FPGA Contracts in Hertfordshire

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

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term FPGA in contract job vacancies advertised in Hertfordshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited FPGA over the 6 months to 19 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 50 72 60
Rank change year-on-year +22 -12 -27
Contract jobs citing FPGA 20 9 15
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 2.44% 1.08% 1.88%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 8.93% 3.24% 6.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £413 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 - -
75th Percentile £438 - -
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median daily rate £425 - £500
% change year-on-year - - +17.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 4 14
10th Percentile - £65.38 £52.40
25th Percentile - £65.94 -
Median hourly rate £70.00 £68.75 £56.00
Median % change year-on-year +1.82% +22.77% +24.44%
75th Percentile £85.00 £70.50 £56.38
90th Percentile - £71.40 £73.50
East of England median hourly rate £70.00 £68.75 £56.00
% change year-on-year +1.82% +22.77% +24.44%

All Generic Skills
Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 224 278 217
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 27.35% 33.49% 27.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 86 176 138
10th Percentile £276 £255 £179
25th Percentile £350 £362 £308
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £464 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -7.25% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £609 £638 £636
90th Percentile £706 £738 £738
East of England median daily rate £475 £459 £475
% change year-on-year +3.54% -3.42% +18.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 62 33 25
10th Percentile £31.25 £21.00 £17.75
25th Percentile £60.00 £56.25 £39.55
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.50 £56.00
Median % change year-on-year -0.76% +16.96% +24.44%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.00 -
90th Percentile £85.00 £71.60 £73.00
East of England median hourly rate £55.00 £64.00 £25.95
% change year-on-year -14.06% +146.68% -24.88%

FPGA
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for FPGA in Hertfordshire

FPGA
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Daily rate trend for FPGA in Hertfordshire

FPGA
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Hourly rate trend for FPGA in Hertfordshire

FPGA
Hourly Rate Histogram in Hertfordshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing FPGA in Hertfordshire over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for FPGA in Hertfordshire

FPGA
Contract Job Locations in Hertfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing FPGA within the Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 19 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
Stevenage +8 18 - - 10
FPGA
East of England

FPGA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hertfordshire 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 18 (90.00%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 2 (10.00%) 5G
1 2 (10.00%) Wireless
General
1 1 (5.00%) Law
Job Titles
1 18 (90.00%) FPGA Engineer
2 17 (85.00%) Design Engineer
2 17 (85.00%) FPGA Design Engineer
3 2 (10.00%) C++ Software Engineer
3 2 (10.00%) Real Time Engineer
3 2 (10.00%) Real Time Software Engineer
3 2 (10.00%) Software Engineer
3 2 (10.00%) Wireless Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 18 (90.00%) Verilog
1 18 (90.00%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 2 (10.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (95.00%) Signal Processing
2 18 (90.00%) FPGA Design
2 18 (90.00%) UVM
3 2 (10.00%) Multithreading
3 2 (10.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 18 (90.00%) C
1 18 (90.00%) SystemVerilog
2 2 (10.00%) C++
2 2 (10.00%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 18 (90.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 18 (90.00%) Intel
1 18 (90.00%) Microsemi
1 18 (90.00%) Xilinx