Hardware Maintenance Job Trends

Hardware Maintenance
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Hardware Maintenance skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 619 687 711
Rank change year-on-year +68 +24 +269
Permanent jobs citing Hardware Maintenance 32 25 26
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.054% 0.047% 0.046%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.066% 0.052% 0.052%
Number of salaries quoted 26 13 23
10th Percentile £25,750 £25,500 £26,500
25th Percentile £29,750 £26,250 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £55,000 £33,000
Median % change year-on-year -40.91% +66.67% -22.35%
75th Percentile £42,500 £60,000 £47,375
90th Percentile £47,500 £75,000 £56,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £32,500 £52,500 £28,000
% change year-on-year -38.10% +87.50% -23.29%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

Hardware Maintenance falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 48,315 48,345 50,335
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 81.00% 90.62% 89.96%
Number of salaries quoted 28,473 23,469 38,401
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £78,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +5.77% -5.45%

Hardware Maintenance
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Hardware Maintenance relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Hardware Maintenance job vacancy trend in the UK

Hardware Maintenance
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Hardware Maintenance.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Hardware Maintenance

Hardware Maintenance
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Hardware Maintenance over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Hardware Maintenance in the UK

Hardware Maintenance
Top 11 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Hardware Maintenance within the UK over the 6 months to 13 January 2026. 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 +72 28 £32,500 -38.10% 2
England +73 24 £32,500 -38.10% 2
Midlands +30 10 £45,000 -19.64% 2
East Midlands -4 10 £45,000 -19.64% 1
Wales - 8 £30,500 -
Work from Home +61 6 £40,000 +22.76%
London +59 4 £26,500 -18.67%
North West +31 4 £30,500 -39.00%
North of England +31 4 £30,500 -39.00%
South East +23 3 £30,500 -57.93%
East of England +19 3 £32,500 +25.00%

Hardware Maintenance
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 4 (12.50%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 11 (34.38%) Azure
1 11 (34.38%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 7 (21.88%) VoIP
2 4 (12.50%) DHCP
2 4 (12.50%) DNS
2 4 (12.50%) Firewall
2 4 (12.50%) TCP/IP
2 4 (12.50%) VPN
General
1 11 (34.38%) Social Skills
2 4 (12.50%) Billing
3 2 (6.25%) Retail
4 1 (3.13%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 14 (43.75%) IT Support
2 10 (31.25%) Break Fix Engineer
2 10 (31.25%) Field Engineer
2 10 (31.25%) Field Service Engineer
3 7 (21.88%) Analyst
3 7 (21.88%) IT Analyst
3 7 (21.88%) IT Support Analyst
3 7 (21.88%) Support Analyst
4 6 (18.75%) Help Desk Manager
5 4 (12.50%) ERP Analyst
5 4 (12.50%) ERP Support
5 4 (12.50%) IT Engineer
5 4 (12.50%) IT Support Engineer
5 4 (12.50%) Support Engineer
6 3 (9.38%) 1st/2nd Line Support
6 3 (9.38%) 1st/2nd Line Support Analyst
6 3 (9.38%) 2nd Line Support
6 3 (9.38%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
6 3 (9.38%) IT Technician
7 2 (6.25%) 3rd Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (12.50%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 14 (43.75%) Driving Licence
2 10 (31.25%) Data Centre
2 10 (31.25%) Self-Motivation
3 4 (12.50%) CCTV
3 4 (12.50%) FMCG
3 4 (12.50%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 8 (25.00%) Windows
2 7 (21.88%) Windows Server
2 7 (21.88%) Windows Server 2019
3 4 (12.50%) Linux
3 4 (12.50%) Mac OS X
3 4 (12.50%) Windows 10
3 4 (12.50%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (50.00%) Service Delivery
2 13 (40.63%) Customer Service
3 10 (31.25%) Break/Fix
3 10 (31.25%) ITSM
4 6 (18.75%) Continuous Improvement
5 5 (15.63%) Problem-Solving
6 4 (12.50%) Customer Requirements
6 4 (12.50%) ERP
7 3 (9.38%) Asset Management
7 3 (9.38%) Patch Management
8 2 (6.25%) Infrastructure Management
9 1 (3.13%) Data Security
Qualifications
1 10 (31.25%) BPSS Clearance
1 10 (31.25%) DBS Check
2 2 (6.25%) Degree
System Software
1 11 (34.38%) Active Directory
2 4 (12.50%) Hyper-V
Vendors
1 13 (40.63%) Microsoft
2 10 (31.25%) Dell
2 10 (31.25%) HP
2 10 (31.25%) IBM
3 4 (12.50%) QAD