Hardware Engineer Jobs in Kent

Hardware Engineer
South East > Kent

The median Hardware Engineer salary in Kent is £48,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 2 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 47 107 94
Rank change year-on-year +60 -13 -
Permanent jobs requiring a Hardware Engineer 17 1 12
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Kent 2.37% 0.067% 1.04%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.31% 0.072% 1.22%
Number of salaries quoted 12 1 4
10th Percentile - - £36,650
25th Percentile - £42,500 £43,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -10.00% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £47,500 £52,500
90th Percentile £73,375 - -
South East median annual salary £50,000 £40,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +25.00% -23.81% +48.81%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Kent

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Kent. 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 Kent with a recognized job title 513 1,383 987
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 71.55% 92.94% 85.68%
Number of salaries quoted 319 1,031 550
10th Percentile £25,250 £25,250 £26,975
25th Percentile £30,375 £31,250 £33,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,000 £42,500 £46,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.59% -8.60% +3.33%
75th Percentile £59,783 £58,750 £61,162
90th Percentile £70,000 £68,750 £72,500
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -

Hardware Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

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

Job vacancy trend for Hardware Engineer in Kent

Hardware Engineer
Salary Trend in Kent

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

Salary trend for Hardware Engineer in Kent

Hardware Engineer
Salary Histogram in Kent

Salary distribution for jobs citing Hardware Engineer in Kent over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Hardware Engineer in Kent

Hardware Engineer
Job Locations in Kent

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Hardware Engineer within the Kent region over the 6 months to 2 May 2025. 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
Rochester -24 7 £48,000 +6.67% 6
Tenterden - 1 £75,000 -
Hardware Engineer
South East

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

For the 6 months to 2 May 2025, 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 across the Kent region featuring Hardware Engineer in the job title.

1 14 (82.35%) Analogue Electronics
1 14 (82.35%) Electronics
2 12 (70.59%) Social Skills
3 8 (47.06%) Degree
4 7 (41.18%) Life Science
4 7 (41.18%) Mentor Graphics
4 7 (41.18%) Coaching
4 7 (41.18%) People Management
4 7 (41.18%) Firmware
4 7 (41.18%) MATLAB
4 7 (41.18%) Simulink
4 7 (41.18%) HND
5 6 (35.29%) C
5 6 (35.29%) BPSS Clearance
5 6 (35.29%) Schematic Capture
5 6 (35.29%) Architectural Design
5 6 (35.29%) VHDL
5 6 (35.29%) FPGA
6 5 (29.41%) Prototyping
6 5 (29.41%) C#
6 5 (29.41%) C++
6 5 (29.41%) Java
6 5 (29.41%) .NET
6 5 (29.41%) Microsoft Office
6 5 (29.41%) Python
6 5 (29.41%) Microsoft
6 5 (29.41%) EMC
6 5 (29.41%) CAD
6 5 (29.41%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (5.88%) Manufacturing

Hardware Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Kent 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:

Applications
1 7 (41.18%) Simulink
2 5 (29.41%) Microsoft Office
General
1 14 (82.35%) Electronics
2 12 (70.59%) Social Skills
3 5 (29.41%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (5.88%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (29.41%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 14 (82.35%) Analogue Electronics
2 7 (41.18%) Life Science
3 6 (35.29%) FPGA
3 6 (35.29%) VHDL
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (41.18%) Coaching
1 7 (41.18%) People Management
2 6 (35.29%) Architectural Design
2 6 (35.29%) Schematic Capture
3 5 (29.41%) CAD
3 5 (29.41%) Prototyping
Programming Languages
1 7 (41.18%) MATLAB
2 6 (35.29%) C
3 5 (29.41%) C#
3 5 (29.41%) C++
3 5 (29.41%) Java
3 5 (29.41%) Python
Qualifications
1 8 (47.06%) Degree
2 7 (41.18%) HND
3 6 (35.29%) BPSS Clearance
System Software
1 7 (41.18%) Firmware
Vendors
1 7 (41.18%) Mentor Graphics
2 5 (29.41%) EMC
2 5 (29.41%) Microsoft