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 6 May 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
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 537 770 1066
Rank change year-on-year +233 +296 -220
Permanent jobs requiring a Hardware Engineer 409 211 172
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.41% 0.20% 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.44% 0.22% 0.11%
Number of salaries quoted 301 54 79
10th Percentile £22,750 £23,750 £22,000
25th Percentile £35,250 £25,125 £25,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £41,500 £30,400
Median % change year-on-year +20.48% +36.51% -13.14%
75th Percentile £60,000 £66,250 £47,500
90th Percentile £67,500 £77,125 £50,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £43,000 £29,000
% change year-on-year +16.28% +48.28% -18.31%

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 93,479 94,643 151,222
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.63% 91.52% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 67,031 59,595 85,375
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,611
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,508 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.49% - +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 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +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.

Job vacancy trend for Hardware Engineer in the UK

Hardware Engineer
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Hardware Engineer in the UK

Hardware Engineer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Hardware Engineer over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Hardware Engineer in the UK

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 6 May 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 +152 393 £50,000 +16.28% 106
England +256 379 £50,000 +20.48% 112
South East +23 124 £40,000 -23.81% 33
East of England +63 88 £55,000 +124.49% 17
Work from Home +121 86 £50,000 -1.48% 31
Midlands +67 60 £57,500 +53.33% 38
North of England +104 55 £22,650 -9.40% 9
West Midlands +73 50 £57,500 - 21
North West +62 49 £22,650 -9.40% 9
South West -4 47 £47,500 -32.14% 13
Scotland -55 13 £50,000 +104.08% 6
East Midlands -8 10 £50,000 +33.33% 17
Wales - 8 £26,750 -
London +120 7 £67,500 +80.00% 8
North East - 4 £28,000 -
Yorkshire +97 2 £29,000 +16.00%

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

For the 6 months to 6 May 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.

1 188 (45.97%) Electronics
2 137 (33.50%) Degree
3 68 (16.63%) Manufacturing
4 66 (16.14%) EMC
5 65 (15.89%) Social Skills
6 53 (12.96%) IoT
7 49 (11.98%) Analytical Skills
8 43 (10.51%) Wireless
9 42 (10.27%) Firmware
9 42 (10.27%) Schematic Capture
9 42 (10.27%) Self-Motivation
10 40 (9.78%) Python
11 39 (9.54%) Validation
11 39 (9.54%) Software Testing
12 38 (9.29%) Problem-Solving
12 38 (9.29%) Security Cleared
13 35 (8.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 34 (8.31%) FPGA
14 34 (8.31%) LabVIEW
15 28 (6.85%) SLA
15 28 (6.85%) CAD
16 27 (6.60%) TCP/IP
16 27 (6.60%) Customer Service
17 26 (6.36%) SC Cleared
17 26 (6.36%) Break/Fix
18 25 (6.11%) Test Automation
18 25 (6.11%) Agile
18 25 (6.11%) Automotive
18 25 (6.11%) Bluetooth
18 25 (6.11%) Wi-Fi

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:

