Hardware Engineer Job Trends in Plymouth

Hardware Engineer
Devon > Plymouth

The median Hardware Engineer salary in Plymouth is £41,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 30 April 2026.

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

6 months to
30 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 36 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Hardware Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Plymouth 0.35% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.35% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £39,000 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,000 - -
75th Percentile £43,000 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Devon median annual salary £26,000 - -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Plymouth

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Plymouth. 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 Plymouth with a recognized job title 282 51 201
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 98.95% 86.44% 95.71%
Number of salaries quoted 148 29 170
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% - -
75th Percentile £65,000 £61,500 £55,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £66,718 £61,250
Devon median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year - - +12.50%

Hardware Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Plymouth

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

Hardware Engineer job vacancy trend in Plymouth

Hardware Engineer
Salary Trend in Plymouth

Salary distribution trend for Hardware Engineer job vacancies in Plymouth.

Salary distribution trend for Hardware Engineer job vacancies in Plymouth

Hardware Engineer Skill Set
Top 7 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Plymouth

For the 6 months to 30 April 2026, 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 Plymouth region featuring Hardware Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Firmware
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Software Development
1 1 (100.00%) Firmware
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing

Hardware Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Plymouth 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
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Software Development
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) Python
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Firmware
1 1 (100.00%) Firmware