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 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 419 448 574
Rank change year-on-year +29 +126 +155
Contract jobs citing FPGA 57 89 63
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.24% 0.24% 0.13%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.69% 0.79% 0.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 14 16
10th Percentile £519 £411 £422
25th Percentile £563 £506 £480
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £575 £565
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +1.86% +14.62%
75th Percentile - £638 £629
90th Percentile £675 £734 £775
UK median daily rate £600 £575 £550
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% +11.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 59 10
10th Percentile £61.98 - £44.75
25th Percentile £65.94 £53.40 £47.19
Median hourly rate £80.00 £57.35 £53.88
Median % change year-on-year +39.49% +6.44% -3.79%
75th Percentile £85.94 £75.16 £64.49
90th Percentile £88.00 £85.00 £66.94
UK median hourly rate £80.00 £57.35 £58.33
% change year-on-year +39.49% -1.68% +4.17%

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 8,236 11,252 16,035
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 34.26% 30.59% 33.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,346 7,336 11,165
10th Percentile £300 £270 £313
25th Percentile £412 £414 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £531 £550 £570
Median % change year-on-year -3.41% -3.51% +3.64%
75th Percentile £663 £675 £695
90th Percentile £788 £800 £800
UK median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.42% -2.18% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 342 835 557
10th Percentile £15.84 £12.25 £9.80
25th Percentile £20.45 £15.21 £10.63
Median hourly rate £33.91 £35.50 £22.26
Median % change year-on-year -4.48% +59.48% -16.00%
75th Percentile £63.75 £61.30 £63.00
90th Percentile £82.48 £71.25 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £31.91 £34.21 £22.00
% change year-on-year -6.74% +55.50% -18.46%

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 30 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 30 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 30 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 +33 24 £538 -14.00% 42
South East +28 21 £600 +4.35% 47
London +44 6 £675 +42.11% 21
Midlands +19 3 £550 - 17
South West +42 2 - - 18
East Midlands - 2 £550 - 5
West Midlands +16 1 - - 12
North of England +12 1 - - 6
North East - 1 - -
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 13 (22.81%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 1 (1.75%) LabWindows
Cloud Services
1 1 (1.75%) Azure
1 1 (1.75%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 9 (15.79%) Ethernet
2 4 (7.02%) 5G
2 4 (7.02%) 5G NR
2 4 (7.02%) Software-Defined Radio
2 4 (7.02%) Wireless
3 1 (1.75%) RS-232
Development Applications
1 7 (12.28%) Git
2 5 (8.77%) Subversion
3 1 (1.75%) JIRA
3 1 (1.75%) LabVIEW
3 1 (1.75%) Redmine
General
1 25 (43.86%) Social Skills
2 11 (19.30%) Electronics
3 5 (8.77%) Games
4 4 (7.02%) Manufacturing
5 3 (5.26%) Finance
5 3 (5.26%) Marketing
5 3 (5.26%) Public Sector
5 3 (5.26%) Telecoms
6 2 (3.51%) Aerospace
6 2 (3.51%) Military
7 1 (1.75%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (1.75%) Avionics
7 1 (1.75%) Law
Job Titles
1 40 (70.18%) FPGA Engineer
2 9 (15.79%) Design Engineer
2 9 (15.79%) FPGA Design Engineer
2 9 (15.79%) Senior
3 7 (12.28%) Firmware Engineer
4 4 (7.02%) Hardware Engineer
5 3 (5.26%) Developer
5 3 (5.26%) FPGA Developer
5 3 (5.26%) Network Engineer
5 3 (5.26%) Principal Engineer
5 3 (5.26%) Senior FPGA Engineer
5 3 (5.26%) Senior Hardware Engineer
5 3 (5.26%) Senior Network Engineer
6 2 (3.51%) Embedded Engineer
6 2 (3.51%) Senior Firmware Engineer
6 2 (3.51%) Software Engineer
7 1 (1.75%) Digital Hardware Engineer
7 1 (1.75%) Embedded Software Engineer
7 1 (1.75%) Principal Hardware Engineer
7 1 (1.75%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 37 (64.91%) Verilog
2 30 (52.63%) VHDL
3 9 (15.79%) PCIe
4 8 (14.04%) Algorithms
5 5 (8.77%) Embedded Systems
6 3 (5.26%) Data Centre
7 2 (3.51%) Life Science
8 1 (1.75%) ASIC
8 1 (1.75%) Device Driver
8 1 (1.75%) State Machine
Operating Systems
1 14 (24.56%) Linux
1 14 (24.56%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (59.65%) FPGA Design
2 17 (29.82%) Validation
3 16 (28.07%) Software Engineering
4 15 (26.32%) UVM
5 14 (24.56%) Data Collection
5 14 (24.56%) Signal Processing
6 8 (14.04%) Artificial Intelligence
6 8 (14.04%) Machine Learning
6 8 (14.04%) Physics
7 6 (10.53%) Computer Science
7 6 (10.53%) Customer Requirements
7 6 (10.53%) Test Scripting
8 5 (8.77%) Cryptography
9 4 (7.02%) Digital Signal Processing
9 4 (7.02%) Problem-Solving
10 3 (5.26%) Digital Marketing
10 3 (5.26%) Prototyping
10 3 (5.26%) Risk Analysis
10 3 (5.26%) Risk Management
10 3 (5.26%) Test Planning
Programming Languages
1 32 (56.14%) SystemVerilog
2 26 (45.61%) Tcl
3 25 (43.86%) Python
4 14 (24.56%) Shell Script
5 10 (17.54%) C
6 6 (10.53%) MATLAB
7 4 (7.02%) C++
8 3 (5.26%) Java
9 1 (1.75%) C#
9 1 (1.75%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 20 (35.09%) Degree
2 17 (29.82%) Security Cleared
3 12 (21.05%) SC Cleared
4 6 (10.53%) HNC
4 6 (10.53%) HND
5 3 (5.26%) Master's Degree
5 3 (5.26%) PhD
6 2 (3.51%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (10.53%) DO-254
2 1 (1.75%) ECSS
2 1 (1.75%) MIL-STD-1553
System Software
1 14 (24.56%) Firmware
Vendors
1 32 (56.14%) Xilinx
2 19 (33.33%) Intel
3 12 (21.05%) Microsemi
4 5 (8.77%) Actel
4 5 (8.77%) Altera
5 3 (5.26%) Algorithmics
5 3 (5.26%) SAP
6 2 (3.51%) Lattice Semiconductor
6 2 (3.51%) Mentor Graphics
7 1 (1.75%) Atlassian
7 1 (1.75%) Siemens