Altera Contract Job Trends in Scotland

Altera
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland requiring knowledge or experience of Altera products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Altera over the 6 months leading up to 20 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within the Altera Corporation.

6 months to
20 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 112 - 146
Rank change year-on-year - - +29
Contract jobs citing Altera 3 0 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.19% - 0.041%
As % of the Vendors category 0.41% - 0.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £65 - £500
UK median daily rate £63 £438 £500
% change year-on-year -85.71% -12.50% -33.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £75.00 - -
UK median hourly rate £80.00 - -

All Vendors
Scotland

Altera falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services in Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 734 740 981
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 45.96% 39.32% 39.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 401 452 620
10th Percentile £225 £163 £206
25th Percentile £370 £313 £393
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £460 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +2.22% -5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £538 £569 £550
90th Percentile £625 £700 £650
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -0.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 72 40 29
10th Percentile £16.05 £12.49 £12.13
25th Percentile £17.30 £16.50 £12.50
Median hourly rate £19.23 £19.30 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year -0.34% +8.89% -
75th Percentile £25.15 £24.18 £58.75
90th Percentile £39.00 £45.14 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £30.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -16.17% -32.58% +86.11%

Altera
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing Altera as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Altera in Scotland

Altera
Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Altera.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Altera

Altera
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Altera within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 20 September 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
Edinburgh - 3 £65 - 7
Altera
UK

Altera
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 3 (100.00%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) Ethernet
General
1 3 (100.00%) Electronics
2 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
3 1 (33.33%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Firmware Engineer
1 3 (100.00%) Senior
1 3 (100.00%) Senior Firmware Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) FPGA Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Senior FPGA Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) FPGA
1 3 (100.00%) PCIe
1 3 (100.00%) VHDL
2 1 (33.33%) Verilog
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) FPGA Design
1 3 (100.00%) UVM
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) MATLAB
1 3 (100.00%) SystemVerilog
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) Degree
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) DO-254
System Software
1 3 (100.00%) Firmware
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Xilinx
2 2 (66.67%) Microsemi
3 1 (33.33%) Actel
3 1 (33.33%) Intel
3 1 (33.33%) Siemens