Hardware Test Engineer Jobs

Hardware Test Engineer
UK

The median Hardware Test Engineer salary in the UK is £47,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 February 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Feb 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 754 813 1014
Rank change year-on-year +59 +201 +120
Permanent jobs requiring a Hardware Test Engineer 2 9 4
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.003% 0.012% 0.004%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.004% 0.012% 0.004%
Number of salaries quoted 2 1 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £46,250 £45,000 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -23.08% +25.00%
75th Percentile £48,750 £55,000 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -5.00% -23.08% +25.00%

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 56,917 72,753 103,780
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.01% 95.06% 94.62%
Number of salaries quoted 26,759 54,877 65,836
10th Percentile £35,000 £28,500 £32,626
25th Percentile £45,000 £39,280 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.27% -8.33% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £73,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £54,793 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +9.59% -4.76% +5.00%

Hardware Test Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Hardware Test Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Hardware Test Engineer in the UK

Hardware Test Engineer
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Hardware Test Engineer.

Salary trend for Hardware Test Engineer in the UK

Hardware Test Engineer
Top 3 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Hardware Test Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 12 February 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 +79 2 £47,500 -5.00% 1
England +62 2 £47,500 -5.00% 3
South East +29 2 £47,500 -

Hardware Test Engineer Skill Set
Top 4 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 12 February 2025, Hardware Test 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 Test Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) HNC
1 2 (100.00%) Validation
1 2 (100.00%) Avionics
1 2 (100.00%) Systems Engineering

Hardware Test 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:

General
1 2 (100.00%) Avionics
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Systems Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) Validation
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) HNC