Senior Hardware Engineer Contracts in the UK excluding London

Senior Hardware Engineer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Senior Hardware Engineer daily rate in the UK excluding London is £55, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 24 June 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 352 401 440
Rank change year-on-year +49 +39 +61
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Hardware Engineer 5 4 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.037% 0.019% 0.013%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.040% 0.020% 0.014%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 3
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £55 - £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.76%
UK median daily rate £55 £650 £500
% change year-on-year -91.54% +30.00% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 0
Median hourly rate £94.24 £60.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +55.77% - -
UK median hourly rate £94.24 £60.50 -
% change year-on-year +55.77% - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies 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 12,381 19,636 21,542
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.37% 92.47% 94.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,743 11,699 14,909
10th Percentile £220 £213 £231
25th Percentile £363 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £493 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.65% -1.40% +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £594 £600
90th Percentile £650 £675 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% +1.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 969 2,517 1,118
10th Percentile £13.49 £12.56 £13.41
25th Percentile £16.84 £15.96 £17.72
Median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -37.13% - +100.00%
75th Percentile £58.58 £63.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £74.44 £75.50
UK median hourly rate £27.36 £37.50 £43.00
% change year-on-year -27.03% -12.79% +72.00%

Senior Hardware Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Hardware Engineer in the UK excluding London

Senior Hardware Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Senior Hardware Engineer in the UK excluding London

Senior Hardware Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for Senior Hardware Engineer in the UK excluding London

Senior 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 Senior Hardware Engineer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 24 June 2025. 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 +51 5 £55 - 12
Senior Hardware Engineer
UK

Senior Hardware Engineer Skill Set
Top 22 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 24 June 2025, Senior 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 Senior Hardware Engineer in the job title.

1 3 (60.00%) FPGA
1 3 (60.00%) Electronics
2 2 (40.00%) Law
2 2 (40.00%) Manufacturing
2 2 (40.00%) Validation
2 2 (40.00%) Mentor Graphics
2 2 (40.00%) Degree
2 2 (40.00%) DO-254
2 2 (40.00%) Schematic Capture
2 2 (40.00%) Customer Requirements
2 2 (40.00%) Cost Control
3 1 (20.00%) State Machine
3 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Power Management
3 1 (20.00%) Kalman Filter
3 1 (20.00%) EMC
3 1 (20.00%) ASIC
3 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
3 1 (20.00%) Device Driver
3 1 (20.00%) VHDL
3 1 (20.00%) Verilog

Senior 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:

General
1 3 (60.00%) Electronics
2 2 (40.00%) Law
2 2 (40.00%) Manufacturing
3 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) FPGA
2 1 (20.00%) ASIC
2 1 (20.00%) Device Driver
2 1 (20.00%) State Machine
2 1 (20.00%) Verilog
2 1 (20.00%) VHDL
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Cost Control
1 2 (40.00%) Customer Requirements
1 2 (40.00%) Schematic Capture
1 2 (40.00%) Validation
2 1 (20.00%) Kalman Filter
2 1 (20.00%) Power Management
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) Degree
2 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) DO-254
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Mentor Graphics
2 1 (20.00%) EMC