Hardware Engineer Jobs in the UK excluding London

Hardware Engineer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Hardware Engineer salary in the UK excluding London is £50,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 19 April 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
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 406 553 755
Rank change year-on-year +147 +202 -141
Permanent jobs requiring a Hardware Engineer 380 212 104
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.55% 0.34% 0.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.58% 0.38% 0.15%
Number of salaries quoted 286 48 64
10th Percentile £22,625 £22,750 £22,000
25th Percentile £33,938 £25,000 £24,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £41,500 £29,000
Median % change year-on-year +20.48% +43.10% -28.62%
75th Percentile £60,000 £56,688 £46,455
90th Percentile £67,500 £73,250 £48,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £40,000 £29,925
% change year-on-year +25.00% +33.67% -28.54%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 65,737 55,972 67,654
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.79% 89.35% 95.76%
Number of salaries quoted 46,859 31,643 43,312
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,738 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £76,250 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £53,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.67% - +9.09%

Hardware Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Hardware Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Hardware Engineer in the UK excluding London

Hardware Engineer
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Hardware Engineer in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Hardware Engineer in the UK excluding London

Hardware Engineer
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Hardware Engineer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Hardware Engineer in the UK excluding London

Hardware Engineer
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Hardware Engineer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 19 April 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
South East +5 121 £40,000 -20.00% 25
East of England +72 88 £55,000 +124.49% 17
North of England +103 55 £22,650 -9.40% 2
Midlands +58 53 £57,500 +53.33% 23
North West +55 47 £22,650 -9.40% 2
West Midlands +76 45 £60,000 - 14
South West +22 45 £47,500 +5.56% 6
Scotland -57 10 £50,000 +25.79% 6
East Midlands -15 8 £50,000 +33.33% 9
Wales - 8 £26,750 -
North East - 6 £28,000 -
Yorkshire +100 2 £29,000 +16.00%
Hardware Engineer
UK

Hardware Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 19 April 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 UK excluding London region featuring Hardware Engineer in the job title.

1 188 (49.47%) Electronics
2 135 (35.53%) Degree
3 65 (17.11%) Social Skills
4 64 (16.84%) Manufacturing
5 58 (15.26%) EMC
6 54 (14.21%) IoT
7 49 (12.89%) Analytical Skills
8 43 (11.32%) Schematic Capture
8 43 (11.32%) Wireless
9 41 (10.79%) Firmware
10 40 (10.53%) Python
10 40 (10.53%) Software Testing
11 38 (10.00%) Self-Motivation
12 37 (9.74%) Validation
13 36 (9.47%) Problem-Solving
13 36 (9.47%) Security Cleared
14 33 (8.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 33 (8.68%) LabVIEW
15 30 (7.89%) FPGA
16 29 (7.63%) CAD
17 28 (7.37%) SLA
18 27 (7.11%) Customer Service
19 26 (6.84%) TCP/IP
19 26 (6.84%) Break/Fix
20 25 (6.58%) Test Automation
20 25 (6.58%) Automotive
21 24 (6.32%) SC Cleared
22 23 (6.05%) Organisational Skills
22 23 (6.05%) Analogue Electronics
22 23 (6.05%) Agile

