Hardware Engineer Job Trends in Gravesend

Hardware Engineer
Kent > Gravesend

The median Hardware Engineer salary in Gravesend is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 15 February 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 5 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Hardware Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Gravesend 6.25% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 6.25% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £57,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 - -
75th Percentile £62,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Kent median annual salary £56,750 £70,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -18.93% +21.74% +15.00%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Gravesend

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Gravesend. 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 Gravesend with a recognized job title 16 28 17
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 100.00% 53.85% 100.00%
Number of salaries quoted 16 14 17
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £28,000 £62,500 £23,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £65,000 £48,500
Median % change year-on-year -34.62% +34.02% -11.82%
75th Percentile £60,000 £70,000 £50,250
90th Percentile - - £68,500
Kent median annual salary £42,500 £52,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -18.27% +22.35% -15.00%

Hardware Engineer
Salary Trend in Gravesend

Salary distribution trend for Hardware Engineer job vacancies in Gravesend.

Salary distribution trend for Hardware Engineer job vacancies in Gravesend

Hardware Engineer Skill Set
Top 7 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Gravesend

For the 6 months to 15 February 2026, Hardware Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Gravesend region featuring Hardware Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (100.00%) Coaching
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) HND
1 1 (100.00%) MATLAB
1 1 (100.00%) Mentor Graphics
1 1 (100.00%) Simulink

Hardware Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Gravesend by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Simulink
General
1 1 (100.00%) Electronics
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Analogue Electronics
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) HND
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Mentor Graphics