Hardware Design Engineer Jobs

Hardware Design Engineer
UK

The median Hardware Design Engineer salary in the UK is £47,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 4 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
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 882 954 1208
Rank change year-on-year +72 +254 -309
Permanent jobs requiring a Hardware Design Engineer 29 45 5
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.029% 0.043% 0.003%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.031% 0.047% 0.003%
Number of salaries quoted 28 8 2
10th Percentile £40,125 £44,500 £50,125
25th Percentile £43,750 £47,500 £50,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £53,250 £51,250
Median % change year-on-year -10.80% +3.90% +5.13%
75th Percentile £56,563 £61,063 £52,813
90th Percentile £66,250 £76,250 £53,375
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £52,500 £51,250
% change year-on-year -9.52% +2.44% +5.13%

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 93,212 94,769 150,357
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.51% 96.09%
Number of salaries quoted 66,814 59,630 85,382
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,225
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

Hardware Design Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Hardware Design Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Hardware Design Engineer in the UK

Hardware Design Engineer
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Hardware Design Engineer in the UK

Hardware Design Engineer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Hardware Design Engineer over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Hardware Design Engineer in the UK

Hardware Design Engineer
Top 10 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Hardware Design Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 4 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 -23 29 £47,500 -9.52% 28
England +72 26 £47,500 -10.80% 28
Work from Home +73 24 £47,500 -12.04% 14
North West - 17 £47,500 - 1
North of England - 17 £47,500 - 1
East of England 0 6 £62,500 - 7
Scotland - 3 £40,000 - 3
Midlands +18 2 £50,000 +25.00% 13
East Midlands -11 2 £50,000 +25.00% 8
South West -21 1 £30,000 -58.62%

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

For the 6 months to 4 May 2024, Hardware Design 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 Design Engineer in the job title.

1 25 (86.21%) Electronics
2 18 (62.07%) Manufacturing
3 14 (48.28%) LabVIEW
4 9 (31.03%) Validation
5 8 (27.59%) Degree
6 7 (24.14%) Schematic Capture
7 6 (20.69%) EMC
8 5 (17.24%) Internet
8 5 (17.24%) Wireless
8 5 (17.24%) IoT
8 5 (17.24%) Integration Testing
8 5 (17.24%) Battery Management
9 3 (10.34%) Design for Manufacturing
9 3 (10.34%) Verification and Validation
9 3 (10.34%) Software Engineering
9 3 (10.34%) FPGA
10 2 (6.90%) CPLD
10 2 (6.90%) Agile
10 2 (6.90%) TCP/IP
10 2 (6.90%) C
10 2 (6.90%) Creative Problem-Solving
10 2 (6.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (6.90%) Self-Motivation
10 2 (6.90%) Problem-Solving
10 2 (6.90%) Systems Engineering
10 2 (6.90%) RS-232
10 2 (6.90%) Resource Management
11 1 (3.45%) Physics
11 1 (3.45%) Digital Marketing
11 1 (3.45%) Performance Testing

Hardware Design 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:

Applications
1 1 (3.45%) OrCAD
Communications & Networking
1 5 (17.24%) Internet
1 5 (17.24%) Wireless
2 2 (6.90%) RS-232
2 2 (6.90%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 14 (48.28%) LabVIEW
2 1 (3.45%) Git
2 1 (3.45%) JIRA
General
1 25 (86.21%) Electronics
2 18 (62.07%) Manufacturing
3 2 (6.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (3.45%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (3.45%) Finance
4 1 (3.45%) Law
4 1 (3.45%) Marketing
4 1 (3.45%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (3.45%) Public Sector
4 1 (3.45%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 5 (17.24%) IoT
2 3 (10.34%) FPGA
3 2 (6.90%) CPLD
3 2 (6.90%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (3.45%) CCTV
4 1 (3.45%) Embedded Systems
4 1 (3.45%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.45%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (31.03%) Validation
2 7 (24.14%) Schematic Capture
3 5 (17.24%) Battery Management
3 5 (17.24%) Integration Testing
4 3 (10.34%) Design for Manufacturing
4 3 (10.34%) Software Engineering
4 3 (10.34%) Verification and Validation
5 2 (6.90%) Agile
5 2 (6.90%) Creative Problem-Solving
5 2 (6.90%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (6.90%) Resource Management
5 2 (6.90%) Systems Engineering
6 1 (3.45%) Business Intelligence
6 1 (3.45%) Digital Marketing
6 1 (3.45%) Feasibility Study
6 1 (3.45%) Performance Testing
6 1 (3.45%) Physics
6 1 (3.45%) Programme Management
6 1 (3.45%) Reverse Engineering
6 1 (3.45%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 2 (6.90%) C
2 1 (3.45%) C++
2 1 (3.45%) Python
Qualifications
1 8 (27.59%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (3.45%) Firmware
Vendors
1 6 (20.69%) EMC
2 1 (3.45%) Altera
2 1 (3.45%) CA
2 1 (3.45%) F5
2 1 (3.45%) Lattice Semiconductor
2 1 (3.45%) SAP
2 1 (3.45%) Xilinx