Hardware Engineer Contracts in the UK excluding London

Hardware Engineer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Hardware Engineer daily rate in the UK excluding London is £210 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 3 June 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 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 279 395 460
Rank change year-on-year +116 +65 -60
Contract jobs requiring a Hardware Engineer 117 47 53
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.56% 0.21% 0.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.61% 0.22% 0.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 41 25 36
10th Percentile £160 £169 £100
25th Percentile £205 £203 £124
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £210 £250 £168
Median % change year-on-year -16.00% +49.25% +6.35%
75th Percentile £430 £500 £215
90th Percentile £475 - £413
UK median daily rate £210 £288 £163
% change year-on-year -26.96% +76.92% +12.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 55 15 14
10th Percentile £43.02 £15.50 -
25th Percentile £60.00 £18.17 £13.00
Median hourly rate £66.00 £48.99 £15.66
Median % change year-on-year +34.72% +212.79% -60.68%
75th Percentile £75.16 £65.00 £22.56
90th Percentile £79.52 - £38.33
UK median hourly rate £66.00 £48.99 £15.66
% change year-on-year +34.72% +212.79% -60.68%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. 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 the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 19,181 21,601 29,418
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.43% 94.27% 95.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,558 15,029 20,712
10th Percentile £213 £225 £206
25th Percentile £363 £390 £370
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +9.20%
75th Percentile £594 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £651
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +7.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,427 1,082 1,404
10th Percentile £12.50 £13.41 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.76 £18.01 £14.78
Median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +112.50% +6.20%
75th Percentile £62.50 £65.00 £45.20
90th Percentile £74.00 £75.50 £61.15
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £24.46
% change year-on-year -16.67% +83.97% +12.51%

Hardware Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Hardware Engineer in the UK excluding London

Hardware Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Hardware Engineer in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Hardware Engineer in the UK excluding London

Hardware Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Hardware Engineer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 3 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Hardware Engineer in the UK excluding London

Hardware Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Hardware Engineer in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Hardware Engineer in the UK excluding London

Hardware Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Hardware Engineer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 3 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Hardware Engineer in the UK excluding London

Hardware Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 3 June 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 +56 55 £210 -44.00% 35
Scotland - 23 £200 - 3
South West +10 15 £185 -26.00% 12
North of England +29 9 £200 +8.11% 11
Yorkshire +20 9 £200 +8.11% 1
Midlands +21 8 £183 -27.00% 20
East of England +12 8 £450 - 31
West Midlands +15 6 £130 -48.00% 11
East Midlands +8 2 £235 - 9
Northern Ireland - 2 - -
Wales - 1 - - 13
Hardware Engineer
UK

Hardware Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 3 June 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 UK excluding London region featuring Hardware Engineer in the job title.

1 27 (23.08%) Firmware
2 26 (22.22%) Security Cleared
3 24 (20.51%) Social Skills
4 20 (17.09%) HP
5 19 (16.24%) Degree
6 18 (15.38%) ITIL
6 18 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
7 16 (13.68%) Microsoft
7 16 (13.68%) Software Testing
8 15 (12.82%) Electronics
8 15 (12.82%) Windows
8 15 (12.82%) Customer Requirements
8 15 (12.82%) Customer Service
9 14 (11.97%) Microsoft Office
10 13 (11.11%) LAN
10 13 (11.11%) Service Delivery
10 13 (11.11%) SC Cleared
10 13 (11.11%) DV Cleared
10 13 (11.11%) SCCM
10 13 (11.11%) Windows 7
10 13 (11.11%) Software Deployment
10 13 (11.11%) Driving Licence
10 13 (11.11%) Windows 10
10 13 (11.11%) Organisational Skills
11 11 (9.40%) FPGA
12 9 (7.69%) Schematic Capture
12 9 (7.69%) Manufacturing
13 7 (5.98%) Dell
13 7 (5.98%) Problem Management
13 7 (5.98%) Break/Fix

