FPGA Contracts in Northern Ireland

Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA)
UK > Northern Ireland

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term FPGA in contract job vacancies advertised in Northern Ireland. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited FPGA over the 6 months to 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 23 32 27
Rank change year-on-year +9 -5 0
Contract jobs citing FPGA 2 1 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 1.35% 0.50% 1.90%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 5.13% 1.69% 4.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £400 -
UK median daily rate £575 £538 £500
% change year-on-year +6.98% +7.50% +19.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £30.63 - £17.00
Median hourly rate £31.25 - £19.00
75th Percentile £31.88 - £21.00
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £57.35 £61.50 £56.00
% change year-on-year -6.75% +9.82% +23.08%

All Generic Skills
Northern Ireland

FPGA is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Northern Ireland with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 39 59 83
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 26.35% 29.35% 39.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 34 42
10th Percentile £181 £227 £145
25th Percentile £270 £391 £148
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £413 £330
Median % change year-on-year +21.21% +25.00% -23.52%
75th Percentile - £475 £487
90th Percentile £531 £612 £536
UK median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 2 6
10th Percentile - £13.33 £13.89
25th Percentile £12.25 £13.46 £14.67
Median hourly rate £12.62 £13.84 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.83% -27.14% +80.95%
75th Percentile £23.54 £14.15 £21.00
90th Percentile £31.88 £14.22 -
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £22.49 £27.00
% change year-on-year +28.93% -16.69% +3.85%

FPGA
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Job vacancy trend for FPGA in Northern Ireland

FPGA
Contract Job Locations in Northern Ireland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing FPGA within the Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 25 April 2024. 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
County Antrim +4 2 - -
FPGA
UK

FPGA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Northern Ireland 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:

General
1 2 (100.00%) Electronics
1 2 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Hardware Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Linux Command Line
1 2 (100.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Mechatronics
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Schematic Capture
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
1 2 (100.00%) HND
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Firmware
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) EMC