The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Field-Programmable Gate Array in IT jobs advertised for the Scotland 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 17 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 Scotland region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA)
Rank 139 138 148
Rank change year-on-year
-1 +10
Permanent jobs citing Field-Programmable Gate Array 18 16 8
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 0.575% 0.465% 0.233%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.963% 1.784% 0.889%
Number of salaries quoted 13 11 7
Average salary £100,000 £37,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+166.66% -
90% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £34,000 £36,500
10% offered a salary of more than £150,000 £50,000 £37,900
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £38,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+16.88% +2.66%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Scotland
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
917 897 900
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 29.30% 26.08% 26.18%
Number of salaries quoted 525 625 633
Average salary £42,500 £37,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+13.33% -
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £25,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,815 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-2.96% +6.66%
Field-Programmable Gate Array
UK

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

Scotland 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 Scotland region.

Scotland 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 Scotland region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Scotland Field-Programmable Gate Array Salary Histogram

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 Scotland region over the 3 months to 17 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
Edinburgh +3 13 £45,000 +23.28%
Fife +3 4 £150,000 +300.00%
Field-Programmable Gate Array
UK

Field-Programmable Gate Array
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Scotland 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 15 (68.18%) C
2 12 (54.55%) Wireless
2 12 (54.55%) Electronics
3 11 (50.00%) Degree
4 8 (36.36%) SC Cleared
4 8 (36.36%) Security Cleared
4 8 (36.36%) Aerospace
5 7 (31.82%) Manufacturing
5 7 (31.82%) LabVIEW
5 7 (31.82%) Military
5 7 (31.82%) VB
5 7 (31.82%) Configuration Management
5 7 (31.82%) MATLAB
5 7 (31.82%) Six Sigma
5 7 (31.82%) Carbide.c++
5 7 (31.82%) DV Cleared
5 7 (31.82%) Lean Manufacturing
6 6 (27.27%) Firmware
7 5 (22.73%) Wi-Fi
7 5 (22.73%) Bluetooth
7 5 (22.73%) VHDL
7 5 (22.73%) Verilog
8 4 (18.18%) Ethernet
8 4 (18.18%) Embedded C
8 4 (18.18%) C++
8 4 (18.18%) ASIC
8 4 (18.18%) Marketing
9 3 (13.64%) Embedded Software Development
10 2 (9.091%) EMC
10 2 (9.091%) Signal Processing

Field-Programmable Gate Array
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Scotland 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 (54.55%) Wireless
2 5 (22.73%) Bluetooth
2 5 (22.73%) Wi-Fi
3 4 (18.18%) Ethernet
4 2 (9.091%) ZigBee
4 2 (9.091%) xDSL
Development Applications
1 7 (31.82%) LabVIEW
1 7 (31.82%) Carbide.c++
2 1 (4.545%) Subversion
General
1 12 (54.55%) Electronics
2 8 (36.36%) Aerospace
3 7 (31.82%) Manufacturing
3 7 (31.82%) Military
4 4 (18.18%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 7 (31.82%) Test Engineer
1 7 (31.82%) Senior Test Engineer
1 7 (31.82%) Test Development Engineer
1 7 (31.82%) Development Engineer
1 7 (31.82%) Senior Development Engineer
2 6 (27.27%) Firmware Engineer
3 4 (18.18%) Senior FPGA Engineer
3 4 (18.18%) Senior Design Engineer
3 4 (18.18%) Design Engineer
3 4 (18.18%) Digital Design Engineer
3 4 (18.18%) FPGA Engineer
4 3 (13.64%) Communications Engineer
5 2 (9.091%) Hardware Engineer
6 1 (4.545%) Systems Engineer
6 1 (4.545%) Development Manager
6 1 (4.545%) Principal Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (27.27%) Firmware
2 5 (22.73%) VHDL
2 5 (22.73%) Verilog
3 4 (18.18%) ASIC
4 1 (4.545%) CPLD
4 1 (4.545%) CAN bus
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (31.82%) Six Sigma
1 7 (31.82%) Configuration Management
1 7 (31.82%) Lean Manufacturing
2 3 (13.64%) Embedded Software Development
3 2 (9.091%) Signal Processing
3 2 (9.091%) Software Engineering
4 1 (4.545%) Business Development
4 1 (4.545%) Process Management
4 1 (4.545%) Validation
4 1 (4.545%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 15 (68.18%) C
2 7 (31.82%) VB
2 7 (31.82%) MATLAB
3 4 (18.18%) Embedded C
3 4 (18.18%) C++
4 1 (4.545%) Perl
4 1 (4.545%) Python
4 1 (4.545%) Assembly Language
Qualifications
1 11 (50.00%) Degree
2 8 (36.36%) SC Cleared
2 8 (36.36%) Security Cleared
3 7 (31.82%) DV Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (9.091%) EMC
2 1 (4.545%) Xilinx
2 1 (4.545%) Altera
2 1 (4.545%) Actel
Scotland
Key Requirements: - Relevant degree in electronics engineering - 3+ years experience within electronics engineering - The ability to design for manufacture - Broad range of Design Skills (Analogue & Digital) - High speed...
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