Hardware and Software Engineers
Average Salary of Hardware and Software Engineers:
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Software engineer - £37469 (can be upwards of £61000)
· Hardware Engineer - £33716 (can be upwards of £50000)
To be a software developer you must have strong programming skills, 5 GCSEs (A*-C grade), advanced mathematics knowledge and understand software development and engineering.
A software engineer doesn’t have much of a workload, working on average at about 40 hours per week. However, some assignments may be prioritised meaning you’ll have to spend extra time on them.
To be a hardware engineer the qualifications vary slightly, you will need a 4-year degree in computer engineering, 5 GCSEs (A*-C grade) and sometimes you’re required to have a master’s degree.
About 75% of hardware engineers work 40 hours per week, however the other 25% work a little longer and can work up to 60 hours per week.
There are many vacancies for the hardware engineer in London, implying that it is a very popular job, I found 2011 jobs for Hardware Engineering in London. The hardware engineer can work in the IT industry however it does expand out to other areas of work too, for example, designing computers specific for cars or planes.
Hardware and Software engineers are mostly located in the USA, the main reason for this is because of their advanced military systems that require software engineers to program systems into their weapons, for example, the F35 Jet is known to be the most advanced computational jet ever made, and the work of the computer systems inside that jet is done by only the best software engineers. As for hardware engineers, these are mostly located in the UK, as there is less use for a hardware engineer in the military, however its a very small lead to the UK if we are looking at ratio, as you have to consider the large population of people in the USA.
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