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 20 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
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 505 782 1102
Rank change year-on-year +277 +320 -235
Permanent jobs requiring a Hardware Engineer 438 194 140
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.44% 0.20% 0.086%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.46% 0.21% 0.090%
Number of salaries quoted 315 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 £69,500 £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 94,627 91,047 156,403
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.71% 91.54% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 67,562 57,571 85,106
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 £70,750 £80,000 £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 20 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Hardware Engineer in the UK

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 20 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 +175 418 £50,000 +10.50% 109
England +269 407 £50,000 +25.00% 112
South East +25 129 £40,500 -22.86% 40
East of England +63 89 £55,000 +124.49% 22
Work from Home +136 88 £50,000 -2.44% 33
Midlands +57 70 £57,500 +43.75% 21
North of England +88 58 £23,000 -8.00% 13
West Midlands +68 58 £57,500 - 14
North West +50 56 £22,650 -9.40% 10
South West +13 54 £47,500 -33.33% 12
Scotland -55 13 £50,000 +25.79% 8
East Midlands -9 12 £50,000 +25.00% 7
London +107 10 £70,000 +100.00% 9
Wales - 8 £26,750 - 4
North East - 2 £28,000 - 2

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

For the 6 months to 20 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.

1 192 (43.84%) Electronics
2 141 (32.19%) Degree
3 68 (15.53%) Manufacturing
4 67 (15.30%) EMC
5 62 (14.16%) Social Skills
6 54 (12.33%) IoT
7 46 (10.50%) Analytical Skills
8 45 (10.27%) Firmware
9 43 (9.82%) Wireless
10 42 (9.59%) Schematic Capture
11 40 (9.13%) Validation
11 40 (9.13%) Software Testing
12 39 (8.90%) Python
13 38 (8.68%) Self-Motivation
14 37 (8.45%) Problem-Solving
14 37 (8.45%) Security Cleared
15 35 (7.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 34 (7.76%) FPGA
16 34 (7.76%) LabVIEW
17 30 (6.85%) Microsoft
18 29 (6.62%) CAD
19 28 (6.39%) TCP/IP
20 27 (6.16%) Bluetooth
20 27 (6.16%) Wi-Fi
20 27 (6.16%) Customer Service
21 26 (5.94%) Automotive
22 25 (5.71%) Agile
22 25 (5.71%) Test Automation
22 25 (5.71%) SC Cleared
22 25 (5.71%) Break/Fix

