Hardware Design Engineer Jobs

Hardware Design Engineer
UK

The median Hardware Design Engineer salary in the UK is £50,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 8 February 2025.

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

6 months to
8 Feb 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 730 814 969
Rank change year-on-year +84 +155 +152
Permanent jobs requiring a Hardware Design Engineer 19 14 47
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.030% 0.018% 0.043%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.033% 0.019% 0.045%
Number of salaries quoted 17 14 8
10th Percentile £42,750 - -
25th Percentile £43,750 £43,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -2.44%
75th Percentile £57,500 £55,938 £54,313
90th Percentile - £61,750 £56,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -2.44%

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 58,124 73,279 104,131
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.17% 95.10% 94.70%
Number of salaries quoted 26,911 55,364 66,414
10th Percentile £35,000 £28,500 £32,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £39,690 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,500 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.36% -8.33% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £73,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £54,793 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +9.59% -4.76% +5.00%

Hardware Design Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Hardware Design Engineer in the UK

Hardware Design Engineer
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Hardware Design Engineer in the UK

Hardware Design Engineer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Hardware Design Engineer over the 6 months to 8 February 2025.

Salary histogram for Hardware Design Engineer in the UK

Hardware Design Engineer
Top 10 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Hardware Design Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 8 February 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 +61 19 £50,000 +5.26% 25
England +40 19 £50,000 +5.26% 27
East of England +9 8 £55,000 +10.00% 8
Work from Home +67 6 £47,500 - 10
North of England +26 5 £47,500 - 1
Midlands +25 5 £48,750 -16.67% 7
North West -12 5 £47,500 -
East Midlands +16 3 £50,000 -4.76% 2
West Midlands -1 2 £42,500 -27.35% 5
South East - 1 - - 9

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

For the 6 months to 8 February 2025, Hardware Design 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 Hardware Design Engineer in the job title.

1 17 (89.47%) Electronics
2 14 (73.68%) Manufacturing
3 12 (63.16%) Degree
4 9 (47.37%) IoT
5 8 (42.11%) 5G
5 8 (42.11%) Master's Degree
5 8 (42.11%) Design for Manufacturing
5 8 (42.11%) Design for Test
5 8 (42.11%) 4G
5 8 (42.11%) Validation
5 8 (42.11%) 2G
5 8 (42.11%) EMC
5 8 (42.11%) 3G
5 8 (42.11%) Wireless
6 5 (26.32%) LabVIEW
7 3 (15.79%) Law
7 3 (15.79%) FPGA
7 3 (15.79%) CCTV
7 3 (15.79%) CPLD
7 3 (15.79%) Reverse Engineering
8 2 (10.53%) Continuous Improvement
8 2 (10.53%) Software Engineering
8 2 (10.53%) Games
8 2 (10.53%) C
8 2 (10.53%) Time Management
8 2 (10.53%) Problem-Solving
9 1 (5.26%) Public Sector
9 1 (5.26%) Clean Code
9 1 (5.26%) LoRaWAN
9 1 (5.26%) NB-IoT

Hardware Design 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 8 (42.11%) 2G
1 8 (42.11%) 3G
1 8 (42.11%) 4G
1 8 (42.11%) 5G
1 8 (42.11%) Wireless
2 1 (5.26%) Ethernet
2 1 (5.26%) LoRaWAN
2 1 (5.26%) Modbus
2 1 (5.26%) Profibus
Development Applications
1 5 (26.32%) LabVIEW
General
1 17 (89.47%) Electronics
2 14 (73.68%) Manufacturing
3 3 (15.79%) Law
4 2 (10.53%) Games
5 1 (5.26%) Finance
5 1 (5.26%) Marketing
5 1 (5.26%) Public Sector
5 1 (5.26%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 9 (47.37%) IoT
2 3 (15.79%) CCTV
2 3 (15.79%) CPLD
2 3 (15.79%) FPGA
3 1 (5.26%) Driving Licence
3 1 (5.26%) Home Automation
3 1 (5.26%) NB-IoT
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (42.11%) Design for Manufacturing
1 8 (42.11%) Design for Test
1 8 (42.11%) Validation
2 3 (15.79%) Reverse Engineering
3 2 (10.53%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (10.53%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (10.53%) Software Engineering
3 2 (10.53%) Time Management
4 1 (5.26%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (5.26%) Clean Code
4 1 (5.26%) Collaborative Working
4 1 (5.26%) Customer Requirements
4 1 (5.26%) Digital Marketing
4 1 (5.26%) Embedded Software Development
4 1 (5.26%) Multithreading
4 1 (5.26%) Programme Management
4 1 (5.26%) SDLC
4 1 (5.26%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 2 (10.53%) C
2 1 (5.26%) C#
2 1 (5.26%) C++
Qualifications
1 12 (63.16%) Degree
2 8 (42.11%) Master's Degree
Vendors
1 8 (42.11%) EMC
2 1 (5.26%) SAP