Hardware Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 14 (11.97%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.71%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.85%) Simulink
3 1 (0.85%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 2 (1.71%) Slack
2 1 (0.85%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 13 (11.11%) LAN
2 3 (2.56%) DWDM
2 3 (2.56%) Remote Desktop
3 2 (1.71%) DHCP
3 2 (1.71%) DNS
4 1 (0.85%) Modbus
4 1 (0.85%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 5 (4.27%) JIRA
2 1 (0.85%) Git
2 1 (0.85%) Rational DOORS
2 1 (0.85%) Selenium
General
1 24 (20.51%) Social Skills
2 15 (12.82%) Electronics
3 13 (11.11%) Organisational Skills
4 9 (7.69%) Manufacturing
5 2 (1.71%) Aerospace
5 2 (1.71%) Aviation
5 2 (1.71%) Banking
5 2 (1.71%) Finance
6 1 (0.85%) Health Technology
6 1 (0.85%) Investment Banking
6 1 (0.85%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.42%) ISPF
2 1 (0.85%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 13 (11.11%) Driving Licence
2 11 (9.40%) FPGA
3 5 (4.27%) Data Centre
4 4 (3.42%) Augmented Reality
4 4 (3.42%) Embedded Systems
4 4 (3.42%) LPAR
4 4 (3.42%) Mainframe
5 2 (1.71%) Analogue Electronics
5 2 (1.71%) Linux Command Line
5 2 (1.71%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (0.85%) Management Information System
6 1 (0.85%) PCIe
Operating Systems
1 15 (12.82%) Windows
2 13 (11.11%) Windows 10
2 13 (11.11%) Windows 7
3 4 (3.42%) Linux
3 4 (3.42%) zOS
4 3 (2.56%) Android
5 2 (1.71%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.85%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (15.38%) ITIL
1 18 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
2 16 (13.68%) Software Testing
3 15 (12.82%) Customer Requirements
3 15 (12.82%) Customer Service
4 13 (11.11%) Service Delivery
4 13 (11.11%) Software Deployment
5 9 (7.69%) Schematic Capture
6 7 (5.98%) Break/Fix
6 7 (5.98%) Problem Management
7 6 (5.13%) Process Improvement
8 5 (4.27%) Validation
9 4 (3.42%) Configuration Management
9 4 (3.42%) Cost Reduction
9 4 (3.42%) Line Management
9 4 (3.42%) Requirements Analysis
9 4 (3.42%) Risk Management
10 3 (2.56%) Verification and Validation
11 2 (1.71%) Collaborative Working
11 2 (1.71%) Mechatronics
Programming Languages
1 5 (4.27%) Python
2 4 (3.42%) JCL
3 3 (2.56%) CLIST
3 3 (2.56%) REXX
4 2 (1.71%) C#
4 2 (1.71%) Perl
5 1 (0.85%) Bash
5 1 (0.85%) C++
5 1 (0.85%) MATLAB
5 1 (0.85%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 26 (22.22%) Security Cleared
2 19 (16.24%) Degree
3 13 (11.11%) DV Cleared
3 13 (11.11%) SC Cleared
4 3 (2.56%) HND
5 2 (1.71%) DBS Check
5 2 (1.71%) Dell Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (3.42%) Def Stans
2 2 (1.71%) SLA
System Software
1 27 (23.08%) Firmware
2 4 (3.42%) Job Entry Subsystem
2 4 (3.42%) Microcode
2 4 (3.42%) Time Sharing Option
Systems Management
1 13 (11.11%) SCCM
Vendors
1 20 (17.09%) HP
2 16 (13.68%) Microsoft
3 7 (5.98%) Dell
4 6 (5.13%) EMC
4 6 (5.13%) ServiceNow
5 4 (3.42%) IBM
6 2 (1.71%) Apple
6 2 (1.71%) Fujitsu
6 2 (1.71%) Sun
7 1 (0.85%) Mentor Graphics
7 1 (0.85%) Samsung
7 1 (0.85%) VMware