Hardware Engineer
UK

The median Hardware Engineer salary in the UK is £50,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 14 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
14 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 520 779 1082
Rank change year-on-year +259 +303 -217
Permanent jobs requiring a Hardware Engineer 423 196 155
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.43% 0.20% 0.097%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.45% 0.21% 0.10%
Number of salaries quoted 309 48 78
10th Percentile £22,750 £23,450 £22,350
25th Percentile £35,250 £25,000 £25,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £40,000 £30,163
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% +32.62% -13.82%
75th Percentile £61,250 £63,750 £47,500
90th Percentile £69,000 £77,500 £51,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £43,000 £29,000
% change year-on-year +16.28% +48.28% -17.14%

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 93,739 91,836 153,630
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.65% 91.52% 96.11%
Number of salaries quoted 67,104 57,926 84,939
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,604
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £80,750 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

Hardware Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Hardware Engineer in the UK

Hardware Engineer
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Hardware Engineer in the UK

Hardware Engineer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Hardware Engineer over the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Hardware Engineer in the UK

Hardware Engineer
Top 16 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 14 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
UK excluding London +163 405 £50,000 +16.28% 118
England +249 393 £50,000 +25.00% 120
South East +19 127 £40,250 -23.33% 44
Work from Home +124 87 £50,000 +5.26% 29
East of England +58 87 £55,000 +124.49% 19
Midlands +61 63 £57,500 +53.33% 29
North of England +86 58 £23,000 -8.00% 12
North West +54 55 £22,650 -9.40% 10
West Midlands +56 53 £58,750 - 17
South West +8 51 £47,500 -33.33% 15
Scotland -45 13 £50,000 +25.79% 8
East Midlands -11 10 £50,000 +33.33% 12
London +124 9 £70,000 +100.00% 8
Wales - 8 £26,750 - 3
North East - 2 £28,000 - 1
Yorkshire +88 1 £30,000 +20.00% 1

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

For the 6 months to 14 May 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 featuring Hardware Engineer in the job title.

1 190 (44.92%) Electronics
2 140 (33.10%) Degree
3 67 (15.84%) Manufacturing
4 66 (15.60%) EMC
5 62 (14.66%) Social Skills
6 53 (12.53%) IoT
7 45 (10.64%) Analytical Skills
8 44 (10.40%) Firmware
9 43 (10.17%) Wireless
10 42 (9.93%) Schematic Capture
11 40 (9.46%) Validation
12 39 (9.22%) Software Testing
12 39 (9.22%) Python
13 38 (8.98%) Self-Motivation
13 38 (8.98%) Security Cleared
14 36 (8.51%) Problem-Solving
15 35 (8.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 34 (8.04%) FPGA
16 34 (8.04%) LabVIEW
17 28 (6.62%) Microsoft
17 28 (6.62%) CAD
18 27 (6.38%) TCP/IP
18 27 (6.38%) Customer Service
19 26 (6.15%) Bluetooth
19 26 (6.15%) Wi-Fi
19 26 (6.15%) SC Cleared
19 26 (6.15%) Break/Fix
20 25 (5.91%) Test Automation
20 25 (5.91%) Agile
20 25 (5.91%) Automotive

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:

Application Platforms
1 8 (1.89%) Confluence
Applications
1 18 (4.26%) OrCAD
2 11 (2.60%) Microsoft Office
3 9 (2.13%) AutoCAD
4 5 (1.18%) SOLIDWORKS
5 4 (0.95%) EPLAN
5 4 (0.95%) Windchill
6 3 (0.71%) Microsoft Excel
7 2 (0.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 2 (0.47%) MS Visio
8 1 (0.24%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 8 (1.89%) AWS
2 6 (1.42%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (0.24%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 43 (10.17%) Wireless
2 27 (6.38%) TCP/IP
3 26 (6.15%) Bluetooth
3 26 (6.15%) Wi-Fi
4 23 (5.44%) Ethernet
5 19 (4.49%) Internet
6 15 (3.55%) 5G
6 15 (3.55%) GSM
6 15 (3.55%) ISDN
6 15 (3.55%) LTE
6 15 (3.55%) PSTN
6 15 (3.55%) UMTS
7 10 (2.36%) RS-232
8 3 (0.71%) Modbus
8 3 (0.71%) ZigBee
9 2 (0.47%) RS-422
9 2 (0.47%) RS-485
9 2 (0.47%) Wideband
10 1 (0.24%) LAN
Development Applications
1 34 (8.04%) LabVIEW
2 9 (2.13%) JIRA
3 8 (1.89%) Bitbucket
4 3 (0.71%) Git
5 2 (0.47%) Subversion
General
1 190 (44.92%) Electronics
2 67 (15.84%) Manufacturing
3 62 (14.66%) Social Skills
4 45 (10.64%) Analytical Skills
5 35 (8.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 25 (5.91%) Automotive
7 19 (4.49%) Organisational Skills
8 18 (4.26%) Aerospace
9 17 (4.02%) Games
10 16 (3.78%) Telecoms
11 11 (2.60%) Advertising
12 10 (2.36%) Aviation
12 10 (2.36%) Military
13 8 (1.89%) Retail
14 5 (1.18%) Aeronautics
14 5 (1.18%) Japanese Language
15 4 (0.95%) Avionics
15 4 (0.95%) Finance
15 4 (0.95%) Marketing
16 3 (0.71%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (0.95%) Flash
2 3 (0.71%) Flask
Miscellaneous
1 53 (12.53%) IoT
2 38 (8.98%) Self-Motivation
3 34 (8.04%) FPGA
4 22 (5.20%) Analogue Electronics
5 18 (4.26%) PCIe
6 15 (3.55%) Acoustics
6 15 (3.55%) Satnav
7 14 (3.31%) Operational Technology
8 12 (2.84%) VHDL
9 11 (2.60%) Driving Licence
10 10 (2.36%) EPoS
11 8 (1.89%) Renewable Energy
12 5 (1.18%) Analytical Mindset
12 5 (1.18%) Embedded Systems
13 4 (0.95%) Algorithms
14 3 (0.71%) 3D Printing
14 3 (0.71%) ASIC
14 3 (0.71%) CAN bus
14 3 (0.71%) CPLD
14 3 (0.71%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 14 (3.31%) Windows
2 12 (2.84%) Linux
3 4 (0.95%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (9.93%) Schematic Capture
2 40 (9.46%) Validation
3 39 (9.22%) Software Testing
4 36 (8.51%) Problem-Solving
5 28 (6.62%) CAD
6 27 (6.38%) Customer Service
7 26 (6.15%) Break/Fix
8 25 (5.91%) Agile
8 25 (5.91%) Test Automation
9 22 (5.20%) Customer Requirements
10 21 (4.96%) Coaching
10 21 (4.96%) Project Planning
11 17 (4.02%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 17 (4.02%) Software Engineering
12 16 (3.78%) Asset Management
12 16 (3.78%) Data Management
12 16 (3.78%) IT Asset Management
13 15 (3.55%) Critical Thinking
13 15 (3.55%) Test Scripting
14 14 (3.31%) Mathematics
Programming Languages
1 39 (9.22%) Python
2 12 (2.84%) C
3 6 (1.42%) Bash
4 3 (0.71%) C++
5 2 (0.47%) Embedded C
5 2 (0.47%) MATLAB
5 2 (0.47%) Shell Script
6 1 (0.24%) Java
Qualifications
1 140 (33.10%) Degree
2 38 (8.98%) Security Cleared
3 26 (6.15%) SC Cleared
4 22 (5.20%) A+ Certification
5 20 (4.73%) DV Cleared
6 18 (4.26%) MCP
6 18 (4.26%) Microsoft Certification
7 16 (3.78%) HND
8 11 (2.60%) HNC
9 7 (1.65%) Master's Degree
9 7 (1.65%) PhD
10 5 (1.18%) CCNA
10 5 (1.18%) Cisco Certification
10 5 (1.18%) MCSA
11 4 (0.95%) Chartered Engineer
11 4 (0.95%) MCSE
12 3 (0.71%) Network+ Certification
13 1 (0.24%) MCDST
13 1 (0.24%) VTSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (5.67%) SLA
2 11 (2.60%) QA
3 8 (1.89%) ISO 9001
4 6 (1.42%) JTAG
System Software
1 44 (10.40%) Firmware
2 24 (5.67%) Active Directory
3 18 (4.26%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 15 (3.55%) SCCM
2 2 (0.47%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 66 (15.60%) EMC
2 28 (6.62%) Microsoft
3 11 (2.60%) Apple
4 8 (1.89%) HP
5 7 (1.65%) Dell
6 6 (1.42%) IBM
7 5 (1.18%) Mentor Graphics
7 5 (1.18%) Xilinx
8 4 (0.95%) Intel
8 4 (0.95%) Siemens
9 3 (0.71%) Altera
9 3 (0.71%) Lattice Semiconductor
10 2 (0.47%) Cadence
10 2 (0.47%) NVIDIA
11 1 (0.24%) 3PAR
11 1 (0.24%) CA
11 1 (0.24%) F5
11 1 (0.24%) SAP
11 1 (0.24%) ServiceNow
11 1 (0.24%) Sun