The first table below looks at the demand for the FPGA Engineer role in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited FPGA Engineer in their job title 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 Job Titles currently tracked.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
FPGA Engineer
Rank 836 875 862
Rank change year-on-year
+39 -13
Permanent jobs requiring an FPGA Engineer 26 23 11
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.024% 0.019% 0.009%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.026% 0.020% 0.009%
Number of salaries quoted 21 9 7
Average salary £45,000 £38,500 £46,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+16.88% -16.30%
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £38,500 £46,000
% change year-on-year
+16.88% -16.30%
All Job Titles
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
101523 114414 118763
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 94.40% 94.78% 94.22%
Number of salaries quoted 84418 98091 100446
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £27,500 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £67,500 £72,500 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%

FPGA Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing FPGA Engineer within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

FPGA Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

FPGA Engineer
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing FPGA Engineer within the UK.

FPGA Engineer Salary Trend

FPGA Engineer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing FPGA Engineer over the 3 months to 23 May 2013 within the UK.

FPGA Engineer Salary Histogram

FPGA Engineer
Top 13 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing FPGA Engineer within the UK 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
England +23 22 £45,000 +16.88%
South East 0 12 £45,000 +16.88%
Kent -15 8 £45,000 +16.88%
East of England +11 5 £52,500 +5.00%
Berkshire -4 4 £30,000 -
Scotland - 4 £100,000 -
Edinburgh - 4 £100,000 -
Cambridge +10 3 £52,500 +5.00%
Cambridgeshire +7 3 £52,500 +5.00%
Midlands - 3 £45,000 -
Hertfordshire - 2 £48,750 -
London +37 1 £100,000 +100.00%
Stevenage - 1 £55,000 -

FPGA Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK that cited FPGA Engineer in their job title 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 with FPGA Engineer in their job title.

1 42 (100.00%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
2 38 (90.48%) VHDL
3 33 (78.57%) Degree
4 24 (57.14%) Verilog
5 21 (50.00%) ASIC
6 20 (47.62%) Electronics
7 19 (45.24%) Computer Science
7 19 (45.24%) Altera
8 13 (30.95%) Investment Banking
8 13 (30.95%) Banking
8 13 (30.95%) Legal
8 13 (30.95%) TCP/IP
9 11 (26.19%) Xilinx
10 8 (19.05%) Ethernet
11 7 (16.67%) Wireless
12 6 (14.29%) C
13 5 (11.90%) C++
13 5 (11.90%) Firmware
14 4 (9.524%) CPLD
14 4 (9.524%) Marketing
15 3 (7.143%) SC Cleared
15 3 (7.143%) Security Cleared
15 3 (7.143%) SystemC
15 3 (7.143%) Rational DOORS
15 3 (7.143%) LTE
15 3 (7.143%) Image Processing
15 3 (7.143%) Video Processing
15 3 (7.143%) Validation
15 3 (7.143%) GPRS
15 3 (7.143%) GSM

FPGA Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK that cited FPGA Engineer in their job title 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 with FPGA Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 13 (30.95%) TCP/IP
2 8 (19.05%) Ethernet
3 7 (16.67%) Wireless
4 3 (7.143%) LTE
4 3 (7.143%) GPRS
4 3 (7.143%) GSM
4 3 (7.143%) UMTS
4 3 (7.143%) WCDMA
5 1 (2.381%) Gigabit Ethernet
Development Applications
1 3 (7.143%) Rational DOORS
2 1 (2.381%) Subversion
2 1 (2.381%) Eclipse
General
1 20 (47.62%) Electronics
2 13 (30.95%) Investment Banking
2 13 (30.95%) Banking
2 13 (30.95%) Legal
3 4 (9.524%) Marketing
4 2 (4.762%) Aerospace
5 1 (2.381%) Finance
5 1 (2.381%) Military
Miscellaneous
1 42 (100.00%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
2 38 (90.48%) VHDL
3 24 (57.14%) Verilog
4 21 (50.00%) ASIC
5 19 (45.24%) Computer Science
6 5 (11.90%) Firmware
7 4 (9.524%) CPLD
8 3 (7.143%) SystemC
8 3 (7.143%) MPEG
9 2 (4.762%) Embedded Systems
10 1 (2.381%) Hedge funds
10 1 (2.381%) Equities
10 1 (2.381%) Device Driver
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.381%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (7.143%) Image Processing
1 3 (7.143%) Video Processing
1 3 (7.143%) Validation
1 3 (7.143%) Cyber Security
2 2 (4.762%) OO
2 2 (4.762%) Digital Signal Processing
2 2 (4.762%) Signal Processing
2 2 (4.762%) V-Model
2 2 (4.762%) Electronic Design Automation
3 1 (2.381%) IC Design
3 1 (2.381%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (2.381%) Risk Management
3 1 (2.381%) CAE
3 1 (2.381%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (14.29%) C
2 5 (11.90%) C++
3 2 (4.762%) Java
3 2 (4.762%) Perl
3 2 (4.762%) Tcl
4 1 (2.381%) Assembly Language
Qualifications
1 33 (78.57%) Degree
2 3 (7.143%) SC Cleared
2 3 (7.143%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 19 (45.24%) Altera
2 11 (26.19%) Xilinx
3 2 (4.762%) EMC
4 1 (2.381%) Actel
Oxfordshire, South East
We are seeking : 1 x Senior Digital Electronics Engineer - £40,000 - £50,000 Skills & Experience FPGA design, VHDL Digital / Analogue Electronic Design Embedded systems PCB Design, Layout & Schematics...
Computer Futures
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Bristol, South West
I am currently seeking 2 x Electronic Engineers to work on high tech hardware, fpga's / HDL / VHDL for a company in Bristol... Hardware Role: High-speed digital...
Computer Futures
Salary: £30000 - £45000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Bristol, South West
We are seeking: 1 x Senior Digital Electronics Engineer - £40,000 - £50,000 Skills & Experience FPGA design, VHDL Digital / Analogue Electronic Design Embedded systems PCB Design, Layout & Schematics...
Computer Futures
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Oxfordshire, South East
We are seeking : 1 x Senior Digital Electronics Engineer - £40,000 - £50,000 Skills & Experience FPGA design, VHDL Digital / Analogue Electronic Design Embedded systems PCB Design, Layout & Schematics...
Computer Futures
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
They are looking to recruit a FPGA Design Engineer to work as part of the product development team with the specific responsibility for developing FPGA code. You will...
ENTERPRISE RECRUITMENT LTD
Salary: £40000 to £50000 per annum - excellent benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Oxfordshire, South East
I am urgently seeking 3 x Electronic Engineers based nearOxfordfor an exciting permanent opportunity specialising in Digital FPGA, VHDL and Analogue design working on low noise electronics for...
Computer Futures
Salary: £45000 - £55000 per annum + Pension, Health Care, Bonus
Posted: 15 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
You will join the R&D team based in Cambridge and will be reporting to the VP of Hardware Engineering and will be working on FPGA based products...
ENTERPRISE RECRUITMENT LTD
Salary: £35000 to £55000 per annum - Benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
London
FPGA... devices in VHDL/Verilog from specification to delivery and testing... Strong experience with VHDL/Verilog ideally including system level design. Good understanding of C/C++ programming. Experience...
Optimus Search Ltd
Salary: From £60,000 to £80,000 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
We are part of the larger BlackBerry Cellular Technologies group, which provides support across the whole range of current and future wireless standards (2G, 2.5G, EDGE, evolved...
Blackberry
Salary: Competitive Salary + Bonus + Benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013