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 10 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 442 577 740
Rank change year-on-year +135 +163 -131
Contract jobs citing FPGA 97 62 32
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.26% 0.13% 0.046%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.85% 0.39% 0.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 15 6
10th Percentile £406 £419 £428
25th Percentile £431 £472 £476
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £579 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.85% +15.80% +2.56%
75th Percentile £638 £659 £545
90th Percentile £706 £775 £559
UK median daily rate £563 £565 £500
% change year-on-year -0.35% +12.90% +14.03%
Number of hourly rates quoted 63 9 20
10th Percentile - £43.25 £44.93
25th Percentile £53.40 £46.25 £55.27
Median hourly rate £57.35 £50.00 £56.00
Median % change year-on-year +14.70% -10.71% +12.00%
75th Percentile £75.16 £62.96 £62.25
90th Percentile £85.00 £65.35 £76.00
UK median hourly rate £60.00 £57.76 £56.00
% change year-on-year +3.88% +3.14% +12.00%

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 11,377 15,812 23,865
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 30.36% 33.60% 33.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,365 11,017 17,102
10th Percentile £275 £313 £313
25th Percentile £414 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £565 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.65% +2.73% +10.00%
75th Percentile £675 £698 £675
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
UK median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 845 553 599
10th Percentile £12.25 £9.80 £14.25
25th Percentile £15.39 £10.63 £17.50
Median hourly rate £36.50 £22.49 £26.50
Median % change year-on-year +62.33% -15.15% +6.00%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.63 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £35.50 £22.26 £27.00
% change year-on-year +59.51% -17.57% +8.00%

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 10 June 2024.

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 10 June 2024.

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 10 June 2024. 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
South East +55 56 £575 +51.14% 46
East of England +6 26 £625 -0.99% 57
London +90 9 £475 -18.80% 16
South West +4 5 £425 -26.60% 28
North of England - 2 - - 5
North West - 2 - - 5
West Midlands +11 1 £550 -8.33% 7
Midlands +11 1 £550 -8.33% 14
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 21 (21.65%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 36 (37.11%) Ethernet
2 3 (3.09%) RS-485
2 3 (3.09%) Software-Defined Radio
3 2 (2.06%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 3 (3.09%) Git
1 3 (3.09%) JIRA
1 3 (3.09%) Subversion
2 1 (1.03%) Rational DOORS
General
1 44 (45.36%) Electronics
2 4 (4.12%) Public Sector
2 4 (4.12%) Telecoms
3 2 (2.06%) Finance
3 2 (2.06%) Law
3 2 (2.06%) Manufacturing
3 2 (2.06%) Marketing
4 1 (1.03%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 38 (39.18%) Designer
2 35 (36.08%) FPGA Engineer
3 33 (34.02%) Digital Designer
3 33 (34.02%) FPGA Designer
3 33 (34.02%) VHDL Designer
4 23 (23.71%) Design Engineer
5 21 (21.65%) FPGA Design Engineer
6 12 (12.37%) Verification Engineer
7 11 (11.34%) Digital Hardware Engineer
7 11 (11.34%) Hardware Engineer
8 5 (5.15%) Lead
9 3 (3.09%) Senior
9 3 (3.09%) Senior Software Engineer
9 3 (3.09%) Senior Systems Engineer
9 3 (3.09%) Software Engineer
9 3 (3.09%) Systems Engineer
10 2 (2.06%) Developer
10 2 (2.06%) Development Engineer
10 2 (2.06%) Electronics Engineer
10 2 (2.06%) Software Development Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (4.12%) JSON
1 4 (4.12%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 61 (62.89%) VHDL
2 33 (34.02%) CPLD
3 24 (24.74%) Verilog
4 10 (10.31%) Data Protection Act
5 6 (6.19%) Algorithms
6 5 (5.15%) Augmented Reality
7 4 (4.12%) ASIC
8 3 (3.09%) Data Structures
8 3 (3.09%) Embedded Systems
8 3 (3.09%) Linux Command Line
8 3 (3.09%) PCIe
9 2 (2.06%) GNSS
Operating Systems
1 7 (7.22%) Linux
2 4 (4.12%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (40.21%) FPGA Design
2 33 (34.02%) Schematic Capture
3 31 (31.96%) UVM
4 19 (19.59%) Signal Processing
5 10 (10.31%) Data Protection
6 5 (5.15%) Problem-Solving
6 5 (5.15%) Software Testing
7 4 (4.12%) Computer Science
7 4 (4.12%) Software Engineering
8 3 (3.09%) Agile
8 3 (3.09%) Configuration Management
8 3 (3.09%) OO
8 3 (3.09%) Project Management
8 3 (3.09%) Risk Management
8 3 (3.09%) Systems Engineering
8 3 (3.09%) Validation
9 2 (2.06%) Business Intelligence
9 2 (2.06%) Digital Signal Processing
9 2 (2.06%) Open Source
9 2 (2.06%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 26 (26.80%) C
2 24 (24.74%) SystemVerilog
3 9 (9.28%) Python
4 8 (8.25%) C++
5 5 (5.15%) Embedded C
5 5 (5.15%) Embedded C++
6 4 (4.12%) Bash
6 4 (4.12%) Tcl
7 3 (3.09%) Assembly Language
7 3 (3.09%) C#
7 3 (3.09%) MATLAB
7 3 (3.09%) Rust
7 3 (3.09%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 55 (56.70%) Degree
2 12 (12.37%) Security Cleared
3 9 (9.28%) SC Cleared
4 3 (3.09%) DV Cleared
4 3 (3.09%) Master's Degree
4 3 (3.09%) PhD
5 1 (1.03%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.06%) DO-254
2 1 (1.03%) IEC 61508
System Software
1 5 (5.15%) Firmware
Vendors
1 36 (37.11%) Xilinx
2 33 (34.02%) EMC
3 19 (19.59%) Microsemi
4 18 (18.56%) Intel
5 11 (11.34%) Cadence
6 3 (3.09%) Synopsys
7 2 (2.06%) SAP
8 1 (1.03%) Actel
8 1 (1.03%) Lattice Semiconductor
8 1 (1.03%) Mentor Graphics
8 1 (1.03%) Siemens