Hardware Engineer Jobs in England

Hardware Engineer
UK > England

The median Hardware Engineer salary in England is £50,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 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
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 487 736 967
Rank change year-on-year +249 +231 -187
Permanent jobs requiring a Hardware Engineer 376 215 151
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.44% 0.23% 0.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.47% 0.25% 0.12%
Number of salaries quoted 282 57 65
10th Percentile £22,775 £23,350 £22,000
25th Percentile £35,063 £25,000 £25,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £43,000 £30,500
Median % change year-on-year +16.28% +40.98% -24.92%
75th Percentile £61,250 £58,750 £47,500
90th Percentile £69,875 £76,750 £48,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £44,000 £30,400
% change year-on-year +13.64% +44.74% -27.40%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 80,250 85,781 125,417
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.48% 91.57% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 60,143 54,189 75,436
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £60,567 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.84% +0.95% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,375 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £91,250 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,923 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.80% - +9.09%

Hardware Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Hardware Engineer in England

Hardware Engineer
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Hardware Engineer in England

Hardware Engineer
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Hardware Engineer in England over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Hardware Engineer in England

Hardware Engineer
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Hardware Engineer within the England region over the 6 months to 25 April 2024. 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
South East +22 123 £40,000 -20.00% 37
East of England +70 88 £55,000 +124.49% 18
Midlands +53 56 £57,500 +53.33% 31
North of England +89 55 £22,650 -9.40% 5
West Midlands +64 48 £60,000 - 17
North West +54 48 £22,650 -9.40% 5
South West +9 46 £47,500 -29.63% 6
London +122 9 £55,000 +46.67% 4
East Midlands -15 8 £50,000 +33.33% 14
North East - 5 £28,000 -
Yorkshire +88 2 £29,000 +16.00%
Hardware Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 25 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 England region featuring Hardware Engineer in the job title.

1 182 (48.40%) Electronics
2 134 (35.64%) Degree
3 62 (16.49%) Manufacturing
4 59 (15.69%) Social Skills
5 56 (14.89%) EMC
6 54 (14.36%) IoT
7 51 (13.56%) Analytical Skills
8 43 (11.44%) Wireless
9 41 (10.90%) Firmware
9 41 (10.90%) Self-Motivation
10 40 (10.64%) Schematic Capture
11 38 (10.11%) Problem-Solving
11 38 (10.11%) Python
11 38 (10.11%) Validation
12 37 (9.84%) Security Cleared
13 33 (8.78%) LabVIEW
13 33 (8.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 32 (8.51%) Software Testing
15 30 (7.98%) SLA
16 29 (7.71%) CAD
16 29 (7.71%) FPGA
16 29 (7.71%) Customer Service
17 28 (7.45%) Break/Fix
18 26 (6.91%) TCP/IP
19 25 (6.65%) Automotive
19 25 (6.65%) Organisational Skills
20 24 (6.38%) Wi-Fi
20 24 (6.38%) Bluetooth
20 24 (6.38%) SC Cleared
21 23 (6.12%) Analogue Electronics