Hardware Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 8 (2.11%) Confluence
Applications
1 16 (4.21%) OrCAD
2 7 (1.84%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (1.32%) AutoCAD
3 5 (1.32%) SOLIDWORKS
4 4 (1.05%) EPLAN
4 4 (1.05%) Windchill
5 3 (0.79%) Microsoft Excel
6 2 (0.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 1 (0.26%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.26%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 8 (2.11%) AWS
2 2 (0.53%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (0.26%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 43 (11.32%) Wireless
2 26 (6.84%) TCP/IP
3 23 (6.05%) Bluetooth
3 23 (6.05%) Wi-Fi
4 22 (5.79%) Ethernet
5 19 (5.00%) Internet
6 15 (3.95%) 5G
6 15 (3.95%) GSM
6 15 (3.95%) ISDN
6 15 (3.95%) LTE
6 15 (3.95%) PSTN
6 15 (3.95%) UMTS
7 8 (2.11%) RS-232
8 3 (0.79%) Modbus
8 3 (0.79%) ZigBee
9 2 (0.53%) RS-422
9 2 (0.53%) RS-485
9 2 (0.53%) Wideband
10 1 (0.26%) LAN
Development Applications
1 33 (8.68%) LabVIEW
2 9 (2.37%) JIRA
3 8 (2.11%) Bitbucket
4 3 (0.79%) Git
5 2 (0.53%) Subversion
General
1 188 (49.47%) Electronics
2 65 (17.11%) Social Skills
3 64 (16.84%) Manufacturing
4 49 (12.89%) Analytical Skills
5 33 (8.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 25 (6.58%) Automotive
7 23 (6.05%) Organisational Skills
8 18 (4.74%) Aerospace
9 17 (4.47%) Telecoms
10 12 (3.16%) Games
10 12 (3.16%) Retail
11 11 (2.89%) Advertising
12 10 (2.63%) Aviation
13 9 (2.37%) Military
14 5 (1.32%) Aeronautics
14 5 (1.32%) Finance
14 5 (1.32%) Japanese Language
14 5 (1.32%) Marketing
15 4 (1.05%) Avionics
16 3 (0.79%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.05%) Flash
2 3 (0.79%) Flask
Miscellaneous
1 54 (14.21%) IoT
2 38 (10.00%) Self-Motivation
3 30 (7.89%) FPGA
4 23 (6.05%) Analogue Electronics
5 17 (4.47%) PCIe
6 15 (3.95%) Acoustics
6 15 (3.95%) Driving Licence
6 15 (3.95%) Satnav
7 14 (3.68%) EPoS
8 11 (2.89%) VHDL
9 8 (2.11%) Operational Technology
9 8 (2.11%) Renewable Energy
10 5 (1.32%) Algorithms
10 5 (1.32%) Analytical Mindset
10 5 (1.32%) Embedded Systems
11 3 (0.79%) 3D Printing
11 3 (0.79%) ASIC
11 3 (0.79%) CAN bus
11 3 (0.79%) Robotics
11 3 (0.79%) Verilog
Operating Systems
1 14 (3.68%) Windows
2 11 (2.89%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (11.32%) Schematic Capture
2 40 (10.53%) Software Testing
3 37 (9.74%) Validation
4 36 (9.47%) Problem-Solving
5 29 (7.63%) CAD
6 27 (7.11%) Customer Service
7 26 (6.84%) Break/Fix
8 25 (6.58%) Test Automation
9 23 (6.05%) Agile
10 21 (5.53%) Coaching
10 21 (5.53%) Project Planning
11 20 (5.26%) Customer Requirements
12 17 (4.47%) Software Engineering
13 16 (4.21%) Data Management
13 16 (4.21%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 15 (3.95%) Asset Management
14 15 (3.95%) Critical Thinking
14 15 (3.95%) IT Asset Management
14 15 (3.95%) Mathematics
14 15 (3.95%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 40 (10.53%) Python
2 13 (3.42%) C
3 6 (1.58%) Bash
4 3 (0.79%) C++
5 2 (0.53%) Embedded C
5 2 (0.53%) Java
5 2 (0.53%) MATLAB
5 2 (0.53%) Shell Script
6 1 (0.26%) C#
Qualifications
1 135 (35.53%) Degree
2 36 (9.47%) Security Cleared
3 24 (6.32%) SC Cleared
4 20 (5.26%) DV Cleared
5 18 (4.74%) A+ Certification
6 16 (4.21%) HND
7 14 (3.68%) Microsoft Certification
8 13 (3.42%) MCP
9 10 (2.63%) HNC
10 7 (1.84%) Master's Degree
10 7 (1.84%) PhD
11 3 (0.79%) Network+ Certification
12 1 (0.26%) CCNA
12 1 (0.26%) Cisco Certification
12 1 (0.26%) MCDST
12 1 (0.26%) MCSA
12 1 (0.26%) VTSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (7.37%) SLA
2 11 (2.89%) QA
3 8 (2.11%) ISO 9001
4 6 (1.58%) JTAG
System Software
1 41 (10.79%) Firmware
2 20 (5.26%) Active Directory
3 18 (4.74%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 15 (3.95%) SCCM
2 2 (0.53%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 58 (15.26%) EMC
2 20 (5.26%) Microsoft
3 12 (3.16%) HP
4 11 (2.89%) Apple
4 11 (2.89%) Dell
5 10 (2.63%) IBM
6 5 (1.32%) Mentor Graphics
6 5 (1.32%) Xilinx
7 4 (1.05%) Intel
7 4 (1.05%) Siemens
8 2 (0.53%) Altera
8 2 (0.53%) Cadence
8 2 (0.53%) Lattice Semiconductor
8 2 (0.53%) NVIDIA
8 2 (0.53%) SAP
9 1 (0.26%) 3PAR
9 1 (0.26%) CA
9 1 (0.26%) F5
9 1 (0.26%) ServiceNow
9 1 (0.26%) Sun