Hardware Engineer
UK
The median Hardware Engineer salary in the UK is £50,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 28 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 28 Apr 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 535 | 753 | 1056 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +218 | +303 | -236 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Hardware Engineer | 401 | 220 | 166 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.41% | 0.21% | 0.11% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.43% | 0.23% | 0.11% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 296 | 59 | 76 |
| 10th Percentile | £22,750 | £23,750 | £22,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £34,500 | £25,250 | £24,875 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £50,000 | £45,000 | £29,925 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +11.11% | +50.38% | -26.34% |
| 75th Percentile | £60,000 | £62,500 | £47,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £68,125 | £76,500 | £48,375 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £50,000 | £45,000 | £29,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +11.11% | +55.17% | -27.50% |
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 | 92,813 | 95,219 | 148,250 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 94.61% | 91.52% | 96.06% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 66,625 | 59,878 | 85,347 |
| 10th Percentile | £28,500 | £32,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £38,500 | £45,000 | £42,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £52,550 | £60,000 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -12.42% | - | +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 Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Hardware Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Hardware Engineer
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Hardware Engineer.
Hardware Engineer
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Hardware Engineer over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.
Hardware Engineer
Top 16 Job Locations
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 over the 6 months to 28 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 |
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| UK excluding London | +134 | 384 | £50,000 | +11.11% | 102 |
| England | +241 | 374 | £50,000 | +13.64% | 101 |
| South East | +22 | 123 | £40,000 | -20.00% | 38 |
| East of England | +57 | 87 | £55,000 | +124.49% | 17 |
| Work from Home | +113 | 83 | £50,000 | +5.26% | 36 |
| Midlands | +45 | 56 | £57,500 | +53.33% | 32 |
| North of England | +84 | 55 | £22,650 | -9.40% | 7 |
| West Midlands | +71 | 48 | £60,000 | - | 19 |
| North West | +58 | 48 | £22,650 | -9.40% | 7 |
| South West | +10 | 46 | £47,500 | -30.91% | 7 |
| Scotland | -57 | 10 | £50,000 | +25.79% | 8 |
| London | +129 | 8 | £55,000 | +46.67% | 5 |
| East Midlands | -11 | 8 | £50,000 | +33.33% | 13 |
| Wales | - | 8 | £26,750 | - | |
| North East | - | 5 | £28,000 | - | |
| Yorkshire | +94 | 2 | £29,000 | +16.00% |
Hardware Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 28 April 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 featuring Hardware Engineer in the job title.
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Hardware 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:
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