Hardware Engineer Jobs in England

Hardware Engineer
UK > England

The median Hardware Engineer salary in England is £50,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 3 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
3 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 452 723 1059
Rank change year-on-year +271 +336 -222
Permanent jobs requiring a Hardware Engineer 448 186 116
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.49% 0.22% 0.082%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.52% 0.24% 0.085%
Number of salaries quoted 316 45 75
10th Percentile £27,000 £24,700 £22,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £25,500 £25,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £29,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% +63.79% -17.14%
75th Percentile £61,250 £68,750 £47,500
90th Percentile £69,375 £77,500 £51,250
UK median annual salary £50,000 £47,500 £30,163
% change year-on-year +5.26% +57.48% -13.82%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in 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 England with a recognized job title 86,551 76,764 136,484
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.74% 91.30% 96.02%
Number of salaries quoted 63,784 50,208 75,544
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £45,000 £43,017
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,567 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.32% +0.95% +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Hardware Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Hardware Engineer in England

Hardware Engineer
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Hardware Engineer in England

Hardware Engineer
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Hardware Engineer in England over the 6 months to 3 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Hardware Engineer in England

Hardware Engineer
Job Locations in 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 England region over the 6 months to 3 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
South East +36 135 £43,000 -18.10% 38
East of England +52 93 £55,000 +124.49% 28
Midlands +58 83 £57,500 +43.75% 20
South West +22 67 £60,000 -14.29% 12
West Midlands +58 66 £58,750 - 11
North of England +81 62 £28,000 +12.00% 11
North West +42 61 £27,750 +11.00% 6
East Midlands +2 17 £50,000 +25.00% 9
London +101 11 £70,000 +86.67% 7
North East - 1 £28,000 - 4
Hardware Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 3 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 England region featuring Hardware Engineer in the job title.

1 195 (43.53%) Electronics
2 137 (30.58%) Degree
3 64 (14.29%) Manufacturing
4 58 (12.95%) EMC
5 53 (11.83%) IoT
6 52 (11.61%) Social Skills
7 51 (11.38%) Firmware
8 44 (9.82%) Wireless
9 42 (9.38%) Analytical Skills
10 41 (9.15%) Validation
11 38 (8.48%) Schematic Capture
12 37 (8.26%) Python
13 36 (8.04%) Problem-Solving
14 34 (7.59%) Self-Motivation
14 34 (7.59%) Security Cleared
15 33 (7.37%) LabVIEW
15 33 (7.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 31 (6.92%) Microsoft
16 31 (6.92%) FPGA
17 30 (6.70%) Software Testing
18 28 (6.25%) Automotive
19 27 (6.03%) Wi-Fi
19 27 (6.03%) CAD
19 27 (6.03%) Bluetooth
20 25 (5.58%) Customer Service
21 24 (5.36%) TCP/IP
22 23 (5.13%) Active Directory
22 23 (5.13%) Games
22 23 (5.13%) SC Cleared
22 23 (5.13%) Break/Fix

Hardware Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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:

