FPGA Contracts in the East of England

Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA)
England > East of England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term FPGA in contract job vacancies in the East of England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited FPGA over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 54 91 99
Rank change year-on-year +37 +8 +28
Contract jobs citing FPGA 28 21 24
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East of England 2.99% 1.10% 1.16%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 6.73% 4.10% 3.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 3 1
10th Percentile £463 £453 -
25th Percentile £477 £513 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £625 £463
Median % change year-on-year -14.00% +35.14% -7.50%
75th Percentile £580 £638 £469
90th Percentile £641 - -
England median daily rate £600 £575 £550
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% +11.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 17 4
10th Percentile £68.75 - £65.38
25th Percentile £75.00 £70.00 £65.94
Median hourly rate £80.00 £80.00 £68.75
Median % change year-on-year - +16.36% +22.77%
75th Percentile £85.75 £85.00 £70.50
90th Percentile £91.50 - £71.40
England median hourly rate £80.00 £57.35 £61.18
% change year-on-year +39.49% -6.25% +9.24%

All Generic Skills
East of England

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 the East of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 416 512 682
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 44.35% 26.82% 33.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 231 253 450
10th Percentile £225 £178 £185
25th Percentile £398 £295 £260
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £465 £450
Median % change year-on-year +11.83% +3.33% -5.26%
75th Percentile £619 £550 £588
90th Percentile £675 £650 £700
England median daily rate £548 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -0.36% -4.35% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 71 127 52
10th Percentile £16.95 £13.24 £20.54
25th Percentile £26.30 £17.00 £21.00
Median hourly rate £66.00 £55.00 £63.00
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -12.70% +121.75%
75th Percentile £83.25 £65.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £87.50 £70.00 £79.38
England median hourly rate £33.00 £30.16 £22.50
% change year-on-year +9.42% +34.04% -16.67%

FPGA
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Job postings citing FPGA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Job vacancy trend for FPGA in the East of England

FPGA
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing FPGA in the East of England.

Daily rate trend for FPGA in the East of England

FPGA
Daily Rate Histogram in the East of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing FPGA in the East of England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for FPGA in the East of England

FPGA
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing FPGA in the East of England.

Hourly rate trend for FPGA in the East of England

FPGA
Hourly Rate Histogram in the East of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing FPGA in the East of England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for FPGA in the East of England

FPGA
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing FPGA within the East of England region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Hertfordshire +30 20 £538 +26.47% 15
Essex - 4 £638 - 4
Bedfordshire - 3 - - 19
Cambridgeshire +8 1 £575 -8.00% 28
FPGA
England

FPGA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England 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 16 (57.14%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 7 (25.00%) Wireless
2 5 (17.86%) 5G
3 4 (14.29%) 5G NR
3 4 (14.29%) Software-Defined Radio
4 3 (10.71%) Ethernet
Development Applications
1 5 (17.86%) Git
General
1 4 (14.29%) Social Skills
2 3 (10.71%) Electronics
2 3 (10.71%) Games
3 2 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (7.14%) Military
Job Titles
1 16 (57.14%) FPGA Engineer
2 13 (46.43%) Design Engineer
2 13 (46.43%) FPGA Design Engineer
3 5 (17.86%) Firmware Engineer
4 2 (7.14%) Senior
4 2 (7.14%) Senior Firmware Engineer
5 1 (3.57%) Principal Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 20 (71.43%) VHDL
2 17 (60.71%) Verilog
3 4 (14.29%) Embedded Systems
4 3 (10.71%) Algorithms
4 3 (10.71%) ASIC
4 3 (10.71%) PCIe
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.57%) Linux
1 1 (3.57%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (57.14%) UVM
2 15 (53.57%) Signal Processing
3 14 (50.00%) FPGA Design
4 3 (10.71%) Artificial Intelligence
4 3 (10.71%) Computer Science
4 3 (10.71%) Cryptography
4 3 (10.71%) Customer Requirements
4 3 (10.71%) Machine Learning
4 3 (10.71%) Physics
5 2 (7.14%) Application Security
5 2 (7.14%) Problem-Solving
6 1 (3.57%) Data Collection
6 1 (3.57%) Software Engineering
6 1 (3.57%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 17 (60.71%) SystemVerilog
2 13 (46.43%) C
3 7 (25.00%) Tcl
4 3 (10.71%) MATLAB
5 2 (7.14%) Python
6 1 (3.57%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 16 (57.14%) Degree
2 9 (32.14%) Security Cleared
3 7 (25.00%) SC Cleared
4 3 (10.71%) HNC
4 3 (10.71%) HND
5 2 (7.14%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (10.71%) DO-254
System Software
1 7 (25.00%) Firmware
Vendors
1 21 (75.00%) Xilinx
2 16 (57.14%) Intel
2 16 (57.14%) Microsemi
3 3 (10.71%) Actel
3 3 (10.71%) Altera