Altera Contract Job Trends in Edinburgh

Altera
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh requiring knowledge or experience of Altera products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Altera over the 6 months leading up to 17 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within the Altera Corporation.

6 months to
17 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 57 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Altera 5 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 0.81% - -
As % of the Vendors category 2.00% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £65 - -
Scotland median daily rate £65 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Median hourly rate £75.00 - -
Scotland median hourly rate £75.00 - -

All Vendors
Edinburgh

Altera falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services in Edinburgh.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 250 247 416
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 40.72% 34.99% 41.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 112 118 245
10th Percentile £278 £155 £164
25th Percentile £413 £265 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% -
75th Percentile £538 £538 £550
90th Percentile £625 £685 £613
Scotland median daily rate £450 £440 £500
% change year-on-year +2.27% -12.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 24 7
10th Percentile £16.43 £16.05 -
25th Percentile - £20.13 £17.72
Median hourly rate £17.87 £23.59 £22.87
Median % change year-on-year -24.25% +3.15% +21.97%
75th Percentile £45.00 £24.18 £60.00
90th Percentile £72.75 - £60.60
Scotland median hourly rate £25.15 £23.00 £18.33
% change year-on-year +9.35% +25.51% +3.41%

Altera
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Altera job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

Altera
Hourly Rate Trend in Edinburgh

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Altera.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Altera

Altera
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh 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:

Applications
1 5 (100.00%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 5 (100.00%) Ethernet
General
1 5 (100.00%) Electronics
2 2 (40.00%) Aerospace
2 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) Firmware Engineer
1 5 (100.00%) Senior
1 5 (100.00%) Senior Firmware Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) FPGA Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Senior FPGA Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (100.00%) FPGA
1 5 (100.00%) PCIe
1 5 (100.00%) VHDL
2 2 (40.00%) Verilog
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) FPGA Design
1 5 (100.00%) UVM
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) MATLAB
1 5 (100.00%) SystemVerilog
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) Degree
1 5 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (60.00%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (100.00%) DO-254
System Software
1 5 (100.00%) Firmware
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Xilinx
2 4 (80.00%) Microsemi
3 2 (40.00%) Actel
3 2 (40.00%) Intel
4 1 (20.00%) Siemens