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 4 July 2025.
The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 4 Jul 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 682 | 472 | 743 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -210 | +271 | +413 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Hardware Engineer | 46 | 504 | 176 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.078% | 0.47% | 0.20% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.086% | 0.49% | 0.22% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 29 | 341 | 50 |
| 10th Percentile | £33,000 | £25,250 | £24,425 |
| 25th Percentile | £41,250 | £37,500 | £25,813 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £48,000 | £50,000 | £47,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.00% | +5.26% | +63.79% |
| 75th Percentile | £67,500 | £61,250 | £67,188 |
| 90th Percentile | £75,000 | £67,500 | £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 | 53,224 | 101,891 | 81,094 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 89.89% | 94.82% | 91.21% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 28,964 | 71,748 | 54,252 |
| 10th Percentile | £27,000 | £28,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £37,750 | £38,750 | £44,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £52,500 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.76% | -12.50% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £73,708 | £70,000 | £80,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £95,000 | £90,000 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £50,000 | £50,000 | £53,118 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -5.87% | +5.18% |
Hardware Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Hardware Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Hardware Engineer
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Hardware Engineer.
Hardware Engineer
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Hardware Engineer over the 6 months to 4 July 2025.
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 Hardware Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 4 July 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 |
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| UK excluding London | -166 | 38 | £48,000 | -4.00% | 145 |
| England | -225 | 32 | £48,000 | -4.00% | 173 |
| South East | -42 | 17 | £48,000 | +6.67% | 47 |
| Work from Home | +36 | 13 | £47,500 | -9.52% | 47 |
| Midlands | +7 | 9 | £42,500 | -26.09% | 22 |
| East Midlands | +36 | 7 | £42,500 | -12.82% | 10 |
| Scotland | +85 | 6 | £37,750 | -24.50% | 14 |
| North of England | -10 | 4 | £50,000 | +66.67% | 15 |
| Yorkshire | - | 3 | - | - | 3 |
| South West | +28 | 2 | £50,000 | -16.67% | 20 |
| West Midlands | -6 | 2 | - | - | 12 |
| North West | -46 | 1 | £50,000 | +66.67% | 12 |
Hardware Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 4 July 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.
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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:
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