Hardware Engineer Jobs in the South East

Hardware Engineer
England > South East

The median Hardware Engineer salary in the South East is £48,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 9 May 2025.

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

6 months to
9 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 274 271 276
Rank change year-on-year -3 +5 +189
Permanent jobs requiring a Hardware Engineer 25 126 117
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.27% 0.75% 0.80%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.31% 0.80% 0.89%
Number of salaries quoted 19 72 18
10th Percentile £40,250 £30,000 £25,500
25th Percentile - £34,875 £34,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,000 £40,250 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +19.25% -23.33% +67.25%
75th Percentile £59,375 £61,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £68,750 £67,500 £82,500
England median annual salary £48,000 £50,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -4.00% +25.00% +33.33%

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 8,004 15,797 13,153
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 86.47% 93.98% 90.40%
Number of salaries quoted 4,536 11,357 8,268
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £29,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £68,750 £65,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £53,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +7.48% -12.01% +1.33%

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 9 May 2025.

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 9 May 2025. 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
Kent +45 12 £48,000 +3.78% 6
Hampshire +52 4 £41,500 -3.49% 5
West Sussex - 4 £52,500 -
Thames Valley -34 3 £65,000 +62.50% 21
Surrey +48 2 £70,000 +68.67% 4
Berkshire +14 2 £65,000 +88.41% 6
Oxfordshire +9 1 - - 8
Hardware Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 9 May 2025, 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 16 (64.00%) Degree
2 15 (60.00%) Electronics
3 13 (52.00%) Social Skills
4 12 (48.00%) Analogue Electronics
4 12 (48.00%) Firmware
5 11 (44.00%) C
6 10 (40.00%) C++
7 8 (32.00%) Coaching
8 7 (28.00%) People Management
8 7 (28.00%) BPSS Clearance
8 7 (28.00%) HND
8 7 (28.00%) MATLAB
8 7 (28.00%) Simulink
8 7 (28.00%) FPGA
8 7 (28.00%) Mentor Graphics
8 7 (28.00%) VHDL
9 6 (24.00%) Schematic Capture
10 5 (20.00%) Architectural Design
10 5 (20.00%) Life Science
10 5 (20.00%) Embedded C++
10 5 (20.00%) EMC
10 5 (20.00%) C#
11 4 (16.00%) Microsoft Office
11 4 (16.00%) Java
11 4 (16.00%) .NET
11 4 (16.00%) Python
11 4 (16.00%) Eclipse
11 4 (16.00%) Microsoft
11 4 (16.00%) CAD
11 4 (16.00%) Cadence

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 7 (28.00%) Simulink
2 4 (16.00%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (4.00%) OrCAD
Cloud Services
1 4 (16.00%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 2 (8.00%) Ethernet
2 1 (4.00%) Modbus
2 1 (4.00%) Profibus
2 1 (4.00%) SAN
Development Applications
1 4 (16.00%) Eclipse
General
1 15 (60.00%) Electronics
2 13 (52.00%) Social Skills
3 4 (16.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 4 (16.00%) Presentation Skills
4 3 (12.00%) Manufacturing
5 2 (8.00%) Aerospace
5 2 (8.00%) Automotive
6 1 (4.00%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (4.00%) Finance
6 1 (4.00%) Legal
6 1 (4.00%) Marketing
6 1 (4.00%) Public Sector
6 1 (4.00%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (16.00%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 12 (48.00%) Analogue Electronics
2 7 (28.00%) FPGA
2 7 (28.00%) VHDL
3 5 (20.00%) Life Science
4 4 (16.00%) Driving Licence
4 4 (16.00%) Embedded Systems
5 3 (12.00%) Data Centre
6 2 (8.00%) Algorithms
7 1 (4.00%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (4.00%) Device Driver
7 1 (4.00%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (4.00%) Smartphone
7 1 (4.00%) Verilog
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (32.00%) Coaching
2 7 (28.00%) People Management
3 6 (24.00%) Schematic Capture
4 5 (20.00%) Architectural Design
5 4 (16.00%) CAD
5 4 (16.00%) Prototyping
5 4 (16.00%) Time Management
6 3 (12.00%) Customer Service
7 2 (8.00%) Asset Management
7 2 (8.00%) Change Control
7 2 (8.00%) Ticket Management
8 1 (4.00%) Change Management
8 1 (4.00%) Digital Marketing
8 1 (4.00%) Mathematics
8 1 (4.00%) Multithreading
8 1 (4.00%) Physics
8 1 (4.00%) Programme Management
8 1 (4.00%) Risk Management
8 1 (4.00%) Test Automation
8 1 (4.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 11 (44.00%) C
2 10 (40.00%) C++
3 7 (28.00%) MATLAB
4 5 (20.00%) C#
4 5 (20.00%) Embedded C++
5 4 (16.00%) Java
5 4 (16.00%) Python
6 1 (4.00%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 16 (64.00%) Degree
2 7 (28.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 7 (28.00%) HND
3 2 (8.00%) Security Cleared
4 1 (4.00%) A+ Certification
4 1 (4.00%) CCNA
4 1 (4.00%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (4.00%) DV Cleared
4 1 (4.00%) MCSE
4 1 (4.00%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (4.00%) Network+ Certification
4 1 (4.00%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (16.00%) Accessibility
2 2 (8.00%) SLA
System Software
1 12 (48.00%) Firmware
Vendors
1 7 (28.00%) Mentor Graphics
2 5 (20.00%) EMC
3 4 (16.00%) Cadence
3 4 (16.00%) Microsoft
4 3 (12.00%) Dell
5 2 (8.00%) Oracle
6 1 (4.00%) SAP