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

Applications
1 16 (4.26%) OrCAD
2 9 (2.39%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (1.86%) AutoCAD
4 5 (1.33%) SOLIDWORKS
5 4 (1.06%) EPLAN
5 4 (1.06%) Windchill
6 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Excel
6 1 (0.27%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.27%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 8 (2.13%) AWS
2 2 (0.53%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (0.27%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 43 (11.44%) Wireless
2 26 (6.91%) TCP/IP
3 24 (6.38%) Bluetooth
3 24 (6.38%) Wi-Fi
4 20 (5.32%) Ethernet
5 19 (5.05%) Internet
6 15 (3.99%) 5G
6 15 (3.99%) GSM
6 15 (3.99%) ISDN
6 15 (3.99%) LTE
6 15 (3.99%) PSTN
6 15 (3.99%) UMTS
7 6 (1.60%) RS-232
8 3 (0.80%) Modbus
8 3 (0.80%) ZigBee
9 2 (0.53%) Wideband
10 1 (0.27%) LAN
Development Applications
1 33 (8.78%) LabVIEW
2 1 (0.27%) Git
2 1 (0.27%) JIRA
General
1 182 (48.40%) Electronics
2 62 (16.49%) Manufacturing
3 59 (15.69%) Social Skills
4 51 (13.56%) Analytical Skills
5 33 (8.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 25 (6.65%) Automotive
6 25 (6.65%) Organisational Skills
7 18 (4.79%) Aerospace
8 17 (4.52%) Telecoms
9 14 (3.72%) Games
9 14 (3.72%) Retail
10 11 (2.93%) Advertising
11 10 (2.66%) Aviation
11 10 (2.66%) Military
12 5 (1.33%) Aeronautics
12 5 (1.33%) Japanese Language
12 5 (1.33%) Marketing
13 4 (1.06%) Avionics
13 4 (1.06%) Finance
14 3 (0.80%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.06%) Flash
2 3 (0.80%) Flask
Miscellaneous
1 54 (14.36%) IoT
2 41 (10.90%) Self-Motivation
3 29 (7.71%) FPGA
4 23 (6.12%) Analogue Electronics
5 15 (3.99%) Acoustics
5 15 (3.99%) Driving Licence
5 15 (3.99%) PCIe
5 15 (3.99%) Satnav
6 12 (3.19%) EPoS
7 11 (2.93%) Operational Technology
8 10 (2.66%) VHDL
9 8 (2.13%) Renewable Energy
10 5 (1.33%) Algorithms
10 5 (1.33%) Analytical Mindset
10 5 (1.33%) Embedded Systems
11 3 (0.80%) 3D Printing
11 3 (0.80%) ASIC
11 3 (0.80%) CAN bus
11 3 (0.80%) Robotics
11 3 (0.80%) Verilog
Operating Systems
1 16 (4.26%) Windows
2 9 (2.39%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (10.64%) Schematic Capture
2 38 (10.11%) Problem-Solving
2 38 (10.11%) Validation
3 32 (8.51%) Software Testing
4 29 (7.71%) CAD
4 29 (7.71%) Customer Service
5 28 (7.45%) Break/Fix
6 21 (5.59%) Coaching
6 21 (5.59%) Project Planning
7 20 (5.32%) Customer Requirements
8 18 (4.79%) Software Engineering
9 17 (4.52%) Test Automation
10 16 (4.26%) Data Management
10 16 (4.26%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 15 (3.99%) Agile
11 15 (3.99%) Asset Management
11 15 (3.99%) Critical Thinking
11 15 (3.99%) ITIL
11 15 (3.99%) Mathematics
11 15 (3.99%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 38 (10.11%) Python
2 12 (3.19%) C
3 4 (1.06%) Bash
3 4 (1.06%) C++
4 2 (0.53%) Java
4 2 (0.53%) MATLAB
5 1 (0.27%) C#
Qualifications
1 134 (35.64%) Degree
2 37 (9.84%) Security Cleared
3 24 (6.38%) SC Cleared
4 20 (5.32%) DV Cleared
5 18 (4.79%) A+ Certification
6 14 (3.72%) HND
6 14 (3.72%) Microsoft Certification
7 13 (3.46%) MCP
8 8 (2.13%) HNC
8 8 (2.13%) PhD
9 7 (1.86%) Master's Degree
10 3 (0.80%) Network+ Certification
11 2 (0.53%) Chartered Engineer
12 1 (0.27%) CCNA
12 1 (0.27%) Cisco Certification
12 1 (0.27%) MCDST
12 1 (0.27%) MCSA
12 1 (0.27%) VTSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (7.98%) SLA
2 6 (1.60%) JTAG
3 3 (0.80%) QA
System Software
1 41 (10.90%) Firmware
2 20 (5.32%) Active Directory
3 18 (4.79%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 15 (3.99%) SCCM
2 2 (0.53%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 56 (14.89%) EMC
2 22 (5.85%) Microsoft
3 14 (3.72%) HP
4 13 (3.46%) Dell
5 12 (3.19%) IBM
6 11 (2.93%) Apple
7 5 (1.33%) Mentor Graphics
7 5 (1.33%) Xilinx
8 4 (1.06%) Intel
8 4 (1.06%) Siemens
9 2 (0.53%) SAP
10 1 (0.27%) 3PAR
10 1 (0.27%) CA
10 1 (0.27%) F5
10 1 (0.27%) ServiceNow
10 1 (0.27%) Sun