FPGA Contracts in Hertfordshire

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

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term FPGA in contract job vacancies in Hertfordshire. 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 25 55 63
Rank change year-on-year +30 +8 -5
Contract jobs citing FPGA 20 18 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 6.23% 2.16% 1.36%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 11.90% 8.61% 4.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £463 £413 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £425 -
Median % change year-on-year +26.47% - -
75th Percentile £556 £438 -
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 13 16 4
10th Percentile £70.00 - £65.38
25th Percentile £75.00 £70.00 £65.94
Median hourly rate £80.00 £80.00 £68.75
Median % change year-on-year - +16.36% +22.77%
75th Percentile £85.00 £85.00 £70.50
90th Percentile £93.00 - £71.40
East of England median hourly rate £80.00 £80.00 £68.75
% change year-on-year - +16.36% +22.77%

All Generic Skills
Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 168 209 275
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 52.34% 25.06% 33.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 86 80 174
10th Percentile £404 £262 £250
25th Percentile £478 £350 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £464 £500
Median % change year-on-year +18.60% -7.25% -
75th Percentile £655 £622 £638
90th Percentile £681 £701 £722
East of England median daily rate £520 £465 £450
% change year-on-year +11.83% +3.33% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 46 60 33
10th Percentile £16.95 £29.60 £21.00
25th Percentile £51.00 £60.00 £52.50
Median hourly rate £72.50 £65.00 £65.50
Median % change year-on-year +11.54% -0.76% +22.60%
75th Percentile £85.00 £70.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £86.25 £85.00 £73.40
East of England median hourly rate £66.00 £55.00 £63.00
% change year-on-year +20.00% -12.70% +121.75%

FPGA
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for FPGA in Hertfordshire

FPGA
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Daily rate trend for FPGA in Hertfordshire

FPGA
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Hourly rate trend for FPGA in Hertfordshire

FPGA
Hourly Rate Histogram in Hertfordshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing FPGA in Hertfordshire over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for FPGA in Hertfordshire

FPGA
Contract Job Locations in Hertfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing FPGA within the Hertfordshire 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
Stevenage +26 13 - - 8
FPGA
East of England

FPGA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hertfordshire 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 (65.00%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 7 (35.00%) Wireless
2 5 (25.00%) 5G
3 4 (20.00%) 5G NR
3 4 (20.00%) Software-Defined Radio
Development Applications
1 1 (5.00%) Git
General
1 2 (10.00%) Military
Job Titles
1 13 (65.00%) Design Engineer
1 13 (65.00%) FPGA Design Engineer
1 13 (65.00%) FPGA Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 16 (80.00%) VHDL
2 13 (65.00%) Verilog
3 4 (20.00%) Embedded Systems
4 3 (15.00%) ASIC
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (65.00%) FPGA Design
1 13 (65.00%) UVM
2 11 (55.00%) Signal Processing
3 2 (10.00%) Application Security
Programming Languages
1 13 (65.00%) C
1 13 (65.00%) SystemVerilog
2 3 (15.00%) Tcl
3 1 (5.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 13 (65.00%) Degree
2 2 (10.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (10.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 13 (65.00%) Intel
1 13 (65.00%) Microsemi
1 13 (65.00%) Xilinx