Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Hardware-in-the-Loop skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Hardware-in-the-Loop over the 6 months to 11 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 843 826 1044
Rank change year-on-year -17 +218 -197
Permanent jobs citing Hardware-in-the-Loop 51 155 178
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.051% 0.15% 0.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.060% 0.16% 0.12%
Number of salaries quoted 14 0 57
10th Percentile £47,250 - -
25th Percentile £52,813 - £35,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,250 - £45,800
75th Percentile £67,500 - £51,000
90th Percentile - - £67,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 - £41,525

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Hardware-in-the-Loop is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 84,921 96,445 150,777
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.57% 95.59% 95.69%
Number of salaries quoted 59,902 56,808 82,456
10th Percentile £29,010 £34,000 £33,645
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.84% +1.67% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.53%

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 11 May 2024.

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

Hardware-in-the-Loop
Top 8 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 11 May 2024. 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 -23 51 £61,250 - 37
UK excluding London -95 50 £65,000 - 37
West Midlands -62 26 £65,000 - 13
Midlands -85 26 £65,000 - 16
Work from Home +75 20 £65,000 - 3
South East -20 17 £55,000 - 11
East of England - 7 - - 7
London +123 1 £42,500 -

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 30 (58.82%) Simulink
2 17 (33.33%) Stateflow
3 5 (9.80%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (3.92%) TargetLink
5 1 (1.96%) OrCAD
Communications & Networking
1 14 (27.45%) J1939
2 1 (1.96%) 4G
2 1 (1.96%) 5G
2 1 (1.96%) Bluetooth
2 1 (1.96%) Ethernet
2 1 (1.96%) LoRaWAN
2 1 (1.96%) Modbus
2 1 (1.96%) MQTT
2 1 (1.96%) RS-232
2 1 (1.96%) RS-485
2 1 (1.96%) TCP/IP
2 1 (1.96%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 8 (15.69%) JIRA
2 3 (5.88%) Git
3 1 (1.96%) ClearCase
3 1 (1.96%) Jenkins
General
1 35 (68.63%) Automotive
2 12 (23.53%) Electronics
3 8 (15.69%) Legal
4 7 (13.73%) Social Skills
5 4 (7.84%) Finance
6 3 (5.88%) Aerospace
6 3 (5.88%) Retail
7 2 (3.92%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (3.92%) Manufacturing
7 2 (3.92%) Marketing
7 2 (3.92%) Public Sector
7 2 (3.92%) Telecoms
8 1 (1.96%) Law
Job Titles
1 18 (35.29%) Systems Engineer
2 17 (33.33%) Senior
3 12 (23.53%) Lead
4 7 (13.73%) Senior Systems Engineer
5 6 (11.76%) Software Engineer
5 6 (11.76%) Test Engineer
6 5 (9.80%) Embedded Engineer
7 4 (7.84%) Integration Engineer
8 3 (5.88%) Control Software Engineer
8 3 (5.88%) Lead Test Engineer
8 3 (5.88%) Validation Engineer
9 2 (3.92%) Active Directory Engineer
9 2 (3.92%) Embedded Software Engineer
9 2 (3.92%) Lead Systems Engineer
9 2 (3.92%) Senior Software Engineer
9 2 (3.92%) Systems Developer
9 2 (3.92%) Systems Integration Engineer
9 2 (3.92%) Systems Test Engineer
9 2 (3.92%) Test and Validation Engineer
9 2 (3.92%) Verification Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.96%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 19 (37.25%) Algorithms
2 16 (31.37%) Embedded Systems
3 3 (5.88%) FPGA
4 2 (3.92%) Analogue Electronics
4 2 (3.92%) Product Ownership
4 2 (3.92%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.96%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (1.96%) IoT
5 1 (1.96%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.96%) NB-IoT
Operating Systems
1 5 (9.80%) Linux
2 1 (1.96%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (56.86%) Validation
2 13 (25.49%) Problem-Solving
2 13 (25.49%) Systems Engineering
3 9 (17.65%) Software Engineering
4 8 (15.69%) Customer Requirements
4 8 (15.69%) FMEA
4 8 (15.69%) Mentoring
4 8 (15.69%) Project Delivery
4 8 (15.69%) Verification and Validation
5 7 (13.73%) Workflow
6 6 (11.76%) Agile
6 6 (11.76%) Mechatronics
6 6 (11.76%) Project Management
7 5 (9.80%) Computer Science
7 5 (9.80%) Cybersecurity
7 5 (9.80%) Software Testing
7 5 (9.80%) Test Automation
8 4 (7.84%) Data Acquisition
8 4 (7.84%) Mathematics
9 3 (5.88%) Physics
Programming Languages
1 32 (62.75%) MATLAB
2 18 (35.29%) C
3 7 (13.73%) Python
4 5 (9.80%) C++
5 2 (3.92%) Bash
5 2 (3.92%) Haskell
5 2 (3.92%) Rust
6 1 (1.96%) Assembly Language
6 1 (1.96%) C#
Qualifications
1 18 (35.29%) Degree
2 4 (7.84%) CESG Certified Professional
3 3 (5.88%) BPSS Clearance
3 3 (5.88%) Security Cleared
4 2 (3.92%) Master's Degree
5 1 (1.96%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (31.37%) ISO 26262
2 15 (29.41%) Automotive SPICE
3 8 (15.69%) AUTOSAR
4 1 (1.96%) QA
System Software
1 3 (5.88%) Docker
2 2 (3.92%) Firmware
3 1 (1.96%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 18 (35.29%) Functional Safety
2 2 (3.92%) Ansible
Vendors
1 4 (7.84%) Microsoft
2 3 (5.88%) Facebook
2 3 (5.88%) Instagram
2 3 (5.88%) MathWorks
3 2 (3.92%) SAP
4 1 (1.96%) Atmel
4 1 (1.96%) EMC
4 1 (1.96%) Freescale