Hardware Engineer
UK

The median Hardware Engineer salary in the UK is £50,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 518 771 1059
Rank change year-on-year +253 +288 -215
Permanent jobs requiring a Hardware Engineer 425 202 170
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.43% 0.20% 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.45% 0.22% 0.11%
Number of salaries quoted 312 50 78
10th Percentile £22,750 £23,650 £22,000
25th Percentile £35,188 £25,125 £25,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £40,000 £30,163
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% +32.62% -13.82%
75th Percentile £60,313 £62,500 £47,500
90th Percentile £68,625 £77,500 £50,375
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £41,500 £29,000
% change year-on-year +20.48% +43.10% -17.14%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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 93,776 92,678 150,788
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.45% 96.10%
Number of salaries quoted 67,209 58,362 84,200
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

Hardware Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Hardware Engineer in the UK

Hardware Engineer
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Hardware Engineer in the UK

Hardware Engineer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Hardware Engineer over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Hardware Engineer in the UK

Hardware Engineer
Top 16 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 9 May 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
UK excluding London +168 407 £50,000 +20.48% 95
England +264 395 £50,000 +25.00% 101
South East +6 126 £40,250 -23.33% 35
East of England +69 89 £55,000 +124.49% 16
Work from Home +118 87 £50,000 -1.48% 29
Midlands +46 63 £57,500 +53.33% 28
North of England +109 60 £25,500 +2.00% 8
North West +65 55 £22,650 -9.40% 8
West Midlands +62 53 £58,750 - 16
South West +9 50 £47,500 -32.14% 9
Scotland -56 13 £50,000 +104.08% 6
East Midlands -10 10 £50,000 +33.33% 12
London +101 9 £70,000 +86.67% 11
Wales - 8 £26,750 -
North East - 3 £28,000 -
Yorkshire +91 2 £29,000 +16.00%

Hardware Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 9 May 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.

1 191 (44.94%) Electronics
2 141 (33.18%) Degree
3 67 (15.76%) Manufacturing
4 66 (15.53%) EMC
5 65 (15.29%) Social Skills
6 54 (12.71%) IoT
7 49 (11.53%) Analytical Skills
8 44 (10.35%) Firmware
9 43 (10.12%) Wireless
10 42 (9.88%) Schematic Capture
11 41 (9.65%) Self-Motivation
12 40 (9.41%) Validation
12 40 (9.41%) Software Testing
13 39 (9.18%) Python
13 39 (9.18%) Problem-Solving
14 38 (8.94%) Security Cleared
15 35 (8.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 34 (8.00%) FPGA
16 34 (8.00%) LabVIEW
17 30 (7.06%) Customer Service
18 29 (6.82%) Break/Fix
18 29 (6.82%) CAD
19 28 (6.59%) TCP/IP
19 28 (6.59%) Microsoft
20 27 (6.35%) SLA
21 26 (6.12%) Bluetooth
21 26 (6.12%) Wi-Fi
21 26 (6.12%) SC Cleared
22 25 (5.88%) Test Automation
22 25 (5.88%) Automotive

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:

Application Platforms
1 8 (1.88%) Confluence
Applications
1 18 (4.24%) OrCAD
2 11 (2.59%) Microsoft Office
3 9 (2.12%) AutoCAD
4 5 (1.18%) SOLIDWORKS
5 4 (0.94%) EPLAN
5 4 (0.94%) Windchill
6 3 (0.71%) Microsoft Excel
7 2 (0.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 2 (0.47%) MS Visio
8 1 (0.24%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 8 (1.88%) AWS
2 6 (1.41%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (0.24%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 43 (10.12%) Wireless
2 28 (6.59%) TCP/IP
3 26 (6.12%) Bluetooth
3 26 (6.12%) Wi-Fi
4 23 (5.41%) Ethernet
5 19 (4.47%) Internet
6 15 (3.53%) 5G
6 15 (3.53%) GSM
6 15 (3.53%) ISDN
6 15 (3.53%) LTE
6 15 (3.53%) PSTN
6 15 (3.53%) UMTS
7 10 (2.35%) RS-232
8 3 (0.71%) Modbus
8 3 (0.71%) ZigBee
9 2 (0.47%) RS-422
9 2 (0.47%) RS-485
9 2 (0.47%) Wideband
10 1 (0.24%) LAN
Development Applications
1 34 (8.00%) LabVIEW
2 9 (2.12%) JIRA
3 8 (1.88%) Bitbucket
4 3 (0.71%) Git
5 2 (0.47%) Subversion
General
1 191 (44.94%) Electronics
2 67 (15.76%) Manufacturing
3 65 (15.29%) Social Skills
4 49 (11.53%) Analytical Skills
5 35 (8.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 25 (5.88%) Automotive
7 22 (5.18%) Organisational Skills
8 18 (4.24%) Aerospace
9 17 (4.00%) Games
10 16 (3.76%) Telecoms
11 11 (2.59%) Advertising
11 11 (2.59%) Retail
12 10 (2.35%) Aviation
12 10 (2.35%) Military
13 5 (1.18%) Aeronautics
13 5 (1.18%) Japanese Language
14 4 (0.94%) Avionics
14 4 (0.94%) Finance
14 4 (0.94%) Marketing
15 3 (0.71%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (0.94%) Flash
2 3 (0.71%) Flask
Miscellaneous
1 54 (12.71%) IoT
2 41 (9.65%) Self-Motivation
3 34 (8.00%) FPGA
4 22 (5.18%) Analogue Electronics
5 18 (4.24%) PCIe
6 15 (3.53%) Acoustics
6 15 (3.53%) Satnav
7 14 (3.29%) Driving Licence
7 14 (3.29%) Operational Technology
8 13 (3.06%) EPoS
9 12 (2.82%) VHDL
10 8 (1.88%) Renewable Energy
11 5 (1.18%) Analytical Mindset
11 5 (1.18%) Embedded Systems
12 4 (0.94%) Algorithms
13 3 (0.71%) 3D Printing
13 3 (0.71%) CAN bus
13 3 (0.71%) CPLD
13 3 (0.71%) Robotics
13 3 (0.71%) Verilog
Operating Systems
1 17 (4.00%) Windows
2 12 (2.82%) Linux
3 4 (0.94%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (9.88%) Schematic Capture
2 40 (9.41%) Software Testing
2 40 (9.41%) Validation
3 39 (9.18%) Problem-Solving
4 30 (7.06%) Customer Service
5 29 (6.82%) Break/Fix
5 29 (6.82%) CAD
6 25 (5.88%) Agile
6 25 (5.88%) Test Automation
7 21 (4.94%) Coaching
7 21 (4.94%) Customer Requirements
7 21 (4.94%) Project Planning
8 17 (4.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 17 (4.00%) Software Engineering
9 16 (3.76%) Data Management
9 16 (3.76%) ITIL
10 15 (3.53%) Asset Management
10 15 (3.53%) Critical Thinking
10 15 (3.53%) IT Asset Management
10 15 (3.53%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 39 (9.18%) Python
2 12 (2.82%) C
3 6 (1.41%) Bash
4 3 (0.71%) C++
5 2 (0.47%) Embedded C
5 2 (0.47%) MATLAB
5 2 (0.47%) Shell Script
6 1 (0.24%) Java
Qualifications
1 141 (33.18%) Degree
2 38 (8.94%) Security Cleared
3 26 (6.12%) SC Cleared
4 22 (5.18%) A+ Certification
5 20 (4.71%) DV Cleared
6 18 (4.24%) Microsoft Certification
7 17 (4.00%) MCP
8 16 (3.76%) HND
9 11 (2.59%) HNC
10 7 (1.65%) Master's Degree
10 7 (1.65%) PhD
11 5 (1.18%) CCNA
11 5 (1.18%) Cisco Certification
11 5 (1.18%) MCSA
12 4 (0.94%) Chartered Engineer
12 4 (0.94%) MCSE
13 3 (0.71%) Network+ Certification
14 1 (0.24%) MCDST
14 1 (0.24%) VTSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (6.35%) SLA
2 11 (2.59%) QA
3 8 (1.88%) ISO 9001
4 6 (1.41%) JTAG
System Software
1 44 (10.35%) Firmware
2 24 (5.65%) Active Directory
3 18 (4.24%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 15 (3.53%) SCCM
2 2 (0.47%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 66 (15.53%) EMC
2 28 (6.59%) Microsoft
3 11 (2.59%) Apple
3 11 (2.59%) HP
4 10 (2.35%) Dell
5 9 (2.12%) IBM
6 5 (1.18%) Mentor Graphics
6 5 (1.18%) Xilinx
7 4 (0.94%) Intel
7 4 (0.94%) Siemens
8 3 (0.71%) Altera
8 3 (0.71%) Lattice Semiconductor
9 2 (0.47%) Cadence
9 2 (0.47%) NVIDIA
10 1 (0.24%) 3PAR
10 1 (0.24%) CA
10 1 (0.24%) F5
10 1 (0.24%) SAP
10 1 (0.24%) ServiceNow
10 1 (0.24%) Sun