Hardware Maintenance Job Trends in England

Hardware Maintenance
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring Hardware Maintenance skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 581 654 658
Rank change year-on-year +73 +4 +286
Permanent jobs citing Hardware Maintenance 24 22 26
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.046% 0.046% 0.052%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.056% 0.051% 0.058%
Number of salaries quoted 21 10 23
10th Percentile £25,750 £25,500 £26,500
25th Percentile £29,750 £27,172 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £52,500 £33,000
Median % change year-on-year -38.10% +59.09% -22.35%
75th Percentile £47,500 £59,625 £47,375
90th Percentile - £78,750 £56,250
UK median annual salary £32,500 £55,000 £33,000
% change year-on-year -40.91% +66.67% -22.35%

All Process & Methodology Skills
England

Hardware Maintenance 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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 42,676 43,550 44,502
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 81.20% 90.77% 89.80%
Number of salaries quoted 25,628 21,301 34,459
10th Percentile £28,697 £35,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £98,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Hardware Maintenance
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Hardware Maintenance job vacancy trend in England

Hardware Maintenance
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Hardware Maintenance.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Hardware Maintenance

Hardware Maintenance
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Hardware Maintenance in England over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Hardware Maintenance in England

Hardware Maintenance
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 Maintenance within the England region over the 6 months to 13 January 2026. 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
Midlands +30 10 £45,000 -19.64% 2
East Midlands -4 10 £45,000 -19.64% 1
London +59 4 £26,500 -18.67%
North West +31 4 £30,500 -39.00%
North of England +31 4 £30,500 -39.00%
South East +23 3 £30,500 -57.93%
East of England +19 3 £32,500 +25.00%
Hardware Maintenance
UK

Hardware Maintenance
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (16.67%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 11 (45.83%) Azure
1 11 (45.83%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 7 (29.17%) VoIP
2 4 (16.67%) DHCP
2 4 (16.67%) DNS
2 4 (16.67%) Firewall
2 4 (16.67%) TCP/IP
2 4 (16.67%) VPN
General
1 10 (41.67%) Social Skills
2 4 (16.67%) Billing
Job Titles
1 11 (45.83%) IT Support
2 7 (29.17%) Analyst
2 7 (29.17%) IT Analyst
2 7 (29.17%) IT Support Analyst
2 7 (29.17%) Support Analyst
3 6 (25.00%) Help Desk Manager
4 5 (20.83%) Break Fix Engineer
4 5 (20.83%) Field Engineer
4 5 (20.83%) Field Service Engineer
5 4 (16.67%) ERP Analyst
5 4 (16.67%) ERP Support
5 4 (16.67%) IT Engineer
5 4 (16.67%) IT Support Engineer
5 4 (16.67%) Support Engineer
6 3 (12.50%) 1st/2nd Line Support
6 3 (12.50%) 1st/2nd Line Support Analyst
6 3 (12.50%) 2nd Line Support
6 3 (12.50%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
7 2 (8.33%) IT Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (16.67%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 9 (37.50%) Driving Licence
2 5 (20.83%) Data Centre
2 5 (20.83%) Self-Motivation
3 4 (16.67%) CCTV
3 4 (16.67%) FMCG
3 4 (16.67%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 7 (29.17%) Windows
1 7 (29.17%) Windows Server
1 7 (29.17%) Windows Server 2019
2 4 (16.67%) Linux
2 4 (16.67%) Mac OS X
2 4 (16.67%) Windows 10
2 4 (16.67%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (45.83%) Service Delivery
2 10 (41.67%) Customer Service
3 6 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 5 (20.83%) Break/Fix
4 5 (20.83%) ITSM
5 4 (16.67%) Customer Requirements
5 4 (16.67%) ERP
5 4 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (12.50%) Asset Management
6 3 (12.50%) Patch Management
7 1 (4.17%) Data Security
Qualifications
1 5 (20.83%) BPSS Clearance
1 5 (20.83%) DBS Check
System Software
1 11 (45.83%) Active Directory
2 4 (16.67%) Hyper-V
Vendors
1 11 (45.83%) Microsoft
2 5 (20.83%) Dell
2 5 (20.83%) HP
2 5 (20.83%) IBM
3 4 (16.67%) QAD