Hardware Test Engineer
UK

The median Hardware Test Engineer salary in the UK is £50,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 April 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
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 872 - 1190
Rank change year-on-year - - -299
Permanent jobs requiring a Hardware Test Engineer 22 0 6
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.022% - 0.004%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.024% - 0.004%
Number of salaries quoted 14 0 6
10th Percentile - - £41,125
25th Percentile £47,500 - £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 - £45,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +25.00%
75th Percentile £52,500 - £47,500
90th Percentile - - £56,875
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 - £45,000
% change year-on-year - - +25.00%

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 92,894 96,310 147,847
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.63% 91.58% 96.06%
Number of salaries quoted 66,756 60,420 85,018
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,923 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.80% - +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 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

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 6 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 25 April 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 - 22 £50,000 - 4
England - 14 £50,000 - 5
Scotland - 8 £50,000 -
Work from Home - 8 £50,000 - 3
South East - 8 - - 3
East of England - 6 £50,000 -

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

For the 6 months to 25 April 2024, 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 16 (72.73%) Agile
1 16 (72.73%) Test Automation
2 13 (59.09%) Software Testing
3 8 (36.36%) Degree
3 8 (36.36%) JIRA
3 8 (36.36%) QA
3 8 (36.36%) Data Management
3 8 (36.36%) Confluence
3 8 (36.36%) Bitbucket
3 8 (36.36%) Coaching
3 8 (36.36%) Test Management
3 8 (36.36%) Test Scripting
3 8 (36.36%) LTE
3 8 (36.36%) 5G
3 8 (36.36%) LabVIEW
3 8 (36.36%) Wi-Fi
3 8 (36.36%) Wireless
3 8 (36.36%) Telecoms
3 8 (36.36%) Python
3 8 (36.36%) Bluetooth
3 8 (36.36%) GSM
3 8 (36.36%) ISDN
3 8 (36.36%) PSTN
3 8 (36.36%) UMTS
3 8 (36.36%) ISO 9001
3 8 (36.36%) Acoustics
3 8 (36.36%) Critical Thinking
3 8 (36.36%) Social Skills
3 8 (36.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 8 (36.36%) Satnav

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:

Application Platforms
1 8 (36.36%) Confluence
Communications & Networking
1 8 (36.36%) 5G
1 8 (36.36%) Bluetooth
1 8 (36.36%) GSM
1 8 (36.36%) ISDN
1 8 (36.36%) LTE
1 8 (36.36%) PSTN
1 8 (36.36%) UMTS
1 8 (36.36%) Wi-Fi
1 8 (36.36%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 8 (36.36%) Bitbucket
1 8 (36.36%) JIRA
1 8 (36.36%) LabVIEW
General
1 8 (36.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 8 (36.36%) Social Skills
1 8 (36.36%) Telecoms
2 5 (22.73%) Electronics
Miscellaneous
1 8 (36.36%) Acoustics
1 8 (36.36%) Satnav
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (72.73%) Agile
1 16 (72.73%) Test Automation
2 13 (59.09%) Software Testing
3 8 (36.36%) Coaching
3 8 (36.36%) Critical Thinking
3 8 (36.36%) Data Management
3 8 (36.36%) Test Management
3 8 (36.36%) Test Scripting
4 1 (4.55%) Performance Testing
4 1 (4.55%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 8 (36.36%) Python
Qualifications
1 8 (36.36%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (36.36%) ISO 9001
1 8 (36.36%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (4.55%) EMC