Senior FPGA Engineer Contract Job Trends in Hampshire

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

As of 7 February 2026, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Senior Field-Programmable Gate Array Engineer (Senior FPGA Engineer) daily rate in Hampshire.

6 months to
7 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 89 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Senior FPGA Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Hampshire 0.072% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.079% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
South East median daily rate - - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £88.00 - -
South East median hourly rate £88.00 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Hampshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Hampshire. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Hampshire with a recognized job title 1,264 695 1,323
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.13% 94.17% 90.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 802 480 725
10th Percentile £320 £300 £350
25th Percentile £454 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% -1.82% +4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £613 £667
90th Percentile £725 £675 £738
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £500
Number of hourly rates quoted 122 36 133
10th Percentile £13.95 £20.04 £12.70
25th Percentile £16.38 £27.38 £20.00
Median hourly rate £25.00 £35.00 £48.00
Median % change year-on-year -28.57% -27.08% +13.17%
75th Percentile £48.75 £62.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £56.44 £73.13 £75.16
South East median hourly rate £25.51 £42.88 £45.00
% change year-on-year -40.52% -4.71% -

Senior FPGA Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Senior FPGA Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire.

Senior FPGA Engineer job vacancy trend in Hampshire

Senior FPGA Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in Hampshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Senior FPGA Engineer job vacancies in Hampshire.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Senior FPGA Engineer job vacancies in Hampshire

Senior FPGA Engineer
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 Senior FPGA Engineer within the Hampshire region over the 6 months to 7 February 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
Southampton - 1 - - 3
Senior FPGA Engineer
South East

Senior FPGA Engineer Skill Set
Top 13 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hampshire

For the 6 months to 7 February 2026, Senior FPGA Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Hampshire region featuring Senior FPGA Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Actel
1 1 (100.00%) Altera
1 1 (100.00%) Configuration Management
1 1 (100.00%) DO-254
1 1 (100.00%) FPGA Design
1 1 (100.00%) Intel
1 1 (100.00%) Mentor Graphics
1 1 (100.00%) Microsemi
1 1 (100.00%) Requirements Management
1 1 (100.00%) SystemVerilog
1 1 (100.00%) UVM
1 1 (100.00%) WhatsApp
1 1 (100.00%) Xilinx

Senior FPGA Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hampshire 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) WhatsApp
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Marketing
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) FPGA
1 1 (100.00%) Verilog
1 1 (100.00%) VHDL
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Configuration Management
1 1 (100.00%) FPGA Design
1 1 (100.00%) Requirements Management
1 1 (100.00%) UVM
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SystemVerilog
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) DO-254
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Actel
1 1 (100.00%) Altera
1 1 (100.00%) Intel
1 1 (100.00%) Mentor Graphics
1 1 (100.00%) Microsemi
1 1 (100.00%) Xilinx