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 19 April 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 19 Apr 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 540 | 771 | 1048 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +231 | +277 | -218 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Hardware Engineer | 398 | 227 | 157 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.41% | 0.21% | 0.10% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.43% | 0.23% | 0.11% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 294 | 61 | 70 |
| 10th Percentile | £22,750 | £23,750 | £22,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £33,938 | £25,000 | £25,188 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £50,000 | £40,000 | £29,925 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +25.00% | +33.67% | -28.54% |
| 75th Percentile | £60,000 | £58,750 | £46,455 |
| 90th Percentile | £67,500 | £76,250 | £48,075 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £50,000 | £41,500 | £29,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +20.48% | +43.10% | -28.62% |
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 | 91,989 | 97,583 | 147,027 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 94.63% | 91.61% | 96.02% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 66,379 | 61,119 | 85,881 |
| 10th Percentile | £28,500 | £32,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £38,500 | £45,000 | £42,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £53,000 | £60,000 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -11.67% | - | +9.09% |
| 75th Percentile | £71,250 | £81,250 | £78,750 |
| 90th Percentile | £90,000 | £100,000 | £95,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £50,000 | £52,500 | £50,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.76% | +5.00% | +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.
Hardware Engineer
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Hardware Engineer.
Hardware Engineer
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Hardware Engineer over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.
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 19 April 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 |
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| UK excluding London | +147 | 380 | £50,000 | +20.48% | 79 |
| England | +254 | 371 | £50,000 | +25.00% | 79 |
| South East | +5 | 121 | £40,000 | -20.00% | 28 |
| East of England | +72 | 88 | £55,000 | +124.49% | 17 |
| Work from Home | +129 | 83 | £50,000 | +1.01% | 29 |
| North of England | +103 | 55 | £22,650 | -9.40% | 2 |
| Midlands | +58 | 53 | £57,500 | +53.33% | 21 |
| North West | +55 | 47 | £22,650 | -9.40% | 2 |
| West Midlands | +76 | 45 | £60,000 | - | 12 |
| South West | +22 | 45 | £47,500 | +5.56% | 6 |
| Scotland | -57 | 10 | £50,000 | +25.79% | 7 |
| London | +147 | 9 | £55,000 | +46.67% | 5 |
| East Midlands | -15 | 8 | £50,000 | +33.33% | 9 |
| Wales | - | 8 | £26,750 | - | |
| North East | - | 6 | £28,000 | - | |
| Yorkshire | +100 | 2 | £29,000 | +16.00% |
Hardware Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 19 April 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.
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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:
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