Hardware Design Engineer Job Trends in Oxfordshire

Hardware Design Engineer
South East > Oxfordshire

The median Hardware Design Engineer salary in Oxfordshire is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 28 February 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 61 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Hardware Design Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Oxfordshire 0.11% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 - -
South East median annual salary £55,000 - -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Oxfordshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Oxfordshire. 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 Oxfordshire with a recognized job title 862 637 1,233
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.00% 87.50% 95.58%
Number of salaries quoted 621 357 1,032
10th Percentile £28,500 £31,250 £28,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +10.00% +0.05%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £73,750
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -9.09%

Hardware Design Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxfordshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Hardware Design Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Oxfordshire.

Hardware Design Engineer job vacancy trend in Oxfordshire

Hardware Design Engineer
Salary Trend in Oxfordshire

Salary distribution trend for Hardware Design Engineer job vacancies in Oxfordshire.

Salary distribution trend for Hardware Design Engineer job vacancies in Oxfordshire

Hardware Design Engineer
Job Locations in Oxfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Hardware Design Engineer within the Oxfordshire region over the 6 months to 28 February 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
Abingdon - 1 £55,000 -
Hardware Design Engineer
South East

Hardware Design Engineer Skill Set
Top 3 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Oxfordshire

For the 6 months to 28 February 2026, Hardware Design Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Oxfordshire region featuring Hardware Design Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Firmware
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Software Development
1 1 (100.00%) Firmware

Hardware Design Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Oxfordshire 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Electronics
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) ARM Cortex
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Software Development
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Firmware
1 1 (100.00%) Firmware