Altera Contract Job Trends in England

Altera
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England 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 3 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
3 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 528 517 580
Rank change year-on-year -11 +63 +175
Contract jobs citing Altera 6 1 1
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.021% 0.003% 0.003%
As % of the Vendors category 0.043% 0.007% 0.006%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £60 £438 -
Median % change year-on-year -86.29% - -
UK median daily rate £63 £438 £650
% change year-on-year -85.71% -32.69% -13.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £80.00 - -
Median hourly rate £84.00 - -
75th Percentile £88.00 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £80.00 - -

All Vendors
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 13,930 13,889 17,786
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 47.79% 44.92% 44.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,900 8,328 11,761
10th Percentile £281 £300 £256
25th Percentile £404 £413 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £507 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.38% - -2.33%
75th Percentile £615 £625 £638
90th Percentile £700 £725 £731
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -1.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 691 434 617
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.22 £15.03
25th Percentile £18.47 £16.00 £20.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.16% -21.35% +74.51%
75th Percentile £43.75 £65.00 £63.00
90th Percentile £72.00 £74.00 £76.25
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.00 £43.84
% change year-on-year -21.42% -27.01% +75.36%

Altera
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Altera job vacancy trend in England

Altera
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Altera.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Altera

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Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Altera

Altera
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Altera within the England region over the 6 months to 3 November 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
East of England -7 6 £60 -86.29% 4
Altera
UK

Altera
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 6 (100.00%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 6 (100.00%) Ethernet
General
1 6 (100.00%) Electronics
1 6 (100.00%) Games
2 3 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Firmware Engineer
2 3 (50.00%) Principal Engineer
3 2 (33.33%) FPGA Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (100.00%) Algorithms
1 6 (100.00%) FPGA
1 6 (100.00%) PCIe
1 6 (100.00%) Verilog
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) AI
1 6 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 6 (100.00%) Cryptography
1 6 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 6 (100.00%) Physics
1 6 (100.00%) UVM
2 3 (50.00%) Customer Requirements
Programming Languages
1 6 (100.00%) MATLAB
1 6 (100.00%) SystemVerilog
1 6 (100.00%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 6 (100.00%) Degree
1 6 (100.00%) HNC
1 6 (100.00%) HND
1 6 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 6 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (100.00%) DO-254
System Software
1 6 (100.00%) Firmware
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) Actel
1 6 (100.00%) Intel
1 6 (100.00%) Microsemi
1 6 (100.00%) Xilinx