Hardware Engineer Contracts in the UK excluding London

Hardware Engineer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Hardware Engineer daily rate in the UK excluding London is £210 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

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

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 277 393 456
Rank change year-on-year +116 +63 -61
Contract jobs requiring a Hardware Engineer 108 51 55
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.53% 0.22% 0.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.58% 0.24% 0.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 42 25 36
10th Percentile £171 £118 £100
25th Percentile £205 £203 £144
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £210 £250 £175
Median % change year-on-year -16.00% +42.86% +20.69%
75th Percentile £410 £456 £215
90th Percentile £475 £500 £317
UK median daily rate £210 £250 £164
% change year-on-year -16.00% +52.67% +16.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 18 16
10th Percentile £40.59 £15.50 -
25th Percentile £48.00 £16.15 £13.00
Median hourly rate £66.00 £47.55 £16.83
Median % change year-on-year +38.81% +182.60% -57.85%
75th Percentile £70.00 £62.38 £19.13
90th Percentile £82.43 £65.00 £37.38
UK median hourly rate £61.50 £47.55 £16.83
% change year-on-year +29.34% +182.60% -57.85%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. 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 contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 18,772 21,693 29,145
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.48% 94.28% 95.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,463 15,127 20,437
10th Percentile £213 £225 £204
25th Percentile £363 £394 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £595 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £544 £525
% change year-on-year -3.40% +3.52% +9.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,267 1,104 1,447
10th Percentile £12.50 £13.41 £12.25
25th Percentile £15.73 £18.07 £14.29
Median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +112.50% +5.26%
75th Percentile £61.60 £65.00 £44.85
90th Percentile £73.85 £75.00 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -18.89% +88.21% +6.27%

Hardware Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Hardware Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Hardware Engineer in the UK excluding London

Hardware Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Hardware Engineer in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Hardware Engineer in the UK excluding London

Hardware Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Hardware Engineer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Hardware Engineer in the UK excluding London

Hardware Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Hardware Engineer in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Hardware Engineer in the UK excluding London

Hardware Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Hardware Engineer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Hardware Engineer in the UK excluding London

Hardware Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Hardware Engineer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 18 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East +68 48 £210 -44.00% 43
Scotland +65 26 £200 +81.82% 7
South West +5 11 £185 -18.68% 12
North of England +34 8 £200 +8.11% 13
Midlands +20 8 £183 -27.00% 23
Yorkshire +19 8 £200 +8.11% 1
East of England +7 8 £450 - 20
West Midlands +22 6 £130 -48.00% 14
East Midlands +12 2 £235 - 9
Northern Ireland - 2 - -
Wales - 1 - - 4
Hardware Engineer
UK

Hardware Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 18 May 2024, Hardware Engineer contract 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 contract job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring Hardware Engineer in the job title.

1 30 (27.78%) Firmware
2 28 (25.93%) Security Cleared
3 25 (23.15%) Social Skills
4 23 (21.30%) HP
5 21 (19.44%) Degree
6 20 (18.52%) ITIL
6 20 (18.52%) Problem-Solving
7 18 (16.67%) Microsoft
7 18 (16.67%) Software Testing
8 17 (15.74%) Windows
8 17 (15.74%) Customer Requirements
8 17 (15.74%) Customer Service
9 16 (14.81%) Microsoft Office
10 15 (13.89%) LAN
10 15 (13.89%) Electronics
10 15 (13.89%) Service Delivery
10 15 (13.89%) SCCM
10 15 (13.89%) Windows 7
10 15 (13.89%) DV Cleared
10 15 (13.89%) Software Deployment
10 15 (13.89%) Driving Licence
10 15 (13.89%) Windows 10
10 15 (13.89%) Organisational Skills
11 13 (12.04%) SC Cleared
12 10 (9.26%) Python
13 9 (8.33%) Linux
13 9 (8.33%) Manufacturing
13 9 (8.33%) Schematic Capture
14 7 (6.48%) Problem Management
14 7 (6.48%) Agile

