Hardware Engineer Jobs

Hardware Engineer
UK

The median Hardware Engineer salary in the UK is £48,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 23 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
23 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 669 506 764
Rank change year-on-year -163 +258 +352
Permanent jobs requiring a Hardware Engineer 42 440 192
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.077% 0.44% 0.19%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.085% 0.46% 0.21%
Number of salaries quoted 27 316 46
10th Percentile £31,000 £22,750 £23,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £25,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,000 £50,000 £45,250
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +10.50% +51.21%
75th Percentile £54,375 £61,250 £68,438
90th Percentile £67,500 £69,375 £77,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £48,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% +5.26% +63.79%

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 49,357 94,770 90,282
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.42% 94.70% 91.49%
Number of salaries quoted 25,605 67,694 56,964
10th Percentile £29,000 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £70,622 £80,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,645 £50,000 £53,438
% change year-on-year +3.29% -6.43% +6.88%

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 23 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Hardware Engineer in the UK

Hardware Engineer
Top 13 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 23 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 -143 38 £48,000 -4.00% 329
England -164 34 £48,000 -4.00% 328
South East -14 19 £48,000 +18.52% 97
Work from Home +54 13 £48,750 -2.50% 69
Midlands +10 9 £42,500 -26.09% 48
East Midlands +30 7 £42,500 -15.00% 15
Scotland +112 4 - - 22
North of England -12 4 £50,000 +117.39% 49
Yorkshire - 3 - - 18
West Midlands +12 2 - - 31
South West +51 1 £50,000 +5.26% 40
East of England -48 1 £55,000 - 84
North West -55 1 £50,000 +120.75% 26

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

For the 6 months to 23 May 2025, 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 19 (45.24%) Degree
2 16 (38.10%) Firmware
3 13 (30.95%) Analogue Electronics
3 13 (30.95%) Social Skills
4 11 (26.19%) MATLAB
4 11 (26.19%) Electronics
4 11 (26.19%) C++
5 10 (23.81%) Problem-Solving
6 8 (19.05%) C
6 8 (19.05%) Coaching
7 7 (16.67%) People Management
7 7 (16.67%) BPSS Clearance
7 7 (16.67%) Embedded Systems
7 7 (16.67%) Mentor Graphics
7 7 (16.67%) HND
7 7 (16.67%) Simulink
7 7 (16.67%) Validation
8 6 (14.29%) Mathematics
8 6 (14.29%) Physics
8 6 (14.29%) Algorithms
8 6 (14.29%) Self-Motivation
9 5 (11.90%) Analytical Skills
9 5 (11.90%) 5G
9 5 (11.90%) Prototyping
9 5 (11.90%) FPGA
9 5 (11.90%) Test Automation
9 5 (11.90%) Python
9 5 (11.90%) Embedded C++
10 4 (9.52%) B2B
10 4 (9.52%) WAN

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:

Applications
1 7 (16.67%) Simulink
2 4 (9.52%) Blender
3 2 (4.76%) OrCAD
4 1 (2.38%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 3 (7.14%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 5 (11.90%) 5G
2 4 (9.52%) SD-WAN
2 4 (9.52%) WAN
3 3 (7.14%) SAN
4 2 (4.76%) PuTTY
4 2 (4.76%) TCP/IP
4 2 (4.76%) VSAN
4 2 (4.76%) Wireless
5 1 (2.38%) 2G
5 1 (2.38%) 3G
5 1 (2.38%) 4G
5 1 (2.38%) Ethernet
5 1 (2.38%) Firewall
5 1 (2.38%) Modbus
5 1 (2.38%) Profibus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (9.52%) QGIS
Development Applications
1 3 (7.14%) Eclipse
General
1 13 (30.95%) Social Skills
2 11 (26.19%) Electronics
3 5 (11.90%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (7.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 3 (7.14%) Manufacturing
4 3 (7.14%) Public Sector
5 2 (4.76%) Presentation Skills
5 2 (4.76%) Telecoms
6 1 (2.38%) Aerospace
6 1 (2.38%) Automotive
6 1 (2.38%) Finance
6 1 (2.38%) Legal
6 1 (2.38%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.38%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 13 (30.95%) Analogue Electronics
2 7 (16.67%) Embedded Systems
3 6 (14.29%) Algorithms
3 6 (14.29%) Self-Motivation
4 5 (11.90%) FPGA
5 4 (9.52%) Driving Licence
5 4 (9.52%) GNSS
5 4 (9.52%) Self-Driving Car
5 4 (9.52%) VHDL
6 3 (7.14%) Data Centre
7 2 (4.76%) Device Driver
7 2 (4.76%) Life Science
7 2 (4.76%) LPAR
7 2 (4.76%) Operational Technology
7 2 (4.76%) Replication
8 1 (2.38%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (2.38%) IoT
8 1 (2.38%) Mainframe
8 1 (2.38%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 2 (4.76%) Linux
2 1 (2.38%) Mac OS
2 1 (2.38%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (23.81%) Problem-Solving
2 8 (19.05%) Coaching
3 7 (16.67%) People Management
3 7 (16.67%) Validation
4 6 (14.29%) Mathematics
4 6 (14.29%) Physics
5 5 (11.90%) Prototyping
5 5 (11.90%) Test Automation
6 4 (9.52%) B2B
6 4 (9.52%) Collaborative Working
6 4 (9.52%) Customer Service
6 4 (9.52%) Data Analysis
6 4 (9.52%) Inertial Navigation
6 4 (9.52%) Mathematical Modelling
6 4 (9.52%) Schematic Capture
6 4 (9.52%) SDLC
7 3 (7.14%) Cybersecurity
7 3 (7.14%) Migration
7 3 (7.14%) Time Management
8 2 (4.76%) Kalman Filter
Programming Languages
1 11 (26.19%) C++
1 11 (26.19%) MATLAB
2 8 (19.05%) C
3 5 (11.90%) Embedded C++
3 5 (11.90%) Python
4 2 (4.76%) C#
4 2 (4.76%) Embedded C
5 1 (2.38%) Java
Qualifications
1 19 (45.24%) Degree
2 7 (16.67%) BPSS Clearance
2 7 (16.67%) HND
3 3 (7.14%) Security Cleared
4 2 (4.76%) DV Cleared
4 2 (4.76%) PhD
5 1 (2.38%) A+ Certification
5 1 (2.38%) CCNA
5 1 (2.38%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (2.38%) Master's Degree
5 1 (2.38%) MCSE
5 1 (2.38%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (2.38%) Network+ Certification
5 1 (2.38%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (7.14%) Accessibility
2 2 (4.76%) SLA
System Software
1 16 (38.10%) Firmware
2 4 (9.52%) Embedded Firmware
3 3 (7.14%) PowerHA
Systems Management
1 2 (4.76%) SCCM
Vendors
1 7 (16.67%) Mentor Graphics
2 3 (7.14%) Cadence
2 3 (7.14%) Dell
2 3 (7.14%) IBM
3 2 (4.76%) Apple
3 2 (4.76%) Cisco
3 2 (4.76%) EMC
3 2 (4.76%) HP
3 2 (4.76%) Oracle
4 1 (2.38%) Microsoft
4 1 (2.38%) SAP