Hardware Engineer Jobs in the East of England

Hardware Engineer
England > East of England

The median Hardware Engineer salary in the East of England is £55,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 June 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
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 137 194 244
Rank change year-on-year +57 +50 -49
Permanent jobs requiring a Hardware Engineer 92 31 40
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 1.41% 0.64% 0.58%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.50% 0.77% 0.62%
Number of salaries quoted 85 5 33
10th Percentile £40,000 - -
25th Percentile £50,000 £22,750 £22,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £24,500 £38,000
Median % change year-on-year +124.49% -35.53% -31.84%
75th Percentile £65,000 £26,250 £50,000
90th Percentile £66,250 £28,650 £51,250
England median annual salary £50,000 £47,500 £29,000
% change year-on-year +5.26% +63.79% -17.14%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
East of England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the East of England. 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 East of England with a recognized job title 6,127 4,015 6,449
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.04% 83.18% 93.21%
Number of salaries quoted 4,670 2,110 2,927
10th Percentile £25,809 £26,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £36,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% +10.00% -
75th Percentile £62,500 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,331 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.98% +0.55% +9.09%

Hardware Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Job postings that featured Hardware Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Job vacancy trend for Hardware Engineer in the East of England

Hardware Engineer
Salary Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Hardware Engineer in the East of England.

Salary trend for Hardware Engineer in the East of England

Hardware Engineer
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Hardware Engineer in the East of England over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Hardware Engineer in the East of England

Hardware Engineer
Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Hardware Engineer within the East of England region over the 6 months to 1 June 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
Cambridgeshire - 67 £55,000 - 14
Essex -10 13 £29,000 - 1
Hertfordshire +17 12 £65,000 +165.31% 8
Hardware Engineer
England

Hardware Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England

For the 6 months to 1 June 2024, 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 across the East of England region featuring Hardware Engineer in the job title.

1 69 (75.00%) Electronics
2 44 (47.83%) IoT
3 43 (46.74%) Degree
4 29 (31.52%) Software Testing
5 27 (29.35%) Analytical Skills
6 25 (27.17%) Wireless
7 24 (26.09%) TCP/IP
7 24 (26.09%) CAD
8 20 (21.74%) Internet
9 12 (13.04%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 12 (13.04%) Validation
9 12 (13.04%) Games
9 12 (13.04%) EMC
10 11 (11.96%) Schematic Capture
11 9 (9.78%) Analogue Electronics
12 8 (8.70%) Prototyping
12 8 (8.70%) Biotechnology
13 6 (6.52%) Problem-Solving
14 5 (5.43%) Battery Management
14 5 (5.43%) Manufacturing
14 5 (5.43%) Security Cleared
14 5 (5.43%) Integration Testing
15 4 (4.35%) Automotive
15 4 (4.35%) Python
16 3 (3.26%) Windows
16 3 (3.26%) ITIL
16 3 (3.26%) SLA
16 3 (3.26%) IBM
16 3 (3.26%) HP
16 3 (3.26%) Dell

Hardware Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England 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:

Communications & Networking
1 25 (27.17%) Wireless
2 24 (26.09%) TCP/IP
3 20 (21.74%) Internet
4 1 (1.09%) RS-232
General
1 69 (75.00%) Electronics
2 27 (29.35%) Analytical Skills
3 12 (13.04%) Games
4 5 (5.43%) Manufacturing
5 4 (4.35%) Automotive
6 3 (3.26%) Aerospace
6 3 (3.26%) Organisational Skills
6 3 (3.26%) Retail
6 3 (3.26%) Social Skills
7 1 (1.09%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 44 (47.83%) IoT
2 9 (9.78%) Analogue Electronics
3 3 (3.26%) 3D Printing
3 3 (3.26%) ASIC
3 3 (3.26%) Driving Licence
3 3 (3.26%) EPoS
3 3 (3.26%) Robotics
3 3 (3.26%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (3.26%) Verilog
3 3 (3.26%) VHDL
4 1 (1.09%) ARM Cortex
Operating Systems
1 3 (3.26%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (31.52%) Software Testing
2 24 (26.09%) CAD
3 12 (13.04%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 12 (13.04%) Validation
4 11 (11.96%) Schematic Capture
5 8 (8.70%) Biotechnology
5 8 (8.70%) Prototyping
6 6 (6.52%) Problem-Solving
7 5 (5.43%) Battery Management
7 5 (5.43%) Integration Testing
8 3 (3.26%) Break/Fix
8 3 (3.26%) Collaborative Working
8 3 (3.26%) Customer Service
8 3 (3.26%) Cybersecurity
8 3 (3.26%) Innovative Thinking
8 3 (3.26%) ITIL
8 3 (3.26%) Software Architecture
8 3 (3.26%) Time Management
8 3 (3.26%) Verification and Validation
9 2 (2.17%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 4 (4.35%) Python
2 2 (2.17%) C
Qualifications
1 43 (46.74%) Degree
2 5 (5.43%) Security Cleared
3 3 (3.26%) Master's Degree
3 3 (3.26%) PhD
3 3 (3.26%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.26%) SLA
2 2 (2.17%) JTAG
System Software
1 1 (1.09%) Firmware
Vendors
1 12 (13.04%) EMC
2 3 (3.26%) Dell
2 3 (3.26%) HP
2 3 (3.26%) IBM