Hardware-in-the-Loop Job Trends

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 8 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 734 683 767
Rank change year-on-year -51 +84 -2
Permanent jobs citing Hardware-in-the-Loop 53 11 52
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.050% 0.022% 0.063%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.068% 0.025% 0.077%
Number of salaries quoted 26 4 27
10th Percentile £52,500 £36,631 £52,300
25th Percentile £54,000 £42,011 £56,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £45,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +66.67% -33.33% +39.10%
75th Percentile £77,813 - £80,000
90th Percentile £78,750 - -
UK excluding London median annual salary £68,750 £45,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year +52.78% -33.33% +39.10%

All Process & 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 77,565 44,386 67,277
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.71% 89.40% 81.08%
Number of salaries quoted 53,403 25,236 43,866
10th Percentile £30,580 £28,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,170 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.71%
75th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £48,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +13.40% -3.00% -9.09%

Hardware-in-the-Loop
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.

Hardware-in-the-Loop job vacancy trend in the UK

Hardware-in-the-Loop
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Hardware-in-the-Loop.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Hardware-in-the-Loop

Hardware-in-the-Loop
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Hardware-in-the-Loop over the 6 months to 8 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Hardware-in-the-Loop in the UK

Hardware-in-the-Loop
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-in-the-Loop within the UK over the 6 months to 8 August 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 -60 47 £68,750 +52.78% 49
England -72 45 £70,000 +55.56% 62
South West -56 16 £71,250 - 6
South East -28 10 £55,000 - 12
East of England - 10 £77,500 - 19
Midlands -25 9 £70,000 +55.56% 12
East Midlands -19 8 - - 5
Work from Home - 7 £61,250 - 16
West Midlands -23 1 £70,000 - 7
Wales - 1 £55,000 -
Scotland - 1 - - 2

Hardware-in-the-Loop
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:

