FPGA Contract Job Trends in Bristol

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

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term FPGA in contract job vacancies in Bristol. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited FPGA over the 6 months leading up to 24 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 67 66 75
Rank change year-on-year -1 +9 +24
Contract jobs citing FPGA 3 3 2
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 0.36% 0.43% 0.20%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.18% 1.86% 0.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £463 £463 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 -
75th Percentile £488 £488 -
90th Percentile - - -
South West median daily rate £475 £475 £538
% change year-on-year - -11.63% -24.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £85.00 - -
Median hourly rate £90.00 - -
75th Percentile £95.00 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South West median hourly rate £90.00 - £35.00
% change year-on-year - - -51.39%

All Generic Skills
Bristol

FPGA falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in Bristol.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 255 161 296
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 30.54% 23.10% 30.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 130 63 191
10th Percentile £237 £143 £210
25th Percentile £450 £213 £386
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £518 £475 £563
Median % change year-on-year +8.95% -15.56% +12.50%
75th Percentile £589 £568 £675
90th Percentile £677 £686 £738
South West median daily rate £535 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.73% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 68 28 28
10th Percentile £6.00 £36.78 £61.25
25th Percentile £18.22 £60.63 £68.56
Median hourly rate £33.50 £70.00 £75.39
Median % change year-on-year -52.14% -7.15% +15.98%
75th Percentile £65.00 £75.00 £83.40
90th Percentile £68.08 - £83.77
South West median hourly rate £33.50 £67.50 £62.50
% change year-on-year -50.37% +8.00% -0.79%

FPGA
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing FPGA relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol.

FPGA job vacancy trend in Bristol

FPGA
Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing FPGA.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing FPGA

FPGA
Hourly Rate Trend in Bristol

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing FPGA.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing FPGA

FPGA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) Ethernet
General
1 2 (66.67%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) FPGA Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) SOC Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Validation Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (66.67%) RESTful
1 2 (66.67%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Self-Motivation
1 2 (66.67%) Verilog
1 2 (66.67%) VHDL
2 1 (33.33%) PCIe
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Agile
1 2 (66.67%) DevOps
2 1 (33.33%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) C
1 3 (100.00%) Python
2 2 (66.67%) C#
2 2 (66.67%) C++
3 1 (33.33%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
1 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 2 (66.67%) Docker
2 1 (33.33%) Firmware