Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Hardware-in-the-Loop skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Hardware-in-the-Loop over the 6 months to 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 840 831 1051
Rank change year-on-year -9 +220 -188
Permanent jobs citing Hardware-in-the-Loop 50 146 193
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.050% 0.15% 0.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.059% 0.15% 0.13%
Number of salaries quoted 13 0 65
10th Percentile £52,500 - -
25th Percentile £53,750 - £35,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 - £45,800
75th Percentile £67,500 - £48,375
90th Percentile - - £67,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 - £44,000

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Hardware-in-the-Loop is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 85,135 94,784 153,905
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.22% 95.58% 95.76%
Number of salaries quoted 59,872 55,911 82,488
10th Percentile £29,089 £34,000 £33,635
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

Hardware-in-the-Loop
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Hardware-in-the-Loop as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Hardware-in-the-Loop in the UK

Hardware-in-the-Loop
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Hardware-in-the-Loop in the UK

Hardware-in-the-Loop
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Hardware-in-the-Loop over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Hardware-in-the-Loop in the UK

Hardware-in-the-Loop
Top 7 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Hardware-in-the-Loop within the UK over the 6 months to 18 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
England -5 50 £65,000 - 41
UK excluding London -118 50 £65,000 - 40
West Midlands -55 26 £65,000 - 19
Midlands -77 26 £65,000 - 24
Work from Home +67 20 £65,000 - 2
South East -22 17 £55,000 - 8
East of England - 7 - - 6

Hardware-in-the-Loop
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:

Applications
1 30 (60.00%) Simulink
2 17 (34.00%) Stateflow
3 5 (10.00%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (4.00%) TargetLink
5 1 (2.00%) OrCAD
Communications & Networking
1 14 (28.00%) J1939
2 1 (2.00%) 4G
2 1 (2.00%) 5G
2 1 (2.00%) Bluetooth
2 1 (2.00%) Ethernet
2 1 (2.00%) LoRaWAN
2 1 (2.00%) Modbus
2 1 (2.00%) MQTT
2 1 (2.00%) RS-232
2 1 (2.00%) RS-485
2 1 (2.00%) TCP/IP
2 1 (2.00%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 8 (16.00%) JIRA
2 3 (6.00%) Git
3 1 (2.00%) ClearCase
3 1 (2.00%) Jenkins
General
1 35 (70.00%) Automotive
2 11 (22.00%) Electronics
3 8 (16.00%) Legal
4 7 (14.00%) Social Skills
5 3 (6.00%) Aerospace
5 3 (6.00%) Finance
5 3 (6.00%) Retail
6 2 (4.00%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (2.00%) Law
7 1 (2.00%) Manufacturing
7 1 (2.00%) Marketing
7 1 (2.00%) Public Sector
7 1 (2.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 18 (36.00%) Systems Engineer
2 17 (34.00%) Senior
3 12 (24.00%) Lead
4 7 (14.00%) Senior Systems Engineer
5 6 (12.00%) Software Engineer
5 6 (12.00%) Test Engineer
6 5 (10.00%) Embedded Engineer
7 4 (8.00%) Integration Engineer
8 3 (6.00%) Control Software Engineer
8 3 (6.00%) Lead Test Engineer
8 3 (6.00%) Validation Engineer
9 2 (4.00%) Active Directory Engineer
9 2 (4.00%) Developer
9 2 (4.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
9 2 (4.00%) Lead Systems Engineer
9 2 (4.00%) Senior Software Engineer
9 2 (4.00%) Systems Integration Engineer
9 2 (4.00%) Systems Test Engineer
9 2 (4.00%) Test and Validation Engineer
9 2 (4.00%) Verification Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.00%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 19 (38.00%) Algorithms
2 16 (32.00%) Embedded Systems
3 3 (6.00%) FPGA
4 2 (4.00%) Analogue Electronics
4 2 (4.00%) Product Ownership
4 2 (4.00%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (2.00%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (2.00%) IoT
5 1 (2.00%) Management Information System
5 1 (2.00%) NB-IoT
Operating Systems
1 4 (8.00%) Linux
2 1 (2.00%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (58.00%) Validation
2 13 (26.00%) Problem-Solving
2 13 (26.00%) Systems Engineering
3 9 (18.00%) Software Engineering
4 8 (16.00%) Customer Requirements
4 8 (16.00%) FMEA
4 8 (16.00%) Mentoring
4 8 (16.00%) Project Delivery
4 8 (16.00%) Verification and Validation
5 7 (14.00%) Workflow
6 6 (12.00%) Agile
6 6 (12.00%) Mechatronics
6 6 (12.00%) Project Management
7 5 (10.00%) Computer Science
7 5 (10.00%) Cybersecurity
7 5 (10.00%) Software Testing
7 5 (10.00%) Test Automation
8 4 (8.00%) Data Acquisition
8 4 (8.00%) Mathematics
9 3 (6.00%) Physics
Programming Languages
1 32 (64.00%) MATLAB
2 18 (36.00%) C
3 7 (14.00%) Python
4 5 (10.00%) C++
5 2 (4.00%) Bash
5 2 (4.00%) Haskell
5 2 (4.00%) Rust
6 1 (2.00%) Assembly Language
6 1 (2.00%) C#
Qualifications
1 17 (34.00%) Degree
2 4 (8.00%) CESG Certified Professional
3 3 (6.00%) BPSS Clearance
3 3 (6.00%) Security Cleared
4 2 (4.00%) Master's Degree
5 1 (2.00%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (32.00%) ISO 26262
2 15 (30.00%) Automotive SPICE
3 8 (16.00%) AUTOSAR
4 1 (2.00%) QA
System Software
1 3 (6.00%) Docker
2 1 (2.00%) Embedded Firmware
2 1 (2.00%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 18 (36.00%) Functional Safety
2 2 (4.00%) Ansible
Vendors
1 4 (8.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (6.00%) Facebook
2 3 (6.00%) Instagram
2 3 (6.00%) MathWorks
3 1 (2.00%) Atmel
3 1 (2.00%) Freescale
3 1 (2.00%) SAP