The first table below looks at the demand for the Hardware Test 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 Test Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 23 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles currently tracked.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Hardware Test Engineer
Rank 850 897 -
Rank change year-on-year
+47 -
Permanent jobs requiring a Hardware Test Engineer 12 1 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.011% 0.001% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.012% 0.001% -
Number of salaries quoted 12 1 0
Average salary £22,500 £25,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-10.00% -
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £25,000 -
% change year-on-year
+60.00% -
All Job Titles
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
101523 114414 118763
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 94.40% 94.78% 94.22%
Number of salaries quoted 84418 98091 100446
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £27,500 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £67,500 £72,500 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%

Hardware Test Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hardware Test Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Hardware Test Engineer
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Hardware Test Engineer within the UK.

Hardware Test Engineer Salary Trend

Hardware Test Engineer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Hardware Test Engineer over the 3 months to 23 May 2013 within the UK.

Hardware Test Engineer Salary Histogram

Hardware Test Engineer
Top 5 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Hardware Test Engineer within the UK over the 3 months to 23 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
England +35 12 £22,500 -10.00%
London - 9 £22,500 -
Croydon - 9 £22,500 -
East of England - 3 £40,000 -
Bedfordshire - 3 £40,000 -

Hardware Test Engineer
Top 22 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK that cited Hardware Test 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 Test Engineer in their job title.

1 15 (93.75%) Test Scripting
1 15 (93.75%) Electronics
2 9 (56.25%) VB
3 5 (31.25%) UNIX
3 5 (31.25%) Windows
3 5 (31.25%) Linux
3 5 (31.25%) MS Excel
3 5 (31.25%) NFS
3 5 (31.25%) TCP/IP
3 5 (31.25%) Microsoft
3 5 (31.25%) IPv6
3 5 (31.25%) VLAN
3 5 (31.25%) Degree
3 5 (31.25%) QA
3 5 (31.25%) Agile Software Development
3 5 (31.25%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
3 5 (31.25%) System Testing
4 1 (6.250%) Android
4 1 (6.250%) Mobile App
4 1 (6.250%) Automation Testing
4 1 (6.250%) Software Testing
4 1 (6.250%) Manual Testing

Hardware Test Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK that cited Hardware Test 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 Test Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 5 (31.25%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 5 (31.25%) TCP/IP
1 5 (31.25%) IPv6
1 5 (31.25%) VLAN
General
1 15 (93.75%) Electronics
Miscellaneous
1 5 (31.25%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
2 1 (6.250%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 5 (31.25%) UNIX
1 5 (31.25%) Windows
1 5 (31.25%) Linux
2 1 (6.250%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (93.75%) Test Scripting
2 5 (31.25%) Agile Software Development
2 5 (31.25%) System Testing
3 1 (6.250%) Automation Testing
3 1 (6.250%) Software Testing
3 1 (6.250%) Manual Testing
Programming Languages
1 9 (56.25%) VB
Qualifications
1 5 (31.25%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (31.25%) QA
System Software
1 5 (31.25%) NFS
Vendors
1 5 (31.25%) Microsoft