Electronics Hardware Engineer Jobs

Electronics Hardware Engineer
UK

The median Electronics Hardware Engineer salary in the UK is £50,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 29 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
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 816 880 1163
Rank change year-on-year +64 +283 -253
Permanent jobs requiring an Electronics Hardware Engineer 69 106 59
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.070% 0.10% 0.038%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.074% 0.11% 0.039%
Number of salaries quoted 49 7 3
10th Percentile £38,900 £35,500 £45,000
25th Percentile £43,750 £40,000 £46,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £52,500 £52,500
90th Percentile £65,500 - £53,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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 93,044 95,188 149,713
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.61% 91.52% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 66,821 59,863 85,291
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,750 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.08% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

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
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Electronics Hardware Engineer over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Electronics Hardware Engineer in the UK

Electronics Hardware Engineer
Top 12 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 29 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
UK excluding London -30 69 £50,000 +11.11% 9
England +76 65 £50,000 +11.11% 6
Work from Home +98 28 £51,250 +13.89% 3
South East -46 27 £65,000 +30.00% 5
East of England - 18 £60,000 -
North of England - 17 £47,500 -
North West - 16 £47,500 -
Wales - 4 £23,500 -
Midlands +10 2 - - 1
West Midlands - 2 - - 1
South West -24 1 £30,000 -33.33%
North East - 1 £57,500 -

Electronics Hardware Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 29 April 2024, 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 69 (100.00%) Electronics
2 31 (44.93%) Manufacturing
3 28 (40.58%) EMC
4 26 (37.68%) Degree
5 21 (30.43%) Project Planning
5 21 (30.43%) Schematic Capture
6 18 (26.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 18 (26.09%) Embedded Firmware
6 18 (26.09%) Firmware
7 13 (18.84%) LabVIEW
8 11 (15.94%) Games
8 11 (15.94%) Wireless
8 11 (15.94%) Internet
8 11 (15.94%) IoT
8 11 (15.94%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 8 (11.59%) Verification and Validation
9 8 (11.59%) Validation
10 6 (8.70%) Design for Manufacturing
10 6 (8.70%) Analogue Electronics
10 6 (8.70%) Social Skills
11 5 (7.25%) Aerospace
11 5 (7.25%) Automotive
11 5 (7.25%) Japanese Language
11 5 (7.25%) Software Engineering
11 5 (7.25%) Software Testing
12 4 (5.80%) EPoS
13 3 (4.35%) Requirements Gathering
13 3 (4.35%) Configuration Management
13 3 (4.35%) Legal
14 2 (2.90%) Security Cleared

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 11 (15.94%) Internet
1 11 (15.94%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 13 (18.84%) LabVIEW
General
1 69 (100.00%) Electronics
2 31 (44.93%) Manufacturing
3 18 (26.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 11 (15.94%) Games
5 6 (8.70%) Social Skills
6 5 (7.25%) Aerospace
6 5 (7.25%) Automotive
6 5 (7.25%) Japanese Language
7 3 (4.35%) Legal
8 1 (1.45%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 11 (15.94%) IoT
2 6 (8.70%) Analogue Electronics
3 4 (5.80%) EPoS
4 1 (1.45%) Embedded Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (30.43%) Project Planning
1 21 (30.43%) Schematic Capture
2 11 (15.94%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 8 (11.59%) Validation
3 8 (11.59%) Verification and Validation
4 6 (8.70%) Design for Manufacturing
5 5 (7.25%) Software Engineering
5 5 (7.25%) Software Testing
6 3 (4.35%) Configuration Management
6 3 (4.35%) Requirements Gathering
7 2 (2.90%) Prototyping
8 1 (1.45%) CAD
8 1 (1.45%) Kalman Filter
8 1 (1.45%) Physics
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.45%) C
1 1 (1.45%) C++
Qualifications
1 26 (37.68%) Degree
2 2 (2.90%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 18 (26.09%) Embedded Firmware
1 18 (26.09%) Firmware
Vendors
1 28 (40.58%) EMC
2 1 (1.45%) F5