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 (1.83%) Confluence
Applications
1 18 (4.11%) OrCAD
2 13 (2.97%) Microsoft Office
3 11 (2.51%) AutoCAD
4 5 (1.14%) SOLIDWORKS
5 4 (0.91%) EPLAN
5 4 (0.91%) Windchill
6 3 (0.68%) Microsoft Excel
7 2 (0.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 2 (0.46%) MS Visio
8 1 (0.23%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 8 (1.83%) AWS
2 6 (1.37%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (0.23%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 43 (9.82%) Wireless
2 28 (6.39%) TCP/IP
3 27 (6.16%) Bluetooth
3 27 (6.16%) Wi-Fi
4 23 (5.25%) Ethernet
5 19 (4.34%) Internet
6 15 (3.42%) 5G
6 15 (3.42%) GSM
6 15 (3.42%) ISDN
6 15 (3.42%) LTE
6 15 (3.42%) PSTN
6 15 (3.42%) UMTS
7 10 (2.28%) RS-232
8 3 (0.68%) Modbus
8 3 (0.68%) ZigBee
9 2 (0.46%) RS-422
9 2 (0.46%) RS-485
9 2 (0.46%) Wideband
Development Applications
1 34 (7.76%) LabVIEW
2 9 (2.05%) JIRA
3 8 (1.83%) Bitbucket
4 3 (0.68%) Git
5 2 (0.46%) Subversion
General
1 192 (43.84%) Electronics
2 68 (15.53%) Manufacturing
3 62 (14.16%) Social Skills
4 46 (10.50%) Analytical Skills
5 35 (7.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 26 (5.94%) Automotive
7 19 (4.34%) Games
7 19 (4.34%) Organisational Skills
8 18 (4.11%) Aerospace
9 16 (3.65%) Telecoms
10 11 (2.51%) Advertising
11 10 (2.28%) Aviation
11 10 (2.28%) Military
12 8 (1.83%) Retail
13 5 (1.14%) Aeronautics
13 5 (1.14%) Japanese Language
14 4 (0.91%) Avionics
14 4 (0.91%) Finance
14 4 (0.91%) Marketing
15 3 (0.68%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (0.91%) Flash
2 3 (0.68%) Flask
Miscellaneous
1 54 (12.33%) IoT
2 38 (8.68%) Self-Motivation
3 34 (7.76%) FPGA
4 22 (5.02%) Analogue Electronics
5 18 (4.11%) PCIe
6 16 (3.65%) Operational Technology
7 15 (3.42%) Acoustics
7 15 (3.42%) Satnav
8 12 (2.74%) VHDL
9 11 (2.51%) Driving Licence
10 10 (2.28%) EPoS
11 8 (1.83%) Renewable Energy
12 5 (1.14%) Analytical Mindset
12 5 (1.14%) Embedded Systems
13 4 (0.91%) Algorithms
14 3 (0.68%) 3D Printing
14 3 (0.68%) ASIC
14 3 (0.68%) CAN bus
14 3 (0.68%) CPLD
14 3 (0.68%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 14 (3.20%) Windows
2 12 (2.74%) Linux
3 4 (0.91%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (9.59%) Schematic Capture
2 40 (9.13%) Software Testing
2 40 (9.13%) Validation
3 37 (8.45%) Problem-Solving
4 29 (6.62%) CAD
5 27 (6.16%) Customer Service
6 25 (5.71%) Agile
6 25 (5.71%) Break/Fix
6 25 (5.71%) Test Automation
7 22 (5.02%) Customer Requirements
8 21 (4.79%) Coaching
8 21 (4.79%) Project Planning
9 17 (3.88%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 17 (3.88%) Software Engineering
10 16 (3.65%) Asset Management
10 16 (3.65%) IT Asset Management
11 15 (3.42%) Critical Thinking
11 15 (3.42%) Data Management
11 15 (3.42%) Mentoring
11 15 (3.42%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 39 (8.90%) Python
2 12 (2.74%) C
3 6 (1.37%) Bash
4 3 (0.68%) C++
5 2 (0.46%) Embedded C
5 2 (0.46%) MATLAB
5 2 (0.46%) Shell Script
6 1 (0.23%) Java
Qualifications
1 141 (32.19%) Degree
2 37 (8.45%) Security Cleared
3 25 (5.71%) SC Cleared
4 21 (4.79%) A+ Certification
5 20 (4.57%) DV Cleared
6 18 (4.11%) MCP
7 17 (3.88%) Microsoft Certification
8 16 (3.65%) HND
9 11 (2.51%) HNC
10 7 (1.60%) Master's Degree
10 7 (1.60%) PhD
11 6 (1.37%) Chartered Engineer
12 4 (0.91%) CCNA
12 4 (0.91%) Cisco Certification
12 4 (0.91%) MCSA
12 4 (0.91%) MCSE
13 2 (0.46%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (5.48%) SLA
2 11 (2.51%) QA
3 8 (1.83%) ISO 9001
4 6 (1.37%) JTAG
System Software
1 45 (10.27%) Firmware
2 23 (5.25%) Active Directory
3 18 (4.11%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 15 (3.42%) SCCM
2 2 (0.46%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 67 (15.30%) EMC
2 30 (6.85%) Microsoft
3 11 (2.51%) Apple
4 8 (1.83%) HP
5 7 (1.60%) Dell
6 6 (1.37%) IBM
7 5 (1.14%) Mentor Graphics
7 5 (1.14%) Xilinx
8 4 (0.91%) Intel
8 4 (0.91%) Siemens
9 3 (0.68%) Altera
9 3 (0.68%) Lattice Semiconductor
10 2 (0.46%) Cadence
10 2 (0.46%) NVIDIA
11 1 (0.23%) 3PAR
11 1 (0.23%) CA
11 1 (0.23%) Cisco
11 1 (0.23%) F5
11 1 (0.23%) SAP
11 1 (0.23%) Sun