Application Platforms
1 8 (1.96%) Confluence
Applications
1 18 (4.40%) OrCAD
2 11 (2.69%) Microsoft Office
3 9 (2.20%) AutoCAD
4 5 (1.22%) SOLIDWORKS
5 4 (0.98%) EPLAN
5 4 (0.98%) Windchill
6 3 (0.73%) Microsoft Excel
7 2 (0.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 1 (0.24%) MS Visio
8 1 (0.24%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 8 (1.96%) AWS
2 2 (0.49%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (0.24%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 43 (10.51%) Wireless
2 27 (6.60%) TCP/IP
3 25 (6.11%) Bluetooth
3 25 (6.11%) Wi-Fi
4 23 (5.62%) Ethernet
5 19 (4.65%) Internet
6 15 (3.67%) 5G
6 15 (3.67%) GSM
6 15 (3.67%) ISDN
6 15 (3.67%) LTE
6 15 (3.67%) PSTN
6 15 (3.67%) UMTS
7 10 (2.44%) RS-232
8 3 (0.73%) Modbus
8 3 (0.73%) ZigBee
9 2 (0.49%) RS-422
9 2 (0.49%) RS-485
9 2 (0.49%) Wideband
10 1 (0.24%) LAN
Development Applications
1 34 (8.31%) LabVIEW
2 9 (2.20%) JIRA
3 8 (1.96%) Bitbucket
4 3 (0.73%) Git
5 2 (0.49%) Subversion
General
1 188 (45.97%) Electronics
2 68 (16.63%) Manufacturing
3 65 (15.89%) Social Skills
4 49 (11.98%) Analytical Skills
5 35 (8.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 25 (6.11%) Automotive
7 23 (5.62%) Organisational Skills
8 18 (4.40%) Aerospace
9 17 (4.16%) Telecoms
10 16 (3.91%) Games
11 12 (2.93%) Retail
12 11 (2.69%) Advertising
13 10 (2.44%) Aviation
13 10 (2.44%) Military
14 5 (1.22%) Aeronautics
14 5 (1.22%) Finance
14 5 (1.22%) Japanese Language
14 5 (1.22%) Marketing
15 4 (0.98%) Avionics
16 3 (0.73%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (0.98%) Flash
2 3 (0.73%) Flask
Miscellaneous
1 53 (12.96%) IoT
2 42 (10.27%) Self-Motivation
3 34 (8.31%) FPGA
4 22 (5.38%) Analogue Electronics
5 18 (4.40%) PCIe
6 15 (3.67%) Acoustics
6 15 (3.67%) Driving Licence
6 15 (3.67%) Satnav
7 14 (3.42%) EPoS
8 13 (3.18%) Operational Technology
9 12 (2.93%) VHDL
10 8 (1.96%) Renewable Energy
11 5 (1.22%) Analytical Mindset
11 5 (1.22%) Embedded Systems
12 4 (0.98%) Algorithms
13 3 (0.73%) 3D Printing
13 3 (0.73%) CAN bus
13 3 (0.73%) CPLD
13 3 (0.73%) Robotics
13 3 (0.73%) Verilog
Operating Systems
1 14 (3.42%) Windows
2 12 (2.93%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (10.27%) Schematic Capture
2 39 (9.54%) Software Testing
2 39 (9.54%) Validation
3 38 (9.29%) Problem-Solving
4 28 (6.85%) CAD
5 27 (6.60%) Customer Service
6 26 (6.36%) Break/Fix
7 25 (6.11%) Agile
7 25 (6.11%) Test Automation
8 21 (5.13%) Coaching
8 21 (5.13%) Project Planning
9 20 (4.89%) Customer Requirements
10 18 (4.40%) Software Engineering
11 16 (3.91%) Data Management
11 16 (3.91%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 15 (3.67%) Asset Management
12 15 (3.67%) Critical Thinking
12 15 (3.67%) IT Asset Management
12 15 (3.67%) Test Scripting
13 14 (3.42%) Mathematics
Programming Languages
1 40 (9.78%) Python
2 13 (3.18%) C
3 6 (1.47%) Bash
4 3 (0.73%) C++
5 2 (0.49%) Embedded C
5 2 (0.49%) MATLAB
5 2 (0.49%) Shell Script
6 1 (0.24%) C#
6 1 (0.24%) Java
Qualifications
1 137 (33.50%) Degree
2 38 (9.29%) Security Cleared
3 26 (6.36%) SC Cleared
4 20 (4.89%) DV Cleared
5 18 (4.40%) A+ Certification
6 16 (3.91%) HND
7 14 (3.42%) Microsoft Certification
8 13 (3.18%) MCP
9 10 (2.44%) HNC
10 7 (1.71%) Master's Degree
10 7 (1.71%) PhD
11 4 (0.98%) Chartered Engineer
12 3 (0.73%) Network+ Certification
13 1 (0.24%) CCNA
13 1 (0.24%) Cisco Certification
13 1 (0.24%) MCDST
13 1 (0.24%) MCSA
13 1 (0.24%) VTSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (6.85%) SLA
2 11 (2.69%) QA
3 8 (1.96%) ISO 9001
4 6 (1.47%) JTAG
System Software
1 42 (10.27%) Firmware
2 20 (4.89%) Active Directory
3 18 (4.40%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 15 (3.67%) SCCM
2 2 (0.49%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 66 (16.14%) EMC
2 24 (5.87%) Microsoft
3 12 (2.93%) HP
4 11 (2.69%) Apple
4 11 (2.69%) Dell
5 10 (2.44%) IBM
6 5 (1.22%) Mentor Graphics
6 5 (1.22%) Xilinx
7 4 (0.98%) Intel
7 4 (0.98%) Siemens
8 3 (0.73%) Altera
8 3 (0.73%) Lattice Semiconductor
9 2 (0.49%) Cadence
9 2 (0.49%) NVIDIA
9 2 (0.49%) SAP
10 1 (0.24%) 3PAR
10 1 (0.24%) CA
10 1 (0.24%) F5
10 1 (0.24%) ServiceNow
10 1 (0.24%) Sun