The first table below looks at the demand for the FPGA Engineer role in IT jobs advertised for the East of England region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited FPGA Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 21 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 Job Titles advertised for the East of England region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
FPGA Engineer
Rank 257 266 262
Rank change year-on-year
+9 -4
Permanent jobs requiring an FPGA Engineer 5 4 8
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East of England 0.060% 0.046% 0.085%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.063% 0.047% 0.090%
Number of salaries quoted 4 1 4
Average salary £52,500 £50,000 £47,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.00% +5.26%
90% offered a salary of more than £45,500 £50,000 £46,450
10% offered a salary of more than £54,250 £50,000 £49,250
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £38,500 £46,000
% change year-on-year
+16.88% -16.30%
All Job Titles
East of England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
7915 8479 8883
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East of England 95.40% 96.70% 94.69%
Number of salaries quoted 6895 7100 7595
Average salary £39,500 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.25% +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £25,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
FPGA Engineer
England

FPGA Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing FPGA Engineer across the East of England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

East of England FPGA Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

FPGA Engineer
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing FPGA Engineer across the East of England region.

East of England FPGA Engineer Salary Trend

FPGA Engineer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing FPGA Engineer across the East of England region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

East of England FPGA Engineer Salary Histogram

FPGA Engineer
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing FPGA Engineer within the East of England region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Cambridgeshire +12 3 £52,500 +5.00%
Hertfordshire - 2 £48,750 -
FPGA Engineer
England

FPGA Engineer
Top 21 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the East of England region that cited FPGA Engineer in their job title 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 with FPGA Engineer in their job title.

1 7 (100.00%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
2 6 (85.71%) Electronics
3 4 (57.14%) Degree
3 4 (57.14%) VHDL
4 3 (42.86%) Verilog
4 3 (42.86%) C++
4 3 (42.86%) GPRS
4 3 (42.86%) GSM
4 3 (42.86%) UMTS
4 3 (42.86%) WCDMA
4 3 (42.86%) LTE
4 3 (42.86%) SystemC
4 3 (42.86%) Wireless
5 2 (28.57%) Altera
5 2 (28.57%) Ethernet
5 2 (28.57%) Electronic Design Automation
5 2 (28.57%) Xilinx
6 1 (14.29%) Validation
6 1 (14.29%) Military
6 1 (14.29%) EMC
6 1 (14.29%) CAE

FPGA Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the East of England region that cited FPGA Engineer in their job title 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 with FPGA Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 3 (42.86%) GPRS
1 3 (42.86%) GSM
1 3 (42.86%) UMTS
1 3 (42.86%) WCDMA
1 3 (42.86%) LTE
1 3 (42.86%) Wireless
2 2 (28.57%) Ethernet
General
1 6 (85.71%) Electronics
2 1 (14.29%) Military
Miscellaneous
1 7 (100.00%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
2 4 (57.14%) VHDL
3 3 (42.86%) Verilog
3 3 (42.86%) SystemC
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (28.57%) Electronic Design Automation
2 1 (14.29%) Validation
2 1 (14.29%) CAE
Programming Languages
1 3 (42.86%) C++
Qualifications
1 4 (57.14%) Degree
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Altera
1 2 (28.57%) Xilinx
2 1 (14.29%) EMC
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
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