 +31.25% 14
South West -9 1 £30,000 -58.62%
East Midlands -19 1 £52,500 +31.25% 6
Scotland - 1 £40,000 - 5

Hardware Design Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 30 April 2024, Hardware Design 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 featuring Hardware Design Engineer in the job title.

1 23 (92.00%) Electronics
2 15 (60.00%) Manufacturing
3 13 (52.00%) LabVIEW
4 9 (36.00%) Validation
5 7 (28.00%) Degree
6 6 (24.00%) Schematic Capture
7 5 (20.00%) IoT
7 5 (20.00%) Battery Management
7 5 (20.00%) Integration Testing
7 5 (20.00%) Wireless
7 5 (20.00%) EMC
7 5 (20.00%) Internet
8 3 (12.00%) Software Engineering
8 3 (12.00%) Design for Manufacturing
8 3 (12.00%) Verification and Validation
9 2 (8.00%) C
10 1 (4.00%) C++
10 1 (4.00%) SAP
10 1 (4.00%) Python
10 1 (4.00%) TCP/IP
10 1 (4.00%) Business Intelligence
10 1 (4.00%) CAD
10 1 (4.00%) CA
10 1 (4.00%) Programme Management
10 1 (4.00%) Telecoms
10 1 (4.00%) Finance
10 1 (4.00%) FPGA
10 1 (4.00%) CPLD
10 1 (4.00%) Xilinx
10 1 (4.00%) Marketing

Hardware Design Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Communications & Networking
1 5 (20.00%) Internet
1 5 (20.00%) Wireless
2 1 (4.00%) RS-232
2 1 (4.00%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 13 (52.00%) LabVIEW
2 1 (4.00%) Git
2 1 (4.00%) JIRA
General
1 23 (92.00%) Electronics
2 15 (60.00%) Manufacturing
3 1 (4.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (4.00%) Finance
3 1 (4.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (4.00%) Marketing
3 1 (4.00%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (4.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (4.00%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 5 (20.00%) IoT
2 1 (4.00%) CPLD
2 1 (4.00%) Embedded Systems
2 1 (4.00%) FPGA
2 1 (4.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (36.00%) Validation
2 6 (24.00%) Schematic Capture
3 5 (20.00%) Battery Management
3 5 (20.00%) Integration Testing
4 3 (12.00%) Design for Manufacturing
4 3 (12.00%) Software Engineering
4 3 (12.00%) Verification and Validation
5 1 (4.00%) Agile
5 1 (4.00%) Business Intelligence
5 1 (4.00%) CAD
5 1 (4.00%) Creative Problem-Solving
5 1 (4.00%) Digital Marketing
5 1 (4.00%) Feasibility Study
5 1 (4.00%) Performance Testing
5 1 (4.00%) Physics
5 1 (4.00%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (4.00%) Programme Management
5 1 (4.00%) Resource Management
5 1 (4.00%) Root Cause Analysis
5 1 (4.00%) Systems Engineering
Programming Languages
1 2 (8.00%) C
2 1 (4.00%) C++
2 1 (4.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 7 (28.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 5 (20.00%) EMC
2 1 (4.00%) CA
2 1 (4.00%) F5
2 1 (4.00%) SAP
2 1 (4.00%) Xilinx