Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) Design\Prototyping
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for FPGA Design skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited FPGA Design over the 6 months to 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 843 955 1171
Rank change year-on-year +112 +216 -307
Permanent jobs citing FPGA Design 59 17 58
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.060% 0.017% 0.037%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.070% 0.018% 0.039%
Number of salaries quoted 47 10 9
10th Percentile £32,500 £32,500 £42,200
25th Percentile £37,500 £44,125 £80,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £65,000 £87,500
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% -25.71% +75.00%
75th Percentile £61,000 £83,125 £93,750
90th Percentile £70,000 £85,250 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £70,000 £87,500
% change year-on-year -28.57% -20.00% +75.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

FPGA Design is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 84,809 96,894 150,102
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.57% 95.61% 95.67%
Number of salaries quoted 59,843 56,945 82,179
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,550
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

FPGA Design
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing FPGA Design as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for FPGA Design in the UK

FPGA Design
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing FPGA Design.

Salary trend for FPGA Design in the UK

FPGA Design
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing FPGA Design over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Salary histogram for FPGA Design in the UK

FPGA Design
Top 9 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing FPGA Design within the UK over the 6 months to 9 May 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
UK excluding London +47 59 £50,000 -28.57% 49
England +140 58 £50,000 -23.08% 56
South West +10 32 £50,000 -28.57% 13
Work from Home +87 22 £50,000 -35.48% 19
South East +6 15 £35,000 -33.33% 16
East of England +25 10 £58,750 -30.88% 17
North of England - 1 £51,500 - 2
North West - 1 £51,500 - 1
Scotland - 1 £57,500 - 1

FPGA Design
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 13 (22.03%) Simulink
2 5 (8.47%) OrCAD
2 5 (8.47%) SOLIDWORKS
Cloud Services
1 5 (8.47%) AWS
2 3 (5.08%) Azure
2 3 (5.08%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 11 (18.64%) 5G
1 11 (18.64%) SD-WAN
1 11 (18.64%) WAN
2 9 (15.25%) Software-Defined Radio
3 5 (8.47%) Ethernet
3 5 (8.47%) RS-232
4 4 (6.78%) Wireless
5 3 (5.08%) RS-485
Development Applications
1 8 (13.56%) Git
1 8 (13.56%) Subversion
2 5 (8.47%) LabVIEW
General
1 22 (37.29%) Electronics
2 16 (27.12%) Analytical Skills
3 11 (18.64%) Social Skills
4 9 (15.25%) Manufacturing
5 5 (8.47%) Aerospace
5 5 (8.47%) Aviation
5 5 (8.47%) Military
6 4 (6.78%) Finance
6 4 (6.78%) Marketing
6 4 (6.78%) Public Sector
6 4 (6.78%) Telecoms
7 3 (5.08%) Organisational Skills
7 3 (5.08%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 24 (40.68%) Design Engineer
2 14 (23.73%) Embedded Engineer
3 13 (22.03%) Digital Design Engineer
3 13 (22.03%) Electronics Engineer
4 12 (20.34%) Electronics Design Engineer
5 11 (18.64%) Developer
5 11 (18.64%) FPGA Developer
6 10 (16.95%) Designer
6 10 (16.95%) FPGA Designer
6 10 (16.95%) Graduate
7 9 (15.25%) Graduate Design Engineer
7 9 (15.25%) Graduate Electronics Engineer
7 9 (15.25%) Junior
8 8 (13.56%) Junior Electronics Engineer
9 7 (11.86%) FPGA Engineer
10 5 (8.47%) Hardware Engineer
11 3 (5.08%) Lead
11 3 (5.08%) Project Leader
11 3 (5.08%) Technical Leader
11 3 (5.08%) Technical Project Leader
Miscellaneous
1 59 (100.00%) FPGA
2 30 (50.85%) VHDL
3 19 (32.20%) Embedded Systems
4 13 (22.03%) Verilog
5 8 (13.56%) GNSS
5 8 (13.56%) MicroBlaze
5 8 (13.56%) Self-Motivation
6 5 (8.47%) Analogue Electronics
6 5 (8.47%) Analytical Mindset
7 4 (6.78%) Algorithms
8 3 (5.08%) CPLD
8 3 (5.08%) Fibre Optics
9 1 (1.69%) ASIC
9 1 (1.69%) PCIe
9 1 (1.69%) State Machine
Operating Systems
1 20 (33.90%) Linux
2 8 (13.56%) Windows
3 3 (5.08%) FreeRTOS
4 1 (1.69%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (44.07%) Problem-Solving
2 21 (35.59%) Signal Processing
3 11 (18.64%) B2B
3 11 (18.64%) Computer Science
3 11 (18.64%) Creative Thinking
3 11 (18.64%) Defect Tracking
3 11 (18.64%) Requirements Analysis
3 11 (18.64%) Test Assurance
3 11 (18.64%) Test Automation
4 10 (16.95%) Customer Requirements
5 9 (15.25%) Mentoring
5 9 (15.25%) Validation
6 8 (13.56%) Physics
6 8 (13.56%) Project Management
7 5 (8.47%) Coaching
7 5 (8.47%) Commercialisation
7 5 (8.47%) Image Processing
7 5 (8.47%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 5 (8.47%) Logistics
7 5 (8.47%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 18 (30.51%) MATLAB
2 16 (27.12%) C
3 15 (25.42%) C++
4 10 (16.95%) Python
5 9 (15.25%) Tcl
6 8 (13.56%) Perl
6 8 (13.56%) VB
7 4 (6.78%) SystemVerilog
8 1 (1.69%) Embedded C
8 1 (1.69%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 45 (76.27%) Degree
2 15 (25.42%) Security Cleared
3 8 (13.56%) BPSS Clearance
4 4 (6.78%) SC Cleared
5 3 (5.08%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (5.08%) JTAG
1 3 (5.08%) PMO
System Software
1 36 (61.02%) Firmware
2 17 (28.81%) Embedded Firmware
Vendors
1 18 (30.51%) Xilinx
2 10 (16.95%) Intel
3 8 (13.56%) Altera
3 8 (13.56%) Green Hills
3 8 (13.56%) Motorola
4 4 (6.78%) Microsemi
4 4 (6.78%) SAP
5 1 (1.69%) EMC