FPGA Engineer Contract Job Trends in Edinburgh

Field-Programmable Gate Array Engineer (FPGA Engineer)
Scotland > Edinburgh

As of 21 September 2025, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Field-Programmable Gate Array Engineer (FPGA Engineer) daily rate in Edinburgh.

6 months to
21 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 66 - 95
Rank change year-on-year - - +42
Contract jobs requiring an FPGA Engineer 1 0 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh 0.16% - 0.094%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.17% - 0.099%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
Scotland median daily rate - - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Edinburgh

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Edinburgh. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Edinburgh with a recognized job title 576 781 1,013
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.57% 94.55% 95.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 292 409 631
10th Percentile £280 £199 £230
25th Percentile £413 £340 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% -
75th Percentile £538 £538 £538
90th Percentile £600 £614 £600
Scotland median daily rate £463 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +2.78% -5.26% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 37 13
10th Percentile - £13.58 £13.16
25th Percentile £17.30 £16.37 £17.70
Median hourly rate £42.51 £18.27 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year +132.66% +3.10% -5.87%
75th Percentile £64.06 £23.89 £43.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £36.51 £53.74
Scotland median hourly rate £20.00 £18.20 £17.72
% change year-on-year +9.89% +2.71% -5.87%

FPGA Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

Job postings that featured FPGA Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.

Job vacancy trend for FPGA Engineer in Edinburgh

FPGA Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in Edinburgh

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for FPGA Engineer job vacancies in Edinburgh.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for FPGA Engineer job vacancies in Edinburgh

FPGA Engineer Skill Set
Top 19 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh

For the 6 months to 21 September 2025, FPGA Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Edinburgh region featuring FPGA Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Ethernet
1 1 (100.00%) Siemens
1 1 (100.00%) Firmware
1 1 (100.00%) MATLAB
1 1 (100.00%) Simulink
1 1 (100.00%) Electronics
1 1 (100.00%) VHDL
1 1 (100.00%) FPGA
1 1 (100.00%) Xilinx
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Altera
1 1 (100.00%) DO-254
1 1 (100.00%) FPGA Design
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (100.00%) PCIe
1 1 (100.00%) SystemVerilog
1 1 (100.00%) UVM

FPGA Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh 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 1 (100.00%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Ethernet
General
1 1 (100.00%) Electronics
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) FPGA
1 1 (100.00%) PCIe
1 1 (100.00%) VHDL
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) FPGA Design
1 1 (100.00%) UVM
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) MATLAB
1 1 (100.00%) SystemVerilog
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) DO-254
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Firmware
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Altera
1 1 (100.00%) Siemens
1 1 (100.00%) Xilinx