Hardware Engineer Jobs in the UK excluding London

Hardware Engineer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Hardware Engineer salary in the UK excluding London is £50,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 June 2024.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 370 547 741
Rank change year-on-year +177 +194 -88
Permanent jobs requiring a Hardware Engineer 476 174 118
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.60% 0.31% 0.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.63% 0.35% 0.16%
Number of salaries quoted 334 38 80
10th Percentile £24,375 £23,450 £22,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £25,500 £24,313
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 £67,188 £47,500
90th Percentile £66,250 £76,250 £51,250
UK median annual salary £50,000 £47,500 £30,400
% change year-on-year +5.26% +56.25% -13.14%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies 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 permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 75,674 49,280 72,604
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.86% 88.84% 95.48%
Number of salaries quoted 52,932 29,318 42,781
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,500 £50,296
Median % change year-on-year -6.54% +6.37% +5.89%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

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
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for Hardware Engineer in the UK excluding London

Hardware Engineer
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Hardware Engineer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 11 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Hardware Engineer in the UK excluding London

Hardware Engineer
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Hardware Engineer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 11 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 +4 142 £43,500 -17.14% 31
East of England +54 95 £55,000 +124.49% 18
Midlands +60 88 £57,500 +43.75% 22
South West +21 70 £60,000 -14.29% 14
West Midlands +53 69 £57,500 - 14
North of England +78 63 £30,000 +20.00% 7
North West +37 63 £30,000 +20.00% 3
East Midlands -18 19 £50,000 +25.00% 8
Scotland -51 13 £50,000 +25.79% 2
Wales - 8 £26,750 - 7
Hardware Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 11 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 UK excluding London region featuring Hardware Engineer in the job title.

1 209 (43.91%) Electronics
2 139 (29.20%) Degree
3 71 (14.92%) Manufacturing
4 61 (12.82%) EMC
5 59 (12.39%) Social Skills
6 55 (11.55%) Firmware
7 53 (11.13%) IoT
8 44 (9.24%) Wireless
9 41 (8.61%) Validation
9 41 (8.61%) Analytical Skills
9 41 (8.61%) Schematic Capture
10 39 (8.19%) Python
11 38 (7.98%) Software Testing
11 38 (7.98%) Problem-Solving
12 35 (7.35%) Security Cleared
12 35 (7.35%) Self-Motivation
12 35 (7.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 35 (7.35%) FPGA
13 33 (6.93%) LabVIEW
14 31 (6.51%) Automotive
14 31 (6.51%) Microsoft
15 27 (5.67%) Bluetooth
15 27 (5.67%) Wi-Fi
15 27 (5.67%) CAD
16 26 (5.46%) TCP/IP
17 25 (5.25%) Agile
17 25 (5.25%) Test Automation
18 24 (5.04%) SC Cleared
18 24 (5.04%) Customer Service
19 23 (4.83%) Games

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:

