FPGA Contracts in London

Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA)
England > London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term FPGA in contract job vacancies in London. 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 346 385 486
Rank change year-on-year +39 +101 -
Contract jobs citing FPGA 7 6 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.056% 0.034% 0.026%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.16% 0.10% 0.072%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 6
10th Percentile - - £463
25th Percentile £663 - £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 - £585
75th Percentile £688 - £761
90th Percentile - - £775
England median daily rate £600 £575 £550
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% +11.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £78.75 - -
Median hourly rate £82.50 - -
75th Percentile £86.25 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £80.00 £57.35 £61.18
% change year-on-year +39.49% -6.25% +9.24%

All Generic Skills
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 4,516 5,909 9,701
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 35.99% 33.14% 35.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,054 4,182 6,966
10th Percentile £325 £301 £375
25th Percentile £451 £450 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £583 £600
Median % change year-on-year -1.29% -2.92% -
75th Percentile £738 £725 £750
90th Percentile £850 £850 £838
England median daily rate £548 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -0.36% -4.35% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 74 160 109
10th Percentile £15.84 £15.50 £18.93
25th Percentile £22.60 £18.93 £21.24
Median hourly rate £34.50 £26.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +32.69% -25.71% -21.35%
75th Percentile £50.31 £47.81 £64.50
90th Percentile £80.05 £66.78 £83.15
England median hourly rate £33.00 £30.16 £22.50
% change year-on-year +9.42% +34.04% -16.67%

FPGA
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for FPGA in London

FPGA
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for FPGA in London

FPGA
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for FPGA in London

FPGA
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing FPGA within the London 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
Central London - 1 £675 -
FPGA
England

FPGA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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:

Communications & Networking
1 4 (57.14%) Ethernet
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Git
General
1 2 (28.57%) Electronics
1 2 (28.57%) Finance
1 2 (28.57%) Manufacturing
1 2 (28.57%) Marketing
1 2 (28.57%) Public Sector
1 2 (28.57%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 6 (85.71%) FPGA Engineer
2 5 (71.43%) Senior
3 4 (57.14%) Network Engineer
3 4 (57.14%) Senior FPGA Engineer
3 4 (57.14%) Senior Network Engineer
4 2 (28.57%) Firmware Engineer
5 1 (14.29%) Senior Firmware Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (100.00%) VHDL
2 6 (85.71%) Verilog
3 4 (57.14%) Data Centre
3 4 (57.14%) PCIe
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) FPGA Design
2 4 (57.14%) Artificial Intelligence
2 4 (57.14%) Machine Learning
2 4 (57.14%) Prototyping
2 4 (57.14%) Risk Analysis
3 2 (28.57%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (28.57%) Digital Marketing
3 2 (28.57%) Programme Management
3 2 (28.57%) Test Planning
3 2 (28.57%) UVM
4 1 (14.29%) Signal Processing
Programming Languages
1 6 (85.71%) SystemVerilog
2 4 (57.14%) Python
2 4 (57.14%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) Degree
1 2 (28.57%) Master's Degree
1 2 (28.57%) PhD
System Software
1 3 (42.86%) Firmware
Vendors
1 5 (71.43%) Xilinx
2 4 (57.14%) Intel
3 2 (28.57%) SAP