Electronics Hardware Engineer Jobs

Electronics Hardware Engineer
UK

The median Electronics Hardware Engineer salary in the UK is £47,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 6 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
6 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 687 843 862
Rank change year-on-year +156 +19 +312
Permanent jobs requiring an Electronics Hardware Engineer 3 71 103
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.006% 0.072% 0.100%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.006% 0.076% 0.11%
Number of salaries quoted 1 51 5
10th Percentile - £37,500 £34,500
25th Percentile £43,750 £43,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £47,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year - +5.56% -7.69%
75th Percentile £51,250 £65,000 £52,500
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year - +5.56% -7.69%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 48,283 93,229 94,684
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.44% 94.63% 91.53%
Number of salaries quoted 27,442 66,845 59,589
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,000 £38,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.52% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,000 £50,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% -5.66% +6.00%

Electronics Hardware Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Electronics Hardware Engineer in the UK

Electronics Hardware Engineer
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Electronics Hardware Engineer.

Salary trend for Electronics Hardware Engineer in the UK

Electronics Hardware Engineer
Top 7 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Electronics Hardware Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 6 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
UK excluding London +140 3 £47,500 - 13
England +113 2 £47,500 -5.00% 14
Work from Home +126 1 £47,500 - 3
Scotland +122 1 - - 1
South East +72 1 - - 4
Midlands +54 1 £47,500 - 2
East Midlands - 1 £47,500 - 1

Electronics Hardware Engineer Skill Set
Top 23 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 6 May 2025, Electronics 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 featuring Electronics Hardware Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (66.67%) Electronics
1 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Analogue Electronics
2 1 (33.33%) Embedded Firmware
2 1 (33.33%) Design for Manufacturing
2 1 (33.33%) Design for Test
2 1 (33.33%) Motion Capture
2 1 (33.33%) Manufacturing
2 1 (33.33%) VHDL
2 1 (33.33%) Verilog
2 1 (33.33%) C
2 1 (33.33%) C++
2 1 (33.33%) Ethernet
2 1 (33.33%) Firmware
2 1 (33.33%) MATLAB
2 1 (33.33%) Software Engineering
2 1 (33.33%) FPGA
2 1 (33.33%) Degree
2 1 (33.33%) Embedded Systems
2 1 (33.33%) Mentoring
2 1 (33.33%) Algorithms
2 1 (33.33%) Regulatory Compliance
2 1 (33.33%) Collaborative Working

Electronics Hardware Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) Ethernet
General
1 2 (66.67%) Electronics
2 1 (33.33%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Algorithms
1 1 (33.33%) Analogue Electronics
1 1 (33.33%) Embedded Systems
1 1 (33.33%) FPGA
1 1 (33.33%) Verilog
1 1 (33.33%) VHDL
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (33.33%) Design for Manufacturing
2 1 (33.33%) Design for Test
2 1 (33.33%) Mentoring
2 1 (33.33%) Motion Capture
2 1 (33.33%) Regulatory Compliance
2 1 (33.33%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) C
1 1 (33.33%) C++
1 1 (33.33%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Embedded Firmware
1 1 (33.33%) Firmware