Hardware Engineer Jobs in the South East

Hardware Engineer
England > South East

The median Hardware Engineer salary in the South East is £48,750 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 26 July 2024.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 260 262 492
Rank change year-on-year +2 +230 -81
Permanent jobs requiring a Hardware Engineer 94 99 18
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.62% 0.85% 0.082%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.66% 0.93% 0.085%
Number of salaries quoted 60 16 13
10th Percentile £32,168 £35,750 -
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,625 £19,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,750 £53,750 £27,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.30% +95.45% -21.43%
75th Percentile £61,250 £71,563 £48,000
90th Percentile £67,500 £82,500 £64,500
England median annual salary £52,500 £47,500 £38,000
% change year-on-year +10.53% +25.00% +8.57%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the South East. 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 the South East with a recognized job title 14,224 10,599 21,077
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.24% 91.47% 95.52%
Number of salaries quoted 9,733 7,232 12,510
10th Percentile £29,000 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £40,463
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - +9.09%

Hardware Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Hardware Engineer in the South East

Hardware Engineer
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Hardware Engineer in the South East.

Salary trend for Hardware Engineer in the South East

Hardware Engineer
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Hardware Engineer in the South East over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for Hardware Engineer in the South East

Hardware Engineer
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Hardware Engineer within the South East region over the 6 months to 26 July 2024. 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
Thames Valley +72 65 £50,000 -4.76% 5
Buckinghamshire +27 25 £51,250 - 3
Oxfordshire - 23 £40,000 - 1
Berkshire +24 17 £52,500 - 1
Hampshire -74 15 £45,000 +4.65% 1
West Sussex +27 6 £50,000 - 3
Kent -13 3 £45,000 - 6
Sussex - 3 £60,000 -
Surrey -33 2 £62,500 +13.64%
Hardware Engineer
England

Hardware Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 26 July 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 South East region featuring Hardware Engineer in the job title.

1 28 (29.79%) Degree
2 26 (27.66%) Electronics
3 19 (20.21%) Python
4 14 (14.89%) EMC
4 14 (14.89%) Validation
5 13 (13.83%) FPGA
6 12 (12.77%) Customer Requirements
6 12 (12.77%) Social Skills
7 10 (10.64%) Self-Motivation
7 10 (10.64%) Aerospace
7 10 (10.64%) Wireless
8 9 (9.57%) Software Engineering
8 9 (9.57%) Schematic Capture
9 8 (8.51%) Analytical Skills
9 8 (8.51%) OrCAD
9 8 (8.51%) IoT
9 8 (8.51%) Ethernet
9 8 (8.51%) PCIe
10 7 (7.45%) Linux
10 7 (7.45%) Microsoft
10 7 (7.45%) Test Automation
10 7 (7.45%) Coaching
11 6 (6.38%) Data Centre
11 6 (6.38%) 5G
11 6 (6.38%) Acoustics
11 6 (6.38%) Analogue Electronics
11 6 (6.38%) Critical Thinking
11 6 (6.38%) Security Cleared
11 6 (6.38%) LTE
11 6 (6.38%) Test Scripting

Hardware Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 8 (8.51%) OrCAD
2 4 (4.26%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (3.19%) AutoCAD
4 2 (2.13%) MS Visio
4 2 (2.13%) Simulink
5 1 (1.06%) Fusion 360
5 1 (1.06%) Siemens NX
5 1 (1.06%) SOLIDWORKS
Cloud Services
1 2 (2.13%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 10 (10.64%) Wireless
2 8 (8.51%) Ethernet
3 6 (6.38%) 5G
3 6 (6.38%) Bluetooth
3 6 (6.38%) GSM
3 6 (6.38%) ISDN
3 6 (6.38%) LTE
3 6 (6.38%) PSTN
3 6 (6.38%) UMTS
3 6 (6.38%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (2.13%) Modbus
4 2 (2.13%) Wideband
4 2 (2.13%) ZigBee
Development Applications
1 6 (6.38%) LabVIEW
General
1 26 (27.66%) Electronics
2 12 (12.77%) Social Skills
3 10 (10.64%) Aerospace
4 8 (8.51%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (6.38%) Automotive
5 6 (6.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 6 (6.38%) Manufacturing
5 6 (6.38%) Telecoms
6 5 (5.32%) Military
7 3 (3.19%) Games
7 3 (3.19%) Japanese Language
7 3 (3.19%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (2.13%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.13%) Flask
Miscellaneous
1 13 (13.83%) FPGA
2 10 (10.64%) Self-Motivation
3 8 (8.51%) IoT
3 8 (8.51%) PCIe
4 6 (6.38%) Acoustics
4 6 (6.38%) Analogue Electronics
4 6 (6.38%) Data Centre
4 6 (6.38%) Satnav
5 4 (4.26%) Embedded Systems
6 3 (3.19%) Operational Technology
7 2 (2.13%) Algorithms
7 2 (2.13%) CAN bus
7 2 (2.13%) Renewable Energy
7 2 (2.13%) VHDL
8 1 (1.06%) 3D Printing
8 1 (1.06%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 7 (7.45%) Linux
2 1 (1.06%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (14.89%) Validation
2 12 (12.77%) Customer Requirements
3 9 (9.57%) Schematic Capture
3 9 (9.57%) Software Engineering
4 7 (7.45%) Coaching
4 7 (7.45%) Test Automation
5 6 (6.38%) Agile
5 6 (6.38%) Critical Thinking
5 6 (6.38%) Data Management
5 6 (6.38%) Test Scripting
6 4 (4.26%) Break/Fix
6 4 (4.26%) Customer Service
6 4 (4.26%) Problem-Solving
6 4 (4.26%) Verification and Validation
7 3 (3.19%) Asset Management
7 3 (3.19%) IT Asset Management
7 3 (3.19%) Mentoring
8 2 (2.13%) Decision-Making
8 2 (2.13%) Physics
8 2 (2.13%) Project Planning
Programming Languages
1 19 (20.21%) Python
2 6 (6.38%) C
3 3 (3.19%) C++
4 2 (2.13%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 28 (29.79%) Degree
2 6 (6.38%) Security Cleared
3 4 (4.26%) A+ Certification
3 4 (4.26%) DV Cleared
3 4 (4.26%) SC Cleared
4 3 (3.19%) Chartered Engineer
4 3 (3.19%) MCP
4 3 (3.19%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (2.13%) HND
5 2 (2.13%) PhD
6 1 (1.06%) HNC
6 1 (1.06%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (5.32%) SLA
2 1 (1.06%) QA
System Software
1 6 (6.38%) Firmware
2 4 (4.26%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (3.19%) SCCM
2 2 (2.13%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 14 (14.89%) EMC
2 7 (7.45%) Microsoft
3 2 (2.13%) Mentor Graphics
4 1 (1.06%) 3PAR
4 1 (1.06%) Dell
4 1 (1.06%) HP
4 1 (1.06%) Sun