The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Field-Programmable Gate Array in IT jobs advertised for the Cambridge region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Field-Programmable Gate Array over the 3 months to 17 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all terms in our Miscellaneous category for the Cambridge region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA)
Rank 118 108 121
Rank change year-on-year
-10 +13
Permanent jobs citing Field-Programmable Gate Array 9 17 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridge 0.478% 0.859% 0.138%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.415% 2.208% 0.354%
Number of salaries quoted 8 5 3
Average salary £47,500 £55,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-13.63% +57.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £37,000 £37,100 £34,200
10% offered a salary of more than £62,500 £57,500 £39,000
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £38,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+16.88% +2.66%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Cambridge
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
636 770 847
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridge 33.79% 38.91% 38.84%
Number of salaries quoted 542 594 767
Average salary £42,500 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.25% +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £30,000 £27,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,815 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-2.96% +6.66%
Field-Programmable Gate Array
Cambridgeshire

Field-Programmable Gate Array
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Field-Programmable Gate Array across the Cambridge region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

Cambridge Field-Programmable Gate Array Jobs Demand Trend

Field-Programmable Gate Array
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Field-Programmable Gate Array across the Cambridge region.

Cambridge Field-Programmable Gate Array Salary Trend

Field-Programmable Gate Array
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Field-Programmable Gate Array across the Cambridge region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Cambridge Field-Programmable Gate Array Salary Histogram

Field-Programmable Gate Array
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridge region citing Field-Programmable Gate Array also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited Field-Programmable Gate Array.

1 12 (63.16%) VHDL
2 11 (57.89%) Verilog
3 10 (52.63%) Degree
3 10 (52.63%) Electronics
4 4 (21.05%) Wireless
4 4 (21.05%) C
4 4 (21.05%) C++
5 3 (15.79%) Linux
5 3 (15.79%) GPRS
5 3 (15.79%) GSM
5 3 (15.79%) UMTS
5 3 (15.79%) WCDMA
5 3 (15.79%) Firmware
5 3 (15.79%) SystemC
5 3 (15.79%) LTE
6 2 (10.53%) Electronic Design Automation
6 2 (10.53%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (10.53%) Manufacturing
6 2 (10.53%) Validation
6 2 (10.53%) ASIC
6 2 (10.53%) Ethernet
6 2 (10.53%) EMC
6 2 (10.53%) Assembly Language
7 1 (5.263%) Python
7 1 (5.263%) PhD
7 1 (5.263%) MATLAB
7 1 (5.263%) Simulink
7 1 (5.263%) Financial Institution
7 1 (5.263%) Finance
7 1 (5.263%) Aerospace

