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This section looks at the demand for the Hardware Engineer role in IT jobs across the UK 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 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Hardware Engineer
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank609579
Rank change on same period last yearDown-30
Matching permanent IT job ads336498
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.181 %0.208 %
As % of the category below0.200 %0.223 %
Salaries quoted292405
Average minimum salary£29,793£29,205
Average salary£32,989£31,685
% change on same period last year+4.11 %
Average maximum salary£36,186£34,165
UK excluding London average salary£33,300£31,977
% change on same period last year+4.13 %
IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
UK
Matching permanent IT job ads167999223565
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled90.44 %93.19 %
Salaries quoted138679176982
Average minimum salary£39,022£40,911
Average salary£42,669£44,683
% change on same period last year-4.50 %
Average maximum salary£46,315£48,454
UK excluding London average salary£38,055£39,430
% change on same period last year-3.48 %

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 20 August 2008 within the UK.

Hardware Engineer Salary Histogram

Hardware Engineer
Top 30 Job Locations

This section 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 20 August 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
EnglandDown-33327£32,923+3.60 %
South EastDown-3993£35,464+12.72 %
South WestUp+5275£34,896+62.74 %
East of EnglandDown-1554£34,130-6.88 %
LondonUp+5243£30,547+0.62 %
BristolUp+1840£32,462+43.87 %
HampshireDown-4536£37,400+18.51 %
CambridgeshireDown-3330£35,350-5.87 %
CambridgeDown-3724£36,214-3.78 %
BerkshireUp+2421£33,700+19.57 %
ReadingUp+4121£34,579+28.07 %
East MidlandsUp+821£23,724-17.26 %
North WestUp+720£29,286-9.72 %
EssexUp+817£35,885-0.85 %
WiltshireUp+914£40,500+39.65 %
West MidlandsNo change012£25,042+3.25 %
BasingstokeDown-3612£36,636+39.34 %
ManchesterUp+1911£28,900-11.33 %
East SussexUp+2010£44,350+26.71 %
GloucestershireDown-109£31,844+59.21 %
BuckinghamshireUp+169£28,333-2.77 %
Milton KeynesDown-39£28,333-4.22 %
BirminghamDown-49£25,611-7.20 %
YorkshireDown-509£24,500-29.69 %
NottinghamshireUp+69£26,833-17.43 %
West YorkshireDown-208£23,000-35.93 %
BrightonUp+88£42,125+20.35 %
TewkesburyNew entry-8£32,500-
ScotlandUp+247£39,583+12.02 %
MerseysideNew entry-7£30,250-

Hardware Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, 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.

1201 (26.10 %)Electronics
2156 (20.26 %)C
3155 (20.13 %)HP
4141 (18.31 %)Field-Programmable Gate Array
5132 (17.14 %)Degree
6106 (13.77 %)Manufacturing
7102 (13.25 %)VHDL
7102 (13.25 %)Sun
899 (12.86 %)Microsoft
899 (12.86 %)Windows
997 (12.60 %)Dell
1082 (10.65 %)Compaq
1168 (8.831 %)Wireless
1267 (8.701 %)Assembly Language
1366 (8.571 %)C++
1456 (7.273 %)EMC
1551 (6.623 %)Solaris
1551 (6.623 %)Embedded C
1650 (6.494 %)Firmware
1749 (6.364 %)CAD
1848 (6.234 %)Telecoms
1944 (5.714 %)Validation
2041 (5.325 %)Pensions
2140 (5.195 %)EPoS
2140 (5.195 %)IBM
2140 (5.195 %)Security Cleared
2239 (5.065 %)HP APS
2338 (4.935 %)Aerospace
2437 (4.805 %)MS Office
2437 (4.805 %)Microsoft Certification

