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 10 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 10 Dec 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 642 | 701 | 658 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +59 | -43 | +128 |
| Permanent jobs citing Hardware-in-the-Loop | 12 | 41 | 52 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in the UK | 0.021% | 0.066% | 0.10% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 0.025% | 0.076% | 0.11% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 4 | 32 | 6 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £41,275 | £43,425 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £47,500 | £45,600 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £45,000 | £55,500 | £49,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -18.92% | +13.27% | +4.26% |
| 75th Percentile | £48,832 | £80,000 | £52,400 |
| 90th Percentile | £55,728 | - | £53,075 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £45,000 | £55,000 | £49,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -18.18% | +12.24% | +4.26% |
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 | 47,424 | 53,892 | 47,309 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 84.09% | 86.75% | 93.74% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 28,060 | 28,022 | 36,472 |
| 10th Percentile | £28,250 | £35,000 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £36,250 | £45,000 | £43,750 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £60,000 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -8.33% | - | -0.83% |
| 75th Percentile | £75,000 | £80,000 | £80,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £95,000 | £98,750 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £47,500 | £55,000 | £52,500 |
| % change year-on-year | -13.64% | +4.76% | -1.87% |
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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 10 December 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 10 December 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 | +73 | 12 | £45,000 | -18.92% | 9 |
| UK excluding London | +65 | 12 | £45,000 | -18.18% | 8 |
| Work from Home | +75 | 4 | - | - | 1 |
| Midlands | +24 | 4 | £45,000 | -14.29% | 1 |
| East of England | +16 | 4 | - | - | 2 |
| East Midlands | +15 | 4 | £45,000 | +12.50% | |
| North West | +43 | 2 | £60,326 | - | |
| South East | +42 | 2 | - | - | 5 |
| North of England | +31 | 2 | £60,326 | - | 1 |
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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: