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 14 December 2024.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Dec 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 764 696 1045
Rank change year-on-year -68 +349 -18
Permanent jobs requiring an Electronics Hardware Engineer 17 20 32
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.025% 0.038% 0.026%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.027% 0.040% 0.028%
Number of salaries quoted 13 20 16
10th Percentile - - £32,500
25th Percentile £43,750 £43,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £57,500 £47,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.39% +22.34% -6.00%
75th Percentile £51,250 £61,250 £52,500
90th Percentile £58,250 £61,750 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £57,500 £47,000
% change year-on-year -17.39% +22.34% -6.00%

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 63,914 50,122 116,123
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.76% 95.47% 95.53%
Number of salaries quoted 31,386 36,492 73,598
10th Percentile £33,500 £31,250 £33,000
25th Percentile £44,000 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,793 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.68% - +4.35%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £98,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year - - +5.00%

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
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Electronics Hardware Engineer over the 6 months to 14 December 2024.

Salary histogram 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 14 December 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 -56 17 £47,500 -17.39% 2
England -66 16 £47,500 -17.39% 3
North of England -27 11 £47,500 -
North West -54 11 £47,500 -
Work from Home +14 10 £47,500 -17.39% 4
South East -45 5 £62,500 +8.70%
Scotland 0 1 - -

Electronics Hardware Engineer Skill Set
Top 26 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 14 December 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 17 (100.00%) Electronics
2 13 (76.47%) Manufacturing
3 10 (58.82%) LabVIEW
4 3 (17.65%) Regulatory Compliance
4 3 (17.65%) Design for Manufacturing
4 3 (17.65%) Design for Test
4 3 (17.65%) FPGA
4 3 (17.65%) Degree
4 3 (17.65%) Mentoring
4 3 (17.65%) Algorithms
4 3 (17.65%) VHDL
4 3 (17.65%) Verilog
4 3 (17.65%) Ethernet
5 2 (11.76%) Firmware
6 1 (5.88%) Functional Safety
6 1 (5.88%) Verification and Validation
6 1 (5.88%) Problem-Solving
6 1 (5.88%) Power Management
6 1 (5.88%) MATLAB
6 1 (5.88%) Aerospace
6 1 (5.88%) Automotive
6 1 (5.88%) EMC
6 1 (5.88%) C
6 1 (5.88%) C++
6 1 (5.88%) Validation
6 1 (5.88%) Software Engineering

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 3 (17.65%) Ethernet
Development Applications
1 10 (58.82%) LabVIEW
General
1 17 (100.00%) Electronics
2 13 (76.47%) Manufacturing
3 1 (5.88%) Aerospace
3 1 (5.88%) Automotive
Miscellaneous
1 3 (17.65%) Algorithms
1 3 (17.65%) FPGA
1 3 (17.65%) Verilog
1 3 (17.65%) VHDL
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (17.65%) Design for Manufacturing
1 3 (17.65%) Design for Test
1 3 (17.65%) Mentoring
1 3 (17.65%) Regulatory Compliance
2 1 (5.88%) Power Management
2 1 (5.88%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (5.88%) Software Engineering
2 1 (5.88%) Validation
2 1 (5.88%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.88%) C
1 1 (5.88%) C++
1 1 (5.88%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 3 (17.65%) Degree
System Software
1 2 (11.76%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (5.88%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 1 (5.88%) EMC