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 £635 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 13 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
13 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 356 445 498
Rank change year-on-year +89 +53 -77
Contract jobs requiring an FPGA Engineer 26 7 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.13% 0.030% 0.029%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% 0.032% 0.031%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 2 2
10th Percentile £255 £476 £486
25th Percentile £550 £505 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £635 £557 £568
Median % change year-on-year +14.11% -1.94% +41.88%
75th Percentile £775 £605 £613
90th Percentile £792 £633 £635
UK median daily rate £635 £525 £568
% change year-on-year +20.95% -7.49% +41.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 1 4
10th Percentile - - £71.50
25th Percentile £70.00 - £73.75
Median hourly rate £80.00 £72.00 £75.00
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -4.00% +66.67%
75th Percentile £85.00 - £77.50
90th Percentile £85.30 - £82.00
UK median hourly rate £80.00 £72.00 £75.00
% change year-on-year +11.11% -4.00% +66.67%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised 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 18,841 22,170 29,329
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.51% 94.33% 95.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,467 15,486 20,548
10th Percentile £213 £225 £203
25th Percentile £363 £400 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £595 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,255 1,134 1,466
10th Percentile £12.50 £13.41 £12.25
25th Percentile £15.75 £18.08 £14.25
Median hourly rate £40.00 £42.08 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.94% +110.39% +3.98%
75th Percentile £61.60 £65.00 £44.03
90th Percentile £74.00 £75.00 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -16.67% +88.21% +6.13%

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
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing FPGA Engineer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 13 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram 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 13 May 2024.

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 13 May 2024. 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 +19 17 - - 24
South East - 7 £685 - 26
Wales +21 1 - -
West Midlands - 1 £550 - 1
Midlands - 1 £550 - 4
North West - 1 - -
North of England - 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 13 May 2024, 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 26 (100.00%) FPGA
1 26 (100.00%) FPGA Design
2 25 (96.15%) Xilinx
3 23 (88.46%) VHDL
4 22 (84.62%) C
5 19 (73.08%) Simulink
6 18 (69.23%) Degree
6 18 (69.23%) Signal Processing
6 18 (69.23%) Microsemi
7 17 (65.38%) SystemVerilog
7 17 (65.38%) UVM
7 17 (65.38%) Verilog
7 17 (65.38%) Intel
8 7 (26.92%) Security Cleared
9 5 (19.23%) C++
9 5 (19.23%) Embedded C
9 5 (19.23%) Embedded C++
9 5 (19.23%) Algorithms
10 4 (15.38%) SC Cleared
11 3 (11.54%) DV Cleared
11 3 (11.54%) Risk Management
12 2 (7.69%) Telecoms
12 2 (7.69%) Python
12 2 (7.69%) Firmware
12 2 (7.69%) MATLAB
12 2 (7.69%) Test Scripting
12 2 (7.69%) Software Testing
12 2 (7.69%) Open Source
12 2 (7.69%) Digital Signal Processing
12 2 (7.69%) GNSS

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 19 (73.08%) Simulink
General
1 2 (7.69%) Telecoms
2 1 (3.85%) Law
2 1 (3.85%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 26 (100.00%) FPGA
2 23 (88.46%) VHDL
3 17 (65.38%) Verilog
4 5 (19.23%) Algorithms
5 2 (7.69%) GNSS
6 1 (3.85%) Embedded Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (100.00%) FPGA Design
2 18 (69.23%) Signal Processing
3 17 (65.38%) UVM
4 3 (11.54%) Risk Management
5 2 (7.69%) Digital Signal Processing
5 2 (7.69%) Open Source
5 2 (7.69%) Software Testing
5 2 (7.69%) Test Scripting
6 1 (3.85%) Architectural Design
6 1 (3.85%) Computer Science
6 1 (3.85%) Kalman Filter
6 1 (3.85%) Mathematics
6 1 (3.85%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 22 (84.62%) C
2 17 (65.38%) SystemVerilog
3 5 (19.23%) C++
3 5 (19.23%) Embedded C
3 5 (19.23%) Embedded C++
4 2 (7.69%) MATLAB
4 2 (7.69%) Python
Qualifications
1 18 (69.23%) Degree
2 7 (26.92%) Security Cleared
3 4 (15.38%) SC Cleared
4 3 (11.54%) DV Cleared
5 1 (3.85%) Computer Science Degree
System Software
1 2 (7.69%) Firmware
Vendors
1 25 (96.15%) Xilinx
2 18 (69.23%) Microsemi
3 17 (65.38%) Intel
4 1 (3.85%) Altera