FPGA Engineer Jobs in the South East

Field-Programmable Gate Array Engineer (FPGA Engineer)
England > South East

The median Field-Programmable Gate Array Engineer (FPGA Engineer) salary in the South East is £56,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 377 410 482
Rank change year-on-year +33 +72 -111
Permanent jobs requiring an FPGA Engineer 8 4 6
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.048% 0.027% 0.030%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.051% 0.029% 0.032%
Number of salaries quoted 6 3 1
10th Percentile £40,625 £55,500 -
25th Percentile £49,625 £61,875 £80,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,500 £73,000 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year -22.60% -14.12% +78.95%
75th Percentile £64,875 £75,250 £90,000
90th Percentile £66,875 £76,600 -
England median annual salary £56,500 £74,000 £85,000
% change year-on-year -23.65% -12.94% +70.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South East

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the South East. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the South East with a recognized job title 15,620 13,675 18,997
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.89% 90.62% 96.39%
Number of salaries quoted 11,331 8,566 12,620
10th Percentile £27,500 £29,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,750 £39,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,899 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.15% +1.50% +9.09%

FPGA Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings that featured FPGA Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for FPGA Engineer in the South East

FPGA Engineer
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing FPGA Engineer in the South East.

Salary trend for FPGA Engineer in the South East

FPGA Engineer
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing FPGA Engineer in the South East over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Salary histogram for FPGA Engineer in the South East

FPGA Engineer
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing FPGA Engineer within the South East region over the 6 months to 26 April 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
Hampshire -6 5 £57,500 -22.30% 2
Thames Valley +18 3 £56,500 +7.62% 5
Oxfordshire +16 3 £56,500 +7.62% 2
FPGA Engineer
England

FPGA Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 26 April 2024, FPGA Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the South East region featuring FPGA Engineer in the job title.

1 8 (100.00%) FPGA
2 5 (62.50%) VHDL
2 5 (62.50%) Verilog
2 5 (62.50%) Software Engineering
2 5 (62.50%) C
2 5 (62.50%) C++
2 5 (62.50%) MATLAB
2 5 (62.50%) Embedded Systems
2 5 (62.50%) FPGA Design
3 4 (50.00%) Simulink
3 4 (50.00%) Python
4 3 (37.50%) Electronics
4 3 (37.50%) FreeRTOS
4 3 (37.50%) Signal Processing
4 3 (37.50%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (25.00%) SC Cleared
5 2 (25.00%) Security Cleared
5 2 (25.00%) Software-Defined Radio
5 2 (25.00%) Public Sector
5 2 (25.00%) Digital Signal Processing
5 2 (25.00%) Telecoms
5 2 (25.00%) Finance
5 2 (25.00%) Manufacturing
5 2 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
5 2 (25.00%) SAP
5 2 (25.00%) Firmware
5 2 (25.00%) Wireless
5 2 (25.00%) Programme Management
5 2 (25.00%) Marketing
5 2 (25.00%) Degree

FPGA Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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:

Applications
1 4 (50.00%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 2 (25.00%) Software-Defined Radio
1 2 (25.00%) Wireless
2 1 (12.50%) 3GPP
2 1 (12.50%) 4G
2 1 (12.50%) 5G
2 1 (12.50%) 5G NR
2 1 (12.50%) GSM
2 1 (12.50%) LTE
2 1 (12.50%) UMTS
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Jenkins
1 1 (12.50%) TeamCity
General
1 3 (37.50%) Electronics
2 2 (25.00%) Finance
2 2 (25.00%) Manufacturing
2 2 (25.00%) Marketing
2 2 (25.00%) Public Sector
2 2 (25.00%) Telecoms
3 1 (12.50%) Military
Miscellaneous
1 8 (100.00%) FPGA
2 5 (62.50%) Embedded Systems
2 5 (62.50%) Verilog
2 5 (62.50%) VHDL
3 1 (12.50%) Acoustics
3 1 (12.50%) Algorithms
3 1 (12.50%) GNSS
Operating Systems
1 3 (37.50%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) FPGA Design
1 5 (62.50%) Software Engineering
2 3 (37.50%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (37.50%) Signal Processing
3 2 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (25.00%) Digital Marketing
3 2 (25.00%) Digital Signal Processing
3 2 (25.00%) Programme Management
4 1 (12.50%) Agile
4 1 (12.50%) Artificial Intelligence
4 1 (12.50%) Continuous Integration
4 1 (12.50%) Embedded Software Development
4 1 (12.50%) Machine Learning
4 1 (12.50%) Mentoring
4 1 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (12.50%) Project Planning
4 1 (12.50%) Prototyping
4 1 (12.50%) Systems Engineering
4 1 (12.50%) Test Scripting
4 1 (12.50%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (62.50%) C
1 5 (62.50%) C++
1 5 (62.50%) MATLAB
2 4 (50.00%) Python
3 1 (12.50%) Embedded C
3 1 (12.50%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) Degree
1 2 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (25.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 2 (25.00%) Firmware
2 1 (12.50%) Embedded Firmware
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) SAP
2 1 (12.50%) Xilinx