Hardware Engineer
UK

The median Hardware Engineer salary in the UK is £50,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 3 May 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
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 532 776 1056
Rank change year-on-year +244 +280 -217
Permanent jobs requiring a Hardware Engineer 408 217 173
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.41% 0.21% 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.44% 0.23% 0.12%
Number of salaries quoted 301 55 82
10th Percentile £22,750 £23,750 £22,000
25th Percentile £35,250 £25,250 £25,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £30,400
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% +48.03% -14.37%
75th Percentile £60,000 £65,000 £47,500
90th Percentile £67,500 £77,000 £50,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £45,000 £30,500
% change year-on-year +11.11% +47.54% -15.28%

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 93,314 94,990 150,394
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.53% 96.09%
Number of salaries quoted 66,914 59,752 85,367
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,508 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.49% - +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 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

Hardware Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Hardware Engineer in the UK

Hardware Engineer
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Hardware Engineer in the UK

Hardware Engineer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Hardware Engineer over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Hardware Engineer in the UK

Hardware Engineer
Top 16 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 3 May 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 +158 391 £50,000 +11.11% 103
England +234 378 £50,000 +13.64% 106
South East +14 123 £40,000 -23.81% 34
East of England +61 87 £55,000 +124.49% 18
Work from Home +129 86 £50,000 -1.48% 31
Midlands +63 59 £57,500 +53.33% 34
North of England +100 55 £22,650 -9.40% 8
West Midlands +63 49 £58,750 - 18
North West +51 49 £22,650 -9.40% 8
South West +5 47 £47,500 -30.91% 12
Scotland -57 13 £50,000 +25.79% 6
East Midlands -2 10 £50,000 +33.33% 16
London +116 8 £55,000 +46.67% 7
Wales - 8 £26,750 -
North East - 4 £28,000 -
Yorkshire +80 2 £29,000 +16.00%

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

For the 6 months to 3 May 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 featuring Hardware Engineer in the job title.

1 188 (46.08%) Electronics
2 137 (33.58%) Degree
3 68 (16.67%) Manufacturing
4 66 (16.18%) EMC
4 66 (16.18%) Social Skills
5 53 (12.99%) IoT
6 50 (12.25%) Analytical Skills
7 43 (10.54%) Self-Motivation
7 43 (10.54%) Wireless
8 42 (10.29%) Firmware
8 42 (10.29%) Schematic Capture
9 40 (9.80%) Python
10 39 (9.56%) Validation
10 39 (9.56%) Software Testing
10 39 (9.56%) Problem-Solving
11 38 (9.31%) Security Cleared
12 35 (8.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 34 (8.33%) FPGA
13 34 (8.33%) LabVIEW
14 29 (7.11%) SLA
15 28 (6.86%) CAD
15 28 (6.86%) Customer Service
16 27 (6.62%) TCP/IP
16 27 (6.62%) Break/Fix
17 26 (6.37%) SC Cleared
18 25 (6.13%) Agile
18 25 (6.13%) Automotive
18 25 (6.13%) Bluetooth
18 25 (6.13%) Wi-Fi
18 25 (6.13%) Test Automation

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:

