FPGA Engineer Contracts in the UK excluding London

Field-Programmable Gate Array Engineer (FPGA Engineer)
UK > UK excluding London

The median Field-Programmable Gate Array Engineer (FPGA Engineer) daily rate in the UK excluding London is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 302 373 455
Rank change year-on-year +71 +82 +47
Contract jobs requiring an FPGA Engineer 34 26 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.27% 0.13% 0.029%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.29% 0.14% 0.031%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 5 2
10th Percentile £525 £255 £476
25th Percentile - £550 £505
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £635 £557
Median % change year-on-year -5.51% +14.11% -14.38%
75th Percentile - £775 £605
90th Percentile £675 £792 £633
UK median daily rate £600 £635 £525
% change year-on-year -5.51% +20.95% -19.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 18 1
10th Percentile £71.25 - -
25th Percentile £75.00 £70.00 -
Median hourly rate £80.00 £80.00 £72.00
Median % change year-on-year - +11.11% -4.00%
75th Percentile £86.50 £85.00 -
90th Percentile £92.20 £85.30 -
UK median hourly rate £80.00 £80.00 £72.00
% change year-on-year - +11.11% -4.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 11,767 19,240 22,667
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.17% 92.63% 94.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,552 11,748 15,893
10th Percentile £213 £213 £225
25th Percentile £363 £363 £395
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £492 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.46% -1.60% +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £598 £595
90th Percentile £650 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 829 2,243 1,165
10th Percentile £14.00 £12.50 £13.45
25th Percentile £17.61 £15.75 £18.09
Median hourly rate £28.00 £39.55 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -29.20% -6.94% +117.95%
75th Percentile £64.50 £61.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £73.75 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%

FPGA Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured FPGA Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for FPGA Engineer in the UK excluding London

FPGA Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing FPGA Engineer in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for FPGA Engineer in the UK excluding London

FPGA Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing FPGA Engineer in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for FPGA Engineer in the UK excluding London

FPGA Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing FPGA Engineer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for FPGA Engineer in the UK excluding London

FPGA Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing FPGA Engineer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
East of England +29 16 £575 - 17
South East +51 12 £600 -12.41% 25
Scotland - 3 £550 - 2
Midlands +23 2 £550 - 3
South West - 2 - - 4
West Midlands +14 1 - - 2
East Midlands - 1 £550 - 1
FPGA Engineer
UK

FPGA Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, FPGA Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring FPGA Engineer in the job title.

1 34 (100.00%) FPGA
2 29 (85.29%) FPGA Design
3 28 (82.35%) Verilog
4 25 (73.53%) Xilinx
4 25 (73.53%) SystemVerilog
5 22 (64.71%) VHDL
6 18 (52.94%) Intel
7 17 (50.00%) Python
8 16 (47.06%) Tcl
8 16 (47.06%) Social Skills
9 15 (44.12%) Microsemi
9 15 (44.12%) UVM
9 15 (44.12%) Simulink
9 15 (44.12%) Degree
10 14 (41.18%) Signal Processing
11 13 (38.24%) C
12 10 (29.41%) Unix
12 10 (29.41%) Linux
12 10 (29.41%) Shell Script
12 10 (29.41%) Validation
12 10 (29.41%) Software Engineering
12 10 (29.41%) Data Collection
13 9 (26.47%) Security Cleared
14 6 (17.65%) Test Scripting
15 5 (14.71%) Firmware
15 5 (14.71%) Algorithms
16 4 (11.76%) Git
16 4 (11.76%) SC Cleared
16 4 (11.76%) Subversion
17 3 (8.82%) Migration

FPGA Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 15 (44.12%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 2 (5.88%) Ethernet
Development Applications
1 4 (11.76%) Git
1 4 (11.76%) Subversion
General
1 16 (47.06%) Social Skills
2 2 (5.88%) Electronics
2 2 (5.88%) Games
2 2 (5.88%) Military
Miscellaneous
1 34 (100.00%) FPGA
2 28 (82.35%) Verilog
3 22 (64.71%) VHDL
4 5 (14.71%) Algorithms
5 2 (5.88%) PCIe
Operating Systems
1 10 (29.41%) Linux
1 10 (29.41%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (85.29%) FPGA Design
2 15 (44.12%) UVM
3 14 (41.18%) Signal Processing
4 10 (29.41%) Data Collection
4 10 (29.41%) Software Engineering
4 10 (29.41%) Validation
5 6 (17.65%) Test Scripting
6 3 (8.82%) Digital Signal Processing
6 3 (8.82%) Migration
6 3 (8.82%) Risk Management
7 2 (5.88%) Application Security
7 2 (5.88%) Artificial Intelligence
7 2 (5.88%) Computer Science
7 2 (5.88%) Cryptography
7 2 (5.88%) Customer Requirements
7 2 (5.88%) Machine Learning
7 2 (5.88%) Physics
Programming Languages
1 25 (73.53%) SystemVerilog
2 17 (50.00%) Python
3 16 (47.06%) Tcl
4 13 (38.24%) C
5 10 (29.41%) Shell Script
6 3 (8.82%) C++
6 3 (8.82%) Java
7 2 (5.88%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 15 (44.12%) Degree
2 9 (26.47%) Security Cleared
3 4 (11.76%) SC Cleared
4 2 (5.88%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (5.88%) HNC
4 2 (5.88%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.88%) DO-254
System Software
1 5 (14.71%) Firmware
Vendors
1 25 (73.53%) Xilinx
2 18 (52.94%) Intel
3 15 (44.12%) Microsemi
4 3 (8.82%) Algorithmics
5 2 (5.88%) Actel
5 2 (5.88%) Altera