FPGA Contracts in the UK excluding London

Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term FPGA in contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited FPGA over the 6 months to 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 328 401 477
Rank change year-on-year +73 +76 -108
Contract jobs citing FPGA 75 56 46
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.36% 0.23% 0.15%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.24% 0.72% 0.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 12 6
10th Percentile £500 £401 £428
25th Percentile £538 £444 £476
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year +19.05% +5.00% +21.95%
75th Percentile £638 £584 £613
90th Percentile £775 £646 £650
UK median daily rate £625 £538 £500
% change year-on-year +16.28% +7.50% +14.03%
Number of hourly rates quoted 56 12 28
10th Percentile - £46.25 £17.00
25th Percentile £53.40 £49.06 £49.70
Median hourly rate £57.35 £58.33 £56.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.68% +4.17% +12.00%
75th Percentile £70.00 £65.88 £57.94
90th Percentile £85.00 £68.55 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £57.35 £60.04 £56.00
% change year-on-year -4.48% +7.21% +12.00%

All Generic Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 6,067 7,770 9,826
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 29.36% 32.49% 31.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,643 5,260 6,780
10th Percentile £210 £213 £204
25th Percentile £375 £388 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £595 £616 £575
90th Percentile £688 £700 £669
UK median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 723 435 466
10th Percentile £12.15 £9.80 £12.13
25th Percentile £14.06 £10.63 £15.34
Median hourly rate £28.50 £22.00 £20.07
Median % change year-on-year +29.55% +9.64% -16.40%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £45.89
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £61.83
UK median hourly rate £30.16 £22.49 £27.50
% change year-on-year +34.13% -18.24% +4.05%

FPGA
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing FPGA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for FPGA in the UK excluding London

FPGA
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing FPGA in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for FPGA in the UK excluding London

FPGA
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing FPGA in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for FPGA in the UK excluding London

FPGA
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing FPGA in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for FPGA in the UK excluding London

FPGA
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing FPGA in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for FPGA in the UK excluding London

FPGA
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing FPGA within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 3 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 +45 46 £575 +31.91% 71
East of England +15 22 £625 +35.14% 65
South West +18 3 - - 30
Northern Ireland +11 2 - -
Midlands +21 1 £550 - 21
Wales +20 1 - - 1
West Midlands +17 1 £550 - 7
North West - 1 - - 4
North of England - 1 - - 6
FPGA
UK

FPGA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 (25.33%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 33 (44.00%) Ethernet
2 2 (2.67%) Software-Defined Radio
2 2 (2.67%) Wireless
3 1 (1.33%) RS-485
Development Applications
1 3 (4.00%) Git
1 3 (4.00%) JIRA
1 3 (4.00%) Subversion
General
1 41 (54.67%) Electronics
2 3 (4.00%) Manufacturing
2 3 (4.00%) Telecoms
3 2 (2.67%) Law
3 2 (2.67%) Public Sector
3 2 (2.67%) Social Skills
4 1 (1.33%) Finance
4 1 (1.33%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 39 (52.00%) Designer
2 33 (44.00%) Digital Designer
2 33 (44.00%) FPGA Designer
2 33 (44.00%) VHDL Designer
3 26 (34.67%) FPGA Engineer
4 20 (26.67%) Design Engineer
4 20 (26.67%) FPGA Design Engineer
5 3 (4.00%) Developer
5 3 (4.00%) Firmware Developer
5 3 (4.00%) Verification Engineer
6 2 (2.67%) FPGA Developer
6 2 (2.67%) Hardware Engineer
6 2 (2.67%) Senior
7 1 (1.33%) Development Engineer
7 1 (1.33%) PCB Designer
7 1 (1.33%) Senior Development Engineer
7 1 (1.33%) Senior FPGA Engineer
7 1 (1.33%) Senior Software Development Engineer
7 1 (1.33%) Senior Software Engineer
7 1 (1.33%) Software Development Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (4.00%) JSON
1 3 (4.00%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 59 (78.67%) VHDL
2 33 (44.00%) CPLD
3 21 (28.00%) Verilog
4 5 (6.67%) Algorithms
4 5 (6.67%) Linux Command Line
5 4 (5.33%) ASIC
6 2 (2.67%) GNSS
6 2 (2.67%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (1.33%) Data Structures
7 1 (1.33%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 6 (8.00%) Linux
2 3 (4.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (46.67%) Schematic Capture
2 26 (34.67%) FPGA Design
3 20 (26.67%) UVM
4 18 (24.00%) Signal Processing
5 6 (8.00%) Problem-Solving
6 5 (6.67%) Software Testing
7 3 (4.00%) Configuration Management
7 3 (4.00%) OO
7 3 (4.00%) Project Management
7 3 (4.00%) Risk Management
7 3 (4.00%) Systems Engineering
7 3 (4.00%) Validation
8 2 (2.67%) Computer Science
8 2 (2.67%) Digital Signal Processing
8 2 (2.67%) Mechatronics
8 2 (2.67%) Open Source
8 2 (2.67%) Test Scripting
9 1 (1.33%) Digital Marketing
9 1 (1.33%) Mathematics
9 1 (1.33%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 26 (34.67%) C
2 21 (28.00%) SystemVerilog
3 8 (10.67%) C++
3 8 (10.67%) Python
4 6 (8.00%) Embedded C
5 5 (6.67%) Embedded C++
6 3 (4.00%) Assembly Language
6 3 (4.00%) Bash
6 3 (4.00%) Shell Script
6 3 (4.00%) Tcl
7 2 (2.67%) MATLAB
8 1 (1.33%) C#
8 1 (1.33%) Rust
Qualifications
1 54 (72.00%) Degree
2 14 (18.67%) Security Cleared
3 11 (14.67%) SC Cleared
4 3 (4.00%) DV Cleared
5 2 (2.67%) HND
6 1 (1.33%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (1.33%) Master's Degree
6 1 (1.33%) PhD
System Software
1 7 (9.33%) Firmware
Vendors
1 36 (48.00%) Xilinx
2 35 (46.67%) EMC
3 18 (24.00%) Microsemi
4 17 (22.67%) Intel
5 3 (4.00%) Cadence
5 3 (4.00%) Synopsys
6 1 (1.33%) Altera
6 1 (1.33%) SAP