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

6 months to
7 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 720 651 736
Rank change year-on-year -69 +85 -9
Permanent jobs citing Hardware-in-the-Loop 69 12 43
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.058% 0.024% 0.059%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.080% 0.027% 0.072%
Number of salaries quoted 40 4 31
10th Percentile £51,200 £36,631 £43,750
25th Percentile £60,000 £42,011 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £45,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +55.56% -21.74% +17.35%
75th Percentile £75,000 - £80,000
90th Percentile £78,750 - -
UK excluding London median annual salary £67,500 £45,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +50.00% -21.74% +17.35%

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 86,487 44,218 59,966
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.18% 89.02% 81.93%
Number of salaries quoted 59,402 24,461 32,381
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,325 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -
75th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +15.79% -9.52% -2.78%

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 7 October 2026.

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

Hardware-in-the-Loop
Top 10 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 7 October 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 -64 62 £67,500 +50.00% 111
England -78 62 £67,500 +50.00% 175
South West - 22 £75,000 - 13
East of England -24 15 £70,000 - 38
Midlands -27 15 £65,000 +44.44% 23
Work from Home -41 13 £65,625 - 58
East Midlands -25 10 £65,000 +44.44% 9
South East -35 9 £55,000 - 27
West Midlands - 5 £70,000 - 14
Scotland - 1 £65,000 - 6

