Hardware Engineer Jobs in Cambridge

Hardware Engineer
Cambridgeshire > Cambridge

The median Hardware Engineer salary in Cambridge is £55,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 23 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 23 84 130
Rank change year-on-year +61 +46 -38
Permanent jobs requiring a Hardware Engineer 67 11 1
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridge 6.81% 1.07% 0.062%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.02% 1.24% 0.067%
Number of salaries quoted 67 0 1
10th Percentile £50,000 - -
25th Percentile £52,500 - £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 - £41,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -52.57%
75th Percentile £65,000 - £43,250
90th Percentile £65,500 - -
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £55,000 - £45,750
% change year-on-year - - -47.71%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Cambridge

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Cambridge. 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 permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Cambridge with a recognized job title 954 884 1,503
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.95% 85.66% 93.24%
Number of salaries quoted 735 416 594
10th Percentile £31,000 £30,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £38,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £73,750 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £89,375 £85,000
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £52,500 £54,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -2.78% +8.00% -

Hardware Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridge

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

Job vacancy trend for Hardware Engineer in Cambridge

Hardware Engineer
Salary Trend in Cambridge

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Hardware Engineer in Cambridge.

Salary trend for Hardware Engineer in Cambridge

Hardware Engineer
Salary Histogram in Cambridge

Salary distribution for jobs citing Hardware Engineer in Cambridge over the 6 months to 23 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Hardware Engineer in Cambridge

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

For the 6 months to 23 April 2024, Hardware Engineer 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 permanent job ads across the Cambridge region featuring Hardware Engineer in the job title.

1 56 (83.58%) Electronics
2 45 (67.16%) IoT
3 37 (55.22%) Degree
4 26 (38.81%) Analytical Skills
4 26 (38.81%) Software Testing
4 26 (38.81%) TCP/IP
4 26 (38.81%) CAD
5 24 (35.82%) Wireless
6 19 (28.36%) Internet
7 11 (16.42%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 11 (16.42%) Games
8 8 (11.94%) EMC
8 8 (11.94%) Validation
8 8 (11.94%) Biotechnology
8 8 (11.94%) Analogue Electronics
8 8 (11.94%) Schematic Capture
9 5 (7.46%) Prototyping
9 5 (7.46%) Battery Management
9 5 (7.46%) Integration Testing
10 4 (5.97%) Security Cleared
11 3 (4.48%) PhD
11 3 (4.48%) Problem-Solving
11 3 (4.48%) 3D Printing
11 3 (4.48%) Master's Degree
12 2 (2.99%) Collaborative Working
12 2 (2.99%) C
12 2 (2.99%) JTAG
12 2 (2.99%) Software Architecture
12 2 (2.99%) Cybersecurity
12 2 (2.99%) SC Cleared

Hardware Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridge 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:

Communications & Networking
1 26 (38.81%) TCP/IP
2 24 (35.82%) Wireless
3 19 (28.36%) Internet
General
1 56 (83.58%) Electronics
2 26 (38.81%) Analytical Skills
3 11 (16.42%) Games
4 1 (1.49%) Automotive
4 1 (1.49%) Finance
4 1 (1.49%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 45 (67.16%) IoT
2 8 (11.94%) Analogue Electronics
3 3 (4.48%) 3D Printing
4 1 (1.49%) ARM Cortex
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (38.81%) CAD
1 26 (38.81%) Software Testing
2 11 (16.42%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 8 (11.94%) Biotechnology
3 8 (11.94%) Schematic Capture
3 8 (11.94%) Validation
4 5 (7.46%) Battery Management
4 5 (7.46%) Integration Testing
4 5 (7.46%) Prototyping
5 3 (4.48%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (2.99%) Collaborative Working
6 2 (2.99%) Cybersecurity
6 2 (2.99%) Software Architecture
6 2 (2.99%) Software Engineering
7 1 (1.49%) Power Management
7 1 (1.49%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 2 (2.99%) C
2 1 (1.49%) Python
Qualifications
1 37 (55.22%) Degree
2 4 (5.97%) Security Cleared
3 3 (4.48%) Master's Degree
3 3 (4.48%) PhD
4 2 (2.99%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.99%) JTAG
System Software
1 1 (1.49%) Firmware
Vendors
1 8 (11.94%) EMC