FPGA Design Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) Design\Prototyping
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring FPGA Design skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank - - 145
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing FPGA Design 0 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley - - 0.073%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - - 0.081%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £58
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £60
75th Percentile - - £63
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate - - £600
% change year-on-year - - +17.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £57.50
Median hourly rate - - £60.00
75th Percentile - - £62.50
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £88.00 - £60.00

All Process & Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

FPGA Design falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,912 1,531 2,465
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 85.13% 92.06% 89.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,276 884 1,496
10th Percentile £269 £255 £213
25th Percentile £393 £402 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £501 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.10% +0.10% -
75th Percentile £588 £620 £600
90th Percentile £650 £663 £688
South East median daily rate £500 £501 £505
% change year-on-year -0.10% -0.89% +1.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 117 44 153
10th Percentile £15.62 £26.08 £16.25
25th Percentile £18.87 £45.31 £20.17
Median hourly rate £25.24 £61.50 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -58.96% +29.46% +63.79%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.62 £63.00
90th Percentile £97.50 £76.68 £79.78
South East median hourly rate £25.08 £45.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year -44.28% -5.26% +5.56%

FPGA Design
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

FPGA Design job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

FPGA Design
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing FPGA Design.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing FPGA Design

FPGA Design
Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing FPGA Design.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing FPGA Design