Application Platforms
1 8 (1.96%) Confluence
Applications
1 18 (4.41%) OrCAD
2 10 (2.45%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (1.96%) AutoCAD
4 5 (1.23%) SOLIDWORKS
5 4 (0.98%) EPLAN
5 4 (0.98%) Windchill
6 3 (0.74%) Microsoft Excel
7 2 (0.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 1 (0.25%) MS Visio
8 1 (0.25%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 8 (1.96%) AWS
2 2 (0.49%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (0.25%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 43 (10.54%) Wireless
2 27 (6.62%) TCP/IP
3 25 (6.13%) Bluetooth
3 25 (6.13%) Wi-Fi
4 23 (5.64%) Ethernet
5 19 (4.66%) Internet
6 15 (3.68%) 5G
6 15 (3.68%) GSM
6 15 (3.68%) ISDN
6 15 (3.68%) LTE
6 15 (3.68%) PSTN
6 15 (3.68%) UMTS
7 10 (2.45%) RS-232
8 3 (0.74%) Modbus
8 3 (0.74%) ZigBee
9 2 (0.49%) RS-422
9 2 (0.49%) RS-485
9 2 (0.49%) Wideband
10 1 (0.25%) LAN
Development Applications
1 34 (8.33%) LabVIEW
2 9 (2.21%) JIRA
3 8 (1.96%) Bitbucket
4 3 (0.74%) Git
5 2 (0.49%) Subversion
General
1 188 (46.08%) Electronics
2 68 (16.67%) Manufacturing
3 66 (16.18%) Social Skills
4 50 (12.25%) Analytical Skills
5 35 (8.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 25 (6.13%) Automotive
7 24 (5.88%) Organisational Skills
8 18 (4.41%) Aerospace
9 17 (4.17%) Telecoms
10 15 (3.68%) Games
11 13 (3.19%) Retail
12 11 (2.70%) Advertising
13 10 (2.45%) Aviation
13 10 (2.45%) Military
14 5 (1.23%) Aeronautics
14 5 (1.23%) Finance
14 5 (1.23%) Japanese Language
14 5 (1.23%) Marketing
15 4 (0.98%) Avionics
16 3 (0.74%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (0.98%) Flash
2 3 (0.74%) Flask
Miscellaneous
1 53 (12.99%) IoT
2 43 (10.54%) Self-Motivation
3 34 (8.33%) FPGA
4 22 (5.39%) Analogue Electronics
5 18 (4.41%) PCIe
6 16 (3.92%) Driving Licence
7 15 (3.68%) Acoustics
7 15 (3.68%) EPoS
7 15 (3.68%) Satnav
8 12 (2.94%) Operational Technology
8 12 (2.94%) VHDL
9 8 (1.96%) Renewable Energy
10 5 (1.23%) Analytical Mindset
10 5 (1.23%) Embedded Systems
11 4 (0.98%) Algorithms
12 3 (0.74%) 3D Printing
12 3 (0.74%) ASIC
12 3 (0.74%) CAN bus
12 3 (0.74%) CPLD
12 3 (0.74%) Verilog
Operating Systems
1 15 (3.68%) Windows
2 12 (2.94%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (10.29%) Schematic Capture
2 39 (9.56%) Problem-Solving
2 39 (9.56%) Software Testing
2 39 (9.56%) Validation
3 28 (6.86%) CAD
3 28 (6.86%) Customer Service
4 27 (6.62%) Break/Fix
5 25 (6.13%) Agile
5 25 (6.13%) Test Automation
6 21 (5.15%) Coaching
6 21 (5.15%) Project Planning
7 20 (4.90%) Customer Requirements
8 18 (4.41%) Software Engineering
9 16 (3.92%) Data Management
9 16 (3.92%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 15 (3.68%) Asset Management
10 15 (3.68%) Critical Thinking
10 15 (3.68%) IT Asset Management
10 15 (3.68%) Test Scripting
11 14 (3.43%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 40 (9.80%) Python
2 13 (3.19%) C
3 6 (1.47%) Bash
4 3 (0.74%) C++
5 2 (0.49%) Embedded C
5 2 (0.49%) MATLAB
5 2 (0.49%) Shell Script
6 1 (0.25%) C#
6 1 (0.25%) Java
Qualifications
1 137 (33.58%) Degree
2 38 (9.31%) Security Cleared
3 26 (6.37%) SC Cleared
4 20 (4.90%) DV Cleared
5 18 (4.41%) A+ Certification
6 16 (3.92%) HND
7 14 (3.43%) Microsoft Certification
8 13 (3.19%) MCP
9 10 (2.45%) HNC
10 7 (1.72%) Master's Degree
10 7 (1.72%) PhD
11 3 (0.74%) Chartered Engineer
11 3 (0.74%) Network+ Certification
12 1 (0.25%) CCNA
12 1 (0.25%) Cisco Certification
12 1 (0.25%) MCDST
12 1 (0.25%) MCSA
12 1 (0.25%) VTSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (7.11%) SLA
2 11 (2.70%) QA
3 8 (1.96%) ISO 9001
4 6 (1.47%) JTAG
System Software
1 42 (10.29%) Firmware
2 20 (4.90%) Active Directory
3 18 (4.41%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 15 (3.68%) SCCM
2 2 (0.49%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 66 (16.18%) EMC
2 23 (5.64%) Microsoft
3 13 (3.19%) HP
4 12 (2.94%) Dell
5 11 (2.70%) Apple
5 11 (2.70%) IBM
6 5 (1.23%) Mentor Graphics
6 5 (1.23%) Xilinx
7 4 (0.98%) Intel
7 4 (0.98%) Siemens
8 3 (0.74%) Altera
8 3 (0.74%) Lattice Semiconductor
9 2 (0.49%) Cadence
9 2 (0.49%) NVIDIA
9 2 (0.49%) SAP
10 1 (0.25%) 3PAR
10 1 (0.25%) CA
10 1 (0.25%) F5
10 1 (0.25%) ServiceNow
10 1 (0.25%) Sun