FPGA Design Contracts in England

Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) Design\Prototyping
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring FPGA Design skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited FPGA Design 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 451 511 635
Rank change year-on-year +60 +124 +139
Contract jobs citing FPGA Design 34 31 18
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.14% 0.083% 0.036%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.15% 0.096% 0.040%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 5 6
10th Percentile £563 £255 £447
25th Percentile - £550 £464
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £635 £525
Median % change year-on-year -5.51% +20.95% -
75th Percentile - £775 £572
90th Percentile - £792 £588
UK median daily rate £600 £635 £525
% change year-on-year -5.51% +20.95% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 17 3
10th Percentile £70.63 - £36.55
25th Percentile £75.00 £70.00 £44.51
Median hourly rate £80.00 £80.00 £57.76
Median % change year-on-year - +38.50% -22.99%
75th Percentile £85.00 £85.00 £64.88
90th Percentile £92.38 - £69.15
UK median hourly rate £80.00 £80.00 £57.76
% change year-on-year - +38.50% -22.99%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 22,202 32,193 45,529
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 91.16% 86.56% 90.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,534 21,105 31,969
10th Percentile £310 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £765
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 921 2,246 1,592
10th Percentile £14.42 £12.92 £10.87
25th Percentile £18.20 £16.01 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

FPGA Design
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for FPGA Design in England

FPGA Design
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing FPGA Design in England.

Daily rate trend for FPGA Design in England

FPGA Design
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing FPGA Design in England.

Hourly rate trend for FPGA Design in England

FPGA Design
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

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

Hourly rate histogram for FPGA Design in England

FPGA Design
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 FPGA Design within the 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
East of England +27 14 £575 - 22
South East +48 9 £600 -12.41% 21
London +38 6 - - 8
Midlands +24 3 £550 - 3
East Midlands - 2 £550 - 1
South West - 2 - - 8
West Midlands +14 1 - - 2
FPGA Design
UK

FPGA Design
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 13 (38.24%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 4 (11.76%) Ethernet
Development Applications
1 4 (11.76%) Git
1 4 (11.76%) Subversion
General
1 14 (41.18%) Social Skills
2 2 (5.88%) Electronics
2 2 (5.88%) Finance
2 2 (5.88%) Manufacturing
2 2 (5.88%) Marketing
2 2 (5.88%) Military
2 2 (5.88%) Public Sector
2 2 (5.88%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 33 (97.06%) FPGA Engineer
2 13 (38.24%) Design Engineer
2 13 (38.24%) FPGA Design Engineer
3 4 (11.76%) Network Engineer
3 4 (11.76%) Senior
3 4 (11.76%) Senior FPGA Engineer
3 4 (11.76%) Senior Network Engineer
4 1 (2.94%) Firmware Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 34 (100.00%) FPGA
2 29 (85.29%) Verilog
3 24 (70.59%) VHDL
4 4 (11.76%) Data Centre
4 4 (11.76%) PCIe
Operating Systems
1 10 (29.41%) Linux
1 10 (29.41%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (44.12%) UVM
2 11 (32.35%) Signal Processing
3 10 (29.41%) Data Collection
3 10 (29.41%) Software Engineering
3 10 (29.41%) Validation
4 5 (14.71%) Test Scripting
5 4 (11.76%) Artificial Intelligence
5 4 (11.76%) Machine Learning
5 4 (11.76%) Prototyping
5 4 (11.76%) Risk Analysis
6 2 (5.88%) Application Security
6 2 (5.88%) Business Intelligence
6 2 (5.88%) Digital Marketing
6 2 (5.88%) Programme Management
6 2 (5.88%) Test Planning
Programming Languages
1 29 (85.29%) SystemVerilog
2 18 (52.94%) Python
2 18 (52.94%) Tcl
3 13 (38.24%) C
4 10 (29.41%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 15 (44.12%) Degree
2 3 (8.82%) Security Cleared
3 2 (5.88%) BPSS Clearance
3 2 (5.88%) Master's Degree
3 2 (5.88%) PhD
4 1 (2.94%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 2 (5.88%) Firmware
Vendors
1 27 (79.41%) Xilinx
2 17 (50.00%) Intel
3 13 (38.24%) Microsemi
4 2 (5.88%) SAP