The first table below looks at the demand for the Hardware Engineer role in IT jobs advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Hardware Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 22 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 advertised for the West Midlands region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Hardware Engineer
Rank 190 182 166
Rank change year-on-year
-8 -16
Permanent jobs requiring a Hardware Engineer 9 8 5
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.179% 0.173% 0.123%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.187% 0.181% 0.128%
Number of salaries quoted 9 6 5
Average salary £37,500 £32,500 £21,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+15.38% +51.16%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £32,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+23.07% -13.33%
All Job Titles
West Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
4823 4426 3898
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 95.88% 95.90% 95.70%
Number of salaries quoted 4016 3887 3325
Average salary £37,500 £37,500 £37,500
90% offered a salary of more than £23,000 £25,000 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Hardware Engineer
England

Hardware Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands Hardware Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Hardware Engineer
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Hardware Engineer across the West Midlands region.

West Midlands Hardware Engineer Salary Trend

Hardware Engineer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Hardware Engineer across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

West Midlands Hardware Engineer Salary Histogram

Hardware Engineer
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Hardware Engineer within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 22 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
Shropshire - 2 £17,500 -
Worcestershire +4 1 £35,000 -3.44%
Herefordshire - 1 £35,000 -
Hardware Engineer
England

Hardware Engineer
Top 24 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands region that cited Hardware 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 Engineer in their job title.

1 20 (86.96%) EMC
1 20 (86.96%) NetApp
2 6 (26.09%) HP
3 5 (21.74%) Dell
3 5 (21.74%) SAN
3 5 (21.74%) Cisco
3 5 (21.74%) Brocade
3 5 (21.74%) Celerra
3 5 (21.74%) Service Management
3 5 (21.74%) Service Delivery
3 5 (21.74%) 3PAR
3 5 (21.74%) CLARiiON
4 2 (8.696%) SC Cleared
4 2 (8.696%) Security Cleared
5 1 (4.348%) VMware
5 1 (4.348%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (4.348%) Acronis
5 1 (4.348%) Time Management
5 1 (4.348%) Project Management
5 1 (4.348%) IBM
5 1 (4.348%) Microsoft
5 1 (4.348%) Windows
5 1 (4.348%) MS Excel
5 1 (4.348%) VPN

Hardware Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands region that cited Hardware 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 Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 1 (4.348%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 5 (21.74%) SAN
2 1 (4.348%) VPN
Miscellaneous
1 5 (21.74%) Celerra
1 5 (21.74%) CLARiiON
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.348%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (21.74%) Service Management
1 5 (21.74%) Service Delivery
2 1 (4.348%) Time Management
2 1 (4.348%) Project Management
Qualifications
1 2 (8.696%) SC Cleared
1 2 (8.696%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (4.348%) VMware ESXi
Vendors
1 20 (86.96%) EMC
1 20 (86.96%) NetApp
2 6 (26.09%) HP
3 5 (21.74%) Dell
3 5 (21.74%) Cisco
3 5 (21.74%) Brocade
3 5 (21.74%) 3PAR
4 1 (4.348%) VMware
4 1 (4.348%) Acronis
4 1 (4.348%) IBM
4 1 (4.348%) Microsoft
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Posted: 21 May 2013