FPGA Engineer Contract Job Trends in Newport

Field-Programmable Gate Array Engineer (FPGA Engineer)
South Wales > Newport

As of 14 October 2026, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Field-Programmable Gate Array Engineer (FPGA Engineer) daily rate in Newport.

6 months to
14 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 - 19
Rank change year-on-year - - +7
Contract jobs requiring an FPGA Engineer 1 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Newport 1.12% - 1.56%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.18% - 1.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
South Wales median daily rate - - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £84.25 - £71.25
Median hourly rate £84.50 - £72.50
75th Percentile £84.75 - £73.75
90th Percentile - - -
South Wales median hourly rate £84.50 - £72.50

All Contract IT Job Roles
Newport

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Newport. 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 Newport with a recognized job title 85 21 62
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.51% 100.00% 96.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 12 23
10th Percentile £356 £265 £186
25th Percentile £375 £366 £226
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £431 £400
Median % change year-on-year +21.74% +7.81% -27.27%
75th Percentile £550 £479 -
90th Percentile £648 £584 £502
South Wales median daily rate £461 £405 £425
% change year-on-year +13.89% -4.71% -5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 1 26
10th Percentile £12.71 - £17.66
25th Percentile £29.31 - £20.12
Median hourly rate £55.00 £85.00 £33.25
Median % change year-on-year -35.29% +155.64% -33.50%
75th Percentile £65.13 - £48.75
90th Percentile £74.00 - £51.88
South Wales median hourly rate £19.50 £20.50 £25.48
% change year-on-year -4.88% -19.54% -2.00%

FPGA Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Newport

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

FPGA Engineer job vacancy trend in Newport

FPGA Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Newport

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for FPGA Engineer job vacancies in Newport.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for FPGA Engineer job vacancies in Newport

FPGA Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in Newport

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for FPGA Engineer job vacancies in Newport

FPGA Engineer Skill Set
Top 9 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Newport

For the 6 months to 14 October 2026, 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 Newport region featuring FPGA Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Altera
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Culture
1 1 (100.00%) FPGA Design
1 1 (100.00%) Microsemi
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
1 1 (100.00%) Xilinx

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

General
1 1 (100.00%) Aerospace
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Systems
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%) Collaborative Culture
1 1 (100.00%) FPGA Design
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Altera
1 1 (100.00%) Microsemi
1 1 (100.00%) Xilinx