Hardware Engineer Contracts in Reading

Hardware Engineer
Berkshire > Reading

The median Hardware Engineer daily rate in Reading is £210 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 3 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
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 79 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Hardware Engineer 18 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading 1.52% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.63% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 18 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £205 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £210 - -
75th Percentile £215 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Berkshire median daily rate £210 - £200

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Reading

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Reading. 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 Reading with a recognized job title 1,105 983 1,296
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.01% 95.72% 95.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 632 662 882
10th Percentile £213 £363 £187
25th Percentile £413 £456 £390
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £542 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.45% +10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £625 £655 £600
90th Percentile £688 £721 £656
Berkshire median daily rate £513 £525 £495
% change year-on-year -2.38% +6.06% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 51 23 7
10th Percentile £35.00 £45.50 £12.30
25th Percentile £52.90 £53.00 £17.63
Median hourly rate £61.60 £65.00 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.23% +150.00% -40.23%
75th Percentile £74.66 £74.40 £32.50
90th Percentile £87.46 £79.19 £33.50
Berkshire median hourly rate £58.65 £56.89 £21.00
% change year-on-year +3.10% +170.88% -1.29%

Hardware Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Job vacancy trend for Hardware Engineer in Reading

Hardware Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Reading

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

Daily rate trend for Hardware Engineer in Reading

Hardware Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Reading

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

Hourly rate trend for Hardware Engineer in Reading

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

For the 6 months to 3 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 Reading region featuring Hardware Engineer in the job title.

1 18 (100.00%) Windows
1 18 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 18 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 17 (94.44%) Organisational Skills
2 17 (94.44%) Social Skills
2 17 (94.44%) Customer Service
2 17 (94.44%) Software Deployment
2 17 (94.44%) Driving Licence
2 17 (94.44%) Windows 10
2 17 (94.44%) Customer Requirements
2 17 (94.44%) DV Cleared
2 17 (94.44%) Security Cleared
2 17 (94.44%) Windows 7
2 17 (94.44%) Degree
2 17 (94.44%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (94.44%) ITIL
2 17 (94.44%) LAN
2 17 (94.44%) Microsoft
2 17 (94.44%) HP
2 17 (94.44%) Firmware
2 17 (94.44%) Service Delivery
2 17 (94.44%) SCCM
3 1 (5.56%) Validation
3 1 (5.56%) Python
3 1 (5.56%) Selenium
3 1 (5.56%) Continuous Integration
3 1 (5.56%) Bash
3 1 (5.56%) Root Cause Analysis
3 1 (5.56%) PowerShell
3 1 (5.56%) Git

Hardware Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading 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 17 (94.44%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 17 (94.44%) LAN
Development Applications
1 1 (5.56%) Git
1 1 (5.56%) Selenium
General
1 17 (94.44%) Organisational Skills
1 17 (94.44%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 17 (94.44%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 18 (100.00%) Windows
2 17 (94.44%) Windows 10
2 17 (94.44%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 18 (100.00%) Software Testing
2 17 (94.44%) Customer Requirements
2 17 (94.44%) Customer Service
2 17 (94.44%) ITIL
2 17 (94.44%) Service Delivery
2 17 (94.44%) Software Deployment
3 1 (5.56%) Continuous Integration
3 1 (5.56%) Root Cause Analysis
3 1 (5.56%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.56%) Bash
1 1 (5.56%) PowerShell
1 1 (5.56%) Python
Qualifications
1 17 (94.44%) Degree
1 17 (94.44%) DV Cleared
1 17 (94.44%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 17 (94.44%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 17 (94.44%) SCCM
Vendors
1 17 (94.44%) HP
1 17 (94.44%) Microsoft