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The first part of the table below 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 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles currently tracked.

 Hardware Engineer
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank484483564
Rank change year-on-year
Down-1Up+81
Matching permanent IT job ads196190464
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK0.228 %0.224 %0.227 %
As % of the Job Titles category0.245 %0.239 %0.241 %
Salaries quoted178164379
Average salary£40,000£33,500£32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+19.40 %+3.070 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£22,350£27,500£21,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£45,000£42,500£44,500
UK excluding London average salary£40,000£34,000£32,500
% change year-on-year
+17.64 %+4.610 %
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryAll Job Titles
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
8006179487192657
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK93.18 %93.72 %94.40 %
Salaries quoted6618965376157185
Average salary£41,500£38,500£40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.790 %-3.750 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£25,000£25,000£25,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£75,000£65,000£65,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,556£35,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+1.580 %-

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 19 March 2010 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 19 March 2010. 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+9190£40,000+23.07 %
East of EnglandUp+81116£42,000+20.00 %
CambridgeshireUp+58100£42,000+1.81 %
CambridgeUp+4885£42,000-1.17 %
South EastDown-2930£42,000+10.52 %
HampshireUp+2413£45,000+30.43 %
LondonDown-5613£30,500+5.17 %
SouthamptonUp+611£45,000+12.50 %
South WestDown-811£22,000-32.30 %
HertfordshireUp+159£23,000-16.36 %
East MidlandsUp+49£22,500-25.00 %
City of LondonDown-539£32,500+38.29 %
West MidlandsNew entry-7£30,500-
SurreyUp+66£37,500+21.95 %
NorthamptonUp+26£18,500-28.84 %
Milton KeynesUp+26£42,000+40.00 %
BuckinghamshireDown-26£42,000+29.23 %
NorthamptonshireDown-26£18,500-28.84 %
DevonUp+225£19,000-24.00 %
DorsetNew entry-5£22,000-
BedfordshireUp+164£40,000+33.33 %
ScotlandUp+54--
BerkshireDown-44£28,500-36.66 %
EdinburghDown-184--
EssexUp+163£32,500-7.14 %
WokingNew entry-3£37,500-
North WestUp+122£46,250+189.06 %
CheshireUp+102£46,250+189.06 %
West YorkshireUp+22£21,250-24.10 %
YorkshireDown-32£21,250-24.10 %

Hardware Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, 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.

199 (28.61 %)Multimedia
280 (23.12 %)Degree
369 (19.94 %)C
461 (17.63 %)Electronics
559 (17.05 %)Wireless
655 (15.90 %)VHDL
752 (15.03 %)Automotive
843 (12.43 %)Field-Programmable Gate Array
942 (12.14 %)HP
1039 (11.27 %)Firmware
1039 (11.27 %)C++
1130 (8.671 %)EMC
1229 (8.382 %)Computer Science
1328 (8.092 %)Manufacturing
1424 (6.936 %)Telecoms
1523 (6.647 %)Windows
1622 (6.358 %)Education
1622 (6.358 %)Verilog
1718 (5.202 %)Security Cleared
1817 (4.913 %)Solaris
1817 (4.913 %)Dell
1817 (4.913 %)SLA
1916 (4.624 %)Sun
1916 (4.624 %)Assembly Language
1916 (4.624 %)UNIX
2015 (4.335 %)JTAG
2114 (4.046 %)GSM
2114 (4.046 %)Ethernet
2213 (3.757 %)Validation
2213 (3.757 %)Workflow

