Hardware Engineer Contracts in Berkshire

Hardware Engineer
South East > Berkshire

The median Hardware Engineer daily rate in Berkshire is £210 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 23 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 100 - 125
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Hardware Engineer 25 0 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 1.25% - 0.37%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.33% - 0.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 0 2
10th Percentile - - £201
25th Percentile £205 - £203
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £210 - £213
75th Percentile £215 - £228
90th Percentile £300 - £234
South East median daily rate £210 £438 £150
% change year-on-year -52.00% +191.67% +7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 5
Median hourly rate - - £13.00
South East median hourly rate £68.56 - £16.02
% change year-on-year - - -59.96%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Berkshire

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Berkshire. 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 contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Berkshire with a recognized job title 1,885 1,733 2,299
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.20% 94.75% 95.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,001 1,110 1,479
10th Percentile £213 £331 £206
25th Percentile £375 £415 £390
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £488
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% +7.69% +8.33%
75th Percentile £608 £625 £580
90th Percentile £688 £700 £650
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £488
% change year-on-year - +2.56% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 117 58 41
10th Percentile £18.80 £17.38 £13.00
25th Percentile £41.25 £21.99 £17.00
Median hourly rate £59.00 £56.89 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +3.72% +170.88% -2.33%
75th Percentile £70.50 £73.90 £32.50
90th Percentile £86.19 £80.25 £68.25
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £48.08 £21.00
% change year-on-year -1.21% +128.95% -13.40%

Hardware Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Hardware Engineer in Berkshire

Hardware Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Hardware Engineer in Berkshire.

Daily rate trend for Hardware Engineer in Berkshire

Hardware Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Hardware Engineer in Berkshire.

Hourly rate trend for Hardware Engineer in Berkshire

Hardware Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Hardware Engineer within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 23 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Reading - 20 £210 - 1
Slough - 5 £300 -
Hardware Engineer
South East

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

For the 6 months to 23 April 2024, Hardware Engineer contract 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 contract job ads across the Berkshire region featuring Hardware Engineer in the job title.

1 24 (96.00%) ITIL
1 24 (96.00%) HP
2 20 (80.00%) Software Testing
2 20 (80.00%) Windows
2 20 (80.00%) Problem-Solving
3 19 (76.00%) Organisational Skills
3 19 (76.00%) Social Skills
3 19 (76.00%) Customer Service
3 19 (76.00%) Software Deployment
3 19 (76.00%) Microsoft Office
3 19 (76.00%) LAN
3 19 (76.00%) Microsoft
3 19 (76.00%) Firmware
3 19 (76.00%) Service Delivery
3 19 (76.00%) Degree
3 19 (76.00%) SCCM
3 19 (76.00%) DV Cleared
3 19 (76.00%) Security Cleared
3 19 (76.00%) Windows 7
3 19 (76.00%) Driving Licence
3 19 (76.00%) Windows 10
3 19 (76.00%) Customer Requirements
4 5 (20.00%) Break/Fix
4 5 (20.00%) Problem Management
4 5 (20.00%) JIRA
4 5 (20.00%) Dell
4 5 (20.00%) ServiceNow
4 5 (20.00%) Data Centre
5 1 (4.00%) Selenium
5 1 (4.00%) Validation

Hardware Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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 19 (76.00%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 19 (76.00%) LAN
Development Applications
1 5 (20.00%) JIRA
2 1 (4.00%) Git
2 1 (4.00%) Selenium
General
1 19 (76.00%) Organisational Skills
1 19 (76.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 19 (76.00%) Driving Licence
2 5 (20.00%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 20 (80.00%) Windows
2 19 (76.00%) Windows 10
2 19 (76.00%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (96.00%) ITIL
2 20 (80.00%) Problem-Solving
2 20 (80.00%) Software Testing
3 19 (76.00%) Customer Requirements
3 19 (76.00%) Customer Service
3 19 (76.00%) Service Delivery
3 19 (76.00%) Software Deployment
4 5 (20.00%) Break/Fix
4 5 (20.00%) Problem Management
5 1 (4.00%) Continuous Integration
5 1 (4.00%) Root Cause Analysis
5 1 (4.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.00%) Bash
1 1 (4.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (4.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 19 (76.00%) Degree
1 19 (76.00%) DV Cleared
1 19 (76.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 19 (76.00%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 19 (76.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 24 (96.00%) HP
2 19 (76.00%) Microsoft
3 5 (20.00%) Dell
3 5 (20.00%) ServiceNow