FPGA Contracts in Stevenage

Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA)
Hertfordshire > Stevenage

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term FPGA in contract job vacancies in Stevenage. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited FPGA over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 15 41 38
Rank change year-on-year +26 -3 -15
Contract jobs citing FPGA 13 17 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Stevenage 10.40% 3.71% 3.74%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 17.81% 14.29% 13.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
Hertfordshire median daily rate £538 £425 -
% change year-on-year +26.47% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 16 4
10th Percentile £70.00 - £65.38
25th Percentile £75.00 £70.00 £65.94
Median hourly rate £80.00 £80.00 £68.75
Median % change year-on-year - +16.36% +22.77%
75th Percentile £85.00 £85.00 £70.50
90th Percentile £93.00 - £71.40
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £80.00 £80.00 £68.75
% change year-on-year - +16.36% +22.77%

All Generic Skills
Stevenage

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 Stevenage.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 73 119 83
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Stevenage 58.40% 25.98% 28.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 19 32
10th Percentile £400 £284 £273
25th Percentile £450 £295 £320
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £400 £373
Median % change year-on-year +33.75% +7.38% -12.35%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £395
90th Percentile - £650 £460
Hertfordshire median daily rate £550 £464 £500
% change year-on-year +18.60% -7.25% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 39 54 25
10th Percentile £47.50 £60.00 £58.35
25th Percentile £66.13 £61.25 £65.25
Median hourly rate £80.00 £65.00 £66.00
Median % change year-on-year +23.08% -1.52% +17.86%
75th Percentile £85.00 £70.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £87.50 £85.00 £73.05
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £72.50 £65.00 £65.50
% change year-on-year +11.54% -0.76% +22.60%

FPGA
Job Vacancy Trend in Stevenage

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

Job vacancy trend for FPGA in Stevenage

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Stevenage

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing FPGA in Stevenage.

Hourly rate trend for FPGA in Stevenage

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Hourly Rate Histogram in Stevenage

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing FPGA in Stevenage over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for FPGA in Stevenage

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Stevenage 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 13 (100.00%) Simulink
General
1 2 (15.38%) Military
Job Titles
1 13 (100.00%) Design Engineer
1 13 (100.00%) FPGA Design Engineer
1 13 (100.00%) FPGA Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 13 (100.00%) Verilog
1 13 (100.00%) VHDL
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (100.00%) FPGA Design
1 13 (100.00%) UVM
2 11 (84.62%) Signal Processing
3 2 (15.38%) Application Security
Programming Languages
1 13 (100.00%) C
1 13 (100.00%) SystemVerilog
Qualifications
1 13 (100.00%) Degree
2 2 (15.38%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (15.38%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 13 (100.00%) Intel
1 13 (100.00%) Microsemi
1 13 (100.00%) Xilinx