FPGA Design Contract Job Trends in Edinburgh

Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) Design\Prototyping
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Edinburgh requiring FPGA Design skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 58 69 -
Rank change year-on-year +11 - -
Contract jobs citing FPGA Design 5 2 0
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 0.86% 0.32% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.94% 0.35% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £65 £425 -
Median % change year-on-year -84.71% - -
Scotland median daily rate £65 £425 £480
% change year-on-year -84.71% -11.46% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 0
Median hourly rate £75.00 £70.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% - -
Scotland median hourly rate £75.00 £70.00 -
% change year-on-year +7.14% - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Edinburgh

FPGA Design falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Edinburgh.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 530 567 830
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 91.38% 91.90% 90.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 272 305 501
10th Percentile £232 £230 £200
25th Percentile £406 £390 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -5.26% -
75th Percentile £550 £538 £550
90th Percentile £625 £635 £625
Scotland median daily rate £463 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +2.78% -10.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 25 10
10th Percentile £17.04 £20.30 £13.12
25th Percentile - £22.22 £16.00
Median hourly rate £17.87 £23.59 £17.61
Median % change year-on-year -24.25% +33.96% -17.17%
75th Percentile £33.63 £24.18 £31.97
90th Percentile £62.63 £26.70 £54.48
Scotland median hourly rate £20.00 £23.59 £18.59
% change year-on-year -15.22% +26.90% -0.19%

FPGA Design
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

FPGA Design job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

FPGA Design
Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing FPGA Design.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing FPGA Design

FPGA Design
Hourly Rate Trend in Edinburgh

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing FPGA Design.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing FPGA Design

FPGA Design
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%) 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%) Altera
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