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

6 months to
8 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 659 677 739
Rank change year-on-year +18 +62 +64
Permanent jobs citing Hardware-in-the-Loop 7 20 63
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.011% 0.039% 0.085%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.013% 0.043% 0.096%
Number of salaries quoted 2 15 7
10th Percentile £44,283 £37,500 £43,500
25th Percentile £46,957 £43,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,663 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.31% - -16.00%
75th Percentile £57,120 £53,750 £57,500
90th Percentile £59,043 £57,500 £61,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,663 £51,250 £53,750
% change year-on-year +2.76% -4.65% -14.00%

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 52,183 46,628 65,707
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 79.83% 91.97% 88.39%
Number of salaries quoted 30,949 22,565 51,052
10th Percentile £28,750 £35,000 £29,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £46,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £76,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £101,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -8.90%

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 February 2026.

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

Hardware-in-the-Loop
Top 7 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 February 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
England +42 7 £52,663 +0.31% 19
UK excluding London +24 7 £52,663 +2.76% 17
East of England - 5 £45,000 - 2
Work from Home +48 4 - - 5
North West +18 1 £60,326 - 2
South East +5 1 - - 8
North of England -8 1 £60,326 - 3

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 1 (14.29%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 2 (28.57%) GitLab
2 1 (14.29%) Jenkins
2 1 (14.29%) Selenium
2 1 (14.29%) WebDriver
General
1 4 (57.14%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Electronics
3 1 (14.29%) Advertising
3 1 (14.29%) Aerospace
3 1 (14.29%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Hardware Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Lead
2 1 (14.29%) Test Automation Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (14.29%) Pyramid
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Algorithms
1 1 (14.29%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 6 (85.71%) Linux
2 1 (14.29%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Validation
2 4 (57.14%) Performance Analysis
2 4 (57.14%) Performance Testing
2 4 (57.14%) Virtual Environments
3 2 (28.57%) CI/CD
4 1 (14.29%) Business Case
4 1 (14.29%) Containerisation
4 1 (14.29%) Continuous Integration
4 1 (14.29%) Defect Management
4 1 (14.29%) Embedded Software Development
4 1 (14.29%) Line Management
4 1 (14.29%) Microservices
4 1 (14.29%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
4 1 (14.29%) Open Source
4 1 (14.29%) Project Delivery
4 1 (14.29%) Roadmaps
4 1 (14.29%) SDLC
4 1 (14.29%) Software Architecture
4 1 (14.29%) Technology Roadmap
4 1 (14.29%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 5 (71.43%) C
2 4 (57.14%) C++
3 2 (28.57%) Java
3 2 (28.57%) Python
4 1 (14.29%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (14.29%) Degree
1 1 (14.29%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) AUTOSAR
1 1 (14.29%) ISO 26262
System Software
1 1 (14.29%) Firmware
1 1 (14.29%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) Functional Safety