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 19 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 19 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 518 | 767 | 1089 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +249 | +322 | -239 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Hardware Engineer | 435 | 194 | 140 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.44% | 0.19% | 0.087% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.46% | 0.21% | 0.090% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 313 | 47 | 80 |
| 10th Percentile | £22,750 | £23,350 | £22,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £36,250 | £25,000 | £24,875 |
| 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 | £68,125 | £47,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £69,750 | £77,500 | £51,250 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £50,000 | £45,250 | £29,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +10.50% | +56.03% | -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 | 94,634 | 91,081 | 154,945 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 94.69% | 91.52% | 96.08% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 67,599 | 57,631 | 84,466 |
| 10th Percentile | £28,500 | £32,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £38,500 | £45,000 | £42,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £52,500 | £60,000 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -12.50% | - | +9.09% |
| 75th Percentile | £70,974 | £80,000 | £78,750 |
| 90th Percentile | £90,000 | £100,000 | £95,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £50,000 | £53,183 | £50,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.98% | +6.37% | +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.
Hardware Engineer
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Hardware Engineer.
Hardware Engineer
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Hardware Engineer over the 6 months to 19 May 2024.
Hardware Engineer
Top 15 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 19 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 |
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| UK excluding London | +179 | 415 | £50,000 | +10.50% | 105 |
| England | +250 | 404 | £50,000 | +25.00% | 105 |
| South East | +10 | 128 | £40,250 | -23.33% | 37 |
| East of England | +57 | 89 | £55,000 | +124.49% | 20 |
| Work from Home | +116 | 88 | £50,000 | -2.44% | 33 |
| Midlands | +63 | 68 | £57,500 | +43.75% | 22 |
| North of England | +97 | 58 | £23,000 | -8.00% | 12 |
| West Midlands | +67 | 56 | £60,000 | - | 14 |
| North West | +53 | 56 | £22,650 | -9.40% | 10 |
| South West | +25 | 53 | £47,500 | -33.33% | 12 |
| Scotland | -61 | 13 | £50,000 | +25.79% | 8 |
| East Midlands | -2 | 12 | £50,000 | +25.00% | 8 |
| London | +98 | 10 | £70,000 | +100.00% | 7 |
| Wales | - | 8 | £26,750 | - | 4 |
| North East | - | 2 | £28,000 | - | 1 |
Hardware Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 19 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.
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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:
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