FPGA Contracts in the East of England

Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA)
England > East of England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term FPGA in contract job vacancies advertised in the East of England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited FPGA over the 6 months to 30 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
30 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 83 96 124
Rank change year-on-year +13 +28 -30
Contract jobs citing FPGA 24 25 20
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East of England 1.24% 1.28% 0.79%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 4.85% 4.12% 2.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 2 2
10th Percentile £551 £491 -
25th Percentile £591 £542 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £631 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.99% +26.25% +17.65%
75th Percentile £638 £717 -
90th Percentile - £767 -
England median daily rate £575 £565 £493
% change year-on-year +1.86% +14.62% +1.03%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 2 16
10th Percentile - £65.13 £53.43
25th Percentile £70.00 £65.31 -
Median hourly rate £80.00 £66.25 £56.00
Median % change year-on-year +20.75% +18.30% +12.00%
75th Percentile £85.00 £67.81 £71.25
90th Percentile - £68.38 £80.00
England median hourly rate £57.35 £53.88 £56.00
% change year-on-year +6.44% -3.79% +12.00%

All Generic Skills
East of England

FPGA is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the East of England with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 495 607 729
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 25.62% 31.10% 28.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 238 389 463
10th Percentile £177 £205 £173
25th Percentile £290 £275 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £459 £475 £495
Median % change year-on-year -3.42% -4.04% +23.75%
75th Percentile £550 £588 £600
90th Percentile £650 £700 £700
England median daily rate £550 £572 £550
% change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 126 41 77
10th Percentile £12.86 £20.51 £14.25
25th Percentile £19.50 £21.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £59.75 £55.00 £29.44
Median % change year-on-year +8.64% +86.82% +17.76%
75th Percentile £65.00 £68.75 £56.00
90th Percentile £76.63 £70.00 £72.00
England median hourly rate £36.00 £22.34 £26.27
% change year-on-year +61.18% -14.98% +3.02%

FPGA
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Job postings citing FPGA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Job vacancy trend for FPGA in the East of England

FPGA
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing FPGA in the East of England.

Daily rate trend for FPGA in the East of England

FPGA
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing FPGA in the East of England.

Hourly rate trend for FPGA in the East of England

FPGA
Hourly Rate Histogram in the East of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing FPGA in the East of England over the 6 months to 30 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for FPGA in the East of England

FPGA
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing FPGA within the East of England region over the 6 months to 30 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
Hertfordshire +15 17 - - 12
Cambridgeshire +7 6 £625 +35.14% 24
Essex -5 1 - - 8
FPGA
England

FPGA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England 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 17 (70.83%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 2 (8.33%) RS-485
2 1 (4.17%) Software-Defined Radio
Development Applications
1 3 (12.50%) Git
1 3 (12.50%) JIRA
1 3 (12.50%) Subversion
General
1 3 (12.50%) Electronics
2 2 (8.33%) Public Sector
3 1 (4.17%) Finance
3 1 (4.17%) Law
3 1 (4.17%) Manufacturing
3 1 (4.17%) Marketing
3 1 (4.17%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 18 (75.00%) FPGA Engineer
2 17 (70.83%) Design Engineer
3 16 (66.67%) FPGA Design Engineer
4 4 (16.67%) Verification Engineer
5 2 (8.33%) Senior
5 2 (8.33%) Senior Software Engineer
5 2 (8.33%) Senior Systems Engineer
5 2 (8.33%) Software Engineer
5 2 (8.33%) Systems Engineer
6 1 (4.17%) Development Engineer
6 1 (4.17%) Firmware Engineer
6 1 (4.17%) Senior Development Engineer
6 1 (4.17%) Senior Software Development Engineer
6 1 (4.17%) Software Development Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (16.67%) JSON
1 4 (16.67%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 22 (91.67%) Verilog
2 18 (75.00%) VHDL
3 4 (16.67%) ASIC
4 3 (12.50%) Linux Command Line
5 2 (8.33%) Data Structures
6 1 (4.17%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 6 (25.00%) Linux
2 4 (16.67%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (87.50%) UVM
2 19 (79.17%) FPGA Design
3 17 (70.83%) Signal Processing
4 4 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (12.50%) OO
5 3 (12.50%) Project Management
5 3 (12.50%) Software Engineering
5 3 (12.50%) Software Testing
5 3 (12.50%) Validation
6 2 (8.33%) Agile
6 2 (8.33%) Computer Science
7 1 (4.17%) Business Intelligence
7 1 (4.17%) Data Protection
7 1 (4.17%) Digital Marketing
7 1 (4.17%) Electronic Design Automation
7 1 (4.17%) Programme Management
7 1 (4.17%) Prototyping
7 1 (4.17%) Systems Engineering
Programming Languages
1 22 (91.67%) SystemVerilog
2 20 (83.33%) C
3 6 (25.00%) Python
4 4 (16.67%) Bash
4 4 (16.67%) Tcl
5 3 (12.50%) Assembly Language
5 3 (12.50%) C++
5 3 (12.50%) Shell Script
6 2 (8.33%) C#
6 2 (8.33%) Rust
Qualifications
1 19 (79.17%) Degree
2 2 (8.33%) Master's Degree
2 2 (8.33%) PhD
3 1 (4.17%) SC Cleared
3 1 (4.17%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.17%) DO-254
1 1 (4.17%) IEC 61508
System Software
1 1 (4.17%) Firmware
Vendors
1 21 (87.50%) Xilinx
2 18 (75.00%) Microsemi
3 17 (70.83%) Intel
4 3 (12.50%) Cadence
4 3 (12.50%) Synopsys
5 1 (4.17%) Actel
5 1 (4.17%) Lattice Semiconductor
5 1 (4.17%) SAP
5 1 (4.17%) Siemens