Hardware-in-the-Loop Job Trends in the East of England

Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL)
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring Hardware-in-the-Loop skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 158 174 -
Rank change year-on-year +16 - -
Permanent jobs citing Hardware-in-the-Loop 5 13 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 0.12% 0.36% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.16% 0.41% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 12 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £42,500 £60,000 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £70,000 -
Median % change year-on-year -35.71% - -
75th Percentile £47,500 £80,000 -
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £45,000 £55,500 £49,000
% change year-on-year -18.92% +13.27% +4.26%

All Process and Methodology Skills
East of England

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 the East of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,184 3,151 1,777
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 76.25% 86.40% 90.76%
Number of salaries quoted 1,861 1,274 1,268
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,000 £27,000
25th Percentile £33,500 £43,750 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% - -
75th Percentile £65,000 £73,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £85,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Hardware-in-the-Loop
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Hardware-in-the-Loop job vacancy trend in the East of England

Hardware-in-the-Loop
Salary Trend in the East of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Hardware-in-the-Loop.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Hardware-in-the-Loop

Hardware-in-the-Loop
Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Hardware-in-the-Loop within the East of England region over the 6 months to 24 December 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Hertfordshire - 4 - -
Cambridgeshire +6 1 £45,000 -35.71% 2
Hardware-in-the-Loop
England

Hardware-in-the-Loop
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) GitLab
1 1 (20.00%) Jenkins
1 1 (20.00%) Selenium
1 1 (20.00%) WebDriver
General
1 4 (80.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Advertising
2 1 (20.00%) Electronics
2 1 (20.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Hardware Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Test Automation Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Test Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 5 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Performance Analysis
1 4 (80.00%) Performance Testing
1 4 (80.00%) Validation
1 4 (80.00%) Virtual Environments
2 1 (20.00%) CI/CD
2 1 (20.00%) Continuous Integration
2 1 (20.00%) Defect Management
2 1 (20.00%) Physics
2 1 (20.00%) Software Testing
2 1 (20.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 4 (80.00%) C
1 4 (80.00%) C++
2 1 (20.00%) Java
2 1 (20.00%) Python
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) Firmware