Principal Hardware Engineer Job Trends in Oxfordshire

Principal Hardware Engineer
South East > Oxfordshire

The median Principal Hardware Engineer salary in Oxfordshire is £72,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 6 October 2025.

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

6 months to
6 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 69 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Principal Hardware Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Oxfordshire 0.15% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.16% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £71,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 - -
75th Percentile £73,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median annual salary £72,500 - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 634 1,122 690
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.24% 95.41% 91.27%
Number of salaries quoted 359 622 555
10th Percentile £28,250 £28,550 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £38,620 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% +8.17%
75th Percentile £65,000 £60,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £80,000
South East median annual salary £49,000 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -6.67% -4.55% -

Principal Hardware Engineer Skill Set
Top 23 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Oxfordshire

For the 6 months to 6 October 2025, Principal Hardware 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 Principal Hardware Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Ethernet
1 1 (100.00%) EMC
1 1 (100.00%) Electronics
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Robotics
1 1 (100.00%) Mechatronics
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) OrCAD
1 1 (100.00%) RS-232
1 1 (100.00%) RS-485
1 1 (100.00%) Regulatory Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Master's Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Acoustics
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Fibre Optics
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Battery Management
1 1 (100.00%) Self-Driving Car

Principal Hardware 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:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) OrCAD
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Ethernet
1 1 (100.00%) RS-232
1 1 (100.00%) RS-485
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Electronics
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Acoustics
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Fibre Optics
1 1 (100.00%) Robotics
1 1 (100.00%) Self-Driving Car
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Battery Management
1 1 (100.00%) Mechatronics
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Regulatory Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Master's Degree
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) EMC