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 18 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 42 49 61
Rank change year-on-year +7 +12 -3
Contract jobs citing FPGA 10 13 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 2.26% 1.88% 0.94%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 6.41% 9.70% 2.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £519 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 - -
75th Percentile £556 - -
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median daily rate £556 £625 £631
% change year-on-year -11.00% -0.99% +13.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 12 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £52.00 £75.00 -
Median hourly rate £67.00 £80.00 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.25% +14.29% +25.00%
75th Percentile £69.31 £98.13 -
90th Percentile £76.25 £100.00 -
East of England median hourly rate £70.00 £80.00 £70.00
% change year-on-year -12.50% +14.29% +25.00%

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 156 134 278
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 35.21% 19.34% 37.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 57 48 166
10th Percentile £236 £261 £231
25th Percentile £413 £325 £278
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £450 £511
Median % change year-on-year +19.44% -11.98% -2.62%
75th Percentile £625 £566 £631
90th Percentile £683 £690 £707
East of England median daily rate £500 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +11.11% -5.26% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 53 43 41
10th Percentile £16.95 £31.00 £21.00
25th Percentile £30.61 £60.00 £45.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% +16.07%
75th Percentile £75.00 £85.00 £66.00
90th Percentile £83.62 - £73.75
East of England median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £60.00
% change year-on-year +4.00% +4.17% +76.47%

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 18 August 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 18 August 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 +8 9 - - 10
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 2 (20.00%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 1 (10.00%) 5G
1 1 (10.00%) 5G NR
1 1 (10.00%) Software-Defined Radio
1 1 (10.00%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 3 (30.00%) Git
General
1 4 (40.00%) Electronics
2 3 (30.00%) Aerospace
2 3 (30.00%) Manufacturing
3 2 (20.00%) Military
4 1 (10.00%) Law
Job Titles
1 6 (60.00%) Design Engineer
2 4 (40.00%) Digital Design Engineer
3 3 (30.00%) C++ Software Engineer
3 3 (30.00%) Software Engineer
4 2 (20.00%) FPGA Design Engineer
4 2 (20.00%) FPGA Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (40.00%) Flash
Miscellaneous
1 6 (60.00%) VHDL
2 4 (40.00%) Analogue Electronics
3 3 (30.00%) PCIe
3 3 (30.00%) State Machine
4 2 (20.00%) Verilog
5 1 (10.00%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 3 (30.00%) Linux
1 3 (30.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (60.00%) Signal Processing
2 4 (40.00%) Artificial Intelligence
2 4 (40.00%) Sensor Fusion
3 3 (30.00%) CI/CD
3 3 (30.00%) Concurrent Programming
3 3 (30.00%) Data Acquisition
3 3 (30.00%) Data Pipeline
3 3 (30.00%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
3 3 (30.00%) Memory Management
3 3 (30.00%) Multithreading
3 3 (30.00%) Performance Analysis
3 3 (30.00%) Performance Optimisation
3 3 (30.00%) Software Engineering
3 3 (30.00%) Test Automation
3 3 (30.00%) Unit Testing
3 3 (30.00%) Validation
4 2 (20.00%) Application Security
4 2 (20.00%) FPGA Design
4 2 (20.00%) UVM
Programming Languages
1 7 (70.00%) C++
2 6 (60.00%) C
3 4 (40.00%) Python
4 3 (30.00%) C#
5 2 (20.00%) SystemVerilog
Qualifications
1 5 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (30.00%) SC Cleared
3 2 (20.00%) BPSS Clearance
3 2 (20.00%) Degree
System Software
1 4 (40.00%) Firmware
Vendors
1 2 (20.00%) Intel
1 2 (20.00%) Microsemi
1 2 (20.00%) Xilinx