Hardware Test Engineer Job Trends in Surrey

Hardware Test Engineer
South East > Surrey

The median Hardware Test Engineer salary in Surrey is £45,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 7 August 2026.

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

6 months to
7 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 115 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Hardware Test Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Surrey 0.044% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.046% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £41,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 - -
75th Percentile £48,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median annual salary £48,500 - £47,500
% change year-on-year - - -29.63%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Surrey

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Surrey. 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 Surrey with a recognized job title 2,160 1,007 1,899
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.99% 86.96% 91.92%
Number of salaries quoted 1,629 693 1,169
10th Percentile £30,500 £28,800 £29,950
25th Percentile £41,250 £35,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - -13.04%
75th Percentile £75,000 £67,500 £66,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £83,750 £85,000
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% - -9.09%

Hardware Test Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Surrey

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

Hardware Test Engineer job vacancy trend in Surrey

Hardware Test Engineer
Salary Trend in Surrey

Salary distribution trend for Hardware Test Engineer job vacancies in Surrey.

Salary distribution trend for Hardware Test Engineer job vacancies in Surrey

Hardware Test Engineer
Job Locations in Surrey

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Hardware Test Engineer within the Surrey region over the 6 months to 7 August 2026. 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
Godalming - 1 £45,000 - 1
Hardware Test Engineer
South East

Hardware Test Engineer Skill Set
Top 10 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Surrey

For the 6 months to 7 August 2026, Hardware Test 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 Surrey region featuring Hardware Test Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Digital Identity
1 1 (100.00%) Firmware
1 1 (100.00%) NFC
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Process Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Product Management
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Validation

Hardware Test Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Surrey 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) NFC
General
1 1 (100.00%) Electronics
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (100.00%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Identity
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Process Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Product Management
1 1 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Firmware