FPGA Contracts in Hampshire

Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA)
South East > Hampshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term FPGA in contract job vacancies in Hampshire. 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 64 57 82
Rank change year-on-year -7 +25 +45
Contract jobs citing FPGA 5 38 17
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hampshire 0.67% 2.36% 1.21%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.35% 8.58% 3.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 3 3
10th Percentile £226 £642 £331
25th Percentile £483 £651 £359
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £735 £436
Median % change year-on-year -11.56% +68.62% -10.13%
75th Percentile £675 £789 £599
90th Percentile - £797 £679
South East median daily rate £600 £575 £436
% change year-on-year +4.35% +31.91% -4.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 33 8
10th Percentile - - £46.25
25th Percentile - £53.40 £49.06
Median hourly rate - £57.35 £54.45
Median % change year-on-year - +5.32% -
75th Percentile - £61.30 £66.07
90th Percentile - - £68.25
South East median hourly rate - £57.35 £58.33
% change year-on-year - -1.68% -

All Generic Skills
Hampshire

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 Hampshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 213 443 493
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire 28.55% 27.52% 35.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 151 230 281
10th Percentile £313 £400 £240
25th Percentile £463 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £580 £550
Median % change year-on-year -5.17% +5.45% +10.00%
75th Percentile £626 £675 £650
90th Percentile £675 £738 £719
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £513
% change year-on-year - -2.44% +2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 61 54
10th Percentile £21.39 £14.00 £18.25
25th Percentile £36.25 £46.25 £20.48
Median hourly rate £55.00 £57.35 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.10% +14.70% +90.48%
75th Percentile £62.50 £61.30 £67.50
90th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £75.00
South East median hourly rate £47.81 £47.19 £51.25
% change year-on-year +1.31% -7.93% +138.37%

FPGA
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

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

Job vacancy trend for FPGA in Hampshire

FPGA
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Hampshire

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

Daily rate trend for FPGA in Hampshire

FPGA
Daily Rate Histogram in Hampshire

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

Daily rate histogram for FPGA in Hampshire

FPGA
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Hampshire

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

Hourly rate trend for FPGA in Hampshire

FPGA
Contract Job Locations in Hampshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing FPGA within the Hampshire 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
Southampton +6 2 £55 - 4
Portsmouth -12 2 £650 - 8
FPGA
South East

FPGA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hampshire 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:

General
1 2 (40.00%) Electronics
2 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Developer
1 3 (60.00%) FPGA Developer
1 3 (60.00%) FPGA Engineer
2 2 (40.00%) Hardware Engineer
2 2 (40.00%) Senior
2 2 (40.00%) Senior Hardware Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) Algorithms
1 3 (60.00%) Verilog
1 3 (60.00%) VHDL
2 1 (20.00%) Device Driver
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Digital Signal Processing
1 3 (60.00%) Migration
1 3 (60.00%) Risk Management
1 3 (60.00%) Signal Processing
2 2 (40.00%) Cost Control
2 2 (40.00%) Schematic Capture
2 2 (40.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 3 (60.00%) C++
1 3 (60.00%) Java
1 3 (60.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (80.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (40.00%) Degree
3 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 3 (60.00%) Firmware
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Algorithmics
1 3 (60.00%) Intel
2 2 (40.00%) Mentor Graphics