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 in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited FPGA over the 6 months leading up to 29 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 278 313 375
Rank change year-on-year +35 +62 +104
Contract jobs citing FPGA 57 84 58
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.44% 0.41% 0.25%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.32% 1.40% 0.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 13 13
10th Percentile £500 £420 £401
25th Percentile £519 £525 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% +11.68%
75th Percentile - £638 £600
90th Percentile £656 £748 £641
UK median daily rate £600 £575 £550
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% +11.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 63 10
10th Percentile £60.68 - £44.75
25th Percentile £64.38 £53.40 £47.19
Median hourly rate £80.00 £57.35 £53.88
Median % change year-on-year +39.49% +6.44% -3.79%
75th Percentile £85.00 £75.16 £64.49
90th Percentile £88.00 £85.00 £66.94
UK median hourly rate £80.00 £57.35 £58.33
% change year-on-year +39.49% -1.68% +4.17%

All Generic Skills
UK excluding London

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 the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 4,325 5,987 7,388
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 33.62% 29.05% 32.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,625 3,601 4,948
10th Percentile £210 £210 £220
25th Percentile £363 £375 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +3.68%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £612
90th Percentile £650 £688 £700
UK median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.42% -2.18% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 305 741 409
10th Percentile £15.26 £12.15 £9.80
25th Percentile £18.87 £14.06 £10.63
Median hourly rate £31.49 £32.12 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -1.95% +49.37% +1.18%
75th Percentile £64.52 £61.30 £63.00
90th Percentile £82.40 £70.00 £73.62
UK median hourly rate £31.91 £34.00 £22.00
% change year-on-year -6.16% +54.55% -18.46%

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 May 2025.

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 May 2025.

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 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 +32 25 £538 -14.00% 103
South East +13 21 £600 +4.35% 81
Scotland - 6 £488 - 20
Midlands +14 3 £550 - 18
South West +41 2 - - 38
East Midlands - 2 £550 - 5
West Midlands +15 1 - - 12
North of England +9 1 - - 12
North East - 1 - - 1
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 15 (26.32%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 2 (3.51%) LabWindows
Cloud Services
1 1 (1.75%) Azure
1 1 (1.75%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 7 (12.28%) Ethernet
2 4 (7.02%) 5G
2 4 (7.02%) 5G NR
2 4 (7.02%) Software-Defined Radio
2 4 (7.02%) Wireless
3 1 (1.75%) RS-232
Development Applications
1 7 (12.28%) Git
2 6 (10.53%) Subversion
3 2 (3.51%) LabVIEW
4 1 (1.75%) JIRA
4 1 (1.75%) Redmine
General
1 27 (47.37%) Social Skills
2 12 (21.05%) Electronics
3 5 (8.77%) Games
4 3 (5.26%) Aerospace
5 2 (3.51%) Manufacturing
5 2 (3.51%) Military
6 1 (1.75%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (1.75%) Avionics
6 1 (1.75%) Finance
6 1 (1.75%) Law
6 1 (1.75%) Marketing
6 1 (1.75%) Public Sector
6 1 (1.75%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 38 (66.67%) FPGA Engineer
2 10 (17.54%) Design Engineer
2 10 (17.54%) FPGA Design Engineer
3 7 (12.28%) Firmware Engineer
4 6 (10.53%) Senior
5 4 (7.02%) Hardware Engineer
5 4 (7.02%) Principal Engineer
6 3 (5.26%) Developer
6 3 (5.26%) FPGA Developer
6 3 (5.26%) Senior Hardware Engineer
6 3 (5.26%) Software Engineer
7 2 (3.51%) Embedded Engineer
7 2 (3.51%) Senior Software Engineer
8 1 (1.75%) Digital Hardware Engineer
8 1 (1.75%) Embedded Software Engineer
8 1 (1.75%) Principal Hardware Engineer
8 1 (1.75%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
8 1 (1.75%) Senior Firmware Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 35 (61.40%) Verilog
2 29 (50.88%) VHDL
3 8 (14.04%) Algorithms
4 7 (12.28%) PCIe
5 5 (8.77%) Embedded Systems
6 2 (3.51%) Life Science
7 1 (1.75%) ASIC
7 1 (1.75%) Device Driver
7 1 (1.75%) State Machine
Operating Systems
1 14 (24.56%) Linux
1 14 (24.56%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (59.65%) FPGA Design
2 17 (29.82%) Software Engineering
2 17 (29.82%) Validation
3 15 (26.32%) UVM
4 14 (24.56%) Data Collection
4 14 (24.56%) Signal Processing
5 8 (14.04%) Physics
5 8 (14.04%) Test Scripting
6 6 (10.53%) Computer Science
6 6 (10.53%) Customer Requirements
7 5 (8.77%) Artificial Intelligence
7 5 (8.77%) Cryptography
7 5 (8.77%) Machine Learning
7 5 (8.77%) Problem-Solving
8 4 (7.02%) Digital Signal Processing
9 3 (5.26%) Agile
9 3 (5.26%) Migration
9 3 (5.26%) Risk Management
10 2 (3.51%) Configuration Management
10 2 (3.51%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 30 (52.63%) SystemVerilog
2 24 (42.11%) Tcl
3 23 (40.35%) Python
4 14 (24.56%) Shell Script
5 12 (21.05%) C
6 7 (12.28%) MATLAB
7 4 (7.02%) C++
8 3 (5.26%) Java
9 1 (1.75%) C#
9 1 (1.75%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 21 (36.84%) Degree
2 19 (33.33%) Security Cleared
3 14 (24.56%) SC Cleared
4 6 (10.53%) HNC
4 6 (10.53%) HND
5 2 (3.51%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (1.75%) Master's Degree
6 1 (1.75%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (12.28%) DO-254
2 1 (1.75%) ECSS
2 1 (1.75%) MIL-STD-1553
System Software
1 13 (22.81%) Firmware
Vendors
1 31 (54.39%) Xilinx
2 18 (31.58%) Intel
3 15 (26.32%) Microsemi
4 6 (10.53%) Altera
5 5 (8.77%) Actel
6 3 (5.26%) Algorithmics
7 2 (3.51%) Atlassian
7 2 (3.51%) Lattice Semiconductor
7 2 (3.51%) Mentor Graphics
8 1 (1.75%) SAP
8 1 (1.75%) Siemens