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The table looks at the demand for the Hardware Engineer role in IT jobs advertised across the UK. 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 3 July 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles currently tracked.

 Hardware Engineer
Location
3 months to
3 Jul 2009
Same period last year
Rank442596
Rank change on the same period last yearUp+154
Matching permanent IT job ads186388
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK0.273 %0.195 %
As % of the Job Titles category0.301 %0.212 %
Salaries quoted167301
Average salary£35,000£30,000
Average salary % change on the same period last year+16.66 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£19,000£20,150
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£45,000£45,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£31,250
% change on same period last year+12.00 %
IT Job Market, Job TitlesAll Job Titles
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
61844182955
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK90.83 %91.72 %
Salaries quoted51383150133
Average salary£40,000£40,000
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£25,000£25,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£65,000£65,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£35,000

Hardware Engineer
Demand Trend

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

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 within the UK.

Hardware Engineer Salary Trend

Hardware Engineer
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Hardware Engineer over the 3 months to 3 July 2009 within the UK.

Hardware Engineer Salary Histogram

Hardware Engineer
Top 30 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 UK over the 3 months to 3 July 2009. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandUp+164172£35,000+16.66 %
East of EnglandUp+9265£42,000+20.00 %
CambridgeshireUp+7651£42,000+5.00 %
CambridgeUp+6644£42,250-0.58 %
South EastUp+14640£37,500+15.38 %
South WestUp+4825£32,500-8.45 %
LondonUp+21720£36,500+21.66 %
ScotlandUp+6110£30,000-14.28 %
HampshireUp+848£42,000+20.00 %
OxfordshireUp+628£35,000+7.69 %
EssexUp+308£25,500-21.53 %
BerkshireUp+1117£29,750-8.46 %
YorkshireUp+1097£37,500+48.51 %
West MidlandsUp+717£25,000+19.04 %
HertfordshireUp+697£55,000+51.72 %
EdinburghUp+457--
BristolUp+166£35,000-2.77 %
WiltshireUp+96£28,750-30.30 %
AbingdonNew entry-6£35,000-
West YorkshireUp+845£40,000+58.41 %
East SussexUp+415£40,000+14.28 %
BrightonUp+325£40,000+29.03 %
WatfordNew entry-5£55,000-
North EastNew entry-5£32,500-
Tyne and WearNew entry-5£32,500-
SurreyUp+1134£29,000+7.40 %
East MidlandsUp+474£18,000-29.41 %
ReadingUp+454£24,500-38.75 %
StaffordshireUp+194£25,000+2.04 %
Stoke-on-TrentNew entry-4£25,000-

Hardware Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 3 July 2009, IT jobs within the UK 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.

192 (23.96 %)Electronics
289 (23.18 %)HP
375 (19.53 %)Field-Programmable Gate Array
467 (17.45 %)C
559 (15.36 %)Wireless
656 (14.58 %)VHDL
753 (13.80 %)Sun
852 (13.54 %)Windows
949 (12.76 %)EMC
1044 (11.46 %)Degree
1143 (11.20 %)Dell
1240 (10.42 %)Automotive
1336 (9.375 %)Multimedia
1434 (8.854 %)IBM
1531 (8.073 %)Solaris
1628 (7.292 %)C++
1727 (7.031 %)Windows XP
1823 (5.990 %)Xilinx
1922 (5.729 %)Embedded C
1922 (5.729 %)Firmware
2021 (5.469 %)Verilog
2119 (4.948 %)Toshiba
2218 (4.688 %)Telecoms
2218 (4.688 %)MATLAB
2218 (4.688 %)Linux
2218 (4.688 %)HP APS
2317 (4.427 %)Fujitsu
2317 (4.427 %)Device Driver
2416 (4.167 %)UNIX
2514 (3.646 %)Sun Certification

Hardware Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 3 July 2009, IT jobs within the UK 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.

IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
16 (1.563 %)OpenGL
23 (0.781 %)Flash
IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
13 (0.781 %)IIS
21 (0.260 %)SAS
IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
118 (4.688 %)MATLAB
210 (2.604 %)MS Excel
36 (1.563 %)MS Office
41 (0.260 %)Pro/ENGINEER
41 (0.260 %)Simulink
41 (0.260 %)AutoCAD
41 (0.260 %)MS Visio
IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
159 (15.36 %)Wireless
211 (2.865 %)TCP/IP
37 (1.823 %)GPRS
37 (1.823 %)Bluetooth
46 (1.563 %)UMTS
46 (1.563 %)GSM
46 (1.563 %)TETRA
55 (1.302 %)ZigBee
64 (1.042 %)SAN
64 (1.042 %)3G
64 (1.042 %)Ethernet
73 (0.781 %)CDMA
73 (0.781 %)Gigabit Ethernet
73 (0.781 %)Network Security
82 (0.521 %)NAS
91 (0.260 %)2G
91 (0.260 %)WAN
91 (0.260 %)LAN
91 (0.260 %)NFC
IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (0.260 %)SQL Server
IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
13 (0.781 %)LabVIEW
IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
192 (23.96 %)Electronics
240 (10.42 %)Automotive
336 (9.375 %)Multimedia
418 (4.688 %)Telecoms
514 (3.646 %)Electric
613 (3.385 %)Manufacturing
711 (2.865 %)Aerospace
88 (2.083 %)Health
97 (1.823 %)3D Graphics
106 (1.563 %)Pensions
115 (1.302 %)Finance
115 (1.302 %)Government
115 (1.302 %)Avionics
124 (1.042 %)Insurance
124 (1.042 %)Retail
124 (1.042 %)Education
133 (0.781 %)Games
142 (0.521 %)Banking
142 (0.521 %)Military
151 (0.260 %)Construction
IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
175 (19.53 %)Field-Programmable Gate Array
256 (14.58 %)VHDL
322 (5.729 %)Firmware
421 (5.469 %)Verilog
517 (4.427 %)Device Driver
69 (2.344 %)Computer Science
69 (2.344 %)Vehicle Telematics
76 (1.563 %)CPLD
85 (1.302 %)Mainframe
85 (1.302 %)ASIC
94 (1.042 %)PDA
94 (1.042 %)Handset
102 (0.521 %)French Language
102 (0.521 %)Statistics
102 (0.521 %)CCTV
111 (0.260 %)Clustering
111 (0.260 %)Blackberry
111 (0.260 %)MPEG
111 (0.260 %)Derivative
111 (0.260 %)Italian Language
IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
152 (13.54 %)Windows
231 (8.073 %)Solaris
327 (7.031 %)Windows XP
418 (4.688 %)Linux
516 (4.167 %)UNIX
66 (1.563 %)Embedded Linux
66 (1.563 %)Windows 2000
66 (1.563 %)Windows Server 2003
75 (1.302 %)Windows Vista
75 (1.302 %)Windows 2000 Server
81 (0.260 %)SUSE
81 (0.260 %)HPUX
81 (0.260 %)CentOS
81 (0.260 %)Red Hat Linux
IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
113 (3.385 %)CAD
29 (2.344 %)E-Commerce
29 (2.344 %)Image Processing
38 (2.083 %)Project Management
47 (1.823 %)Validation
53 (0.781 %)Configuration Management
53 (0.781 %)Software Testing
53 (0.781 %)Software Engineering
53 (0.781 %)Finite Element Analysis
53 (0.781 %)Stress Analysis
62 (0.521 %)Video Processing
62 (0.521 %)V-Model
62 (0.521 %)Test Scripting
62 (0.521 %)Release Management
62 (0.521 %)Asset Management
62 (0.521 %)UML
71 (0.260 %)Programme Management
71 (0.260 %)Risk Management
71 (0.260 %)ITIL
71 (0.260 %)Project Planning
IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
167 (17.45 %)C
228 (7.292 %)C++
322 (5.729 %)Embedded C
413 (3.385 %)Assembly Language
59 (2.344 %)Embedded C++
65 (1.302 %)C#
72 (0.521 %)Java
72 (0.521 %)SQL
81 (0.260 %)Fortran
81 (0.260 %)Python
IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
144 (11.46 %)Degree
218 (4.688 %)HP APS
314 (3.646 %)Sun Certification
411 (2.865 %)Security Cleared
510 (2.604 %)A+ Certification
65 (1.302 %)IBM Certification
65 (1.302 %)SC Cleared
74 (1.042 %)PhD
83 (0.781 %)Server+ Certification
83 (0.781 %)Microsoft Certification
83 (0.781 %)DCSE
92 (0.521 %)SCSA
92 (0.521 %)MCSE
92 (0.521 %)ISEB
101 (0.260 %)Cisco Certification
101 (0.260 %)CCNA
101 (0.260 %)MCP
101 (0.260 %)HNC
101 (0.260 %)HND
101 (0.260 %)MCSA
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
17 (1.823 %)SLA
26 (1.563 %)ISO9001
32 (0.521 %)JTAG
41 (0.260 %)QA
IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
17 (1.823 %)Active Directory
17 (1.823 %)Veritas Volume Manager
23 (0.781 %)VMware Infrastructure
32 (0.521 %)NetBackup
32 (0.521 %)Backup Exec
IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
12 (0.521 %)EMC NetWorker
12 (0.521 %)Legato
IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
189 (23.18 %)HP
253 (13.80 %)Sun
349 (12.76 %)EMC
443 (11.20 %)Dell
534 (8.854 %)IBM
623 (5.990 %)Xilinx
719 (4.948 %)Toshiba
817 (4.427 %)Fujitsu
910 (2.604 %)Intel
910 (2.604 %)Compaq
910 (2.604 %)StorageTek
109 (2.344 %)Veritas
118 (2.083 %)Microsoft
126 (1.563 %)Lattice Semiconductor
126 (1.563 %)Cadence
134 (1.042 %)ION Trading
134 (1.042 %)VMware
143 (0.781 %)Cisco
143 (0.781 %)Mentor Graphics
152 (0.521 %)Atmel