Hardware-in-the-Loop Jobs

Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Hardware-in-the-Loop skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Hardware-in-the-Loop over the 6 months leading up to 3 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 691 797 808
Rank change year-on-year +106 +11 +251
Permanent jobs citing Hardware-in-the-Loop 8 81 170
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.015% 0.082% 0.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.016% 0.096% 0.17%
Number of salaries quoted 4 14 0
10th Percentile £25,600 £47,250 -
25th Percentile £33,250 £52,813 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £61,250 -
Median % change year-on-year -22.45% - -
75th Percentile £57,813 £67,500 -
90th Percentile £58,375 - -
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £65,000 -
% change year-on-year -38.46% - -

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 48,927 84,686 99,250
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 93.31% 85.94% 95.61%
Number of salaries quoted 26,704 59,831 58,285
10th Percentile £30,500 £29,000 £34,182
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £61,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -10.57% +2.50%
75th Percentile £76,000 £72,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £98,474 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% +4.76%

Hardware-in-the-Loop
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Hardware-in-the-Loop as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Hardware-in-the-Loop in the UK

Hardware-in-the-Loop
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Hardware-in-the-Loop.

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

Hardware-in-the-Loop
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Hardware-in-the-Loop over the 6 months to 3 May 2025.

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

Hardware-in-the-Loop
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 3 May 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 +145 8 £47,500 -22.45% 48
UK excluding London +132 7 £40,000 -38.46% 40
South West - 3 - - 4
South East +85 2 £38,000 -30.91% 7
Midlands +43 2 £40,000 -38.46% 15
Work from Home +148 1 £40,000 -38.46% 16
London +107 1 £57,500 +35.29% 11
West Midlands +26 1 - - 6
East Midlands - 1 £40,000 - 8

Hardware-in-the-Loop
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Applications
1 7 (87.50%) Simulink
2 1 (12.50%) Maple
Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) J1939
General
1 5 (62.50%) Analytical Skills
1 5 (62.50%) Electronics
2 4 (50.00%) Aerospace
3 3 (37.50%) Automotive
4 2 (25.00%) Manufacturing
5 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (62.50%) Senior
2 4 (50.00%) Electronics Engineer
3 3 (37.50%) Senior Electronics Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) Applications Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) Development Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) Embedded Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) MATLAB Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) Senior Applications Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) Senior Software Test Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) Senior Test Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) Software Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) Software Test Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) Software Tester
4 1 (12.50%) Test Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) Tester
Miscellaneous
1 4 (50.00%) Algorithms
2 3 (37.50%) Embedded Systems
2 3 (37.50%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (12.50%) CAN bus
3 1 (12.50%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 1 (12.50%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) Software Engineering
1 4 (50.00%) Validation
2 3 (37.50%) Control Theory
2 3 (37.50%) Mechatronics
2 3 (37.50%) Model Validation
2 3 (37.50%) Performance Analysis
2 3 (37.50%) Performance Optimisation
2 3 (37.50%) Software Testing
3 2 (25.00%) Verification and Validation
4 1 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (12.50%) Data Privacy
4 1 (12.50%) Design for Test
4 1 (12.50%) FMEA
4 1 (12.50%) Functional Testing
4 1 (12.50%) Integration Testing
4 1 (12.50%) Post-Production
4 1 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (12.50%) Product Management
4 1 (12.50%) Systems Engineering
4 1 (12.50%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (100.00%) MATLAB
2 3 (37.50%) C
3 1 (12.50%) C++
3 1 (12.50%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 6 (75.00%) Degree
2 3 (37.50%) Master's Degree
3 1 (12.50%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (25.00%) AUTOSAR
Systems Management
1 1 (12.50%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) Lotus
1 1 (12.50%) MathWorks
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft