The first table below looks at the demand for the Senior 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 Senior FPGA Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 24 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Senior FPGA Engineer
Rank 852 890 879
Rank change year-on-year
+38 -11
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior FPGA Engineer 10 9 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.009% 0.007% 0.002%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.010% 0.008% 0.002%
Number of salaries quoted 7 6 1
Average salary £100,000 £38,500 £47,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+159.74% -18.94%
UK excluding London average salary £100,000 £38,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year
+159.74% -18.94%
All Job Titles
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
102035 114410 117207
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 94.41% 94.80% 94.20%
Number of salaries quoted 84835 98106 99148
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%

Senior FPGA Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Senior FPGA Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Senior FPGA Engineer
Salary Trend

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

Senior FPGA Engineer Salary Trend

Senior FPGA Engineer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Senior FPGA Engineer over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 within the UK.

Senior FPGA Engineer Salary Histogram

Senior FPGA Engineer
Top 9 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior FPGA Engineer within the UK over the 3 months to 24 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 +22 6 £52,500 +36.36%
East of England +3 4 £52,500 +10.52%
Scotland - 4 £100,000 -
Edinburgh - 4 £100,000 -
Cambridge - 3 £52,500 -
Cambridgeshire - 3 £52,500 -
South East +4 2 - -
Berkshire - 2 - -
Hertfordshire +10 1 £42,500 -10.52%

Senior FPGA Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK that cited Senior 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 Senior FPGA Engineer in their job title.

1 14 (100.00%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
2 12 (85.71%) VHDL
3 11 (78.57%) Degree
4 10 (71.43%) Electronics
5 7 (50.00%) Verilog
5 7 (50.00%) Wireless
6 6 (42.86%) Ethernet
7 5 (35.71%) ASIC
8 4 (28.57%) Marketing
8 4 (28.57%) Xilinx
9 3 (21.43%) LTE
9 3 (21.43%) UMTS
9 3 (21.43%) WCDMA
9 3 (21.43%) C++
9 3 (21.43%) GPRS
9 3 (21.43%) GSM
9 3 (21.43%) SystemC
10 2 (14.29%) MPEG
10 2 (14.29%) C
10 2 (14.29%) Altera
10 2 (14.29%) Electronic Design Automation
10 2 (14.29%) CPLD
11 1 (7.143%) Rational DOORS
11 1 (7.143%) Digital Signal Processing
11 1 (7.143%) Signal Processing
11 1 (7.143%) Actel
11 1 (7.143%) IC Design
11 1 (7.143%) Aerospace
11 1 (7.143%) Validation
11 1 (7.143%) EMC

Senior FPGA Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK that cited Senior 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 Senior FPGA Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 7 (50.00%) Wireless
2 6 (42.86%) Ethernet
3 3 (21.43%) LTE
3 3 (21.43%) UMTS
3 3 (21.43%) WCDMA
3 3 (21.43%) GPRS
3 3 (21.43%) GSM
Development Applications
1 1 (7.143%) Rational DOORS
General
1 10 (71.43%) Electronics
2 4 (28.57%) Marketing
3 1 (7.143%) Aerospace
Miscellaneous
1 14 (100.00%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
2 12 (85.71%) VHDL
3 7 (50.00%) Verilog
4 5 (35.71%) ASIC
5 3 (21.43%) SystemC
6 2 (14.29%) MPEG
6 2 (14.29%) CPLD
7 1 (7.143%) Firmware
7 1 (7.143%) Computer Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (14.29%) Electronic Design Automation
2 1 (7.143%) Digital Signal Processing
2 1 (7.143%) Signal Processing
2 1 (7.143%) IC Design
2 1 (7.143%) Validation
2 1 (7.143%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 3 (21.43%) C++
2 2 (14.29%) C
Qualifications
1 11 (78.57%) Degree
Vendors
1 4 (28.57%) Xilinx
2 2 (14.29%) Altera
3 1 (7.143%) Actel
3 1 (7.143%) EMC
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
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
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