Hardware Maintenance
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Hardware Maintenance skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Hardware Maintenance over the 6 months to 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 819 930 1174
Rank change year-on-year +111 +244 -267
Permanent jobs citing Hardware Maintenance 65 45 68
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.065% 0.045% 0.042%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.076% 0.047% 0.044%
Number of salaries quoted 62 39 62
10th Percentile £25,750 £21,500 £20,350
25th Percentile £25,938 £28,125 £25,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,000 £34,580 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.68% +6.40% -10.96%
75th Percentile £55,625 £44,250 £45,938
90th Percentile £67,350 £60,000 £60,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £34,000 £28,750 £32,500
% change year-on-year +18.26% -11.54% +3.17%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Hardware Maintenance 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 85,108 95,066 155,930
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.18% 95.58% 95.78%
Number of salaries quoted 59,794 56,135 83,138
10th Percentile £29,071 £34,000 £33,645
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% +10.53%

Hardware Maintenance
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Hardware Maintenance as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Hardware Maintenance in the UK

Hardware Maintenance
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Hardware Maintenance in the UK

Hardware Maintenance
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Hardware Maintenance over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Hardware Maintenance in the UK

Hardware Maintenance
Top 13 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Hardware Maintenance 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
England +99 58 £37,500 +8.44% 21
UK excluding London +13 50 £34,000 +18.26% 13
Work from Home +114 43 £37,500 -7.86% 3
Midlands +4 18 £26,500 -5.36% 1
West Midlands +25 16 £26,500 -18.64% 1
London +109 15 £42,500 +4.43% 12
South East +23 15 £64,000 +85.08% 7
Wales - 7 £34,000 -
East of England - 6 £27,000 - 2
North of England +29 2 - - 2
North West -4 2 - - 1
East Midlands -19 2 £50,000 +78.57%
South West -29 2 £37,500 +30.43%

Hardware Maintenance
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 17 (26.15%) OpenStack
2 13 (20.00%) SharePoint
3 4 (6.15%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (1.54%) Apache
4 1 (1.54%) WebLogic
Applications
1 1 (1.54%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (1.54%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 24 (36.92%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (10.77%) Nutanix
3 4 (6.15%) Azure
4 2 (3.08%) Entra ID
4 2 (3.08%) Power Automate
5 1 (1.54%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 18 (27.69%) Wi-Fi
2 13 (20.00%) DNS
3 8 (12.31%) DHCP
3 8 (12.31%) Firewall
4 5 (7.69%) VPN
5 3 (4.62%) LAN
5 3 (4.62%) Remote Desktop
6 2 (3.08%) TCP/IP
7 1 (1.54%) Internet
7 1 (1.54%) Intranet
7 1 (1.54%) Network Security
7 1 (1.54%) PSTN
7 1 (1.54%) VoIP
7 1 (1.54%) WAN
7 1 (1.54%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.08%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (1.54%) Oracle Database
2 1 (1.54%) Oracle Database 11g
2 1 (1.54%) Oracle Database 12c
2 1 (1.54%) Oracle9i Database
2 1 (1.54%) OrientDB
2 1 (1.54%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (1.54%) Git
1 1 (1.54%) JIRA
General
1 32 (49.23%) Social Skills
2 18 (27.69%) Finance
3 11 (16.92%) Analytical Skills
3 11 (16.92%) Retail
4 5 (7.69%) Legal
5 3 (4.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 3 (4.62%) Law
6 1 (1.54%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 21 (32.31%) Analyst
2 14 (21.54%) IT Support
3 11 (16.92%) Help Desk Analyst
4 10 (15.38%) Field Engineer
4 10 (15.38%) Field Service Engineer
4 10 (15.38%) Lead
4 10 (15.38%) Team Leader
5 9 (13.85%) IT Engineer
6 7 (10.77%) IT Support Specialist
6 7 (10.77%) Senior
6 7 (10.77%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
6 7 (10.77%) Senior IT Support
6 7 (10.77%) Support Specialist
7 5 (7.69%) Performance Specialist
7 5 (7.69%) Service Analyst
7 5 (7.69%) Service Desk Analyst
7 5 (7.69%) Support Analyst
7 5 (7.69%) Support Engineer
8 4 (6.15%) IT Support Engineer
9 3 (4.62%) IT Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.54%) J2EE
1 1 (1.54%) Oracle GoldenGate
Miscellaneous
1 21 (32.31%) Data Centre
2 7 (10.77%) Management Information System
3 5 (7.69%) Driving Licence
4 3 (4.62%) iPhone
4 3 (4.62%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (4.62%) Team-Oriented Environment
5 1 (1.54%) Blackberry
5 1 (1.54%) Clustering
5 1 (1.54%) EPoS
5 1 (1.54%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 42 (64.62%) Windows
2 25 (38.46%) Windows Server
3 20 (30.77%) Linux
4 17 (26.15%) Windows 10
5 11 (16.92%) Windows 7
5 11 (16.92%) Windows 8
5 11 (16.92%) Windows Server 2012
6 2 (3.08%) Apple iOS
6 2 (3.08%) Windows Server 2003
7 1 (1.54%) Solaris
7 1 (1.54%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (73.85%) Problem-Solving
2 26 (40.00%) ITIL
3 20 (30.77%) Agile
3 20 (30.77%) Continuous Improvement
4 18 (27.69%) CI/CD
5 17 (26.15%) Agile Project Management
5 17 (26.15%) Computer Science
5 17 (26.15%) Project Management
6 15 (23.08%) Asset Management
6 15 (23.08%) Customer Service
7 11 (16.92%) ERP
8 10 (15.38%) DevOps
8 10 (15.38%) Mentoring
9 7 (10.77%) Customer-Centricity
9 7 (10.77%) Infrastructure Maintenance
10 5 (7.69%) Break/Fix
10 5 (7.69%) Customer Requirements
10 5 (7.69%) Customer-Centric Approach
11 4 (6.15%) Artificial Intelligence
11 4 (6.15%) Network Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (4.62%) PowerShell
2 1 (1.54%) C++
2 1 (1.54%) PL/SQL
2 1 (1.54%) ProC
2 1 (1.54%) SQL
Qualifications
1 18 (27.69%) Degree
2 17 (26.15%) Computer Science Degree
3 10 (15.38%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 6 (9.23%) BPSS Clearance
5 3 (4.62%) Network+ Certification
6 2 (3.08%) CCNA
6 2 (3.08%) CCNP
6 2 (3.08%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (1.54%) A+ Certification
7 1 (1.54%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.62%) SLA
2 2 (3.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 22 (33.85%) Active Directory
2 17 (26.15%) Docker
3 1 (1.54%) Hyper-V
3 1 (1.54%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 18 (27.69%) Ansible
2 17 (26.15%) Kubernetes
3 10 (15.38%) Puppet
3 10 (15.38%) ZABBIX
4 9 (13.85%) SCCM
5 1 (1.54%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 34 (52.31%) Microsoft
2 13 (20.00%) Dell
2 13 (20.00%) HP
3 12 (18.46%) IBM
4 3 (4.62%) Cisco
4 3 (4.62%) iManage
5 2 (3.08%) Aderant
5 2 (3.08%) Apple
6 1 (1.54%) BT
6 1 (1.54%) Citrix
6 1 (1.54%) Dynatrace
6 1 (1.54%) Oracle
6 1 (1.54%) Qualys
6 1 (1.54%) ServiceNow
6 1 (1.54%) VMware