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

6 months to
10 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 690 638 833
Rank change year-on-year -52 +195 -31
Permanent jobs citing Hardware-in-the-Loop 23 8 51
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.025% 0.018% 0.053%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.034% 0.020% 0.062%
Number of salaries quoted 8 4 14
10th Percentile £49,500 £25,600 £47,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £33,250 £52,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £61,250
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -22.45% -
75th Percentile £57,500 £57,813 £67,500
90th Percentile £58,348 £58,375 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £40,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +37.50% -38.46% -

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 67,438 40,826 82,224
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 74.22% 93.31% 85.22%
Number of salaries quoted 42,850 22,742 59,687
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -10.10%
75th Percentile £78,750 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,491 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +5.00% -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 10 May 2026.

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

Hardware-in-the-Loop
Top 12 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 May 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 -44 23 £55,000 +37.50% 18
England -21 21 £55,000 +15.79% 16
South West -46 10 - - 2
South East -22 7 £55,000 +44.74% 7
Midlands -16 2 - - 5
East Midlands -27 2 - - 2
Work from Home +13 1 £55,000 +37.50% 7
East of England - 1 £45,000 - 2
North of England - 1 £60,326 -
Wales - 1 £55,000 -
Scotland - 1 - - 2
North West - 1 £60,326 -

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 (4.35%) CANalyzer
1 1 (4.35%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 11 (47.83%) Azure
1 11 (47.83%) Azure DevOps
2 9 (39.13%) Entra ID
2 9 (39.13%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (8.70%) AWS
3 2 (8.70%) AWS CodePipeline
Communications & Networking
1 9 (39.13%) Network Security
2 3 (13.04%) MQTT
3 2 (8.70%) Bluetooth
3 2 (8.70%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (8.70%) Wireless
3 2 (8.70%) ZigBee
4 1 (4.35%) Tactical Data Link
4 1 (4.35%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 9 (39.13%) JIRA
2 5 (21.74%) Jenkins
3 4 (17.39%) Git
3 4 (17.39%) GitLab
4 3 (13.04%) Polyspace
4 3 (13.04%) VectorCAST
5 2 (8.70%) GDB
5 2 (8.70%) Robot Framework
6 1 (4.35%) Selenium
6 1 (4.35%) WebDriver
General
1 11 (47.83%) Automotive
2 8 (34.78%) Aerospace
3 4 (17.39%) Finance
4 2 (8.70%) Electronics
4 2 (8.70%) Telecoms
5 1 (4.35%) Advertising
5 1 (4.35%) Agriculture
5 1 (4.35%) Avionics
5 1 (4.35%) Manufacturing
5 1 (4.35%) Military
5 1 (4.35%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (4.35%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 13 (56.52%) Systems Engineer
2 9 (39.13%) Azure Engineer
2 9 (39.13%) IT Engineer
2 9 (39.13%) IT Support
2 9 (39.13%) IT Support Engineer
2 9 (39.13%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
2 9 (39.13%) Server Engineer
2 9 (39.13%) Server Support
2 9 (39.13%) Support Engineer
3 7 (30.43%) Systems Support
3 7 (30.43%) Systems Support Engineer
4 4 (17.39%) Embedded Engineer
4 4 (17.39%) Senior
4 4 (17.39%) Senior Systems Engineer
5 3 (13.04%) Test Engineer
6 2 (8.70%) Embedded Software Engineer
6 2 (8.70%) Integration Engineer
6 2 (8.70%) QA Engineer
6 2 (8.70%) Senior Integration Engineer
6 2 (8.70%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (21.74%) pytest
2 2 (8.70%) Unity DI Container
2 2 (8.70%) Yocto
3 1 (4.35%) GraphQL
3 1 (4.35%) gRPC
3 1 (4.35%) Kafka
3 1 (4.35%) Pyramid
3 1 (4.35%) RabbitMQ
3 1 (4.35%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 9 (39.13%) Embedded Systems
2 4 (17.39%) Algorithms
3 3 (13.04%) Robotics
4 2 (8.70%) ARM Cortex
4 2 (8.70%) Device Driver
4 2 (8.70%) IoT
5 1 (4.35%) CAN bus
5 1 (4.35%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (4.35%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 13 (56.52%) Linux
2 1 (4.35%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (47.83%) DevOps
2 10 (43.48%) Continuous Integration
3 9 (39.13%) Edge Computing
3 9 (39.13%) Software Licensing
4 8 (34.78%) CI/CD
4 8 (34.78%) Software Engineering
5 6 (26.09%) Validation
6 5 (21.74%) Computer Science
7 4 (17.39%) AI
7 4 (17.39%) Scenario Testing
7 4 (17.39%) Systems Engineering
7 4 (17.39%) Systems Thinking
7 4 (17.39%) Test Automation
8 3 (13.04%) Dynamic Code Analysis
8 3 (13.04%) Machine Learning
8 3 (13.04%) Static Code Analysis
8 3 (13.04%) Verification and Validation
9 2 (8.70%) BDD
9 2 (8.70%) Deployment Automation
9 2 (8.70%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 8 (34.78%) Python
2 5 (21.74%) Bash
3 4 (17.39%) C
4 3 (13.04%) C++
5 2 (8.70%) Java
6 1 (4.35%) Embedded C
6 1 (4.35%) Embedded C++
6 1 (4.35%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 6 (26.09%) Degree
2 5 (21.74%) BPSS Clearance
2 5 (21.74%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (8.70%) Master's Degree
4 1 (4.35%) SC Cleared
4 1 (4.35%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (17.39%) ISO/IEC 12207
1 4 (17.39%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 3 (13.04%) IEC 61508
2 3 (13.04%) ISO 26262
3 2 (8.70%) Def Stans
3 2 (8.70%) JTAG
3 2 (8.70%) QA
4 1 (4.35%) Data Quality
System Software
1 10 (43.48%) Docker
2 9 (39.13%) Active Directory
3 2 (8.70%) Firmware
4 1 (4.35%) Embedded Firmware
4 1 (4.35%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (4.35%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 9 (39.13%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.35%) EMC