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 | |
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| 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.
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 23 May 2025.
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 |
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| 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.
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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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