Hardware Engineer
UK
The median Hardware Engineer daily rate in the UK is £210 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 16 May 2024.
The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 16 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 456 | 627 | 773 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +171 | +146 | -138 |
| Contract jobs requiring a Hardware Engineer | 122 | 57 | 76 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.29% | 0.10% | 0.087% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.31% | 0.11% | 0.091% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 51 | 29 | 46 |
| 10th Percentile | £135 | £131 | £100 |
| 25th Percentile | £200 | £188 | £150 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £210 | £250 | £164 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -16.00% | +52.67% | +16.96% |
| 75th Percentile | £325 | £388 | £215 |
| 90th Percentile | £475 | £500 | £249 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £210 | £250 | £175 |
| % change year-on-year | -16.00% | +42.86% | +20.69% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 44 | 18 | 17 |
| 10th Percentile | £30.63 | £15.50 | - |
| 25th Percentile | £45.00 | £16.15 | £13.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £61.50 | £47.55 | £16.83 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +29.34% | +182.60% | -57.94% |
| 75th Percentile | £69.06 | £62.38 | £24.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £82.43 | £65.00 | £40.50 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £66.00 | £47.55 | £16.83 |
| % change year-on-year | +38.81% | +182.60% | -57.94% |
All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK
The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract 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 contract jobs in our overall sample.
| Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title | 39,484 | 53,902 | 83,447 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 92.78% | 94.62% | 95.41% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 25,682 | 37,660 | 58,636 |
| 10th Percentile | £280 | £313 | £313 |
| 25th Percentile | £410 | £425 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £543 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -3.23% | +3.33% | +10.53% |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £650 | £638 |
| 90th Percentile | £750 | £750 | £738 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £490 | £500 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.00% | +5.26% | +11.76% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2,662 | 1,503 | 2,044 |
| 10th Percentile | £12.82 | £14.25 | £12.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.30 | £19.38 | £15.76 |
| Median hourly rate | £36.58 | £45.00 | £24.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -18.72% | +87.50% | +6.67% |
| 75th Percentile | £61.30 | £65.75 | £49.25 |
| 90th Percentile | £73.44 | £76.20 | £65.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £40.00 | £42.50 | £20.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.88% | +112.50% | +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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Hardware Engineer.
Hardware Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Hardware Engineer over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.
Hardware Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Hardware Engineer.
Hardware Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram
Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Hardware Engineer over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.
Hardware Engineer
Top 15 Contract Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Hardware Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 16 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 Contract IT Job Ads |
Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK excluding London | +112 | 108 | £210 | -16.00% | 103 |
| England | +155 | 93 | £210 | -16.00% | 104 |
| South East | +48 | 48 | £210 | -44.00% | 38 |
| Scotland | +59 | 26 | £200 | +81.82% | 7 |
| London | +113 | 14 | £150 | -59.46% | 7 |
| Work from Home | +130 | 12 | £430 | - | 30 |
| South West | +8 | 11 | £185 | -18.68% | 12 |
| North of England | +28 | 8 | £200 | +8.11% | 12 |
| Midlands | +24 | 8 | £183 | -27.00% | 25 |
| Yorkshire | +19 | 8 | £200 | +8.11% | 1 |
| East of England | +13 | 8 | £450 | - | 16 |
| West Midlands | +25 | 6 | £130 | -48.00% | 15 |
| East Midlands | +11 | 2 | £235 | - | 10 |
| Northern Ireland | - | 2 | - | - | |
| Wales | - | 1 | - | - | 4 |
Hardware Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 16 May 2024, Hardware Engineer contract 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 contract job ads featuring Hardware Engineer in the job title.
|
|
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:
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||