FPGA Jobs in England

Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA)
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term FPGA in permanent job vacancies advertised in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited FPGA over the 6 months to 29 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 587 733 909
Rank change year-on-year +146 +176 -199
Permanent jobs citing FPGA 261 163 262
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.29% 0.19% 0.19%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.87% 0.44% 0.40%
Number of salaries quoted 183 82 104
10th Percentile £37,500 £40,125 £41,450
25th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,500 £61,043 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.63% -12.80% +33.33%
75th Percentile £70,000 £82,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £92,375 £93,750
UK median annual salary £51,500 £60,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -14.17% -14.29% +37.25%

All Generic Skills
England

FPGA is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 30,165 37,452 65,962
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 33.72% 43.35% 47.24%
Number of salaries quoted 20,917 20,469 30,470
10th Percentile £28,000 £35,764 £34,750
25th Percentile £38,000 £46,749 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +4.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £87,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £105,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -15.38% +4.00% +4.17%

FPGA
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for FPGA in England

FPGA
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing FPGA in England.

Salary trend for FPGA in England

FPGA
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing FPGA in England over the 6 months to 29 May 2024.

Salary histogram for FPGA in England

FPGA
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing FPGA within the England region over the 6 months to 29 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South West +46 78 £50,000 -28.57% 33
South East +11 68 £52,000 -16.25% 60
East of England +28 49 £50,000 -18.37% 56
London +137 44 £115,000 +27.78% 13
North of England -12 11 £50,000 +17.65% 6
Midlands -18 11 £40,000 -63.64% 14
North West -3 10 £50,000 - 6
East Midlands -25 10 £40,000 -50.00% 4
Yorkshire +37 1 - -
West Midlands -3 1 - - 10
FPGA
UK

