Hardware Engineer Contracts in England

Hardware Engineer
UK > England

The median Hardware Engineer daily rate in England is £210 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 12 May 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
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 446 599 712
Rank change year-on-year +153 +113 -123
Contract jobs requiring a Hardware Engineer 96 52 74
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.26% 0.11% 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.28% 0.11% 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 49 27 42
10th Percentile £147 £154 £111
25th Percentile £205 £203 £150
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £210 £300 £161
Median % change year-on-year -30.00% +86.05% +7.50%
75th Percentile £350 £422 £215
90th Percentile £475 £500 £263
UK median daily rate £210 £250 £163
% change year-on-year -16.00% +53.85% +12.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 17 16
10th Percentile £31.39 - -
25th Percentile £45.00 £15.50 £13.00
Median hourly rate £60.00 £46.11 £16.83
Median % change year-on-year +30.14% +174.03% -57.94%
75th Percentile £68.75 £65.00 £26.75
90th Percentile £82.43 - £40.69
UK median hourly rate £60.50 £47.55 £16.83
% change year-on-year +27.24% +182.60% -57.94%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 34,086 46,552 67,167
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.70% 94.63% 95.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,604 33,063 47,842
10th Percentile £281 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.69%
75th Percentile £645 £663 £644
90th Percentile £750 £760 £743
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,443 1,372 1,853
10th Percentile £12.87 £14.50 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.63
Median hourly rate £37.50 £44.06 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -14.88% +91.54% +3.00%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £48.76
90th Percentile £73.75 £77.00 £64.55
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -16.67% +88.21% +5.89%

Hardware Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Hardware Engineer in England

Hardware Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Hardware Engineer in England

Hardware Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Hardware Engineer in England over the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Hardware Engineer in England

Hardware Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Hardware Engineer in England

Hardware Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Hardware Engineer in England over the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Hardware Engineer in England

Hardware Engineer
Contract Job Locations in England

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 England region over the 6 months to 12 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East +54 49 £210 -43.62% 37
London +104 15 £145 -60.81% 7
South West +12 11 £185 -9.76% 14
North of England +27 9 £200 +8.11% 10
East of England +12 9 £450 - 19
Yorkshire +26 8 £200 +8.11%
Midlands +26 7 £235 -6.00% 30
West Midlands +15 5 - - 16
East Midlands +20 2 £235 - 14
North East - 1 - -
Hardware Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 12 May 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 England region featuring Hardware Engineer in the job title.

1 34 (35.42%) Security Cleared
2 32 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 30 (31.25%) HP
4 26 (27.08%) Windows
5 23 (23.96%) Firmware
6 22 (22.92%) Customer Service
7 21 (21.88%) Problem-Solving
7 21 (21.88%) ITIL
7 21 (21.88%) Windows 10
8 20 (20.83%) Degree
8 20 (20.83%) Microsoft
8 20 (20.83%) Customer Requirements
9 19 (19.79%) Software Testing
10 18 (18.75%) Service Delivery
10 18 (18.75%) Windows 7
10 18 (18.75%) Organisational Skills
11 16 (16.67%) SCCM
11 16 (16.67%) SC Cleared
11 16 (16.67%) DV Cleared
11 16 (16.67%) Driving Licence
11 16 (16.67%) Software Deployment
11 16 (16.67%) LAN
11 16 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
12 13 (13.54%) Electronics
12 13 (13.54%) ServiceNow
13 11 (11.46%) Dell
14 7 (7.29%) Break/Fix
14 7 (7.29%) Schematic Capture
14 7 (7.29%) Problem Management
14 7 (7.29%) SLA

Hardware Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (1.04%) Confluence
Applications
1 16 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.04%) MS Visio
2 1 (1.04%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 3 (3.13%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (2.08%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 16 (16.67%) LAN
2 3 (3.13%) DWDM
3 2 (2.08%) Remote Desktop
3 2 (2.08%) Structured Cabling
3 2 (2.08%) VPN
4 1 (1.04%) Modbus
4 1 (1.04%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 6 (6.25%) JIRA
2 2 (2.08%) Git
3 1 (1.04%) Bitbucket
3 1 (1.04%) Bitbucket Server
3 1 (1.04%) CMake
3 1 (1.04%) Rational DOORS
3 1 (1.04%) Selenium
General
1 32 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 18 (18.75%) Organisational Skills
3 13 (13.54%) Electronics
4 4 (4.17%) Presentation Skills
5 3 (3.13%) Finance
5 3 (3.13%) Financial Institution
5 3 (3.13%) Manufacturing
6 1 (1.04%) Health Technology
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (4.17%) ISPF
2 2 (2.08%) XMPP
3 1 (1.04%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 16 (16.67%) Driving Licence
2 5 (5.21%) Data Centre
3 4 (4.17%) LPAR
3 4 (4.17%) Mainframe
4 3 (3.13%) Embedded Systems
5 2 (2.08%) Analogue Electronics
5 2 (2.08%) BYOD
6 1 (1.04%) PCIe
6 1 (1.04%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 26 (27.08%) Windows
2 21 (21.88%) Windows 10
3 18 (18.75%) Windows 7
4 4 (4.17%) zOS
5 2 (2.08%) Android
5 2 (2.08%) Apple iOS
6 1 (1.04%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (22.92%) Customer Service
2 21 (21.88%) ITIL
2 21 (21.88%) Problem-Solving
3 20 (20.83%) Customer Requirements
4 19 (19.79%) Software Testing
5 18 (18.75%) Service Delivery
6 16 (16.67%) Software Deployment
7 7 (7.29%) Break/Fix
7 7 (7.29%) Problem Management
7 7 (7.29%) Schematic Capture
8 5 (5.21%) Validation
9 4 (4.17%) Risk Management
10 3 (3.13%) Asset Management
10 3 (3.13%) Verification and Validation
11 2 (2.08%) Continuous Integration
11 2 (2.08%) Customer Experience
11 2 (2.08%) Data Analysis
11 2 (2.08%) ITSM
11 2 (2.08%) Process Improvement
11 2 (2.08%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (4.17%) JCL
2 3 (3.13%) CLIST
2 3 (3.13%) REXX
3 2 (2.08%) Python
4 1 (1.04%) Bash
4 1 (1.04%) C
4 1 (1.04%) C#
4 1 (1.04%) C++
4 1 (1.04%) MATLAB
4 1 (1.04%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 34 (35.42%) Security Cleared
2 20 (20.83%) Degree
3 16 (16.67%) DV Cleared
3 16 (16.67%) SC Cleared
4 2 (2.08%) DBS Check
4 2 (2.08%) Dell Certification
5 1 (1.04%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (7.29%) SLA
2 4 (4.17%) Def Stans
3 2 (2.08%) Accessibility
System Software
1 23 (23.96%) Firmware
2 4 (4.17%) Job Entry Subsystem
2 4 (4.17%) Microcode
2 4 (4.17%) Time Sharing Option
Systems Management
1 16 (16.67%) SCCM
Vendors
1 30 (31.25%) HP
2 20 (20.83%) Microsoft
3 13 (13.54%) ServiceNow
4 11 (11.46%) Dell
5 5 (5.21%) Mentor Graphics
6 4 (4.17%) EMC
6 4 (4.17%) IBM
7 3 (3.13%) Snow
8 2 (2.08%) Fujitsu
8 2 (2.08%) Sun
9 1 (1.04%) Apple
9 1 (1.04%) NVIDIA
9 1 (1.04%) QNX