FPGA Contracts in England

Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA)
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term FPGA in contract job vacancies advertised in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited FPGA over the 6 months to 29 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 466 587 743
Rank change year-on-year +121 +156 -187
Contract jobs citing FPGA 77 61 40
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.21% 0.12% 0.056%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.67% 0.36% 0.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 15 4
10th Percentile £413 £419 £412
25th Percentile £519 £472 £448
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £550 £493
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% +11.68% +1.03%
75th Percentile £638 £659 £501
90th Percentile £775 £758 £502
UK median daily rate £575 £538 £500
% change year-on-year +6.98% +7.50% +17.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 53 15 23
10th Percentile - £46.25 £45.41
25th Percentile £53.40 £50.00 £51.97
Median hourly rate £57.35 £61.18 £56.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +9.24% +12.00%
75th Percentile £70.00 £68.13 £62.25
90th Percentile £85.00 £70.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £57.35 £61.50 £56.00
% change year-on-year -6.75% +9.82% +12.00%

All Generic Skills
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 England with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 11,457 16,977 24,063
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 30.78% 33.64% 33.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,496 11,796 17,103
10th Percentile £263 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £450 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £675 £695 £675
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
UK median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.18% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 822 591 644
10th Percentile £12.25 £9.80 £14.25
25th Percentile £15.17 £10.63 £16.50
Median hourly rate £30.00 £22.50 £26.98
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -16.60% +2.08%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £65.77
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £22.49 £27.50
% change year-on-year +33.42% -18.24% +3.19%

FPGA
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for FPGA in England

FPGA
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for FPGA in England

FPGA
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing FPGA in England over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for FPGA in England

FPGA
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for FPGA in England

FPGA
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing FPGA in England over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for FPGA in England

FPGA
Contract Job Locations in 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 England region over the 6 months to 29 April 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
South East +45 46 £575 +31.91% 66
East of England +10 21 £625 +35.14% 68
London +106 6 - - 21
South West +11 3 - - 31
West Midlands +22 1 £550 - 9
Midlands +22 1 £550 - 21
North West - 1 - - 2
North of England - 1 - - 4
FPGA
UK

FPGA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 19 (24.68%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 34 (44.16%) Ethernet
2 3 (3.90%) Wireless
3 2 (2.60%) Software-Defined Radio
4 1 (1.30%) 5G
Development Applications
1 2 (2.60%) Git
1 2 (2.60%) JIRA
1 2 (2.60%) Subversion
General
1 38 (49.35%) Electronics
2 2 (2.60%) Law
2 2 (2.60%) Telecoms
3 1 (1.30%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 39 (50.65%) Designer
2 33 (42.86%) Digital Designer
2 33 (42.86%) FPGA Designer
2 33 (42.86%) VHDL Designer
3 26 (33.77%) FPGA Engineer
4 21 (27.27%) Design Engineer
4 21 (27.27%) FPGA Design Engineer
5 7 (9.09%) Verification Engineer
6 5 (6.49%) Lead
7 3 (3.90%) Developer
7 3 (3.90%) Firmware Developer
8 2 (2.60%) FPGA Developer
9 1 (1.30%) C++ Software Engineer
9 1 (1.30%) PCB Designer
9 1 (1.30%) Real Time Engineer
9 1 (1.30%) Real Time Software Engineer
9 1 (1.30%) Software Engineer
9 1 (1.30%) Wireless Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.60%) JSON
1 2 (2.60%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 58 (75.32%) VHDL
2 33 (42.86%) CPLD
3 20 (25.97%) Verilog
4 6 (7.79%) Data Protection Act
5 5 (6.49%) Algorithms
6 3 (3.90%) ASIC
7 2 (2.60%) GNSS
7 2 (2.60%) Linux Command Line
8 1 (1.30%) Embedded Systems
8 1 (1.30%) PCIe
Operating Systems
1 3 (3.90%) Linux
2 2 (2.60%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (42.86%) Schematic Capture
2 31 (40.26%) FPGA Design
3 24 (31.17%) UVM
4 19 (24.68%) Signal Processing
5 6 (7.79%) Data Protection
6 4 (5.19%) Software Testing
7 3 (3.90%) Configuration Management
7 3 (3.90%) Problem-Solving
7 3 (3.90%) Risk Management
7 3 (3.90%) Systems Engineering
8 2 (2.60%) Digital Signal Processing
8 2 (2.60%) OO
8 2 (2.60%) Open Source
8 2 (2.60%) Project Management
8 2 (2.60%) Test Scripting
8 2 (2.60%) Validation
9 1 (1.30%) Computer Science
9 1 (1.30%) Mathematics
9 1 (1.30%) Multithreading
9 1 (1.30%) System Testing
Programming Languages
1 25 (32.47%) C
2 20 (25.97%) SystemVerilog
3 8 (10.39%) C++
4 6 (7.79%) Embedded C
5 5 (6.49%) Embedded C++
6 4 (5.19%) Python
7 3 (3.90%) MATLAB
8 2 (2.60%) Assembly Language
8 2 (2.60%) Bash
8 2 (2.60%) Shell Script
8 2 (2.60%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 51 (66.23%) Degree
2 13 (16.88%) Security Cleared
3 10 (12.99%) SC Cleared
4 3 (3.90%) DV Cleared
5 1 (1.30%) Computer Science Degree
System Software
1 5 (6.49%) Firmware
Vendors
1 34 (44.16%) Xilinx
2 33 (42.86%) EMC
3 17 (22.08%) Intel
3 17 (22.08%) Microsemi
4 7 (9.09%) Cadence
5 2 (2.60%) Synopsys