Application Platforms
1 8 (1.68%) Confluence
Applications
1 18 (3.78%) OrCAD
2 14 (2.94%) Microsoft Office
3 12 (2.52%) AutoCAD
4 5 (1.05%) SOLIDWORKS
5 4 (0.84%) EPLAN
5 4 (0.84%) Windchill
6 3 (0.63%) Microsoft Excel
7 2 (0.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 2 (0.42%) MS Visio
8 1 (0.21%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 8 (1.68%) AWS
2 6 (1.26%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (0.21%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 44 (9.24%) Wireless
2 27 (5.67%) Bluetooth
2 27 (5.67%) Wi-Fi
3 26 (5.46%) TCP/IP
4 23 (4.83%) Ethernet
5 20 (4.20%) Internet
6 15 (3.15%) 5G
6 15 (3.15%) GSM
6 15 (3.15%) ISDN
6 15 (3.15%) LTE
6 15 (3.15%) PSTN
6 15 (3.15%) UMTS
7 10 (2.10%) RS-232
8 3 (0.63%) Modbus
8 3 (0.63%) ZigBee
9 2 (0.42%) RS-422
9 2 (0.42%) RS-485
9 2 (0.42%) Wideband
Development Applications
1 33 (6.93%) LabVIEW
2 9 (1.89%) JIRA
3 8 (1.68%) Bitbucket
4 3 (0.63%) Git
5 2 (0.42%) Subversion
General
1 209 (43.91%) Electronics
2 71 (14.92%) Manufacturing
3 59 (12.39%) Social Skills
4 41 (8.61%) Analytical Skills
5 35 (7.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 31 (6.51%) Automotive
7 23 (4.83%) Games
8 22 (4.62%) Aerospace
9 16 (3.36%) Organisational Skills
9 16 (3.36%) Telecoms
10 12 (2.52%) Military
11 11 (2.31%) Advertising
12 10 (2.10%) Aviation
13 5 (1.05%) Aeronautics
13 5 (1.05%) Japanese Language
13 5 (1.05%) Retail
14 4 (0.84%) Avionics
14 4 (0.84%) Marketing
15 3 (0.63%) Law
15 3 (0.63%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (0.84%) Flash
2 3 (0.63%) Flask
Miscellaneous
1 53 (11.13%) IoT
2 35 (7.35%) FPGA
2 35 (7.35%) Self-Motivation
3 21 (4.41%) Analogue Electronics
4 19 (3.99%) Operational Technology
5 18 (3.78%) PCIe
6 15 (3.15%) Acoustics
6 15 (3.15%) Satnav
7 11 (2.31%) VHDL
8 9 (1.89%) Driving Licence
8 9 (1.89%) Embedded Systems
8 9 (1.89%) Renewable Energy
9 7 (1.47%) EPoS
10 5 (1.05%) Analytical Mindset
10 5 (1.05%) Data Centre
10 5 (1.05%) Infotainment
11 4 (0.84%) CPLD
11 4 (0.84%) Life Science
12 3 (0.63%) CCTV
12 3 (0.63%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 17 (3.57%) Linux
2 11 (2.31%) Windows
3 4 (0.84%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (8.61%) Schematic Capture
1 41 (8.61%) Validation
2 38 (7.98%) Problem-Solving
2 38 (7.98%) Software Testing
3 27 (5.67%) CAD
4 25 (5.25%) Agile
4 25 (5.25%) Test Automation
5 24 (5.04%) Customer Service
6 22 (4.62%) Break/Fix
6 22 (4.62%) Customer Requirements
7 21 (4.41%) Coaching
7 21 (4.41%) Project Planning
8 18 (3.78%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 18 (3.78%) Software Engineering
9 17 (3.57%) Asset Management
9 17 (3.57%) IT Asset Management
10 16 (3.36%) Mentoring
11 15 (3.15%) Critical Thinking
11 15 (3.15%) Data Management
11 15 (3.15%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 39 (8.19%) Python
2 11 (2.31%) C
3 6 (1.26%) Bash
4 2 (0.42%) C++
4 2 (0.42%) Embedded C
4 2 (0.42%) MATLAB
4 2 (0.42%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 139 (29.20%) Degree
2 35 (7.35%) Security Cleared
3 24 (5.04%) SC Cleared
4 21 (4.41%) A+ Certification
5 20 (4.20%) DV Cleared
6 19 (3.99%) MCP
7 17 (3.57%) Microsoft Certification
8 16 (3.36%) HND
9 11 (2.31%) HNC
10 7 (1.47%) Chartered Engineer
10 7 (1.47%) Master's Degree
11 6 (1.26%) PhD
12 4 (0.84%) CCNA
12 4 (0.84%) Cisco Certification
12 4 (0.84%) MCSA
12 4 (0.84%) MCSE
13 2 (0.42%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (4.41%) SLA
2 11 (2.31%) QA
3 8 (1.68%) ISO 9001
4 6 (1.26%) JTAG
5 1 (0.21%) DO-254
System Software
1 55 (11.55%) Firmware
2 23 (4.83%) Active Directory
3 18 (3.78%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 15 (3.15%) SCCM
2 2 (0.42%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 61 (12.82%) EMC
2 31 (6.51%) Microsoft
3 11 (2.31%) Apple
4 6 (1.26%) Xilinx
5 5 (1.05%) HP
5 5 (1.05%) Mentor Graphics
6 4 (0.84%) Dell
6 4 (0.84%) Intel
6 4 (0.84%) Siemens
7 3 (0.63%) Altera
7 3 (0.63%) IBM
7 3 (0.63%) Lattice Semiconductor
8 2 (0.42%) Cadence
8 2 (0.42%) Cisco
8 2 (0.42%) NVIDIA
9 1 (0.21%) 3PAR
9 1 (0.21%) CA
9 1 (0.21%) F5
9 1 (0.21%) SAP
9 1 (0.21%) Sun