FPGA Jobs in the South West

Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA)
England > South West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term FPGA in permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited FPGA over the 6 months to 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 225 254 282
Rank change year-on-year +29 +28 -5
Permanent jobs citing FPGA 67 18 31
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 0.73% 0.26% 0.39%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.31% 0.63% 0.98%
Number of salaries quoted 53 6 8
10th Percentile £37,500 £44,033 £36,800
25th Percentile £45,000 £52,500 £40,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £67,500 £50,500
Median % change year-on-year -18.52% +33.66% +5.21%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,813 £70,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £75,000 -
England median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -4.55% -21.43% +27.27%

All Generic Skills
South West

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 the South West with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 2,902 2,844 3,165
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 31.73% 40.42% 40.03%
Number of salaries quoted 2,035 1,418 1,728
10th Percentile £28,000 £28,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £38,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,519 £53,112
Median % change year-on-year -6.58% +0.77% +11.81%
75th Percentile £66,250 £72,000 £73,250
90th Percentile £82,500 £87,500 £87,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -15.38% +4.00% +4.17%

FPGA
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings citing FPGA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for FPGA in the South West

FPGA
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for FPGA in the South West

FPGA
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing FPGA in the South West over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Salary histogram for FPGA in the South West

FPGA
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing FPGA within the South West region over the 6 months to 25 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
Bristol +22 23 £70,000 +3.70% 5
Gloucestershire -9 17 £75,000 +3.45% 6
Devon - 10 - - 1
Dorset - 8 £40,000 - 3
Somerset - 8 £50,000 - 8
FPGA
England

FPGA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 7 (10.45%) GNU Octave
1 7 (10.45%) Simulink
2 5 (7.46%) OrCAD
2 5 (7.46%) SOLIDWORKS
3 4 (5.97%) Windchill
Cloud Services
1 5 (7.46%) AWS
2 3 (4.48%) Azure
2 3 (4.48%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 11 (16.42%) Ethernet
2 10 (14.93%) 5G
2 10 (14.93%) SD-WAN
2 10 (14.93%) WAN
3 5 (7.46%) OFDM
3 5 (7.46%) RS-232
4 3 (4.48%) RS-485
4 3 (4.48%) Wireless
5 1 (1.49%) Software-Defined Radio
Development Applications
1 10 (14.93%) Git
2 8 (11.94%) Subversion
3 7 (10.45%) LabVIEW
4 2 (2.99%) PetaLinux
General
1 33 (49.25%) Electronics
2 20 (29.85%) Analytical Skills
3 15 (22.39%) Social Skills
4 11 (16.42%) Manufacturing
5 9 (13.43%) Military
6 5 (7.46%) Aerospace
6 5 (7.46%) Aviation
7 4 (5.97%) Finance
7 4 (5.97%) Marketing
7 4 (5.97%) Public Sector
7 4 (5.97%) Telecoms
8 3 (4.48%) Organisational Skills
8 3 (4.48%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 20 (29.85%) Embedded Engineer
2 13 (19.40%) Electronics Engineer
3 11 (16.42%) Software Engineer
4 10 (14.93%) Systems Engineer
5 9 (13.43%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 9 (13.43%) Hardware Engineer
5 9 (13.43%) Senior
6 8 (11.94%) Developer
6 8 (11.94%) FPGA Developer
7 7 (10.45%) Design Engineer
7 7 (10.45%) Principal Embedded Software Engineer
7 7 (10.45%) Principal Engineer
7 7 (10.45%) Principal Software Engineer
7 7 (10.45%) Senior Embedded Engineer
7 7 (10.45%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
7 7 (10.45%) Senior Software Engineer
8 5 (7.46%) Designer
8 5 (7.46%) Digital Design Engineer
8 5 (7.46%) DSP Engineer
8 5 (7.46%) FPGA Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (5.97%) Flash
2 2 (2.99%) POSIX
2 2 (2.99%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 24 (35.82%) VHDL
2 8 (11.94%) Algorithms
2 8 (11.94%) Self-Motivation
3 7 (10.45%) GNSS
3 7 (10.45%) MicroBlaze
4 5 (7.46%) Analogue Electronics
4 5 (7.46%) Analytical Mindset
4 5 (7.46%) Embedded Systems
5 4 (5.97%) PCIe
6 3 (4.48%) CPLD
6 3 (4.48%) Fibre Optics
6 3 (4.48%) Verilog
7 2 (2.99%) Management Information System
8 1 (1.49%) ASIC
Operating Systems
1 18 (26.87%) Linux
2 8 (11.94%) Windows
3 2 (2.99%) Android
3 2 (2.99%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (43.28%) FPGA Design
2 21 (31.34%) Problem-Solving
3 18 (26.87%) Signal Processing
4 12 (17.91%) Software Engineering
5 10 (14.93%) B2B
5 10 (14.93%) Computer Science
5 10 (14.93%) Creative Thinking
5 10 (14.93%) Customer Requirements
5 10 (14.93%) Defect Tracking
5 10 (14.93%) Garbage Collection
5 10 (14.93%) Memory Management
5 10 (14.93%) Requirements Analysis
5 10 (14.93%) Test Assurance
5 10 (14.93%) Test Automation
6 8 (11.94%) Mentoring
6 8 (11.94%) Project Management
6 8 (11.94%) Validation
7 7 (10.45%) Technical Leadership
8 6 (8.96%) Physics
9 5 (7.46%) Kalman Filter
Programming Languages
1 34 (50.75%) C
2 28 (41.79%) C++
3 18 (26.87%) MATLAB
4 7 (10.45%) Perl
4 7 (10.45%) Tcl
4 7 (10.45%) VB
5 6 (8.96%) Python
6 2 (2.99%) C#
6 2 (2.99%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 24 (35.82%) Degree
2 14 (20.90%) Security Cleared
3 5 (7.46%) BPSS Clearance
4 3 (4.48%) SC Cleared
5 1 (1.49%) HNC
5 1 (1.49%) HND
5 1 (1.49%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (10.45%) JTAG
2 3 (4.48%) PMO
System Software
1 40 (59.70%) Firmware
2 16 (23.88%) Embedded Firmware
Vendors
1 14 (20.90%) Xilinx
2 7 (10.45%) Altera
2 7 (10.45%) Green Hills
2 7 (10.45%) Motorola
3 4 (5.97%) EMC
3 4 (5.97%) Intel
3 4 (5.97%) Mentor Graphics
3 4 (5.97%) SAP
3 4 (5.97%) Siemens
4 2 (2.99%) Keysight