The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Field-Programmable Gate Array in IT jobs advertised for the Gloucestershire 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 23 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 Gloucestershire region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA)
Rank 78 102 93
Rank change year-on-year
+24 -9
Permanent jobs citing Field-Programmable Gate Array 15 2 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Gloucestershire 1.697% 0.160% 0.251%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 4.261% 0.593% 1.024%
Number of salaries quoted 5 2 2
Average salary £35,000 £41,250 £36,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
-15.15% +13.79%
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £38,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+16.88% +2.66%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Gloucestershire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
352 337 293
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Gloucestershire 39.82% 26.96% 24.52%
Number of salaries quoted 280 276 256
Average salary £36,500 £41,500 £39,482
Average salary % change year-on-year
-12.04% +5.11%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £26,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £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
South West

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

Gloucestershire 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 Gloucestershire region.

Gloucestershire Field-Programmable Gate Array Salary Trend

Field-Programmable Gate Array
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Field-Programmable Gate Array within the Gloucestershire region over the 3 months to 23 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
Gloucester +21 12 £39,250 +1.94%
Wotton-under-Edge - 3 £35,000 -
Field-Programmable Gate Array
South West

Field-Programmable Gate Array
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Gloucestershire 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 17 (85.00%) VHDL
2 16 (80.00%) Security Cleared
3 12 (60.00%) Electronics
3 12 (60.00%) C
4 11 (55.00%) Firmware
4 11 (55.00%) Telecoms
5 10 (50.00%) SC Cleared
6 9 (45.00%) C++
7 8 (40.00%) Linux
8 7 (35.00%) Project Management
9 6 (30.00%) Xilinx
9 6 (30.00%) Altera
9 6 (30.00%) Signal Processing
10 5 (25.00%) Wireless
10 5 (25.00%) Finance
10 5 (25.00%) Mathematics
10 5 (25.00%) Physics
11 4 (20.00%) Degree
11 4 (20.00%) Gigabit Ethernet
11 4 (20.00%) Cyber Security
11 4 (20.00%) CUDA
11 4 (20.00%) SONET
11 4 (20.00%) ASIC
11 4 (20.00%) SDH
11 4 (20.00%) Ethernet
12 3 (15.00%) Embedded C
12 3 (15.00%) JSP
12 3 (15.00%) Java
12 3 (15.00%) Manufacturing
12 3 (15.00%) DO-178B

Field-Programmable Gate Array
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Gloucestershire 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.

Application Development
1 3 (15.00%) JSP
2 2 (10.00%) Boost C++ Libraries
2 2 (10.00%) STL
Communications & Networking
1 5 (25.00%) Wireless
2 4 (20.00%) Gigabit Ethernet
2 4 (20.00%) SONET
2 4 (20.00%) SDH
2 4 (20.00%) Ethernet
3 2 (10.00%) IPv4
3 2 (10.00%) IPv6
Development Applications
1 2 (10.00%) Rational DOORS
1 2 (10.00%) GCC
1 2 (10.00%) GDB
1 2 (10.00%) LabVIEW
General
1 12 (60.00%) Electronics
2 11 (55.00%) Telecoms
3 5 (25.00%) Finance
4 3 (15.00%) Manufacturing
5 2 (10.00%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 7 (35.00%) Electronics Engineer
2 6 (30.00%) Developer
3 4 (20.00%) Hardware Engineer
4 3 (15.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 3 (15.00%) Software Engineer
4 3 (15.00%) C Software Engineer
4 3 (15.00%) FPGA Engineer
5 2 (10.00%) Digital Hardware Engineer
5 2 (10.00%) Software Developer
5 2 (10.00%) Graduate
6 1 (5.000%) Systems Engineer
6 1 (5.000%) Junior
6 1 (5.000%) Firmware Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 17 (85.00%) VHDL
2 11 (55.00%) Firmware
3 5 (25.00%) Mathematics
3 5 (25.00%) Physics
4 4 (20.00%) CUDA
4 4 (20.00%) ASIC
Operating Systems
1 8 (40.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (35.00%) Project Management
2 6 (30.00%) Signal Processing
3 4 (20.00%) Cyber Security
4 3 (15.00%) V-Model
5 2 (10.00%) Continuous Integration
5 2 (10.00%) Multithreading
5 2 (10.00%) TDD
5 2 (10.00%) Requirements Analysis
5 2 (10.00%) Business Development
5 2 (10.00%) Scrum
6 1 (5.000%) Configuration Management
Programming Languages
1 12 (60.00%) C
2 9 (45.00%) C++
3 3 (15.00%) Embedded C
3 3 (15.00%) Java
4 2 (10.00%) Ruby
4 2 (10.00%) Bash shell
4 2 (10.00%) MATLAB
4 2 (10.00%) JavaScript
4 2 (10.00%) Perl
4 2 (10.00%) Python
4 2 (10.00%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 16 (80.00%) Security Cleared
2 10 (50.00%) SC Cleared
3 4 (20.00%) Degree
4 3 (15.00%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (15.00%) DO-178B
Vendors
1 6 (30.00%) Xilinx
1 6 (30.00%) Altera
2 2 (10.00%) Agilent
Gloucestershire, South West
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: £45000 - £46000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 18 May 2013
Gloucestershire, South West
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: £30000 - £35000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 18 May 2013