FPGA Contract Job Trends in the South East

Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA)
England > South East

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term FPGA in contract job vacancies in the South East. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited FPGA over the 6 months leading up to 5 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 146 159 202
Rank change year-on-year +13 +43 +64
Contract jobs citing FPGA 18 23 16
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.51% 0.53% 0.29%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.62% 1.76% 0.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 0 4
10th Percentile £263 - £419
25th Percentile - - £439
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 - £544
Median % change year-on-year - - -29.84%
75th Percentile - - £608
90th Percentile - - £622
England median daily rate £600 £475 £583
% change year-on-year +26.32% -18.56% -16.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 20 1
Median hourly rate £69.65 £70.32 £51.42
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% +36.75% -20.89%
England median hourly rate £69.65 £70.32 £70.00
% change year-on-year -0.95% +0.45% +16.67%

All Generic Skills
South East

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 the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 1,111 1,310 1,765
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 31.29% 29.95% 31.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 694 752 1,185
10th Percentile £204 £240 £205
25th Percentile £350 £375 £358
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £489 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.25% - -2.44%
75th Percentile £588 £608 £615
90th Percentile £675 £688 £700
England median daily rate £525 £543 £550
% change year-on-year -3.27% -1.32% -2.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 94 84 111
10th Percentile £15.13 £13.25 £16.25
25th Percentile £16.95 £26.25 £21.25
Median hourly rate £33.05 £57.35 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -42.37% +4.27% +142.61%
75th Percentile £58.00 £75.00 £65.84
90th Percentile £70.16 £75.16 £77.50
England median hourly rate £30.00 £57.35 £46.03
% change year-on-year -47.69% +24.59% +79.04%

FPGA
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing FPGA relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East.

FPGA job vacancy trend in the South East

FPGA
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing FPGA.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing FPGA

FPGA
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing FPGA in the South East over the 6 months to 5 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for FPGA in the South East

FPGA
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing FPGA.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing FPGA

FPGA
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing FPGA within the South East region over the 6 months to 5 October 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
Isle of Wight - 4 - - 1
Hampshire +9 3 £55 - 5
Surrey +6 1 £275 - 5
East Sussex - 1 - - 1
FPGA
England

FPGA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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:

Applications
1 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Office
General
1 10 (55.56%) Social Skills
2 5 (27.78%) Manufacturing
3 3 (16.67%) Electronics
4 1 (5.56%) Law
Job Titles
1 9 (50.00%) FPGA Engineer
2 5 (27.78%) Designer
2 5 (27.78%) PCB Designer
3 3 (16.67%) Hardware Engineer
3 3 (16.67%) Senior
3 3 (16.67%) Senior Hardware Engineer
4 1 (5.56%) Digital Hardware Engineer
4 1 (5.56%) Electronics Technician
Miscellaneous
1 10 (55.56%) Verilog
2 1 (5.56%) ASIC
2 1 (5.56%) Device Driver
2 1 (5.56%) State Machine
2 1 (5.56%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 9 (50.00%) Linux
1 9 (50.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (61.11%) Validation
2 9 (50.00%) Data Collection
2 9 (50.00%) FPGA Design
2 9 (50.00%) Software Engineering
3 4 (22.22%) Design for Manufacturing
3 4 (22.22%) Design for Test
4 2 (11.11%) Cost Control
4 2 (11.11%) Schematic Capture
5 1 (5.56%) Customer Requirements
5 1 (5.56%) Software Testing
5 1 (5.56%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (50.00%) Python
1 9 (50.00%) Shell Script
1 9 (50.00%) SystemVerilog
1 9 (50.00%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 6 (33.33%) HND
2 2 (11.11%) Degree
2 2 (11.11%) SC Cleared
2 2 (11.11%) Security Cleared
3 1 (5.56%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (27.78%) ISO 9001
2 1 (5.56%) DO-254
Vendors
1 9 (50.00%) Xilinx
2 5 (27.78%) Cadence
3 2 (11.11%) Mentor Graphics
4 1 (5.56%) Microsoft