Applications
1 6 (11.32%) Simulink
2 1 (1.89%) CANalyzer
Cloud Services
1 16 (30.19%) Azure
1 16 (30.19%) Azure DevOps
2 9 (16.98%) Entra ID
2 9 (16.98%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (7.55%) AWS
4 2 (3.77%) AWS CodePipeline
4 2 (3.77%) AWS IoT
4 2 (3.77%) GCP
4 2 (3.77%) GitHub
4 2 (3.77%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 9 (16.98%) Network Security
2 8 (15.09%) Wireless
3 7 (13.21%) MQTT
4 6 (11.32%) Wi-Fi
4 6 (11.32%) ZigBee
5 4 (7.55%) Bluetooth
6 2 (3.77%) 3GPP
6 2 (3.77%) 5G
6 2 (3.77%) Ethernet
6 2 (3.77%) LoRaWAN
7 1 (1.89%) Tactical Data Link
Development Applications
1 11 (20.75%) Git
1 11 (20.75%) Jenkins
2 10 (18.87%) JIRA
3 8 (15.09%) GitLab
4 6 (11.32%) GDB
5 4 (7.55%) Robot Framework
6 3 (5.66%) Polyspace
6 3 (5.66%) VectorCAST
7 2 (3.77%) Rational DOORS
8 1 (1.89%) LabVIEW
8 1 (1.89%) Zephyr
General
1 15 (28.30%) Aerospace
1 15 (28.30%) Automotive
2 11 (20.75%) Electronics
3 8 (15.09%) Advertising
3 8 (15.09%) Finance
4 6 (11.32%) Social Skills
5 4 (7.55%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (7.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (5.66%) Avionics
6 3 (5.66%) Manufacturing
6 3 (5.66%) Military
6 3 (5.66%) Telecoms
7 2 (3.77%) Aviation
8 1 (1.89%) Agriculture
8 1 (1.89%) Law
8 1 (1.89%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (1.89%) Retail
Job Titles
1 15 (28.30%) Systems Engineer
2 14 (26.42%) Embedded Engineer
2 14 (26.42%) Test Engineer
3 11 (20.75%) Software Engineer
4 9 (16.98%) Azure Engineer
4 9 (16.98%) IT Engineer
4 9 (16.98%) IT Support
4 9 (16.98%) IT Support Engineer
4 9 (16.98%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
4 9 (16.98%) Server Engineer
4 9 (16.98%) Server Support
4 9 (16.98%) Support Engineer
5 7 (13.21%) Systems Support
5 7 (13.21%) Systems Support Engineer
6 6 (11.32%) Embedded Software Engineer
6 6 (11.32%) Lead
6 6 (11.32%) Senior
6 6 (11.32%) Senior Systems Engineer
7 3 (5.66%) Architect
8 2 (3.77%) Software Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (13.21%) pytest
1 7 (13.21%) Yocto
2 4 (7.55%) Unity DI Container
3 2 (3.77%) Middleware
4 1 (1.89%) Elastic Stack
4 1 (1.89%) GraphQL
4 1 (1.89%) gRPC
4 1 (1.89%) Kafka
4 1 (1.89%) OpenTelemetry
4 1 (1.89%) PyTorch
4 1 (1.89%) RabbitMQ
4 1 (1.89%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 20 (37.74%) Embedded Systems
2 11 (20.75%) Algorithms
3 7 (13.21%) IoT
4 6 (11.32%) ARM Cortex
4 6 (11.32%) Device Driver
4 6 (11.32%) Robotics
5 2 (3.77%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (1.89%) CAN bus
6 1 (1.89%) Distributed Systems
6 1 (1.89%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 18 (33.96%) Linux
2 3 (5.66%) Embedded Linux
3 2 (3.77%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (47.17%) Validation
2 19 (35.85%) Software Engineering
3 18 (33.96%) Test Automation
4 17 (32.08%) DevOps
5 16 (30.19%) CI/CD
6 14 (26.42%) Computer Science
7 12 (22.64%) Edge Computing
8 11 (20.75%) Continuous Integration
9 10 (18.87%) Systems Engineering
10 9 (16.98%) Software Delivery
10 9 (16.98%) Software Licensing
10 9 (16.98%) Verification and Validation
11 8 (15.09%) BDD
11 8 (15.09%) Machine Learning
12 7 (13.21%) Problem-Solving
13 6 (11.32%) AI
13 6 (11.32%) Continuous Improvement
13 6 (11.32%) Software Testing
14 5 (9.43%) Scenario Testing
14 5 (9.43%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 21 (39.62%) C
2 17 (32.08%) Python
3 15 (28.30%) C++
4 8 (15.09%) Bash
5 6 (11.32%) MATLAB
6 3 (5.66%) Embedded C
6 3 (5.66%) Embedded C++
6 3 (5.66%) Java
7 2 (3.77%) Ada
7 2 (3.77%) Ada 95
7 2 (3.77%) C#
7 2 (3.77%) Rust
Qualifications
1 18 (33.96%) Degree
2 12 (22.64%) Computer Science Degree
3 7 (13.21%) Master's Degree
4 6 (11.32%) BPSS Clearance
4 6 (11.32%) Security Cleared
5 5 (9.43%) SC Cleared
6 4 (7.55%) DV Cleared
7 2 (3.77%) HNC
8 1 (1.89%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (16.98%) ISO 26262
2 8 (15.09%) Automotive SPICE
3 6 (11.32%) JTAG
3 6 (11.32%) MISRA
3 6 (11.32%) MISRA C
4 4 (7.55%) Accessibility
4 4 (7.55%) ISO/IEC 12207
4 4 (7.55%) ISO/IEC 15288
4 4 (7.55%) QA
5 3 (5.66%) IEC 61508
6 2 (3.77%) Def Stans
6 2 (3.77%) MIL-STD-1553
7 1 (1.89%) Data Quality
System Software
1 11 (20.75%) Docker
2 9 (16.98%) Active Directory
3 6 (11.32%) Firmware
4 2 (3.77%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 4 (7.55%) Functional Safety
2 1 (1.89%) Ansible
2 1 (1.89%) Grafana
2 1 (1.89%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.89%) Prometheus
2 1 (1.89%) Terraform
Vendors
1 10 (18.87%) Microsoft
2 2 (3.77%) Google
3 1 (1.89%) EMC
3 1 (1.89%) OpenAI