The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Field-Programmable Gate Array in IT jobs advertised for the Edinburgh 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 22 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 Edinburgh region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA)
Rank 79 81 100
Rank change year-on-year
+2 +19
Permanent jobs citing Field-Programmable Gate Array 13 11 5
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Edinburgh 1.195% 0.794% 0.327%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 4.101% 2.709% 1.129%
Number of salaries quoted 9 8 4
Average salary £45,000 £36,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+23.28% -2.66%
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £39,250 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+14.64% +4.66%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Edinburgh
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
317 406 443
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Edinburgh 29.14% 29.31% 28.99%
Number of salaries quoted 190 301 303
Average salary £40,000 £36,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+11.11% -4.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £22,700 £28,000
10% offered a salary of more than £65,900 £50,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £39,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-2.50% +6.66%
Field-Programmable Gate Array
Scotland

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 Edinburgh region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

Edinburgh 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 Edinburgh region.

Edinburgh 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 Edinburgh region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Edinburgh Field-Programmable Gate Array Salary Histogram

Field-Programmable Gate Array
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Edinburgh 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 (85.71%) Wireless
2 8 (57.14%) C
3 7 (50.00%) MATLAB
4 6 (42.86%) Firmware
5 5 (35.71%) Electronics
5 5 (35.71%) Bluetooth
5 5 (35.71%) Wi-Fi
5 5 (35.71%) VHDL
5 5 (35.71%) Verilog
6 4 (28.57%) Marketing
6 4 (28.57%) Degree
6 4 (28.57%) Ethernet
6 4 (28.57%) Embedded C
6 4 (28.57%) C++
6 4 (28.57%) ASIC
7 3 (21.43%) Embedded Software Development
8 2 (14.29%) ZigBee
8 2 (14.29%) EMC
8 2 (14.29%) Signal Processing
8 2 (14.29%) xDSL
9 1 (7.143%) CAN bus
9 1 (7.143%) Assembly Language
9 1 (7.143%) Perl
9 1 (7.143%) Python
9 1 (7.143%) Aerospace
9 1 (7.143%) Validation
9 1 (7.143%) SC Cleared
9 1 (7.143%) Security Cleared
9 1 (7.143%) Altera
9 1 (7.143%) Actel

Field-Programmable Gate Array
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Edinburgh 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.

Communications & Networking
1 12 (85.71%) Wireless
2 5 (35.71%) Bluetooth
2 5 (35.71%) Wi-Fi
3 4 (28.57%) Ethernet
4 2 (14.29%) ZigBee
4 2 (14.29%) xDSL
Development Applications
1 1 (7.143%) Subversion
General
1 5 (35.71%) Electronics
2 4 (28.57%) Marketing
3 1 (7.143%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 6 (42.86%) Firmware Engineer
2 4 (28.57%) Design Engineer
2 4 (28.57%) Digital Design Engineer
2 4 (28.57%) FPGA Engineer
2 4 (28.57%) Senior FPGA Engineer
2 4 (28.57%) Senior Design Engineer
3 3 (21.43%) Communications Engineer
4 2 (14.29%) Hardware Engineer
5 1 (7.143%) Systems Engineer
5 1 (7.143%) Principal Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (42.86%) Firmware
2 5 (35.71%) VHDL
2 5 (35.71%) Verilog
3 4 (28.57%) ASIC
4 1 (7.143%) CAN bus
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (21.43%) Embedded Software Development
2 2 (14.29%) Signal Processing
3 1 (7.143%) Validation
3 1 (7.143%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 8 (57.14%) C
2 7 (50.00%) MATLAB
3 4 (28.57%) Embedded C
3 4 (28.57%) C++
4 1 (7.143%) Assembly Language
4 1 (7.143%) Perl
4 1 (7.143%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (28.57%) Degree
2 1 (7.143%) SC Cleared
2 1 (7.143%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (14.29%) EMC
2 1 (7.143%) Altera
2 1 (7.143%) Actel
2 1 (7.143%) Xilinx