FPGA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (0.77%) Apache
1 2 (0.77%) nginx
2 1 (0.38%) Kinematics
Applications
1 16 (6.13%) Simulink
2 13 (4.98%) OrCAD
3 11 (4.21%) GNU Octave
4 5 (1.92%) SOLIDWORKS
5 4 (1.53%) Windchill
Cloud Services
1 13 (4.98%) AWS
2 12 (4.60%) Azure
3 4 (1.53%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 23 (8.81%) Ethernet
2 20 (7.66%) TCP/IP
3 15 (5.75%) WAN
4 14 (5.36%) Wireless
5 13 (4.98%) Software-Defined Radio
6 12 (4.60%) 5G
7 11 (4.21%) OFDM
7 11 (4.21%) SD-WAN
8 6 (2.30%) DNS
8 6 (2.30%) DVB
8 6 (2.30%) NAS
8 6 (2.30%) SAN
9 5 (1.92%) 4G
9 5 (1.92%) RS-232
9 5 (1.92%) RS-485
10 4 (1.53%) LAN
10 4 (1.53%) SNMP
11 2 (0.77%) DHCP
11 2 (0.77%) Internet
12 1 (0.38%) MQTT
Development Applications
1 15 (5.75%) Git
2 13 (4.98%) Jenkins
3 8 (3.07%) GitLab
3 8 (3.07%) Subversion
4 7 (2.68%) LabVIEW
5 2 (0.77%) JUnit
5 2 (0.77%) PetaLinux
5 2 (0.77%) TeamCity
6 1 (0.38%) CMake
6 1 (0.38%) GCC
6 1 (0.38%) GDB
6 1 (0.38%) JIRA
General
1 99 (37.93%) Electronics
2 46 (17.62%) Analytical Skills
2 46 (17.62%) Finance
3 45 (17.24%) Social Skills
4 33 (12.64%) Manufacturing
5 24 (9.20%) Aerospace
6 17 (6.51%) Automotive
7 15 (5.75%) Telecoms
8 12 (4.60%) Public Sector
9 11 (4.21%) Marketing
10 10 (3.83%) Military
11 8 (3.07%) Front Office
12 5 (1.92%) Aviation
12 5 (1.92%) Presentation Skills
13 4 (1.53%) Banking
13 4 (1.53%) Organisational Skills
14 3 (1.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 3 (1.15%) Law
15 1 (0.38%) Health Technology
15 1 (0.38%) Retail
Job Titles
1 52 (19.92%) Embedded Engineer
2 45 (17.24%) Electronics Engineer
3 43 (16.48%) Senior
4 39 (14.94%) Design Engineer
5 37 (14.18%) Developer
5 37 (14.18%) Lead
6 31 (11.88%) Hardware Engineer
6 31 (11.88%) Software Engineer
7 27 (10.34%) Systems Engineer
8 23 (8.81%) Graduate
9 20 (7.66%) C++ Developer
10 17 (6.51%) FPGA Developer
10 17 (6.51%) FPGA Engineer
11 16 (6.13%) Digital Design Engineer
11 16 (6.13%) Lead Systems Engineer
11 16 (6.13%) Low Latency C++ Developer
12 15 (5.75%) Junior
13 14 (5.36%) Embedded Software Engineer
14 13 (4.98%) Electronics Design Engineer
14 13 (4.98%) Principal Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (1.92%) Yocto
2 4 (1.53%) Flash
2 4 (1.53%) LDAP
3 2 (0.77%) Boost C++ Libraries
3 2 (0.77%) FIX Protocol
3 2 (0.77%) OpenMP
3 2 (0.77%) POSIX
3 2 (0.77%) STL
4 1 (0.38%) .NET
4 1 (0.38%) Apache Thrift
4 1 (0.38%) COM
4 1 (0.38%) CSS
4 1 (0.38%) Flask
4 1 (0.38%) HTML
4 1 (0.38%) HTML5
4 1 (0.38%) LLVM
4 1 (0.38%) Qt
4 1 (0.38%) React
4 1 (0.38%) Twitter Bootstrap
Miscellaneous
1 88 (33.72%) VHDL
2 34 (13.03%) Verilog
3 33 (12.64%) Algorithms
4 28 (10.73%) Embedded Systems
5 23 (8.81%) Self-Motivation
6 19 (7.28%) Analogue Electronics
7 18 (6.90%) Analytical Mindset
8 16 (6.13%) PCIe
9 12 (4.60%) Equities
9 12 (4.60%) Greenfield Project
10 9 (3.45%) GNSS
11 8 (3.07%) MicroBlaze
12 7 (2.68%) CPLD
13 4 (1.53%) Hedge funds
14 3 (1.15%) ASIC
14 3 (1.15%) CCTV
14 3 (1.15%) Device Driver
14 3 (1.15%) Fibre Optics
15 2 (0.77%) Fixed Income
15 2 (0.77%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 76 (29.12%) Linux
2 11 (4.21%) Windows
3 10 (3.83%) Embedded Linux
4 8 (3.07%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 6 (2.30%) CentOS
5 6 (2.30%) FreeRTOS
5 6 (2.30%) Oracle Linux
6 3 (1.15%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (22.99%) FPGA Design
2 56 (21.46%) Problem-Solving
2 56 (21.46%) Software Engineering
3 54 (20.69%) Signal Processing
4 53 (20.31%) Computer Science
5 28 (10.73%) Low Latency
6 24 (9.20%) Customer Service
6 24 (9.20%) Physics
6 24 (9.20%) Schematic Capture
6 24 (9.20%) Validation
7 21 (8.05%) Mathematics
8 15 (5.75%) Software Testing
9 14 (5.36%) Kalman Filter
9 14 (5.36%) Mentoring
10 13 (4.98%) Customer Requirements
10 13 (4.98%) Multithreading
10 13 (4.98%) Test Automation
11 12 (4.60%) Memory Management
12 11 (4.21%) Digital Marketing
12 11 (4.21%) Requirements Analysis
Programming Languages
1 115 (44.06%) C
2 105 (40.23%) C++
3 46 (17.62%) Java
4 41 (15.71%) Python
5 32 (12.26%) MATLAB
6 13 (4.98%) Perl
7 8 (3.07%) Bash
7 8 (3.07%) Embedded C
7 8 (3.07%) Tcl
7 8 (3.07%) VB
8 4 (1.53%) C#
8 4 (1.53%) SystemVerilog
9 2 (0.77%) Embedded C++
9 2 (0.77%) Haskell
9 2 (0.77%) Rust
9 2 (0.77%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.38%) Assembly Language
10 1 (0.38%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 131 (50.19%) Degree
2 39 (14.94%) Security Cleared
3 22 (8.43%) PhD
4 21 (8.05%) SC Cleared
5 12 (4.60%) DV Cleared
6 10 (3.83%) BPSS Clearance
7 9 (3.45%) Master's Degree
8 3 (1.15%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (0.77%) HND
10 1 (0.38%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (3.07%) JTAG
2 3 (1.15%) ECSS
2 3 (1.15%) PMO
3 1 (0.38%) AUTOSAR
3 1 (0.38%) ISO 9000
System Software
1 99 (37.93%) Firmware
2 29 (11.11%) Embedded Firmware
3 3 (1.15%) Docker
Systems Management
1 10 (3.83%) Ansible
2 4 (1.53%) Nagios
2 4 (1.53%) Prometheus
3 2 (0.77%) Red Hat Spacewalk
4 1 (0.38%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 28 (10.73%) EMC
2 26 (9.96%) Xilinx
3 13 (4.98%) Intel
4 11 (4.21%) SAP
5 8 (3.07%) Altera
5 8 (3.07%) F5
5 8 (3.07%) Green Hills
5 8 (3.07%) Motorola
5 8 (3.07%) Red Hat
6 6 (2.30%) Oracle
7 4 (1.53%) Mentor Graphics
7 4 (1.53%) Microsemi
7 4 (1.53%) Siemens
8 2 (0.77%) Dell
8 2 (0.77%) HP
8 2 (0.77%) Keysight
9 1 (0.38%) CA