Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA)
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term FPGA in contract job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited FPGA over the 6 months to 23 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 506 649 809
Rank change year-on-year +143 +160 -194
Contract jobs citing FPGA 85 58 53
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.19% 0.096% 0.059%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.64% 0.29% 0.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 13 8
10th Percentile £413 £408 £301
25th Percentile £478 £488 £448
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year +9.52% +5.00% +19.76%
75th Percentile £672 £651 £650
90th Percentile £784 £767 £740
UK excluding London median daily rate £575 £525 £500
% change year-on-year +9.52% +5.00% +25.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 60 18 31
10th Percentile - £46.25 £17.00
25th Percentile £53.40 £51.21 £46.25
Median hourly rate £57.35 £61.50 £56.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.75% +9.82% +23.08%
75th Percentile £73.75 £67.41 £59.38
90th Percentile £90.00 £70.00 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £57.35 £62.96 £56.00
% change year-on-year -8.91% +12.43% +12.00%

All Generic Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 13,288 20,071 29,432
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 30.44% 33.28% 32.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,518 13,779 20,528
10th Percentile £263 £308 £313
25th Percentile £413 £450 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £650 £681 £650
90th Percentile £788 £800 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 905 665 729
10th Percentile £12.25 £9.80 £13.89
25th Percentile £15.17 £11.25 £17.00
Median hourly rate £28.00 £22.50 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year +24.44% -16.67% +3.85%
75th Percentile £58.75 £65.00 £49.75
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £66.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £26.00 £22.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +18.18% +10.00% -16.67%

FPGA
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for FPGA in the UK

FPGA
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for FPGA in the UK

FPGA
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing FPGA over the 6 months to 23 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for FPGA in the UK

FPGA
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for FPGA in the UK

FPGA
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing FPGA over the 6 months to 23 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for FPGA in the UK

FPGA
Top 13 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 23 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
England +140 78 £575 +6.98% 194
UK excluding London +82 75 £575 +9.52% 181
South East +48 48 £625 +21.36% 63
Work from Home +129 23 £425 -19.05% 79
East of England +16 20 £425 - 66
London +101 6 - - 21
South West +22 3 - - 31
Northern Ireland +8 2 - -
West Midlands +32 1 £550 +4.76% 9
Midlands +31 1 £550 +4.76% 19
Wales +14 1 - -
North of England - 1 - - 7
North West - 1 - - 4

FPGA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 (22.35%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 34 (40.00%) Ethernet
2 4 (4.71%) Wireless
3 2 (2.35%) 5G
3 2 (2.35%) Software-Defined Radio
General
1 40 (47.06%) Electronics
2 2 (2.35%) Law
2 2 (2.35%) Manufacturing
2 2 (2.35%) Social Skills
2 2 (2.35%) Telecoms
3 1 (1.18%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 39 (45.88%) Designer
2 33 (38.82%) Digital Designer
2 33 (38.82%) FPGA Designer
2 33 (38.82%) VHDL Designer
3 29 (34.12%) FPGA Engineer
4 21 (24.71%) Design Engineer
4 21 (24.71%) FPGA Design Engineer
5 7 (8.24%) Developer
5 7 (8.24%) Firmware Developer
6 6 (7.06%) FPGA Developer
7 5 (5.88%) Lead
7 5 (5.88%) Verification Engineer
8 2 (2.35%) C++ Software Engineer
8 2 (2.35%) Hardware Engineer
8 2 (2.35%) Real Time Engineer
8 2 (2.35%) Real Time Software Engineer
8 2 (2.35%) Software Engineer
8 2 (2.35%) Wireless Engineer
9 1 (1.18%) PCB Designer
9 1 (1.18%) Senior FPGA Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 60 (70.59%) VHDL
2 33 (38.82%) CPLD
3 18 (21.18%) Verilog
4 7 (8.24%) Algorithms
5 6 (7.06%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (2.35%) GNSS
6 2 (2.35%) Linux Command Line
6 2 (2.35%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (1.18%) ASIC
7 1 (1.18%) Embedded Systems
7 1 (1.18%) PCIe
Operating Systems
1 4 (4.71%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (41.18%) Schematic Capture
2 32 (37.65%) FPGA Design
3 22 (25.88%) Signal Processing
3 22 (25.88%) UVM
4 6 (7.06%) Data Protection
5 4 (4.71%) Software Engineering
5 4 (4.71%) Test Scripting
6 3 (3.53%) Configuration Management
6 3 (3.53%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (3.53%) Risk Management
6 3 (3.53%) Systems Engineering
7 2 (2.35%) Digital Signal Processing
7 2 (2.35%) Mechatronics
7 2 (2.35%) Multithreading
7 2 (2.35%) Open Source
7 2 (2.35%) Software Testing
8 1 (1.18%) Computer Science
8 1 (1.18%) Kalman Filter
8 1 (1.18%) Mathematics
8 1 (1.18%) System Testing
Programming Languages
1 25 (29.41%) C
2 18 (21.18%) SystemVerilog
3 9 (10.59%) C++
4 8 (9.41%) Embedded C
5 7 (8.24%) Embedded C++
6 6 (7.06%) Python
7 4 (4.71%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 53 (62.35%) Degree
2 14 (16.47%) Security Cleared
3 11 (12.94%) SC Cleared
4 3 (3.53%) DV Cleared
5 2 (2.35%) HND
6 1 (1.18%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (1.18%) Computer Science Degree
System Software
1 11 (12.94%) Firmware
Vendors
1 35 (41.18%) EMC
1 35 (41.18%) Xilinx
2 18 (21.18%) Microsemi
3 17 (20.00%) Intel
4 5 (5.88%) Cadence
5 1 (1.18%) Altera