Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL)
UK
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring Hardware-in-the-Loop skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Hardware-in-the-Loop over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 1 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 514 | 545 | 697 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +31 | +152 | +144 |
| Contract jobs citing Hardware-in-the-Loop | 6 | 37 | 21 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.020% | 0.085% | 0.035% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 0.023% | 0.098% | 0.039% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | £297 | - |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | - | £297 | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 4 | 31 | 16 |
| 10th Percentile | £39.75 | - | £43.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £43.13 | £52.50 | - |
| Median hourly rate | £50.00 | £55.00 | £65.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -9.09% | -15.38% | +8.33% |
| 75th Percentile | £60.00 | £58.75 | - |
| 90th Percentile | £69.00 | £60.00 | - |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £50.00 | £55.00 | £65.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -9.09% | -15.38% | +8.33% |
All Process and Methodology Skills
UK
Hardware-in-the-Loop falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 26,594 | 37,597 | 53,655 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 90.84% | 86.31% | 89.91% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 17,149 | 24,227 | 37,238 |
| 10th Percentile | £308 | £300 | £325 |
| 25th Percentile | £413 | £413 | £438 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £520 | £525 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -0.95% | -4.55% | +4.76% |
| 75th Percentile | £630 | £638 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £743 | £750 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £483 | £500 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -3.50% | - | +5.26% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1,071 | 2,443 | 1,746 |
| 10th Percentile | £14.41 | £12.75 | £11.00 |
| 25th Percentile | £18.21 | £16.00 | £16.25 |
| Median hourly rate | £29.00 | £35.65 | £37.30 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -18.65% | -4.42% | +49.20% |
| 75th Percentile | £60.38 | £59.98 | £65.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £75.00 | £72.50 | £75.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £27.50 | £37.34 | £36.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -26.35% | +3.72% | +80.00% |
Hardware-in-the-Loop
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing Hardware-in-the-Loop as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Hardware-in-the-Loop.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Hardware-in-the-Loop.
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Hourly Rate Histogram
Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Hardware-in-the-Loop over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.
Hardware-in-the-Loop
Top 9 Contract Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Hardware-in-the-Loop within the UK over the 6 months to 1 May 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK excluding London | +38 | 6 | - | - | 40 |
| England | +26 | 6 | - | - | 49 |
| Midlands | +18 | 2 | - | - | 15 |
| South East | - | 2 | - | - | 7 |
| South West | +41 | 1 | - | - | 4 |
| Work from Home | +22 | 1 | - | - | 15 |
| East of England | +16 | 1 | - | - | 9 |
| West Midlands | +9 | 1 | - | - | 7 |
| East Midlands | - | 1 | - | - | 7 |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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: