FPGA Contract Job Trends 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 27 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 34 14 38
Rank change year-on-year -20 +24 +2
Contract jobs citing FPGA 12 16 18
As % of all contract jobs in Stevenage 3.29% 11.59% 4.93%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 13.95% 19.05% 15.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £425 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 - -
75th Percentile £475 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Hertfordshire median daily rate £506 £475 £425
% change year-on-year +6.58% +11.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 16 17
10th Percentile - £71.88 -
25th Percentile £68.75 £75.00 -
Median hourly rate £75.00 £80.00 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +14.29% +3.70%
75th Percentile £77.50 £95.00 £85.00
90th Percentile £85.00 - -
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £75.00 £80.00 £70.00
% change year-on-year -6.25% +14.29% +3.70%

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 86 84 116
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Stevenage 23.56% 60.87% 31.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 48 19 17
10th Percentile £318 £311 £290
25th Percentile £409 £450 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £462 £540 £433
Median % change year-on-year -14.44% +24.86% +15.33%
75th Percentile £540 £619 £650
90th Percentile £698 £625 -
Hertfordshire median daily rate £475 £538 £475
% change year-on-year -11.63% +13.16% -8.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 47 55
10th Percentile £50.25 £47.50 £51.00
25th Percentile £57.69 £66.00 £61.25
Median hourly rate £67.75 £80.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.31% +23.08% -1.52%
75th Percentile £81.06 £85.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £83.98 £92.00 £79.00
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £55.50 £72.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year -23.45% +11.54% -0.76%

FPGA
Job Vacancy Trend in Stevenage

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

FPGA job vacancy trend in Stevenage

FPGA
Daily Rate Trend in Stevenage

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Stevenage citing FPGA.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Stevenage citing FPGA

FPGA
Hourly Rate Trend in Stevenage

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Stevenage citing FPGA.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Stevenage citing FPGA

FPGA
Hourly Rate Histogram in Stevenage

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing FPGA in Stevenage over the 6 months to 27 March 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for FPGA in Stevenage

FPGA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Stevenage 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 5 (41.67%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 2 (16.67%) SpaceWire
General
1 7 (58.33%) Electronics
2 4 (33.33%) Aerospace
3 2 (16.67%) Avionics
3 2 (16.67%) Law
3 2 (16.67%) Manufacturing
3 2 (16.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (50.00%) Design Engineer
2 5 (41.67%) FPGA Engineer
3 3 (25.00%) Digital Design Engineer
3 3 (25.00%) FPGA Design Engineer
4 2 (16.67%) Lead
4 2 (16.67%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (41.67%) Flash
Miscellaneous
1 10 (83.33%) VHDL
2 3 (25.00%) Verilog
3 2 (16.67%) ASIC
3 2 (16.67%) CAN bus
3 2 (16.67%) Embedded Systems
4 1 (8.33%) Analogue Electronics
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (75.00%) Signal Processing
2 5 (41.67%) FPGA Design
2 5 (41.67%) UVM
3 3 (25.00%) AI
3 3 (25.00%) Sensor Fusion
4 2 (16.67%) Customer Requirements
4 2 (16.67%) Digital Signal Processing
4 2 (16.67%) Mentoring
4 2 (16.67%) Supplier Management
4 2 (16.67%) Technical Leadership
4 2 (16.67%) Validation
5 1 (8.33%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 12 (100.00%) C
2 5 (41.67%) C++
2 5 (41.67%) Python
2 5 (41.67%) SystemVerilog
3 1 (8.33%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 5 (41.67%) Degree
2 1 (8.33%) SC Cleared
2 1 (8.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (16.67%) MIL-STD-1553
System Software
1 3 (25.00%) Firmware
Vendors
1 5 (41.67%) Intel
1 5 (41.67%) Microsemi
1 5 (41.67%) Xilinx