FPGA Contracts in the South East

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

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term FPGA in contract job vacancies advertised in the South East. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited FPGA over the 6 months to 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 155 202 250
Rank change year-on-year +47 +48 -54
Contract jobs citing FPGA 46 19 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.83% 0.33% 0.12%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.94% 0.97% 0.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 3 2
10th Percentile £323 £331 £396
25th Percentile £519 £359 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £436 £455
Median % change year-on-year +31.91% -4.20% -
75th Percentile £705 £599 £493
90th Percentile £786 £679 £499
England median daily rate £575 £550 £493
% change year-on-year +4.55% +11.68% +3.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 10 0
10th Percentile - £46.25 -
25th Percentile £53.40 £50.00 -
Median hourly rate £57.35 £58.33 -
Median % change year-on-year -1.68% - -
75th Percentile £61.30 £66.45 -
90th Percentile - £67.75 -
England median hourly rate £57.35 £61.18 £56.00
% change year-on-year -6.25% +9.24% +12.00%

All Generic Skills
South East

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 South East with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 1,567 1,967 2,646
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 28.39% 33.86% 34.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 919 1,328 1,704
10th Percentile £205 £213 £213
25th Percentile £359 £375 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% +2.50% +11.11%
75th Percentile £608 £638 £600
90th Percentile £688 £725 £675
England median daily rate £550 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 152 90 120
10th Percentile £11.72 £18.23 £15.41
25th Percentile £18.35 £20.48 £17.48
Median hourly rate £47.19 £51.25 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -7.93% +138.37% -33.85%
75th Percentile £61.30 £67.50 £48.75
90th Percentile £65.00 £75.00 £63.40
England median hourly rate £30.00 £22.50 £26.98
% change year-on-year +33.33% -16.60% +2.08%

FPGA
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for FPGA in the South East

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

Daily rate trend for FPGA in the South East

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing FPGA in the South East over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for FPGA in the South East

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

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

Hourly rate trend for FPGA in the South East

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Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing FPGA within the South East region over the 6 months to 28 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
Hampshire +26 38 £735 +68.62% 10
Surrey - 6 £575 - 14
Thames Valley - 2 £60 - 22
Berkshire - 2 £60 - 10
FPGA
England

FPGA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 1 (2.17%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 33 (71.74%) Ethernet
2 2 (4.35%) Software-Defined Radio
2 2 (4.35%) Wireless
General
1 38 (82.61%) Electronics
2 2 (4.35%) Telecoms
3 1 (2.17%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 39 (84.78%) Designer
2 33 (71.74%) Digital Designer
2 33 (71.74%) FPGA Designer
2 33 (71.74%) VHDL Designer
3 7 (15.22%) FPGA Engineer
4 4 (8.70%) Design Engineer
4 4 (8.70%) FPGA Design Engineer
5 1 (2.17%) PCB Designer
Miscellaneous
1 37 (80.43%) VHDL
2 33 (71.74%) CPLD
3 4 (8.70%) Algorithms
4 2 (4.35%) GNSS
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (71.74%) Schematic Capture
2 7 (15.22%) FPGA Design
3 3 (6.52%) Risk Management
4 2 (4.35%) Open Source
4 2 (4.35%) Test Scripting
5 1 (2.17%) Digital Signal Processing
5 1 (2.17%) Kalman Filter
5 1 (2.17%) Signal Processing
5 1 (2.17%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 5 (10.87%) C
1 5 (10.87%) C++
1 5 (10.87%) Embedded C
1 5 (10.87%) Embedded C++
2 2 (4.35%) Python
3 1 (2.17%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 33 (71.74%) Degree
2 11 (23.91%) Security Cleared
3 8 (17.39%) SC Cleared
4 3 (6.52%) DV Cleared
System Software
1 1 (2.17%) Firmware
Vendors
1 33 (71.74%) EMC
2 11 (23.91%) Xilinx