Hardware Engineer Jobs in the South East

Hardware Engineer
England > South East

The median Hardware Engineer salary in the South East is £50,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 October 2024.

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

6 months to
11 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 278 280 440
Rank change year-on-year +2 +160 -36
Permanent jobs requiring a Hardware Engineer 71 20 29
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.55% 0.23% 0.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.57% 0.24% 0.16%
Number of salaries quoted 36 8 22
10th Percentile £33,750 £39,625 £26,825
25th Percentile £43,750 £48,431 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £61,250
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -14.29% +73.61%
75th Percentile £61,250 £71,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £97,968 £71,625 -
England median annual salary £55,000 £42,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year +29.41% - +20.46%

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 12,542 8,233 18,317
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.63% 94.92% 95.75%
Number of salaries quoted 6,612 5,547 10,956
10th Percentile £31,125 £30,300 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +5.77%
75th Percentile £68,750 £70,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £82,500 £81,550 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.50% - +4.35%

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 11 October 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 11 October 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 +14 25 £57,500 +9.52% 14
Kent -6 19 £47,500 - 8
Hampshire -41 16 £45,000 -33.33% 9
Buckinghamshire -10 12 £57,500 +15.02% 5
Berkshire +15 7 £127,185 +142.26% 4
West Sussex +26 6 £50,000 -
Oxfordshire - 6 £47,500 - 5
Surrey - 3 £62,500 - 3
Sussex - 2 £60,000 -
Hardware Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 11 October 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 33 (46.48%) Electronics
2 18 (25.35%) Microsoft Office
3 17 (23.94%) C++
4 16 (22.54%) C
4 16 (22.54%) Microsoft
4 16 (22.54%) Schematic Capture
5 15 (21.13%) EMC
5 15 (21.13%) Firmware
5 15 (21.13%) FPGA
6 14 (19.72%) CAD
6 14 (19.72%) Python
7 13 (18.31%) C#
7 13 (18.31%) Java
7 13 (18.31%) VHDL
7 13 (18.31%) Prototyping
8 11 (15.49%) Presentation Skills
8 11 (15.49%) Degree
9 10 (14.08%) Aerospace
9 10 (14.08%) Social Skills
9 10 (14.08%) Self-Motivation
10 9 (12.68%) Analogue Electronics
11 8 (11.27%) Life Science
11 8 (11.27%) .NET
11 8 (11.27%) Architectural Design
12 7 (9.86%) Algorithms
12 7 (9.86%) Linux
12 7 (9.86%) Validation
13 6 (8.45%) Data Centre
14 5 (7.04%) Mentoring
14 5 (7.04%) Military

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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (2.82%) SharePoint
Applications
1 18 (25.35%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (4.23%) AutoCAD
3 2 (2.82%) OrCAD
4 1 (1.41%) Fusion 360
4 1 (1.41%) MS Visio
4 1 (1.41%) Siemens NX
4 1 (1.41%) Simulink
4 1 (1.41%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 2 (2.82%) SAP EHS
Cloud Services
1 2 (2.82%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 4 (5.63%) Ethernet
2 2 (2.82%) VPN
General
1 33 (46.48%) Electronics
2 11 (15.49%) Presentation Skills
3 10 (14.08%) Aerospace
3 10 (14.08%) Social Skills
4 5 (7.04%) Military
5 3 (4.23%) Games
5 3 (4.23%) Manufacturing
6 2 (2.82%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (2.82%) Avionics
7 1 (1.41%) Automotive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (11.27%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 15 (21.13%) FPGA
2 13 (18.31%) VHDL
3 10 (14.08%) Self-Motivation
4 9 (12.68%) Analogue Electronics
5 8 (11.27%) Life Science
6 7 (9.86%) Algorithms
7 6 (8.45%) Data Centre
8 4 (5.63%) Embedded Systems
9 3 (4.23%) Operational Technology
10 2 (2.82%) PCIe
10 2 (2.82%) Verilog
11 1 (1.41%) 3D Printing
11 1 (1.41%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 7 (9.86%) Linux
2 2 (2.82%) Windows
2 2 (2.82%) Windows Server
2 2 (2.82%) Windows Server 2016
2 2 (2.82%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (22.54%) Schematic Capture
2 14 (19.72%) CAD
3 13 (18.31%) Prototyping
4 8 (11.27%) Architectural Design
5 7 (9.86%) Validation
6 5 (7.04%) Mentoring
7 3 (4.23%) Customer Requirements
7 3 (4.23%) Design for Manufacturing
7 3 (4.23%) Digital Signal Processing
7 3 (4.23%) Service Delivery
7 3 (4.23%) Signal Processing
7 3 (4.23%) System Integration Testing
7 3 (4.23%) Systems Engineering
8 2 (2.82%) Deployment Automation
8 2 (2.82%) Design for Test
8 2 (2.82%) Inventory Control
8 2 (2.82%) Inventory Management
8 2 (2.82%) Order Management
8 2 (2.82%) Server Building
8 2 (2.82%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 17 (23.94%) C++
2 16 (22.54%) C
3 14 (19.72%) Python
4 13 (18.31%) C#
4 13 (18.31%) Java
5 1 (1.41%) Embedded C
5 1 (1.41%) Embedded C++
5 1 (1.41%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 11 (15.49%) Degree
2 3 (4.23%) Chartered Engineer
2 3 (4.23%) HNC
2 3 (4.23%) PhD
2 3 (4.23%) Security Cleared
3 1 (1.41%) HND
3 1 (1.41%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 15 (21.13%) Firmware
2 2 (2.82%) Virtual Machines
2 2 (2.82%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (2.82%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 2 (2.82%) Backup Exec
1 2 (2.82%) WSUS
Vendors
1 16 (22.54%) Microsoft
2 15 (21.13%) EMC
3 2 (2.82%) Citrix
3 2 (2.82%) SAP
3 2 (2.82%) Veritas
3 2 (2.82%) VMware
4 1 (1.41%) Mentor Graphics