Hardware Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, 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
13 (0.390 %)Middleware
22 (0.260 %).NET
31 (0.130 %)ASP.NET
31 (0.130 %)WebServices
31 (0.130 %)XML
31 (0.130 %)XSL
31 (0.130 %)OpenGL
IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
120 (2.597 %)MS Exchange
210 (1.299 %)Exchange Server 2003
34 (0.519 %)Site Server
42 (0.260 %)Exchange Server 2000
51 (0.130 %)IIS
51 (0.130 %)Lotus Notes
IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
137 (4.805 %)MS Office
224 (3.117 %)MS Excel
38 (1.039 %)AutoCAD
47 (0.909 %)MATLAB
53 (0.390 %)MS Visio
62 (0.260 %)MS PowerPoint
71 (0.130 %)MS Project
71 (0.130 %)Simulink
IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
168 (8.831 %)Wireless
234 (4.416 %)GSM
325 (3.247 %)GPRS
418 (2.338 %)UMTS
418 (2.338 %)3G
516 (2.078 %)TCP/IP
614 (1.818 %)LAN
614 (1.818 %)UWB
79 (1.169 %)WAN
86 (0.779 %)OFDM
86 (0.779 %)Firewall
95 (0.649 %)UTRAN
104 (0.519 %)HSDPA
104 (0.519 %)VPN
104 (0.519 %)DNS
104 (0.519 %)SAN
104 (0.519 %)ATM
104 (0.519 %)Bluetooth
113 (0.390 %)ADSL
113 (0.390 %)Internet
IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
14 (0.519 %)SQL Server
21 (0.130 %)SQL Server 2000
21 (0.130 %)SQL Server 2005
IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
112 (1.558 %)LabVIEW
22 (0.260 %)Visual Studio
31 (0.130 %)VSS/SourceSafe
31 (0.130 %)Subversion
IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1201 (26.10 %)Electronics
2106 (13.77 %)Manufacturing
348 (6.234 %)Telecoms
441 (5.325 %)Pensions
538 (4.935 %)Aerospace
634 (4.416 %)Finance
634 (4.416 %)Government
729 (3.766 %)Military
823 (2.987 %)Electric
922 (2.857 %)Health
1021 (2.727 %)Automotive
1116 (2.078 %)Retail
1116 (2.078 %)Local Government
129 (1.169 %)Legal
138 (1.039 %)Law
147 (0.909 %)Auditing
156 (0.779 %)Insurance
165 (0.649 %)Multimedia
165 (0.649 %)Banking
165 (0.649 %)Chemicals
IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
1141 (18.31 %)Field-Programmable Gate Array
2102 (13.25 %)VHDL
350 (6.494 %)Firmware
440 (5.195 %)EPoS
532 (4.156 %)Computer Science
626 (3.377 %)Device Driver
724 (3.117 %)Handset
822 (2.857 %)Physics
920 (2.597 %)Verilog
109 (1.169 %)ASIC
117 (0.909 %)NHS
117 (0.909 %)CPLD
126 (0.779 %)Mathematics
126 (0.779 %)CMDB
126 (0.779 %)DTV
126 (0.779 %)Mainframe
134 (0.519 %)Blackberry
134 (0.519 %)Video Conferencing
134 (0.519 %)Life Science
143 (0.390 %)Data Conversion
IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
199 (12.86 %)Windows
251 (6.623 %)Solaris
330 (3.896 %)UNIX
426 (3.377 %)Linux
524 (3.117 %)Windows XP
621 (2.727 %)Windows Server 2003
719 (2.468 %)Windows 2000 Server
816 (2.078 %)Windows Vista
913 (1.688 %)Windows 2000
103 (0.390 %)Windows NT
103 (0.390 %)HPUX
103 (0.390 %)Nucleus RTOS
103 (0.390 %)VMS
112 (0.260 %)OS/2
112 (0.260 %)Windows CE
112 (0.260 %)Debian
112 (0.260 %)AIX
121 (0.130 %)Mac OS X
IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
149 (6.364 %)CAD
244 (5.714 %)Validation
340 (5.195 %)Security Cleared
421 (2.727 %)E-Commerce
520 (2.597 %)SC Cleared
617 (2.208 %)Software Engineering
710 (1.299 %)ITIL
710 (1.299 %)Service Delivery
89 (1.169 %)Workflow
98 (1.039 %)BCP
98 (1.039 %)Business Development
98 (1.039 %)BC Cleared
98 (1.039 %)Test Scripting
107 (0.909 %)Information Management
107 (0.909 %)Project Management
116 (0.779 %)UML
125 (0.649 %)Configuration Management
125 (0.649 %)Manual Testing
134 (0.519 %)Time Management
143 (0.390 %)Problem Management
IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1156 (20.26 %)C
267 (8.701 %)Assembly Language
366 (8.571 %)C++
451 (6.623 %)Embedded C
511 (1.429 %)Embedded C++
66 (0.779 %)VB
73 (0.390 %)Java
82 (0.260 %)C#
91 (0.130 %)SQL
91 (0.130 %)VB.NET
91 (0.130 %)VC++
IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1132 (17.14 %)Degree
239 (5.065 %)HP APS
337 (4.805 %)Microsoft Certification
425 (3.247 %)HNC
524 (3.117 %)DCSE
622 (2.857 %)MCP
720 (2.597 %)MCSE
720 (2.597 %)A+ Certification
817 (2.208 %)HND
817 (2.208 %)HP ASE
912 (1.558 %)HP MASE
1011 (1.429 %)CCNA
1011 (1.429 %)Cisco Certification
1011 (1.429 %)Dell Certification
113 (0.390 %)HP AIS
122 (0.260 %)Network+ Certification
122 (0.260 %)MCSA
122 (0.260 %)PhD
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
131 (4.026 %)SLA
24 (0.519 %)JTAG
32 (0.260 %)ISO9001
41 (0.130 %)QA
IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
125 (3.247 %)Citrix Presentation Server
217 (2.208 %)Active Directory
39 (1.169 %)ISA Server
43 (0.390 %)NDS
IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (0.130 %)WSUS
IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1155 (20.13 %)HP
2102 (13.25 %)Sun
399 (12.86 %)Microsoft
497 (12.60 %)Dell
582 (10.65 %)Compaq
656 (7.273 %)EMC
740 (5.195 %)IBM
831 (4.026 %)Citrix
930 (3.896 %)Cisco
1020 (2.597 %)Intel
1119 (2.468 %)Xilinx
1214 (1.818 %)Nokia
1312 (1.558 %)VERITAS
148 (1.039 %)Altiris
148 (1.039 %)Toshiba
157 (0.909 %)NetHawk
166 (0.779 %)Remedy
175 (0.649 %)Mentor Graphics
184 (0.519 %)Cadence
184 (0.519 %)Fujitsu