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

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA)
Rank 81 66 -
Rank change year-on-year
-15 -
Permanent jobs citing Field-Programmable Gate Array 10 6 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Kent 0.873% 0.844% -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.175% 2.885% -
Number of salaries quoted 10 6 0
Average salary £45,000 £38,500 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
+16.88% -
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £38,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+16.88% +2.66%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Kent
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
315 208 297
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Kent 27.49% 29.25% 27.63%
Number of salaries quoted 262 181 267
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £25,000 £24,401
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £50,600 £51,500
UK excluding London average salary £39,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-2.50% +6.66%
Field-Programmable Gate Array
South East

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

Kent 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 Kent region.

Kent 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 Kent 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
Dartford 0 2 £38,750 -3.12%
Field-Programmable Gate Array
South East

Field-Programmable Gate Array
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Kent 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 19 (100.00%) Degree
2 18 (94.74%) VHDL
3 13 (68.42%) ASIC
4 12 (63.16%) Legal
4 12 (63.16%) TCP/IP
4 12 (63.16%) Verilog
4 12 (63.16%) Banking
4 12 (63.16%) Investment Banking
4 12 (63.16%) Computer Science
4 12 (63.16%) Altera
5 5 (26.32%) Electronics
6 1 (5.263%) Open Source
6 1 (5.263%) Embedded Systems
6 1 (5.263%) Multithreading
6 1 (5.263%) Video Processing
6 1 (5.263%) Microsoft
6 1 (5.263%) Embedded C++
6 1 (5.263%) EMC
6 1 (5.263%) Firmware
6 1 (5.263%) Middleware
6 1 (5.263%) Validation
6 1 (5.263%) Device Driver
6 1 (5.263%) C
6 1 (5.263%) C++
6 1 (5.263%) Visual Studio
6 1 (5.263%) Windows
6 1 (5.263%) Linux
6 1 (5.263%) OOP
6 1 (5.263%) OO
6 1 (5.263%) ISO 9001

Field-Programmable Gate Array
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Kent 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 1 (5.263%) Middleware
Communications & Networking
1 12 (63.16%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 1 (5.263%) Visual Studio
General
1 12 (63.16%) Legal
1 12 (63.16%) Banking
1 12 (63.16%) Investment Banking
2 5 (26.32%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 12 (63.16%) FPGA Engineer
2 5 (26.32%) Development Engineer
2 5 (26.32%) Hardware Engineer
3 1 (5.263%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 1 (5.263%) Team Leader
3 1 (5.263%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 18 (94.74%) VHDL
2 13 (68.42%) ASIC
3 12 (63.16%) Verilog
3 12 (63.16%) Computer Science
4 1 (5.263%) Open Source
4 1 (5.263%) Embedded Systems
4 1 (5.263%) Firmware
4 1 (5.263%) Device Driver
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.263%) Windows
1 1 (5.263%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (5.263%) Multithreading
1 1 (5.263%) Video Processing
1 1 (5.263%) Validation
1 1 (5.263%) OOP
1 1 (5.263%) OO
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.263%) Embedded C++
1 1 (5.263%) C
1 1 (5.263%) C++
Qualifications
1 19 (100.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.263%) ISO 9001
Vendors
1 12 (63.16%) Altera
2 1 (5.263%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.263%) EMC