FPGA Contracts in the UK excluding London

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

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term FPGA in contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited FPGA over the 6 months to 29 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 319 402 462
Rank change year-on-year +83 +60 -101
Contract jobs citing FPGA 74 57 47
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.36% 0.24% 0.15%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.21% 0.73% 0.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 12 6
10th Percentile £413 £401 £428
25th Percentile £519 £444 £476
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year +9.52% +5.00% +23.46%
75th Percentile £638 £584 £613
90th Percentile £775 £646 £650
UK median daily rate £575 £538 £500
% change year-on-year +6.98% +7.50% +17.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 56 15 28
10th Percentile - £46.25 £17.00
25th Percentile £53.40 £50.00 £49.70
Median hourly rate £57.35 £61.18 £56.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +9.24% +12.00%
75th Percentile £70.00 £68.13 £57.94
90th Percentile £85.00 £70.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £57.35 £61.50 £56.00
% change year-on-year -6.75% +9.82% +12.00%

All Generic Skills
UK excluding London

FPGA is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 6,117 7,807 9,810
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 29.42% 32.43% 31.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,655 5,281 6,769
10th Percentile £210 £213 £202
25th Percentile £375 £386 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £599 £618 £575
90th Percentile £688 £700 £669
UK median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.18% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 717 439 468
10th Percentile £12.15 £9.80 £12.02
25th Percentile £14.06 £10.63 £15.25
Median hourly rate £27.50 £22.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% +10.00% -16.67%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £45.43
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £61.70
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £22.49 £27.50
% change year-on-year +33.42% -18.24% +3.19%

FPGA
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing FPGA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for FPGA in the UK excluding London

FPGA
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for FPGA in the UK excluding London

FPGA
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing FPGA in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for FPGA in the UK excluding London

FPGA
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for FPGA in the UK excluding London

FPGA
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing FPGA in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for FPGA in the UK excluding London

FPGA
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 within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 29 April 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
South East +45 46 £575 +31.91% 62
East of England +10 21 £625 +35.14% 65
South West +11 3 - - 30
Northern Ireland +10 2 - -
West Midlands +22 1 £550 - 9
Midlands +22 1 £550 - 21
Wales +14 1 - - 1
North West - 1 - - 2
North of England - 1 - - 4
FPGA
UK

FPGA
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 (25.68%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 33 (44.59%) Ethernet
2 3 (4.05%) Wireless
3 2 (2.70%) Software-Defined Radio
4 1 (1.35%) 5G
Development Applications
1 2 (2.70%) Git
1 2 (2.70%) JIRA
1 2 (2.70%) Subversion
General
1 40 (54.05%) Electronics
2 2 (2.70%) Law
2 2 (2.70%) Manufacturing
2 2 (2.70%) Social Skills
2 2 (2.70%) Telecoms
3 1 (1.35%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 39 (52.70%) Designer
2 33 (44.59%) Digital Designer
2 33 (44.59%) FPGA Designer
2 33 (44.59%) VHDL Designer
3 26 (35.14%) FPGA Engineer
4 20 (27.03%) Design Engineer
4 20 (27.03%) FPGA Design Engineer
5 3 (4.05%) Developer
5 3 (4.05%) Firmware Developer
6 2 (2.70%) FPGA Developer
6 2 (2.70%) Hardware Engineer
6 2 (2.70%) Verification Engineer
7 1 (1.35%) C++ Software Engineer
7 1 (1.35%) PCB Designer
7 1 (1.35%) Real Time Engineer
7 1 (1.35%) Real Time Software Engineer
7 1 (1.35%) Senior
7 1 (1.35%) Senior FPGA Engineer
7 1 (1.35%) Software Engineer
7 1 (1.35%) Wireless Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.70%) JSON
1 2 (2.70%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 59 (79.73%) VHDL
2 33 (44.59%) CPLD
3 20 (27.03%) Verilog
4 5 (6.76%) Algorithms
5 4 (5.41%) Linux Command Line
6 3 (4.05%) ASIC
7 2 (2.70%) GNSS
7 2 (2.70%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (1.35%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 5 (6.76%) Linux
2 2 (2.70%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (47.30%) Schematic Capture
2 26 (35.14%) FPGA Design
3 19 (25.68%) Signal Processing
3 19 (25.68%) UVM
4 5 (6.76%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (5.41%) Software Testing
6 3 (4.05%) Configuration Management
6 3 (4.05%) Risk Management
6 3 (4.05%) Systems Engineering
7 2 (2.70%) Digital Signal Processing
7 2 (2.70%) Mechatronics
7 2 (2.70%) OO
7 2 (2.70%) Open Source
7 2 (2.70%) Project Management
7 2 (2.70%) Test Scripting
7 2 (2.70%) Validation
8 1 (1.35%) Computer Science
8 1 (1.35%) Mathematics
8 1 (1.35%) Multithreading
8 1 (1.35%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 25 (33.78%) C
2 20 (27.03%) SystemVerilog
3 8 (10.81%) C++
4 6 (8.11%) Embedded C
4 6 (8.11%) Python
5 5 (6.76%) Embedded C++
6 3 (4.05%) MATLAB
7 2 (2.70%) Assembly Language
7 2 (2.70%) Bash
7 2 (2.70%) Shell Script
7 2 (2.70%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 53 (71.62%) Degree
2 14 (18.92%) Security Cleared
3 11 (14.86%) SC Cleared
4 3 (4.05%) DV Cleared
5 2 (2.70%) HND
6 1 (1.35%) Computer Science Degree
System Software
1 7 (9.46%) Firmware
Vendors
1 35 (47.30%) EMC
1 35 (47.30%) Xilinx
2 18 (24.32%) Microsemi
3 17 (22.97%) Intel
4 2 (2.70%) Cadence
4 2 (2.70%) Synopsys
5 1 (1.35%) Altera