FPGA Contracts in the South West

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

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

6 months to
2 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 141 167 172
Rank change year-on-year +26 +5 -34
Contract jobs citing FPGA 3 4 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 0.094% 0.11% 0.16%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.28% 0.39% 0.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £468
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £579 £485
Median % change year-on-year - +19.38% -3.00%
75th Percentile - - £503
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £625 £550 £493
% change year-on-year +13.64% +11.68% +1.03%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £31.25 £46.25
Median hourly rate £90.00 £32.50 £54.50
Median % change year-on-year +176.92% -40.37% +7.39%
75th Percentile - £33.75 £62.25
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £57.35 £58.91 £56.00
% change year-on-year -2.64% +5.19% +12.00%

All Generic Skills
South West

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 West with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 1,055 1,013 947
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 33.00% 27.98% 25.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 648 705 661
10th Percentile £300 £266 £205
25th Percentile £450 £425 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £545 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.91% +10.00% +7.53%
75th Percentile £600 £664 £588
90th Percentile £689 £738 £668
England median daily rate £550 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 166 135 56
10th Percentile £13.69 - £15.19
25th Percentile £15.75 - £22.81
Median hourly rate £45.00 £9.80 £49.75
Median % change year-on-year +359.18% -80.30% +5.36%
75th Percentile £70.00 £68.00 £64.96
90th Percentile £72.50 £83.36 £75.00
England median hourly rate £31.25 £22.49 £26.50
% change year-on-year +38.98% -15.15% +0.26%

FPGA
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for FPGA in the South West

FPGA
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

Daily rate trend for FPGA in the South West

FPGA
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

Hourly rate trend for FPGA in the South West

FPGA
Contract Job Locations in the South West

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 West region over the 6 months to 2 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
Bristol - 3 - - 7
FPGA
England

FPGA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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:

General
1 1 (33.33%) Law
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Developer
1 3 (100.00%) Firmware Developer
2 2 (66.67%) FPGA Developer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) VHDL
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Configuration Management
1 3 (100.00%) Systems Engineering
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 3 (100.00%) Firmware
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Xilinx