Hardware Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, 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 Development CategoryApplication Development
13 (0.867 %)OpenGL
13 (0.867 %)OpenVG
22 (0.578 %)Flash
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
11 (0.289 %)MS Exchange
11 (0.289 %)Site Server
11 (0.289 %)Exchange Server 5.5
11 (0.289 %)Exchange Server 2003
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
16 (1.734 %)MS Visio
23 (0.867 %)MATLAB
32 (0.578 %)MS Office
41 (0.289 %)MS PowerPoint
41 (0.289 %)Spreadsheet
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
159 (17.05 %)Wireless
214 (4.046 %)GSM
214 (4.046 %)Ethernet
38 (2.312 %)Bluetooth
38 (2.312 %)GPRS
38 (2.312 %)ZigBee
38 (2.312 %)Wi-Fi
47 (2.023 %)DVB
47 (2.023 %)TCP/IP
54 (1.156 %)SAN
62 (0.578 %)Gigabit Ethernet
71 (0.289 %)WiMAX
71 (0.289 %)UWB
71 (0.289 %)Network Security
71 (0.289 %)LTE
71 (0.289 %)NAS
71 (0.289 %)VPN
71 (0.289 %)DNS
71 (0.289 %)DHCP
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
11 (0.289 %)LabVIEW
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
199 (28.61 %)Multimedia
261 (17.63 %)Electronics
352 (15.03 %)Automotive
428 (8.092 %)Manufacturing
524 (6.936 %)Telecoms
622 (6.358 %)Education
710 (2.890 %)Electric
710 (2.890 %)Pensions
89 (2.601 %)3D Graphics
94 (1.156 %)Health
103 (0.867 %)Games
103 (0.867 %)Insurance
103 (0.867 %)Aerospace
112 (0.578 %)Marketing
112 (0.578 %)Finance
112 (0.578 %)Government
121 (0.289 %)Legal
121 (0.289 %)Music
121 (0.289 %)Military
121 (0.289 %)Retail
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
155 (15.90 %)VHDL
243 (12.43 %)Field-Programmable Gate Array
339 (11.27 %)Firmware
429 (8.382 %)Computer Science
522 (6.358 %)Verilog
66 (1.734 %)Physics
75 (1.445 %)Chemistry
75 (1.445 %)CPLD
75 (1.445 %)Photography
75 (1.445 %)Mathematics
84 (1.156 %)PDA
92 (0.578 %)ASIC
92 (0.578 %)Life Science
101 (0.289 %)French Language
101 (0.289 %)HP Superdome
101 (0.289 %)EPoS
101 (0.289 %)Data Protection Act
101 (0.289 %)DTV
101 (0.289 %)Mainframe
101 (0.289 %)Device Driver
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
123 (6.647 %)Windows
217 (4.913 %)Solaris
316 (4.624 %)UNIX
411 (3.179 %)Windows XP
56 (1.734 %)HPUX
56 (1.734 %)Windows Vista
64 (1.156 %)Linux
72 (0.578 %)AIX
81 (0.289 %)Windows Server 2003
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
113 (3.757 %)Workflow
113 (3.757 %)Validation
211 (3.179 %)CAD
38 (2.312 %)Project Management
46 (1.734 %)Change Management
46 (1.734 %)Risk Analysis
54 (1.156 %)Business Development
54 (1.156 %)Integration Testing
63 (0.867 %)Software Engineering
63 (0.867 %)Logistics
63 (0.867 %)Service Delivery
72 (0.578 %)Programme Management
81 (0.289 %)Supply Chain Management
81 (0.289 %)Matrix Management
81 (0.289 %)TQM
81 (0.289 %)CAE
81 (0.289 %)PRINCE2
81 (0.289 %)OO
81 (0.289 %)Benchmarking
81 (0.289 %)Data Protection
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
169 (19.94 %)C
239 (11.27 %)C++
316 (4.624 %)Assembly Language
43 (0.867 %)Embedded C
43 (0.867 %)Perl
52 (0.578 %)Java
52 (0.578 %)C#
61 (0.289 %)VB
61 (0.289 %)VC++
61 (0.289 %)Python
61 (0.289 %)Embedded C++
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
180 (23.12 %)Degree
218 (5.202 %)Security Cleared
39 (2.601 %)HND
48 (2.312 %)HNC
54 (1.156 %)SC Cleared
62 (0.578 %)MCSE
62 (0.578 %)Microsoft Certification
71 (0.289 %)A+ Certification
71 (0.289 %)Sun Certification
71 (0.289 %)Network+ Certification
71 (0.289 %)MCTS
71 (0.289 %)Citrix Certification
71 (0.289 %)MCP
71 (0.289 %)HP ASE
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
117 (4.913 %)SLA
215 (4.335 %)JTAG
33 (0.867 %)ISO9000
41 (0.289 %)QA
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
15 (1.445 %)Veritas Volume Manager
21 (0.289 %)Active Directory
21 (0.289 %)VMware ESX
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
142 (12.14 %)HP
230 (8.671 %)EMC
317 (4.913 %)Dell
416 (4.624 %)Sun
512 (3.468 %)IBM
512 (3.468 %)Toshiba
610 (2.890 %)Xilinx
75 (1.445 %)Veritas
75 (1.445 %)Cadence
75 (1.445 %)Tandberg
75 (1.445 %)Actel
84 (1.156 %)VMware
84 (1.156 %)Cisco
93 (0.867 %)Microsoft
93 (0.867 %)ION Trading
93 (0.867 %)Mentor Graphics
93 (0.867 %)Altera
102 (0.578 %)Fujitsu
102 (0.578 %)Hitachi
102 (0.578 %)NetApp