Senior Hardware Engineer Jobs

Senior Hardware Engineer
UK

The median Senior Hardware Engineer salary in the UK is £55,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 811 929 1222
Rank change year-on-year +118 +293 -337
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Hardware Engineer 103 35 13
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.10% 0.034% 0.008%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% 0.037% 0.009%
Number of salaries quoted 78 9 7
10th Percentile £36,875 £25,500 £41,565
25th Percentile £52,125 £51,250 £42,658
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £73,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -25.17% +54.74% -6.86%
75th Percentile £61,250 £82,500 £52,500
90th Percentile £65,000 £85,500 £58,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £69,250 £47,500
% change year-on-year -20.58% +45.79% -6.86%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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 93,221 94,676 150,515
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.51% 96.07%
Number of salaries quoted 66,838 59,581 85,408
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

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.

Job vacancy trend for Senior Hardware Engineer in the UK

Senior Hardware Engineer
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Senior Hardware Engineer.

Salary trend for Senior Hardware Engineer in the UK

Senior Hardware Engineer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Hardware Engineer over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior Hardware Engineer in the UK

Senior Hardware Engineer
Top 12 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 5 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 +164 96 £55,000 -25.17% 27
UK excluding London +50 93 £55,000 -20.58% 24
East of England +41 50 £55,000 - 5
South East +43 23 £52,500 -19.23% 11
Work from Home +70 22 £60,000 - 12
South West -13 14 - - 1
North of England - 5 £28,000 -
North East - 4 £28,000 -
London +130 3 £55,000 -42.11% 2
Yorkshire - 1 £28,000 -
Midlands - 1 £60,000 - 8
West Midlands - 1 £60,000 - 3

Senior Hardware Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 5 May 2024, 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.

1 55 (53.40%) Electronics
2 41 (39.81%) Analytical Skills
3 39 (37.86%) IoT
4 38 (36.89%) Degree
5 26 (25.24%) EMC
6 25 (24.27%) TCP/IP
6 25 (24.27%) CAD
6 25 (24.27%) Software Testing
7 23 (22.33%) Wireless
8 16 (15.53%) Self-Motivation
9 14 (13.59%) Internet
10 13 (12.62%) Validation
11 11 (10.68%) Games
11 11 (10.68%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 10 (9.71%) Social Skills
13 9 (8.74%) Analogue Electronics
13 9 (8.74%) Software Engineering
13 9 (8.74%) FPGA
13 9 (8.74%) Problem-Solving
13 9 (8.74%) Dell
13 9 (8.74%) SLA
14 8 (7.77%) IBM
14 8 (7.77%) ITIL
14 8 (7.77%) Windows
14 8 (7.77%) EPoS
14 8 (7.77%) Ethernet
14 8 (7.77%) HP
14 8 (7.77%) Retail
14 8 (7.77%) Break/Fix
14 8 (7.77%) Innovative Thinking

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:

Applications
1 8 (7.77%) OrCAD
2 1 (0.97%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.97%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 25 (24.27%) TCP/IP
2 23 (22.33%) Wireless
3 14 (13.59%) Internet
4 8 (7.77%) Ethernet
5 6 (5.83%) Bluetooth
5 6 (5.83%) Wi-Fi
6 2 (1.94%) Wideband
General
1 55 (53.40%) Electronics
2 41 (39.81%) Analytical Skills
3 11 (10.68%) Games
4 10 (9.71%) Social Skills
5 8 (7.77%) Organisational Skills
5 8 (7.77%) Retail
6 7 (6.80%) Automotive
7 5 (4.85%) Aerospace
7 5 (4.85%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 39 (37.86%) IoT
2 16 (15.53%) Self-Motivation
3 9 (8.74%) Analogue Electronics
3 9 (8.74%) FPGA
4 8 (7.77%) Driving Licence
4 8 (7.77%) EPoS
4 8 (7.77%) PCIe
Operating Systems
1 8 (7.77%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (24.27%) CAD
1 25 (24.27%) Software Testing
2 13 (12.62%) Validation
3 11 (10.68%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 9 (8.74%) Problem-Solving
4 9 (8.74%) Software Engineering
5 8 (7.77%) Break/Fix
5 8 (7.77%) Customer Service
5 8 (7.77%) Innovative Thinking
5 8 (7.77%) ITIL
5 8 (7.77%) Schematic Capture
5 8 (7.77%) Time Management
6 7 (6.80%) Facilities Management
7 5 (4.85%) Verification and Validation
8 2 (1.94%) Decision-Making
9 1 (0.97%) Coaching
9 1 (0.97%) Design for Manufacturing
9 1 (0.97%) Design for Test
9 1 (0.97%) People Management
9 1 (0.97%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 4 (3.88%) C
1 4 (3.88%) Python
2 1 (0.97%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 38 (36.89%) Degree
2 1 (0.97%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (8.74%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (3.88%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (1.94%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 26 (25.24%) EMC
2 9 (8.74%) Dell
3 8 (7.77%) HP
3 8 (7.77%) IBM
4 1 (0.97%) 3PAR
4 1 (0.97%) Mentor Graphics
4 1 (0.97%) Sun