Xilinx Contract Job Trends in Essex

Xilinx
East of England > Essex

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Essex requiring knowledge or experience of Xilinx products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Xilinx over the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within Xilinx, Inc.

6 months to
31 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 17 31
Rank change year-on-year -9 +14 -
Contract jobs citing Xilinx 4 2 1
As % of all contract jobs in Essex 1.58% 2.27% 0.44%
As % of the Vendors category 3.81% 5.26% 1.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £72 £625 -
Median % change year-on-year -88.48% - -
East of England median daily rate £72 £600 £625
% change year-on-year -88.00% -4.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £67.75
Median hourly rate £71.00 - £70.50
75th Percentile - - £73.25
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median hourly rate £80.00 £80.00 £78.75
% change year-on-year - +1.59% -

All Vendors
Essex

Xilinx falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services in Essex.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 105 38 68
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Essex 41.50% 43.18% 30.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 49 22 41
10th Percentile £322 £180 £185
25th Percentile £350 £248 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £320 £485
Median % change year-on-year +32.85% -34.04% -3.00%
75th Percentile £515 £397 £575
90th Percentile £590 £508 £653
East of England median daily rate £500 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 7 12
10th Percentile £16.17 £18.54 -
25th Percentile £17.12 £21.13 £12.13
Median hourly rate £20.51 £30.00 £15.87
Median % change year-on-year -31.63% +89.04% -70.61%
75th Percentile £35.53 £39.88 £64.25
90th Percentile £64.00 £41.43 £72.35
East of England median hourly rate £20.75 £18.85 £16.30
% change year-on-year +10.08% +15.64% -20.51%

Xilinx
Job Vacancy Trend in Essex

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Xilinx relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Essex.

Xilinx job vacancy trend in Essex

Xilinx
Daily Rate Trend in Essex

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing Xilinx.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing Xilinx

Xilinx
Hourly Rate Trend in Essex

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing Xilinx.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing Xilinx

Xilinx
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 Xilinx within the Essex region over the 6 months to 31 May 2026. 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
Basildon - 1 £72 - 1
Xilinx
East of England

Xilinx
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Essex by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) Ethernet
General
1 1 (25.00%) Electronics
1 1 (25.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Firmware Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Electronics Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Principal Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (100.00%) FPGA
2 3 (75.00%) Embedded Systems
2 3 (75.00%) Verilog
2 3 (75.00%) VHDL
3 1 (25.00%) Analogue Electronics
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Electronic Design Automation
2 3 (75.00%) Decision-Making
2 3 (75.00%) FPGA Design
2 3 (75.00%) Image Processing
2 3 (75.00%) Software Engineering
2 3 (75.00%) UVM
3 1 (25.00%) Physics
3 1 (25.00%) Process Improvement
3 1 (25.00%) Schematic Capture
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) SystemVerilog
2 1 (25.00%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Degree
1 1 (25.00%) Master's Degree
1 1 (25.00%) PhD
1 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (75.00%) DO-254
System Software
1 3 (75.00%) Embedded Firmware
1 3 (75.00%) Firmware
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Siemens
2 3 (75.00%) Actel
2 3 (75.00%) Lattice Semiconductor
2 3 (75.00%) Microsemi