Hardware Engineer
UK
The median Hardware Engineer salary in the UK is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 December 2024.
The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 11 Dec 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 596 | 635 | 900 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +39 | +265 | -16 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Hardware Engineer | 179 | 101 | 172 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.26% | 0.19% | 0.14% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.27% | 0.20% | 0.15% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 100 | 72 | 73 |
| 10th Percentile | £39,955 | £26,250 | £22,750 |
| 25th Percentile | £43,750 | £27,500 | £25,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £31,250 | £37,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +76.00% | -16.67% | +6.29% |
| 75th Percentile | £65,000 | £57,500 | £56,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £75,000 | £61,250 | £65,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £55,000 | £32,500 | £37,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +69.23% | -13.33% | +6.29% |
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 | 65,159 | 49,884 | 116,652 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 93.80% | 95.43% | 95.44% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 32,152 | 36,466 | 73,525 |
| 10th Percentile | £33,000 | £31,250 | £32,750 |
| 25th Percentile | £43,750 | £42,500 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £57,560 | £60,000 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.07% | - | +4.35% |
| 75th Percentile | £77,500 | £80,000 | £81,250 |
| 90th Percentile | £95,000 | £97,500 | £98,750 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £52,500 | £52,500 | £52,500 |
| % change year-on-year | - | - | +5.00% |
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 11 December 2024.
Hardware Engineer
Top 14 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 11 December 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 |
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| England | +29 | 173 | £55,000 | +83.33% | 64 |
| UK excluding London | +5 | 171 | £55,000 | +69.23% | 54 |
| South East | +17 | 73 | £55,000 | +7.33% | 20 |
| Work from Home | +28 | 50 | £47,500 | -13.64% | 34 |
| East of England | -53 | 31 | £55,000 | +69.23% | 18 |
| Midlands | -32 | 28 | £55,000 | +100.00% | 10 |
| North of England | -40 | 25 | £47,500 | +2.70% | 5 |
| West Midlands | -27 | 22 | £75,000 | +74.42% | 10 |
| North West | -41 | 19 | £47,500 | - | 1 |
| South West | +17 | 12 | £60,000 | +42.86% | 3 |
| Yorkshire | +17 | 6 | - | - | 4 |
| East Midlands | -33 | 6 | £48,750 | +77.27% | |
| London | -11 | 4 | £45,000 | +60.71% | 15 |
| Scotland | -5 | 2 | - | - | 1 |
Hardware Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 11 December 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.
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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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