Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Hardware-in-the-Loop skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Hardware-in-the-Loop over the 6 months to 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 820 800 1051
Rank change year-on-year -20 +251 -213
Permanent jobs citing Hardware-in-the-Loop 85 173 171
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.087% 0.17% 0.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.10% 0.17% 0.12%
Number of salaries quoted 14 0 48
10th Percentile £47,250 - -
25th Percentile £52,813 - £35,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,250 - £45,800
75th Percentile £67,500 - £63,125
90th Percentile - - £67,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 - £45,000

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Hardware-in-the-Loop is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 84,360 99,485 147,504
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.99% 95.62% 95.58%
Number of salaries quoted 59,619 58,411 83,272
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.57% +2.50% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

Hardware-in-the-Loop
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Hardware-in-the-Loop as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Hardware-in-the-Loop in the UK

Hardware-in-the-Loop
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Hardware-in-the-Loop in the UK

Hardware-in-the-Loop
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Hardware-in-the-Loop over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Hardware-in-the-Loop in the UK

Hardware-in-the-Loop
Top 9 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Hardware-in-the-Loop within the UK over the 6 months to 28 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
UK excluding London -87 84 £65,000 - 38
England -9 50 £61,250 - 36
Scotland - 35 - - 1
West Midlands -57 26 £65,000 - 13
Midlands -90 26 £65,000 - 18
Work from Home +70 20 £65,000 - 4
South East -8 16 £55,000 - 8
East of England - 7 - - 8
London +130 1 £42,500 -

Hardware-in-the-Loop
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 65 (76.47%) Simulink
2 52 (61.18%) Stateflow
3 5 (5.88%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (2.35%) TargetLink
Communications & Networking
1 14 (16.47%) J1939
Development Applications
1 7 (8.24%) JIRA
2 3 (3.53%) Git
3 1 (1.18%) ClearCase
General
1 35 (41.18%) Automotive
2 11 (12.94%) Electronics
3 8 (9.41%) Legal
4 7 (8.24%) Social Skills
5 3 (3.53%) Aerospace
5 3 (3.53%) Finance
5 3 (3.53%) Retail
6 2 (2.35%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (1.18%) Law
7 1 (1.18%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.18%) Marketing
7 1 (1.18%) Public Sector
7 1 (1.18%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 47 (55.29%) Systems Engineer
2 35 (41.18%) Lead
3 29 (34.12%) Control Systems Engineer
4 22 (25.88%) Senior
5 19 (22.35%) Lead Systems Engineer
6 13 (15.29%) Senior Systems Engineer
7 11 (12.94%) Principal Engineer
7 11 (12.94%) Principal Systems Engineer
7 11 (12.94%) Team Leader
8 6 (7.06%) Test Engineer
9 5 (5.88%) Software Engineer
10 4 (4.71%) Embedded Engineer
10 4 (4.71%) Integration Engineer
11 3 (3.53%) Control Software Engineer
11 3 (3.53%) Lead Test Engineer
11 3 (3.53%) Validation Engineer
12 2 (2.35%) Active Directory Engineer
12 2 (2.35%) Systems Test Engineer
12 2 (2.35%) Test and Validation Engineer
12 2 (2.35%) Verification Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 54 (63.53%) Algorithms
2 35 (41.18%) Renewable Energy
3 15 (17.65%) Embedded Systems
4 3 (3.53%) FPGA
5 2 (2.35%) Analogue Electronics
5 2 (2.35%) Product Ownership
5 2 (2.35%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (1.18%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 4 (4.71%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (75.29%) Validation
2 43 (50.59%) Verification and Validation
3 35 (41.18%) Change Management
3 35 (41.18%) Commercialisation
3 35 (41.18%) Decarbonisation
3 35 (41.18%) Prototyping
3 35 (41.18%) Rapid Prototyping
4 13 (15.29%) Problem-Solving
4 13 (15.29%) Systems Engineering
5 8 (9.41%) Customer Requirements
5 8 (9.41%) FMEA
5 8 (9.41%) Mentoring
5 8 (9.41%) Project Delivery
5 8 (9.41%) Software Engineering
6 7 (8.24%) Workflow
7 6 (7.06%) Mechatronics
7 6 (7.06%) Project Management
8 5 (5.88%) Agile
8 5 (5.88%) Computer Science
8 5 (5.88%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 67 (78.82%) MATLAB
2 18 (21.18%) C
3 6 (7.06%) Python
4 4 (4.71%) C++
5 2 (2.35%) Bash
5 2 (2.35%) Haskell
5 2 (2.35%) Rust
Qualifications
1 18 (21.18%) Degree
2 4 (4.71%) CESG Certified Professional
3 3 (3.53%) BPSS Clearance
3 3 (3.53%) Security Cleared
4 2 (2.35%) Master's Degree
5 1 (1.18%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (18.82%) ISO 26262
2 15 (17.65%) Automotive SPICE
3 8 (9.41%) AUTOSAR
System Software
1 2 (2.35%) Docker
2 1 (1.18%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 18 (21.18%) Functional Safety
2 2 (2.35%) Ansible
Vendors
1 4 (4.71%) Microsoft
2 3 (3.53%) Facebook
2 3 (3.53%) Instagram
2 3 (3.53%) MathWorks
3 1 (1.18%) EMC
3 1 (1.18%) SAP