FPGA Contracts in England

Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA)
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term FPGA in contract job vacancies in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited FPGA 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 428 465 592
Rank change year-on-year +37 +127 +150
Contract jobs citing FPGA 57 77 61
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.23% 0.21% 0.12%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.69% 0.67% 0.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 11 15
10th Percentile £463 £413 £419
25th Percentile £519 £519 £472
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% +11.68%
75th Percentile - £638 £659
90th Percentile £675 £775 £758
UK median daily rate £600 £575 £538
% change year-on-year +4.35% +6.98% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 53 15
10th Percentile £66.35 - £46.25
25th Percentile £75.00 £53.40 £50.00
Median hourly rate £80.00 £57.35 £61.18
Median % change year-on-year +39.49% -6.25% +9.24%
75th Percentile £85.94 £70.00 £68.13
90th Percentile £90.10 £85.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £80.00 £57.35 £61.50
% change year-on-year +39.49% -6.75% +9.82%

All Generic Skills
England

FPGA falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 8,317 11,465 17,000
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 34.15% 30.83% 33.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,436 7,505 11,795
10th Percentile £300 £263 £313
25th Percentile £413 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £548 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -0.36% -4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £695
90th Percentile £788 £800 £800
UK median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 327 827 591
10th Percentile £15.84 £12.25 £9.80
25th Percentile £21.01 £15.17 £10.63
Median hourly rate £33.00 £30.16 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +9.42% +34.04% -16.67%
75th Percentile £64.63 £61.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £84.40 £70.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £32.05 £30.00 £22.49
% change year-on-year +6.83% +33.42% -18.24%

FPGA
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for FPGA in England

FPGA
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for FPGA in England

FPGA
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing FPGA in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for FPGA in England

FPGA
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for FPGA in England

FPGA
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

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

Hourly rate histogram for FPGA in England

FPGA
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 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 +37 28 £538 -14.00% 80
South East +16 16 £600 +4.35% 108
London +39 7 £675 - 46
Midlands +24 3 £550 - 25
South West +45 2 - - 32
East Midlands - 2 £550 - 10
North of England +19 1 - - 23
West Midlands +14 1 - - 13
North East - 1 - - 4
FPGA
UK

FPGA
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 16 (28.07%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 1 (1.75%) LabWindows
Cloud Services
1 1 (1.75%) Azure
1 1 (1.75%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 7 (12.28%) Ethernet
1 7 (12.28%) Wireless
2 5 (8.77%) 5G
3 4 (7.02%) 5G NR
3 4 (7.02%) Software-Defined Radio
4 1 (1.75%) RS-232
Development Applications
1 10 (17.54%) Git
2 4 (7.02%) Subversion
3 1 (1.75%) LabVIEW
General
1 20 (35.09%) Social Skills
2 8 (14.04%) Electronics
3 3 (5.26%) Finance
3 3 (5.26%) Games
3 3 (5.26%) Manufacturing
3 3 (5.26%) Marketing
3 3 (5.26%) Public Sector
3 3 (5.26%) Telecoms
4 2 (3.51%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (3.51%) Military
5 1 (1.75%) Aerospace
5 1 (1.75%) Avionics
Job Titles
1 38 (66.67%) FPGA Engineer
2 13 (22.81%) Design Engineer
2 13 (22.81%) FPGA Design Engineer
3 10 (17.54%) Senior
4 7 (12.28%) Firmware Engineer
5 4 (7.02%) Network Engineer
5 4 (7.02%) Senior FPGA Engineer
5 4 (7.02%) Senior Network Engineer
6 3 (5.26%) Developer
6 3 (5.26%) FPGA Developer
6 3 (5.26%) Senior Firmware Engineer
7 2 (3.51%) Embedded Engineer
7 2 (3.51%) Hardware Engineer
7 2 (3.51%) Senior Hardware Engineer
7 2 (3.51%) Software Engineer
8 1 (1.75%) Embedded Software Engineer
8 1 (1.75%) Principal Engineer
8 1 (1.75%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
8 1 (1.75%) Senior Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 37 (64.91%) VHDL
2 36 (63.16%) Verilog
3 7 (12.28%) PCIe
4 6 (10.53%) Algorithms
5 5 (8.77%) Embedded Systems
6 4 (7.02%) Data Centre
7 3 (5.26%) ASIC
8 1 (1.75%) Device Driver
Operating Systems
1 10 (17.54%) Linux
1 10 (17.54%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (59.65%) FPGA Design
2 19 (33.33%) Signal Processing
3 18 (31.58%) UVM
4 13 (22.81%) Validation
5 12 (21.05%) Software Engineering
6 10 (17.54%) Data Collection
7 7 (12.28%) Artificial Intelligence
7 7 (12.28%) Machine Learning
8 5 (8.77%) Test Scripting
9 4 (7.02%) Computer Science
9 4 (7.02%) Problem-Solving
9 4 (7.02%) Prototyping
9 4 (7.02%) Risk Analysis
10 3 (5.26%) Cryptography
10 3 (5.26%) Customer Requirements
10 3 (5.26%) Digital Marketing
10 3 (5.26%) Digital Signal Processing
10 3 (5.26%) Migration
10 3 (5.26%) Physics
10 3 (5.26%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 32 (56.14%) SystemVerilog
2 24 (42.11%) Tcl
3 22 (38.60%) Python
4 16 (28.07%) C
5 10 (17.54%) Shell Script
6 4 (7.02%) C++
7 3 (5.26%) Java
7 3 (5.26%) MATLAB
8 1 (1.75%) C#
8 1 (1.75%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 22 (38.60%) Degree
2 16 (28.07%) Security Cleared
3 11 (19.30%) SC Cleared
4 3 (5.26%) HNC
4 3 (5.26%) HND
5 2 (3.51%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (3.51%) Master's Degree
5 2 (3.51%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (5.26%) DO-254
2 1 (1.75%) MIL-STD-1553
System Software
1 13 (22.81%) Firmware
Vendors
1 35 (61.40%) Xilinx
2 24 (42.11%) Intel
3 16 (28.07%) Microsemi
4 3 (5.26%) Actel
4 3 (5.26%) Algorithmics
4 3 (5.26%) Altera
4 3 (5.26%) SAP
5 2 (3.51%) Mentor Graphics
6 1 (1.75%) Atlassian
6 1 (1.75%) Siemens