Field-Programmable Gate Array
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridge region citing Field-Programmable Gate Array also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited Field-Programmable Gate Array. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 1 (5.263%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 4 (21.05%) Wireless
2 3 (15.79%) LTE
2 3 (15.79%) GPRS
2 3 (15.79%) GSM
2 3 (15.79%) UMTS
2 3 (15.79%) WCDMA
3 2 (10.53%) Ethernet
General
1 10 (52.63%) Electronics
2 2 (10.53%) Manufacturing
3 1 (5.263%) Financial Institution
3 1 (5.263%) Finance
3 1 (5.263%) Aerospace
3 1 (5.263%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 6 (31.58%) Verification Engineer
2 5 (26.32%) Hardware Engineer
2 5 (26.32%) Senior FPGA Engineer
2 5 (26.32%) FPGA Engineer
3 4 (21.05%) Design Engineer
4 3 (15.79%) Electronics Engineer
4 3 (15.79%) FPGA Design Engineer
4 3 (15.79%) Senior Design Engineer
5 1 (5.263%) Hardware Design Engineer
5 1 (5.263%) Applications Engineer
5 1 (5.263%) Senior Applications Engineer
5 1 (5.263%) Development Engineer
5 1 (5.263%) Senior Development Engineer
5 1 (5.263%) Senior Hardware Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 12 (63.16%) VHDL
2 11 (57.89%) Verilog
3 3 (15.79%) Firmware
3 3 (15.79%) SystemC
4 2 (10.53%) ASIC
5 1 (5.263%) ASIC Verification
5 1 (5.263%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 3 (15.79%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (10.53%) Validation
1 2 (10.53%) Electronic Design Automation
1 2 (10.53%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 4 (21.05%) C
1 4 (21.05%) C++
2 2 (10.53%) Assembly Language
3 1 (5.263%) MATLAB
3 1 (5.263%) Bash shell
3 1 (5.263%) Python
Qualifications
1 10 (52.63%) Degree
2 1 (5.263%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.263%) JTAG
Vendors
1 2 (10.53%) EMC
Cambridge, East Anglia
Experience or knowledge of FPGA or ASIC design, simulation and/or verification techniques, including RTL coding and simulation, in Verilog or VHDL. - Understanding of FPGA or ASIC implementation...
ECM Selection Ltd
Salary: £market rate + excellent benefits
Posted: 23 April 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
You will join the R&D team based in Cambridge and will be reporting to the VP of Hardware Engineering and will be working on FPGA based products...
ENTERPRISE RECRUITMENT LTD
Salary: £35000 to £55000 per annum - Benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
As part of the existing design team you will be working on the design and development of electronic wireless products from initial idea, through detailed design, to debug...
ENTERPRISE RECRUITMENT LTD
Salary: £30000 to £45000 per annum - excellent benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
HDL coding in Verilog or VHDL to create an FPGA or ASIC... Requirements: An excellent first degree or PhD in Electrical Engineering or related discipline... Knowledge of Digital...
MJH Personnel Associates
Salary: Excellent + bens
Posted: 16 May 2013
Cambridge, East Anglia
They are currently looking for an Electronics Design Engineer to work as a part of their product development team with specific responsibility for developing FPGA code for their...
ECM Selection Ltd
Salary: to £50k
Posted: 17 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
They are currently looking for an Electronics Design Engineer to work as a part of their product development team with specific responsibility for developing FPGA code for their...
ECM Selection Ltd
Salary: to £50k
Posted: 17 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
You can expect to learn new skills in digital and analogue electronics, PCB and FPGA/ASIC design... - Verilog or VHDL coding for FPGA or ASIC. - Knowledge of Digital...
ECM Selection Ltd
Salary: to £60k
Posted: 17 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
HDL coding in Verilog or VHDL to create an FPGA or ASIC... Requirements: An excellent first degree or PhD in Electrical Engineering or related discipline... Knowledge of Digital...
MJH Personnel Associates
Salary: Excellent + bens
Posted: 16 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
C, C++, Assembly - for Real-time Embedded Systems, RTOS, ICE... With an excellent, relevant degree and wide-ranging hands-on coding skills in Assembly, C and C++ for...
ECM Selection Ltd
Salary: to £45k - superb location
Posted: 14 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
We have been asked to recruit a Graduate Software Engineer who will perform a key role within their Engineering team working on a variety of tasks including application,...
ENTERPRISE RECRUITMENT LTD
Salary: £25000 to £30000 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
You will have the opportunity to work in areas such as digital design, hardware verification, FPGA prototyping and software development. We are looking for people with competence in...
ENTERPRISE RECRUITMENT LTD
Salary: £25000 to £30000 per annum - Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
They are looking to recruit a FPGA Design Engineer to work as part of the product development team with the specific responsibility for developing FPGA code. You will...
ENTERPRISE RECRUITMENT LTD
Salary: £40000 to £50000 per annum - excellent benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Image processing algorithms and coding. - Excellent development of software written in C/C++ - Solid understanding of software/hardware interaction in embedded systems... Keywords: DSP, signal processing, engineer, algorithms,...
ECM Selection Ltd
Salary: to £50k + excellent benefits
Posted: 13 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Requirements: - Image processing algorithms and coding - Excellent development of software written in C/C++ - Solid understanding of software/hardware interaction in embedded systems This is an excellent opportunity...
ECM Selection Ltd
Salary: to £50k + extensive benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Job Description: To develop our clients internal chip/firmware test infrastructures... This includes board level design, Verilog design, Verilog test bench design and programming of other programmable devices.....
MJH Personnel Associates
Salary: Excellent + bens
Posted: 16 May 2013
Cambridge, East Anglia
Contact us now for full details.Keywords: DSP, signal processing, engineer, algorithms, real-time, RTOS, embedded, C, C++, computer vision, touch, gesture systems, ARM NEON, OpenCL, GPU programming,...
ECM Selection Ltd
Salary: to £50k + extensive benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
Cambridge
The efficient implementation of image processing algorithms on low-cost hardware is fundamental to the success of our client's products... The successful DSP Engineer will have a...
ECM Selection Ltd
Salary: to £50k + excellent benefits
Posted: 29 April 2013
Cambridge, East Anglia
Our client is seeking bright ambitious Engineers to join their Embedded Systems group. The Embedded Systems group solves complex problems using world-class electronics, software and systems engineering...
ECM Selection Ltd
Salary: to £32k
Posted: 22 April 2013
Cambridge
Senior Hardware Design Engineer - IC, firmware, board level designs, analogue, FPGA, digital, Verilog, PICs, EMC, RF... An experienced Hardware Engineer is sought to join a well-established team...
ECM Selection Ltd
Salary: £35,000 - £60,000 per year
Posted: 29 April 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Degree (or equivalent qualification) in maths/science/electronics... Experience of FPGA design for ASIC emulation... Experience on Protocols e.g.WLAN/BT... Keywords: Principal, Engineer, Digital, Design, RTL,...
MJH Personnel Associates
Salary: Excellent + bens
Posted: 16 May 2013
Cambridge, East Anglia
Required: - Experience of large-scale commercial software development - Good knowledge of C++ and the STL - 2.1 or 1st from credible academic institution, ideally in Computer Science, Mathematics,...
ECM Selection Ltd
Salary: Neg £50k + excellent package
Posted: 25 April 2013
Cambridge, East Anglia
Requirements: - 1st or 2:1 degree in Electrical Engineering from a leading university - Familiarity with schematic design tools (eg OrCAD) - Understanding of PCB layout design considerations (eg for...
ECM Selection Ltd
Salary: up to £50k DoE
Posted: 24 April 2013
Cambridge, East Anglia
Skills & Experience RF / Microwave FPGA design Digital / Analog Electronic Design PCB Design, Layout & Schematics Desirable Degree in electronics This is a fantastic career opportunity that will see you...
Computer Futures
Salary: £40000 - £55000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Firmware, Analogue. Job Description: As part of a project team, you will be responsible for the design, development, and test of the drive and control electronics and firmware...
MJH Personnel Associates
Salary: Excellent + bens
Posted: 16 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Signal/image processing, feedback control including robotics, algorithm development and implementation... -Experience of requirements management, risk management activities such as FMEA, verification testing, EMC and safety approval... Keywords:...
MJH Personnel Associates
Salary: Unspecified Excellent + bens
Posted: 16 May 2013