Applications
1 17 (3.79%) OrCAD
2 14 (3.13%) Microsoft Office
3 12 (2.68%) AutoCAD
4 5 (1.12%) SOLIDWORKS
5 4 (0.89%) EPLAN
5 4 (0.89%) Windchill
6 2 (0.45%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Excel
7 1 (0.22%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 8 (1.79%) AWS
2 6 (1.34%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (0.22%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 44 (9.82%) Wireless
2 27 (6.03%) Bluetooth
2 27 (6.03%) Wi-Fi
3 24 (5.36%) TCP/IP
4 21 (4.69%) Ethernet
5 20 (4.46%) Internet
6 15 (3.35%) 5G
6 15 (3.35%) GSM
6 15 (3.35%) ISDN
6 15 (3.35%) LTE
6 15 (3.35%) PSTN
6 15 (3.35%) UMTS
7 6 (1.34%) RS-232
8 3 (0.67%) Modbus
8 3 (0.67%) ZigBee
9 2 (0.45%) Wideband
Development Applications
1 33 (7.37%) LabVIEW
2 1 (0.22%) Git
2 1 (0.22%) JIRA
General
1 195 (43.53%) Electronics
2 64 (14.29%) Manufacturing
3 52 (11.61%) Social Skills
4 42 (9.38%) Analytical Skills
5 33 (7.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 28 (6.25%) Automotive
7 23 (5.13%) Games
8 20 (4.46%) Aerospace
9 17 (3.79%) Organisational Skills
10 16 (3.57%) Telecoms
11 11 (2.46%) Advertising
12 10 (2.23%) Aviation
12 10 (2.23%) Military
13 6 (1.34%) Retail
14 5 (1.12%) Aeronautics
14 5 (1.12%) Japanese Language
15 4 (0.89%) Avionics
15 4 (0.89%) Marketing
16 3 (0.67%) Law
16 3 (0.67%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (0.89%) Flash
2 3 (0.67%) Flask
Miscellaneous
1 53 (11.83%) IoT
2 34 (7.59%) Self-Motivation
3 31 (6.92%) FPGA
4 21 (4.69%) Analogue Electronics
5 19 (4.24%) Operational Technology
6 16 (3.57%) PCIe
7 15 (3.35%) Acoustics
7 15 (3.35%) Satnav
8 8 (1.79%) Renewable Energy
8 8 (1.79%) VHDL
9 7 (1.56%) Driving Licence
9 7 (1.56%) Embedded Systems
10 5 (1.12%) Analytical Mindset
11 4 (0.89%) CPLD
11 4 (0.89%) EPoS
12 3 (0.67%) ASIC
12 3 (0.67%) CCTV
12 3 (0.67%) Infotainment
12 3 (0.67%) Robotics
12 3 (0.67%) Verilog
Operating Systems
1 12 (2.68%) Linux
1 12 (2.68%) Windows
2 4 (0.89%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (9.15%) Validation
2 38 (8.48%) Schematic Capture
3 36 (8.04%) Problem-Solving
4 30 (6.70%) Software Testing
5 27 (6.03%) CAD
6 25 (5.58%) Customer Service
7 23 (5.13%) Break/Fix
8 22 (4.91%) Customer Requirements
9 21 (4.69%) Coaching
9 21 (4.69%) Project Planning
10 18 (4.02%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 17 (3.79%) Asset Management
11 17 (3.79%) IT Asset Management
11 17 (3.79%) Software Engineering
11 17 (3.79%) Test Automation
12 16 (3.57%) Mentoring
13 15 (3.35%) Agile
13 15 (3.35%) Critical Thinking
13 15 (3.35%) Data Management
13 15 (3.35%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 37 (8.26%) Python
2 9 (2.01%) C
3 4 (0.89%) Bash
4 2 (0.45%) C++
4 2 (0.45%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 137 (30.58%) Degree
2 34 (7.59%) Security Cleared
3 23 (5.13%) SC Cleared
4 21 (4.69%) A+ Certification
5 20 (4.46%) DV Cleared
6 19 (4.24%) MCP
7 17 (3.79%) Microsoft Certification
8 14 (3.13%) HND
9 9 (2.01%) HNC
10 7 (1.56%) Chartered Engineer
10 7 (1.56%) Master's Degree
11 6 (1.34%) PhD
12 4 (0.89%) CCNA
12 4 (0.89%) Cisco Certification
12 4 (0.89%) MCSA
12 4 (0.89%) MCSE
13 2 (0.45%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (4.91%) SLA
2 6 (1.34%) JTAG
3 3 (0.67%) QA
System Software
1 51 (11.38%) Firmware
2 23 (5.13%) Active Directory
3 18 (4.02%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 15 (3.35%) SCCM
2 2 (0.45%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 58 (12.95%) EMC
2 31 (6.92%) Microsoft
3 11 (2.46%) Apple
4 6 (1.34%) HP
5 5 (1.12%) Dell
5 5 (1.12%) Mentor Graphics
5 5 (1.12%) Xilinx
6 4 (0.89%) IBM
6 4 (0.89%) Intel
6 4 (0.89%) Siemens
7 2 (0.45%) Cisco
8 1 (0.22%) 3PAR
8 1 (0.22%) CA
8 1 (0.22%) F5
8 1 (0.22%) SAP
8 1 (0.22%) Sun