Electronics Hardware Engineer Jobs

Electronics Hardware Engineer
UK

The median Electronics Hardware Engineer salary in the UK is £48,750 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 June 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
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 833 849 1253
Rank change year-on-year +16 +404 -321
Permanent jobs requiring an Electronics Hardware Engineer 74 98 8
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.071% 0.10% 0.005%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.074% 0.11% 0.005%
Number of salaries quoted 54 6 2
10th Percentile £37,500 £40,625 -
25th Percentile £43,750 £43,750 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,750 £47,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.63% - +25.83%
75th Percentile £65,000 £51,250 £51,250
90th Percentile - £61,250 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £48,750 £47,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +2.63% - +25.83%

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 99,552 86,380 162,088
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.85% 91.27% 96.05%
Number of salaries quoted 70,786 55,655 84,889
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,500 £50,244
% change year-on-year -6.54% +6.48% +5.78%

Electronics Hardware Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Electronics Hardware Engineer in the UK

Electronics Hardware Engineer
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Electronics Hardware Engineer in the UK

Electronics Hardware Engineer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Electronics Hardware Engineer over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Electronics Hardware Engineer in the UK

Electronics Hardware Engineer
Top 12 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Electronics Hardware Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 1 June 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 -55 74 £48,750 +2.63% 17
England +7 68 £50,000 +5.26% 16
Work from Home +71 31 £47,500 - 5
South East -55 29 £45,000 -33.33% 10
East of England - 19 £60,000 - 1
North of England +47 17 £47,500 -
North West +10 17 £47,500 -
Wales - 4 £23,500 - 2
Midlands -14 2 - - 4
West Midlands - 2 - -
Scotland - 2 £40,000 -
South West -38 1 £30,000 -33.33%

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

For the 6 months to 1 June 2024, Electronics 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 Electronics Hardware Engineer in the job title.

1 72 (97.30%) Electronics
2 33 (44.59%) Manufacturing
3 28 (37.84%) EMC
4 26 (35.14%) Degree
5 21 (28.38%) Project Planning
6 20 (27.03%) Schematic Capture
6 20 (27.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 18 (24.32%) Firmware
7 18 (24.32%) Embedded Firmware
8 13 (17.57%) LabVIEW
9 12 (16.22%) Games
9 12 (16.22%) Wireless
9 12 (16.22%) Internet
9 12 (16.22%) IoT
9 12 (16.22%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 9 (12.16%) Verification and Validation
10 9 (12.16%) Validation
11 7 (9.46%) Design for Manufacturing
12 6 (8.11%) Social Skills
12 6 (8.11%) Analogue Electronics
12 6 (8.11%) Software Engineering
13 5 (6.76%) Software Testing
13 5 (6.76%) Japanese Language
13 5 (6.76%) Aerospace
13 5 (6.76%) Automotive
14 4 (5.41%) EPoS
15 3 (4.05%) Configuration Management
15 3 (4.05%) Legal
15 3 (4.05%) Requirements Gathering
15 3 (4.05%) Embedded Systems

Electronics 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:

Communications & Networking
1 12 (16.22%) Internet
1 12 (16.22%) Wireless
2 2 (2.70%) RS-232
2 2 (2.70%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 13 (17.57%) LabVIEW
General
1 72 (97.30%) Electronics
2 33 (44.59%) Manufacturing
3 20 (27.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 12 (16.22%) Games
5 6 (8.11%) Social Skills
6 5 (6.76%) Aerospace
6 5 (6.76%) Automotive
6 5 (6.76%) Japanese Language
7 3 (4.05%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 12 (16.22%) IoT
2 6 (8.11%) Analogue Electronics
3 4 (5.41%) EPoS
4 3 (4.05%) Embedded Systems
5 2 (2.70%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (28.38%) Project Planning
2 20 (27.03%) Schematic Capture
3 12 (16.22%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 9 (12.16%) Validation
4 9 (12.16%) Verification and Validation
5 7 (9.46%) Design for Manufacturing
6 6 (8.11%) Software Engineering
7 5 (6.76%) Software Testing
8 3 (4.05%) Configuration Management
8 3 (4.05%) Requirements Gathering
9 2 (2.70%) Agile
9 2 (2.70%) Creative Problem-Solving
9 2 (2.70%) Problem-Solving
9 2 (2.70%) Prototyping
9 2 (2.70%) Resource Management
9 2 (2.70%) Systems Engineering
10 1 (1.35%) CAD
10 1 (1.35%) Physics
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.35%) C
1 1 (1.35%) C++
Qualifications
1 26 (35.14%) Degree
2 2 (2.70%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 18 (24.32%) Embedded Firmware
1 18 (24.32%) Firmware
Vendors
1 28 (37.84%) EMC
2 1 (1.35%) F5