FPGA Contracts in Essex

Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA)
East of England > Essex

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term FPGA in contract job vacancies in Essex. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited FPGA over the 6 months leading up to 23 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 15 32 26
Rank change year-on-year +17 -6 -
Contract jobs citing FPGA 3 1 13
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Essex 3.49% 0.47% 5.16%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 13.64% 1.79% 12.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £613 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 - -
75th Percentile £638 - -
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median daily rate £538 £625 £463
% change year-on-year -14.00% +35.14% -7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £65.00 £67.75 -
Median hourly rate £70.00 £70.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -0.71% - -
75th Percentile £75.00 £73.25 -
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median hourly rate £80.00 £80.00 £67.50
% change year-on-year - +18.52% +20.54%

All Generic Skills
Essex

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 Essex.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 22 56 107
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Essex 25.58% 26.29% 42.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 22 60
10th Percentile £315 £107 £197
25th Percentile £322 £338 £259
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £463 £430
Median % change year-on-year -13.51% +7.56% -4.44%
75th Percentile £475 £578 £538
90th Percentile £534 £673 £600
East of England median daily rate £500 £470 £475
% change year-on-year +6.38% -1.05% -4.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 20 4
10th Percentile £16.12 £12.86 £24.88
25th Percentile £18.05 £13.84 £32.19
Median hourly rate £22.50 £45.33 £40.39
Median % change year-on-year -50.36% +12.22% +42.17%
75th Percentile £49.38 £64.25 £60.41
90th Percentile £64.75 £74.73 £89.00
East of England median hourly rate £66.00 £59.50 £57.50
% change year-on-year +10.92% +3.48% +102.39%

FPGA
Job Vacancy Trend in Essex

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

Job vacancy trend for FPGA in Essex

FPGA
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Essex

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

Daily rate trend for FPGA in Essex

FPGA
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Essex

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

Hourly rate trend for FPGA in Essex

FPGA
Contract Job Locations in Essex

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing FPGA within the Essex region over the 6 months to 23 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
Chelmsford - 2 £625 - 10
FPGA
East of England

FPGA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Essex 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:

Development Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Git
2 1 (33.33%) JIRA
2 1 (33.33%) Redmine
2 1 (33.33%) Subversion
General
1 1 (33.33%) Aerospace
1 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Firmware Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) FPGA Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Senior
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Firmware Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) VHDL
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Signal Processing
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Test Automation
2 1 (33.33%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
1 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) ECSS
System Software
1 2 (66.67%) Firmware
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Xilinx