Senior Hardware Engineer
UK
The median Senior Hardware Engineer salary in the UK is £49,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 May 2025.
The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 16 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 691 | 792 | 943 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +101 | +151 | +279 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Hardware Engineer | 20 | 103 | 36 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.036% | 0.10% | 0.036% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.040% | 0.11% | 0.039% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 12 | 78 | 10 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £43,375 | £25,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £48,000 | £52,500 | £51,563 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £49,000 | £55,000 | £69,250 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -10.91% | -20.58% | +45.79% |
| 75th Percentile | £55,063 | £64,063 | £82,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £66,875 | £65,000 | £84,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £49,000 | £55,000 | £65,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -10.91% | -15.38% | +36.84% |
All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.
| Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title | 50,303 | 93,916 | 91,216 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 90.61% | 94.69% | 91.48% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 27,096 | 67,168 | 57,442 |
| 10th Percentile | £29,750 | £28,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £41,250 | £38,500 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £56,000 | £52,500 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +6.67% | -12.50% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £73,886 | £71,250 | £80,559 |
| 90th Percentile | £96,250 | £90,000 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £51,645 | £50,000 | £53,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +3.29% | -5.66% | +5.64% |
Senior Hardware Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Senior Hardware Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Senior Hardware Engineer
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Senior Hardware Engineer.
Senior Hardware Engineer
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Hardware Engineer over the 6 months to 16 May 2025.
Senior Hardware Engineer
Top 6 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Hardware Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 16 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 |
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| UK excluding London | +117 | 20 | £49,000 | -10.91% | 30 |
| England | +72 | 16 | £49,000 | -10.91% | 33 |
| South East | +89 | 13 | £48,000 | -8.57% | 17 |
| Work from Home | +107 | 5 | £72,500 | +20.83% | 14 |
| Scotland | - | 4 | - | - | |
| South West | +97 | 3 | £52,000 | +38.67% | 3 |
Senior Hardware Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 16 May 2025, Senior Hardware Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Senior Hardware Engineer in the job title.
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Senior Hardware Engineer Skill Set
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: