Field-Programmable Gate Array Developer (FPGA Developer)
UK

The median Field-Programmable Gate Array Developer (FPGA Developer) salary in the UK is £51,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 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
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 877 988 1189
Rank change year-on-year +111 +201 -301
Permanent jobs requiring an FPGA Developer 17 1 7
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.017% 0.001% 0.005%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.018% 0.001% 0.005%
Number of salaries quoted 9 1 0
10th Percentile £44,500 - -
25th Percentile £47,250 £41,750 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,500 £49,500 -
Median % change year-on-year +4.04% - -
75th Percentile £125,000 £57,250 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,500 £49,500 -
% change year-on-year +4.04% - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 UK with a recognized job title 92,894 96,310 147,847
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.63% 91.58% 96.06%
Number of salaries quoted 66,756 60,420 85,018
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,923 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.80% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

FPGA Developer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for FPGA Developer in the UK

FPGA Developer
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for FPGA Developer in the UK

FPGA Developer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing FPGA Developer over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Salary histogram for FPGA Developer in the UK

FPGA Developer
Top 7 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing FPGA Developer within the UK 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
England +126 17 £51,500 +4.04% 3
UK excluding London +16 11 £51,500 +4.04% 3
South West - 8 £51,500 - 1
London - 6 £125,000 -
South East +22 2 £51,500 +4.04% 1
North West - 1 £51,500 - 1
North of England - 1 £51,500 - 1

FPGA Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 25 April 2024, FPGA Developer 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 featuring FPGA Developer in the job title.

1 17 (100.00%) FPGA
2 14 (82.35%) C++
3 12 (70.59%) VHDL
3 12 (70.59%) Degree
4 11 (64.71%) C
5 10 (58.82%) Linux
5 10 (58.82%) MATLAB
5 10 (58.82%) Signal Processing
5 10 (58.82%) FPGA Design
5 10 (58.82%) Problem-Solving
6 9 (52.94%) Computer Science
7 8 (47.06%) Firmware
8 7 (41.18%) Electronics
8 7 (41.18%) Perl
8 7 (41.18%) VB
8 7 (41.18%) Windows
8 7 (41.18%) WAN
8 7 (41.18%) B2B
8 7 (41.18%) Motorola
8 7 (41.18%) Tcl
8 7 (41.18%) Test Automation
8 7 (41.18%) Altera
8 7 (41.18%) Green Hills
8 7 (41.18%) Xilinx
8 7 (41.18%) Requirements Analysis
8 7 (41.18%) SD-WAN
8 7 (41.18%) Social Skills
8 7 (41.18%) Creative Thinking
8 7 (41.18%) 5G
8 7 (41.18%) Analytical Skills

FPGA Developer Skill Set
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:

Communications & Networking
1 7 (41.18%) 5G
1 7 (41.18%) SD-WAN
1 7 (41.18%) WAN
2 3 (17.65%) Software-Defined Radio
2 3 (17.65%) Wireless
General
1 7 (41.18%) Analytical Skills
1 7 (41.18%) Electronics
1 7 (41.18%) Social Skills
2 4 (23.53%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 17 (100.00%) FPGA
2 12 (70.59%) VHDL
3 7 (41.18%) GNSS
3 7 (41.18%) MicroBlaze
4 3 (17.65%) Algorithms
4 3 (17.65%) Embedded Systems
5 2 (11.76%) VLSI
Operating Systems
1 10 (58.82%) Linux
2 7 (41.18%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (58.82%) FPGA Design
1 10 (58.82%) Problem-Solving
1 10 (58.82%) Signal Processing
2 9 (52.94%) Computer Science
3 7 (41.18%) B2B
3 7 (41.18%) Creative Thinking
3 7 (41.18%) Defect Tracking
3 7 (41.18%) Requirements Analysis
3 7 (41.18%) Test Assurance
3 7 (41.18%) Test Automation
4 4 (23.53%) Low Latency
5 3 (17.65%) Digital Signal Processing
5 3 (17.65%) Mathematics
5 3 (17.65%) Physics
6 2 (11.76%) Cybersecurity
6 2 (11.76%) Electronic Trading
6 2 (11.76%) Full Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 14 (82.35%) C++
2 11 (64.71%) C
3 10 (58.82%) MATLAB
4 7 (41.18%) Perl
4 7 (41.18%) Tcl
4 7 (41.18%) VB
5 4 (23.53%) Java
6 3 (17.65%) Python
Qualifications
1 12 (70.59%) Degree
2 3 (17.65%) PhD
2 3 (17.65%) SC Cleared
2 3 (17.65%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 8 (47.06%) Firmware
2 7 (41.18%) Embedded Firmware
Vendors
1 7 (41.18%) Altera
1 7 (41.18%) Green Hills
1 7 (41.18%) Motorola
1 7 (41.18%) Xilinx