Hardware Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 16 (14.81%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.93%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.93%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 3 (2.78%) IaaS
2 2 (1.85%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 15 (13.89%) LAN
2 4 (3.70%) DHCP
2 4 (3.70%) DNS
3 3 (2.78%) DWDM
3 3 (2.78%) Remote Desktop
4 1 (0.93%) Modbus
4 1 (0.93%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 5 (4.63%) JIRA
2 4 (3.70%) Git
3 3 (2.78%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.93%) Rational DOORS
4 1 (0.93%) Selenium
General
1 25 (23.15%) Social Skills
2 15 (13.89%) Electronics
2 15 (13.89%) Organisational Skills
3 9 (8.33%) Manufacturing
4 4 (3.70%) Banking
4 4 (3.70%) Finance
5 2 (1.85%) Investment Banking
6 1 (0.93%) Aerospace
6 1 (0.93%) Aviation
6 1 (0.93%) Health Technology
6 1 (0.93%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.70%) ISPF
2 1 (0.93%) Redfish
2 1 (0.93%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 15 (13.89%) Driving Licence
2 6 (5.56%) Embedded Systems
3 5 (4.63%) Data Centre
4 4 (3.70%) LPAR
4 4 (3.70%) Mainframe
5 2 (1.85%) Analogue Electronics
5 2 (1.85%) FPGA
5 2 (1.85%) Linux Command Line
5 2 (1.85%) Management Information System
5 2 (1.85%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (0.93%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (0.93%) PCIe
6 1 (0.93%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 17 (15.74%) Windows
2 15 (13.89%) Windows 10
2 15 (13.89%) Windows 7
3 9 (8.33%) Linux
4 4 (3.70%) zOS
5 2 (1.85%) Android
5 2 (1.85%) Apple iOS
5 2 (1.85%) Unix
6 1 (0.93%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (18.52%) ITIL
1 20 (18.52%) Problem-Solving
2 18 (16.67%) Software Testing
3 17 (15.74%) Customer Requirements
3 17 (15.74%) Customer Service
4 15 (13.89%) Service Delivery
4 15 (13.89%) Software Deployment
5 9 (8.33%) Schematic Capture
6 7 (6.48%) Agile
6 7 (6.48%) Break/Fix
6 7 (6.48%) Problem Management
7 6 (5.56%) Process Improvement
8 5 (4.63%) DevOps
8 5 (4.63%) Validation
9 4 (3.70%) Configuration Management
9 4 (3.70%) Cost Reduction
9 4 (3.70%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 4 (3.70%) Line Management
9 4 (3.70%) Requirements Analysis
9 4 (3.70%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (9.26%) Python
2 6 (5.56%) Perl
3 4 (3.70%) JCL
4 3 (2.78%) CLIST
4 3 (2.78%) REXX
5 2 (1.85%) C
5 2 (1.85%) C#
6 1 (0.93%) Bash
6 1 (0.93%) C++
6 1 (0.93%) MATLAB
6 1 (0.93%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 28 (25.93%) Security Cleared
2 21 (19.44%) Degree
3 15 (13.89%) DV Cleared
4 13 (12.04%) SC Cleared
5 3 (2.78%) HND
6 2 (1.85%) DBS Check
6 2 (1.85%) Dell Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (3.70%) Def Stans
2 2 (1.85%) SLA
System Software
1 30 (27.78%) Firmware
2 4 (3.70%) Job Entry Subsystem
2 4 (3.70%) Microcode
2 4 (3.70%) Time Sharing Option
Systems Management
1 15 (13.89%) SCCM
Vendors
1 23 (21.30%) HP
2 18 (16.67%) Microsoft
3 7 (6.48%) Dell
4 6 (5.56%) EMC
4 6 (5.56%) ServiceNow
5 4 (3.70%) IBM
6 2 (1.85%) Apple
6 2 (1.85%) Fujitsu
6 2 (1.85%) Sun
7 1 (0.93%) Mentor Graphics
7 1 (0.93%) VMware