Hardware Engineer Jobs in the Thames Valley

Hardware Engineer
South East > Thames Valley

The median Hardware Engineer salary in the Thames Valley is £40,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 8 May 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
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 138 240 268
Rank change year-on-year +102 +28 -59
Permanent jobs requiring a Hardware Engineer 106 17 6
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 1.58% 0.28% 0.086%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.66% 0.31% 0.089%
Number of salaries quoted 52 3 5
10th Percentile £29,258 £45,250 £36,350
25th Percentile £30,000 £47,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £52,500 £48,000
Median % change year-on-year -23.81% +9.38% +20.00%
75th Percentile £61,250 £60,625 -
90th Percentile £67,500 £64,750 £48,450
South East median annual salary £40,250 £52,500 £30,500
% change year-on-year -23.33% +72.13% -12.86%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Thames Valley

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley. 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 Thames Valley with a recognized job title 6,367 5,409 6,712
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.68% 89.81% 96.16%
Number of salaries quoted 4,460 3,165 4,147
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £37,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £86,250 £81,250
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%

Hardware Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Hardware Engineer in the Thames Valley

Hardware Engineer
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Hardware Engineer in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for Hardware Engineer in the Thames Valley

Hardware Engineer
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Hardware Engineer in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Hardware Engineer in the Thames Valley

Hardware Engineer
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Hardware Engineer within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 8 May 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
Buckinghamshire +18 45 £44,250 -31.92% 1
Berkshire +53 34 £34,500 -27.37% 2
Oxfordshire +38 27 £40,000 -23.81% 5
Hardware Engineer
South East

Hardware Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley

For the 6 months to 8 May 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 Thames Valley region featuring Hardware Engineer in the job title.

1 52 (49.06%) Degree
2 32 (30.19%) EMC
3 31 (29.25%) Electronics
3 31 (29.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 28 (26.42%) Python
5 24 (22.64%) Social Skills
5 24 (22.64%) Schematic Capture
6 20 (18.87%) Firmware
6 20 (18.87%) Manufacturing
7 19 (17.92%) Wireless
7 19 (17.92%) Project Planning
8 18 (16.98%) SLA
9 17 (16.04%) Microsoft
9 17 (16.04%) Active Directory
9 17 (16.04%) A+ Certification
9 17 (16.04%) Security Cleared
9 17 (16.04%) Customer Service
10 16 (15.09%) Embedded Firmware
10 16 (15.09%) Customer Requirements
11 15 (14.15%) Break/Fix
11 15 (14.15%) Acoustics
11 15 (14.15%) 5G
11 15 (14.15%) Critical Thinking
11 15 (14.15%) Coaching
11 15 (14.15%) IT Asset Management
11 15 (14.15%) Satnav
11 15 (14.15%) LTE
11 15 (14.15%) Test Automation
11 15 (14.15%) DV Cleared
11 15 (14.15%) Agile

Hardware Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 (7.55%) OrCAD
2 4 (3.77%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.89%) AutoCAD
Cloud Services
1 3 (2.83%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 19 (17.92%) Wireless
2 15 (14.15%) 5G
2 15 (14.15%) Bluetooth
2 15 (14.15%) GSM
2 15 (14.15%) ISDN
2 15 (14.15%) LTE
2 15 (14.15%) PSTN
2 15 (14.15%) UMTS
2 15 (14.15%) Wi-Fi
3 8 (7.55%) Ethernet
4 3 (2.83%) Modbus
4 3 (2.83%) ZigBee
5 2 (1.89%) Wideband
Development Applications
1 15 (14.15%) LabVIEW
General
1 31 (29.25%) Electronics
1 31 (29.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 24 (22.64%) Social Skills
3 20 (18.87%) Manufacturing
4 15 (14.15%) Telecoms
5 13 (12.26%) Organisational Skills
6 8 (7.55%) Analytical Skills
7 7 (6.60%) Automotive
8 5 (4.72%) Aerospace
8 5 (4.72%) Japanese Language
9 3 (2.83%) Legal
10 2 (1.89%) Games
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.83%) Flask
Miscellaneous
1 15 (14.15%) Acoustics
1 15 (14.15%) Satnav
2 10 (9.43%) FPGA
3 9 (8.49%) IoT
4 8 (7.55%) PCIe
4 8 (7.55%) Self-Motivation
5 6 (5.66%) Analogue Electronics
6 3 (2.83%) Algorithms
6 3 (2.83%) CAN bus
6 3 (2.83%) Renewable Energy
7 2 (1.89%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.89%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (22.64%) Schematic Capture
2 19 (17.92%) Project Planning
3 17 (16.04%) Customer Service
4 16 (15.09%) Customer Requirements
5 15 (14.15%) Agile
5 15 (14.15%) Asset Management
5 15 (14.15%) Break/Fix
5 15 (14.15%) Coaching
5 15 (14.15%) Critical Thinking
5 15 (14.15%) Data Management
5 15 (14.15%) IT Asset Management
5 15 (14.15%) Test Automation
5 15 (14.15%) Test Scripting
6 14 (13.21%) Problem-Solving
7 13 (12.26%) Validation
8 8 (7.55%) Software Engineering
9 5 (4.72%) Verification and Validation
10 3 (2.83%) Configuration Management
10 3 (2.83%) Physics
10 3 (2.83%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 28 (26.42%) Python
2 4 (3.77%) C
Qualifications
1 52 (49.06%) Degree
2 17 (16.04%) A+ Certification
2 17 (16.04%) Security Cleared
3 15 (14.15%) DV Cleared
4 13 (12.26%) MCP
4 13 (12.26%) Microsoft Certification
4 13 (12.26%) SC Cleared
5 2 (1.89%) Chartered Engineer
5 2 (1.89%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (16.98%) SLA
2 3 (2.83%) QA
System Software
1 20 (18.87%) Firmware
2 17 (16.04%) Active Directory
3 16 (15.09%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 15 (14.15%) SCCM
2 2 (1.89%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 32 (30.19%) EMC
2 17 (16.04%) Microsoft
3 2 (1.89%) HP
4 1 (0.94%) 3PAR
4 1 (0.94%) Dell
4 1 (0.94%) Sun