Hardware Engineer Jobs in Reading

Hardware Engineer
Berkshire > Reading

The median Hardware Engineer salary in Reading is £31,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 19 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
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 98 120 126
Rank change year-on-year +22 +6 -32
Permanent jobs requiring a Hardware Engineer 25 9 1
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Reading 1.46% 0.57% 0.057%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.55% 0.61% 0.059%
Number of salaries quoted 24 0 1
10th Percentile £29,175 - -
25th Percentile £29,794 - £29,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,500 - £30,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -41.90%
75th Percentile £61,250 - £31,250
90th Percentile - - -
Berkshire median annual salary £34,500 - £30,500
% change year-on-year - - -39.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Reading

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Reading. 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 Reading with a recognized job title 1,616 1,486 1,699
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.56% 93.34% 97.31%
Number of salaries quoted 1,039 805 1,033
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - +4.35%
75th Percentile £68,750 £75,000 £73,863
90th Percentile £80,000 £92,000 £82,500
Berkshire median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.70% - +4.55%

Hardware Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Job vacancy trend for Hardware Engineer in Reading

Hardware Engineer
Salary Trend in Reading

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

Salary trend for Hardware Engineer in Reading

Hardware Engineer
Salary Histogram in Reading

Salary distribution for jobs citing Hardware Engineer in Reading over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Hardware Engineer in Reading

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

For the 6 months to 19 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 Reading region featuring Hardware Engineer in the job title.

1 17 (68.00%) Security Cleared
2 15 (60.00%) Break/Fix
2 15 (60.00%) DV Cleared
2 15 (60.00%) SLA
2 15 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 15 (60.00%) Active Directory
2 15 (60.00%) A+ Certification
2 15 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 15 (60.00%) Customer Service
3 13 (52.00%) Problem-Solving
3 13 (52.00%) Organisational Skills
3 13 (52.00%) Asset Management
3 13 (52.00%) MCP
3 13 (52.00%) SC Cleared
3 13 (52.00%) SCCM
3 13 (52.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 13 (52.00%) IT Asset Management
4 9 (36.00%) Degree
5 7 (28.00%) Validation
5 7 (28.00%) OrCAD
5 7 (28.00%) Schematic Capture
5 7 (28.00%) Self-Motivation
5 7 (28.00%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (28.00%) Software Engineering
5 7 (28.00%) FPGA
5 7 (28.00%) Ethernet
5 7 (28.00%) EMC
5 7 (28.00%) PCIe
6 2 (8.00%) Windows
6 2 (8.00%) Microsoft Office

Hardware Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading 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 7 (28.00%) OrCAD
2 2 (8.00%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 7 (28.00%) Ethernet
General
1 15 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 13 (52.00%) Organisational Skills
3 7 (28.00%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (4.00%) Electronics
Miscellaneous
1 7 (28.00%) FPGA
1 7 (28.00%) PCIe
1 7 (28.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (8.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (60.00%) Break/Fix
1 15 (60.00%) Customer Service
2 13 (52.00%) Asset Management
2 13 (52.00%) IT Asset Management
2 13 (52.00%) Problem-Solving
3 7 (28.00%) Schematic Capture
3 7 (28.00%) Software Engineering
3 7 (28.00%) Validation
4 2 (8.00%) ITIL
Qualifications
1 17 (68.00%) Security Cleared
2 15 (60.00%) A+ Certification
2 15 (60.00%) DV Cleared
3 13 (52.00%) MCP
3 13 (52.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 13 (52.00%) SC Cleared
4 9 (36.00%) Degree
5 2 (8.00%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (60.00%) SLA
System Software
1 15 (60.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 13 (52.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 15 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 7 (28.00%) EMC
3 2 (8.00%) HP