Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL)
UK
The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Hardware-in-the-Loop skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 27 Oct 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 656 | 703 | 710 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +47 | +7 | +142 |
| Permanent jobs citing Hardware-in-the-Loop | 12 | 42 | 27 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in the UK | 0.024% | 0.062% | 0.049% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 0.028% | 0.075% | 0.052% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 4 | 29 | 8 |
| 10th Percentile | £36,631 | £43,750 | - |
| 25th Percentile | £42,011 | £51,250 | £44,725 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £45,000 | £56,000 | £49,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -19.64% | +14.29% | +6.52% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £80,000 | £52,400 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £52,805 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £45,000 | £56,000 | £49,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -19.64% | +14.29% | +6.52% |
All Process and Methodology Skills
UK
Hardware-in-the-Loop 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 | 43,476 | 56,181 | 51,771 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 88.06% | 82.51% | 93.99% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 25,076 | 29,761 | 39,701 |
| 10th Percentile | £28,250 | £33,750 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £35,500 | £45,000 | £44,388 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £53,725 | £60,000 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -10.46% | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £75,000 | £78,750 | £80,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £95,000 | £97,500 | £97,500 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £45,500 | £54,000 | £52,500 |
| % change year-on-year | -15.74% | +2.86% | - |
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Job Vacancy Trend
Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Hardware-in-the-Loop relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.
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Salary Trend
Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Hardware-in-the-Loop.
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Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Hardware-in-the-Loop over the 6 months to 27 October 2025.
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Top 9 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Hardware-in-the-Loop within the UK over the 6 months to 27 October 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | +39 | 12 | £45,000 | -19.64% | 39 |
| UK excluding London | +18 | 12 | £45,000 | -19.64% | 39 |
| Midlands | +27 | 5 | £45,000 | -14.29% | 8 |
| East Midlands | +20 | 5 | £45,000 | - | 2 |
| Work from Home | +41 | 4 | - | - | 5 |
| East of England | 0 | 4 | - | - | 4 |
| South East | +28 | 2 | - | - | 9 |
| North of England | +18 | 1 | - | - | 8 |
| North West | +9 | 1 | - | - | 6 |
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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: