FPGA Design Engineer Contracts in the Midlands

FPGA Design Engineer
England > Midlands

The median FPGA Design Engineer daily rate in the Midlands is £650, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 18 July 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 136 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring an FPGA Design Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.042% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.047% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £575 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 - -
75th Percentile £725 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £650 £618 -
% change year-on-year +5.26% - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the Midlands. 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 the Midlands with a recognized job title 2,146 2,659 3,037
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.42% 92.07% 94.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,377 1,793 2,156
10th Percentile £210 £228 £230
25th Percentile £350 £356 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £480
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -1.04% +1.05%
75th Percentile £549 £588 £600
90th Percentile £638 £675 £700
England median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 169 196 103
10th Percentile £12.62 £11.83 £13.16
25th Percentile £14.00 £14.00 £15.57
Median hourly rate £23.41 £18.99 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +23.31% -9.60% +9.09%
75th Percentile £31.00 £35.00 £32.54
90th Percentile £50.00 £55.00 £65.00
England median hourly rate £27.59 £40.33 £43.00
% change year-on-year -31.59% -6.22% +70.01%

FPGA Design Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Job postings that featured FPGA Design Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for FPGA Design Engineer in the Midlands

FPGA Design Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing FPGA Design Engineer in the Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for FPGA Design Engineer in the Midlands

FPGA Design Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing FPGA Design Engineer within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 18 July 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
East Midlands - 1 £650 -
FPGA Design Engineer
England

FPGA Design Engineer Skill Set
Top 15 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands

For the 6 months to 18 July 2025, FPGA Design Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Midlands region featuring FPGA Design Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) Firmware
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) VHDL
1 1 (100.00%) Verilog
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) FPGA
1 1 (100.00%) Xilinx
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Git
1 1 (100.00%) Rational DOORS
1 1 (100.00%) Process Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) FPGA Design
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD

FPGA Design Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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:

Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Git
1 1 (100.00%) Rational DOORS
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) FPGA
1 1 (100.00%) Verilog
1 1 (100.00%) VHDL
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) FPGA Design
1 1 (100.00%) Process Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Firmware
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Xilinx