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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (1.45%) PowerFactory
Applications
1 18 (26.09%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 12 (17.39%) Azure
1 12 (17.39%) Azure DevOps
2 5 (7.25%) Entra ID
2 5 (7.25%) GitHub
2 5 (7.25%) GitHub Actions
2 5 (7.25%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (2.90%) AWS
3 2 (2.90%) AWS IoT
3 2 (2.90%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 8 (11.59%) Wireless
2 6 (8.70%) MQTT
2 6 (8.70%) Wi-Fi
2 6 (8.70%) ZigBee
3 5 (7.25%) Ethernet
3 5 (7.25%) Network Security
4 4 (5.80%) Bluetooth
5 2 (2.90%) 3GPP
5 2 (2.90%) 5G
5 2 (2.90%) LoRaWAN
5 2 (2.90%) RS-422
5 2 (2.90%) RS-485
6 1 (1.45%) DNS
6 1 (1.45%) Modbus
6 1 (1.45%) TCP/IP
6 1 (1.45%) X.509
Development Applications
1 12 (17.39%) Git
2 11 (15.94%) Jenkins
3 10 (14.49%) GitLab
4 8 (11.59%) JIRA
5 6 (8.70%) GDB
6 4 (5.80%) LabVIEW
6 4 (5.80%) Robot Framework
7 3 (4.35%) Rational DOORS
7 3 (4.35%) Zephyr
8 1 (1.45%) Polyspace
8 1 (1.45%) VectorCAST
General
1 21 (30.43%) Aerospace
2 16 (23.19%) Electronics
3 14 (20.29%) Automotive
4 12 (17.39%) Social Skills
5 9 (13.04%) Finance
6 8 (11.59%) Advertising
6 8 (11.59%) Analytical Skills
7 7 (10.14%) Avionics
8 5 (7.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 5 (7.25%) Military
9 4 (5.80%) Aviation
10 3 (4.35%) Manufacturing
11 2 (2.90%) Retail
11 2 (2.90%) Telecoms
12 1 (1.45%) Law
Job Titles
1 17 (24.64%) Test Engineer
2 15 (21.74%) Embedded Engineer
3 14 (20.29%) Software Engineer
4 9 (13.04%) Systems Engineer
5 8 (11.59%) Embedded Software Engineer
6 6 (8.70%) Lead
6 6 (8.70%) Senior
6 6 (8.70%) Senior Systems Engineer
7 5 (7.25%) Azure Engineer
7 5 (7.25%) IT Engineer
7 5 (7.25%) IT Support
7 5 (7.25%) IT Support Engineer
7 5 (7.25%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
7 5 (7.25%) Principal Engineer
7 5 (7.25%) Server Engineer
7 5 (7.25%) Server Support
7 5 (7.25%) Support Engineer
8 3 (4.35%) FPGA Engineer
8 3 (4.35%) Systems Support
8 3 (4.35%) Systems Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (10.14%) Yocto
2 5 (7.25%) pytest
3 4 (5.80%) PyTorch
3 4 (5.80%) Unity DI Container
4 2 (2.90%) Middleware
4 2 (2.90%) Terraform
5 1 (1.45%) Elastic Stack
5 1 (1.45%) Jest
5 1 (1.45%) OpenTelemetry
5 1 (1.45%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 28 (40.58%) Embedded Systems
2 17 (24.64%) Algorithms
3 8 (11.59%) ARM Cortex
4 7 (10.14%) IoT
4 7 (10.14%) Robotics
5 6 (8.70%) Device Driver
6 5 (7.25%) FPGA
7 3 (4.35%) Legacy Systems
7 3 (4.35%) VHDL
8 2 (2.90%) CAN bus
9 1 (1.45%) Distributed Systems
9 1 (1.45%) Product Ownership
9 1 (1.45%) Renewable Energy
9 1 (1.45%) SCADA
9 1 (1.45%) Self-Driving Car
Operating Systems
1 18 (26.09%) Linux
2 6 (8.70%) Embedded Linux
3 3 (4.35%) Unix
4 1 (1.45%) OpenWrt
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (47.83%) Validation
2 24 (34.78%) Test Automation
3 22 (31.88%) Software Engineering
4 17 (24.64%) Computer Science
5 16 (23.19%) CI/CD
6 15 (21.74%) Systems Engineering
7 13 (18.84%) DevOps
7 13 (18.84%) Problem-Solving
8 12 (17.39%) Verification and Validation
9 10 (14.49%) BDD
9 10 (14.49%) Machine Learning
9 10 (14.49%) Mathematics
9 10 (14.49%) Unit Testing
10 9 (13.04%) Continuous Improvement
10 9 (13.04%) Physics
10 9 (13.04%) Software Delivery
11 8 (11.59%) Edge Computing
11 8 (11.59%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
11 8 (11.59%) Signal Processing
12 7 (10.14%) Scenario Testing
Programming Languages
1 32 (46.38%) C
2 25 (36.23%) Python
3 22 (31.88%) C++
4 18 (26.09%) MATLAB
5 6 (8.70%) Bash
5 6 (8.70%) Embedded C
5 6 (8.70%) Java
6 4 (5.80%) Embedded C++
6 4 (5.80%) Rust
7 3 (4.35%) Ada
7 3 (4.35%) Ada 95
7 3 (4.35%) C#
7 3 (4.35%) SystemVerilog
8 2 (2.90%) Shell Script
9 1 (1.45%) Go
9 1 (1.45%) SQL
9 1 (1.45%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 29 (42.03%) Degree
2 15 (21.74%) Security Cleared
3 12 (17.39%) Computer Science Degree
4 10 (14.49%) Master's Degree
4 10 (14.49%) SC Cleared
5 6 (8.70%) BPSS Clearance
5 6 (8.70%) DV Cleared
6 5 (7.25%) PhD
7 2 (2.90%) EMC Certification
7 2 (2.90%) HNC
8 1 (1.45%) Chartered Engineer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (14.49%) Automotive SPICE
1 10 (14.49%) ISO 26262
2 6 (8.70%) JTAG
2 6 (8.70%) MISRA
2 6 (8.70%) MISRA C
3 5 (7.25%) Accessibility
3 5 (7.25%) QA
4 4 (5.80%) ISO/IEC 12207
4 4 (5.80%) ISO/IEC 15288
5 3 (4.35%) MIL-STD-1553
6 2 (2.90%) Def Stans
6 2 (2.90%) IEC 61508
6 2 (2.90%) ISO 9001
7 1 (1.45%) DO-254
System Software
1 9 (13.04%) Firmware
2 7 (10.14%) Docker
3 5 (7.25%) Active Directory
4 4 (5.80%) Embedded Firmware
5 1 (1.45%) QEMU
Systems Management
1 6 (8.70%) Functional Safety
2 1 (1.45%) Ansible
2 1 (1.45%) Grafana
2 1 (1.45%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.45%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 6 (8.70%) Microsoft
2 5 (7.25%) Xilinx
3 4 (5.80%) OpenAI
4 3 (4.35%) Intel
5 2 (2.90%) Altera
5 2 (2.90%) EMC
5 2 (2.90%) Google
6 1 (1.45%) DIgSILENT
6 1 (1.45%) Siemens