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 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 452 585 737
Rank change year-on-year +133 +152 -143
Contract jobs citing FPGA 89 62 34
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.24% 0.13% 0.048%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.79% 0.39% 0.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 16 4
10th Percentile £411 £422 £412
25th Percentile £506 £480 £448
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £565 £493
Median % change year-on-year +1.86% +14.62% +1.03%
75th Percentile £638 £629 £501
90th Percentile £734 £775 £502
UK median daily rate £575 £550 £493
% change year-on-year +4.55% +11.68% +12.31%
Number of hourly rates quoted 59 10 21
10th Percentile - £44.75 £45.20
25th Percentile £53.40 £47.19 -
Median hourly rate £57.35 £53.88 £56.00
Median % change year-on-year +6.44% -3.79% +12.00%
75th Percentile £75.16 £64.49 £62.25
90th Percentile £85.00 £66.94 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £57.35 £58.33 £56.00
% change year-on-year -1.68% +4.17% +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 11,258 16,068 24,088
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 30.67% 33.75% 33.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,363 11,200 17,205
10th Percentile £270 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £450 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £570 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.51% +3.64% +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 830 554 623
10th Percentile £12.25 £9.80 £14.25
25th Percentile £15.17 £10.63 £17.19
Median hourly rate £35.50 £22.21 £26.50
Median % change year-on-year +59.87% -16.21% +3.92%
75th Percentile £61.30 £62.40 £49.25
90th Percentile £71.25 £75.00 £65.71
UK median hourly rate £34.21 £22.00 £26.98
% change year-on-year +55.50% -18.46% +4.78%

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 28 May 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 28 May 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 28 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
South East +47 51 £575 +51.14% 60
East of England +8 24 £625 -0.99% 56
London +88 9 £475 -18.80% 14
South West +5 4 £400 -30.92% 32
Midlands +16 1 £550 -4.35% 13
West Midlands +2 1 £550 -4.35% 9
North West - 1 - - 5
North of England - 1 - - 5
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 (21.35%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 34 (38.20%) Ethernet
2 3 (3.37%) Software-Defined Radio
3 2 (2.25%) RS-485
3 2 (2.25%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 3 (3.37%) Git
1 3 (3.37%) JIRA
1 3 (3.37%) Subversion
General
1 41 (46.07%) Electronics
2 3 (3.37%) Public Sector
2 3 (3.37%) Telecoms
3 2 (2.25%) Law
4 1 (1.12%) Finance
4 1 (1.12%) Manufacturing
4 1 (1.12%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 38 (42.70%) Designer
2 33 (37.08%) Digital Designer
2 33 (37.08%) FPGA Designer
2 33 (37.08%) FPGA Engineer
2 33 (37.08%) VHDL Designer
3 23 (25.84%) Design Engineer
4 21 (23.60%) FPGA Design Engineer
5 12 (13.48%) Verification Engineer
6 6 (6.74%) Digital Hardware Engineer
6 6 (6.74%) Hardware Engineer
7 5 (5.62%) Lead
8 3 (3.37%) Developer
8 3 (3.37%) Firmware Developer
9 2 (2.25%) FPGA Developer
9 2 (2.25%) Senior
9 2 (2.25%) Senior Software Engineer
9 2 (2.25%) Senior Systems Engineer
9 2 (2.25%) Software Engineer
9 2 (2.25%) Systems Engineer
10 1 (1.12%) Senior Software Development Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (4.49%) JSON
1 4 (4.49%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 60 (67.42%) VHDL
2 33 (37.08%) CPLD
3 23 (25.84%) Verilog
4 10 (11.24%) Data Protection Act
5 5 (5.62%) Algorithms
6 4 (4.49%) ASIC
7 3 (3.37%) Augmented Reality
7 3 (3.37%) Linux Command Line
8 2 (2.25%) Data Structures
8 2 (2.25%) GNSS
9 1 (1.12%) Embedded Systems
9 1 (1.12%) PCIe
Operating Systems
1 6 (6.74%) Linux
2 4 (4.49%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (41.57%) FPGA Design
2 33 (37.08%) Schematic Capture
3 29 (32.58%) UVM
4 19 (21.35%) Signal Processing
5 10 (11.24%) Data Protection
6 5 (5.62%) Problem-Solving
6 5 (5.62%) Software Testing
7 4 (4.49%) Systems Engineering
8 3 (3.37%) Computer Science
8 3 (3.37%) Configuration Management
8 3 (3.37%) OO
8 3 (3.37%) Project Management
8 3 (3.37%) Risk Management
8 3 (3.37%) Software Engineering
8 3 (3.37%) Validation
9 2 (2.25%) Agile
9 2 (2.25%) Digital Signal Processing
9 2 (2.25%) Open Source
9 2 (2.25%) Test Scripting
10 1 (1.12%) Kalman Filter
Programming Languages
1 25 (28.09%) C
2 23 (25.84%) SystemVerilog
3 8 (8.99%) C++
3 8 (8.99%) Python
4 5 (5.62%) Embedded C
4 5 (5.62%) Embedded C++
5 4 (4.49%) Bash
5 4 (4.49%) Tcl
6 3 (3.37%) Assembly Language
6 3 (3.37%) Shell Script
7 2 (2.25%) C#
7 2 (2.25%) MATLAB
7 2 (2.25%) Rust
Qualifications
1 53 (59.55%) Degree
2 13 (14.61%) Security Cleared
3 10 (11.24%) SC Cleared
4 3 (3.37%) DV Cleared
5 2 (2.25%) Master's Degree
5 2 (2.25%) PhD
6 1 (1.12%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.12%) DO-254
1 1 (1.12%) IEC 61508
System Software
1 6 (6.74%) Firmware
Vendors
1 36 (40.45%) Xilinx
2 33 (37.08%) EMC
3 18 (20.22%) Microsemi
4 17 (19.10%) Intel
5 11 (12.36%) Cadence
6 3 (3.37%) Synopsys
7 1 (1.12%) Actel
7 1 (1.12%) Lattice Semiconductor
7 1 (1.12%) SAP
7 1 (1.12%) Siemens