Hardware-in-the-Loop Job Trends in Bristol

Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL)
South West > Bristol

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Bristol requiring Hardware-in-the-Loop skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 109 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Hardware-in-the-Loop 2 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Bristol 0.074% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.11% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £63,750 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 - -
75th Percentile £71,250 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South West median annual salary £67,500 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Bristol

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 permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Bristol.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,831 897 2,716
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bristol 67.64% 86.00% 82.65%
Number of salaries quoted 1,363 649 2,102
10th Percentile £34,000 £29,828 £31,275
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £42,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £72,317
90th Percentile £85,000 £93,778 £87,500
South West median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +10.00% -4.76% -1.71%

Hardware-in-the-Loop
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Hardware-in-the-Loop relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Bristol.

Hardware-in-the-Loop job vacancy trend in Bristol

Hardware-in-the-Loop
Salary Trend in Bristol

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Hardware-in-the-Loop.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Hardware-in-the-Loop

Hardware-in-the-Loop
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Tactical Data Link
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Git
1 1 (50.00%) LabVIEW
General
1 1 (50.00%) Avionics
1 1 (50.00%) Military
1 1 (50.00%) Retail
1 1 (50.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Systems Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Test Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Embedded Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (50.00%) FMEA
1 1 (50.00%) Low Latency
1 1 (50.00%) Manual Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (50.00%) Product Requirements
1 1 (50.00%) Regulatory Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (50.00%) Scenario Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (50.00%) Test Strategy
1 1 (50.00%) Validation
1 1 (50.00%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) MATLAB
1 1 (50.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) Data Quality
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Firmware
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) EMC