FPGA Design Contract Job Trends

Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) Design\Prototyping
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring FPGA Design skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 563 515 581
Rank change year-on-year -48 +66 +209
Contract jobs citing FPGA Design 19 28 27
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.052% 0.078% 0.059%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.059% 0.090% 0.067%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 6 7
10th Percentile £65 £406 £469
25th Percentile £410 £450 £524
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £488 £560
Median % change year-on-year +12.82% -12.95% +0.67%
75th Percentile £575 £550 £625
90th Percentile £620 - £650
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £475 £560
% change year-on-year +15.79% -15.18% +0.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 15 13
10th Percentile £55.00 - £35.00
25th Percentile £62.50 £75.00 -
Median hourly rate £75.00 £95.00 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.05% +35.71% -2.78%
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - £100.00 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £75.00 £95.00 £70.00
% change year-on-year -21.05% +35.71% -2.78%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 32,247 31,236 40,271
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 88.88% 87.47% 88.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,285 18,990 26,947
10th Percentile £300 £308 £310
25th Percentile £405 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £533
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -1.50% -3.09%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £738 £745
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,090 1,084 1,559
10th Percentile £14.50 £15.25 £14.36
25th Percentile £17.50 £20.19 £18.94
Median hourly rate £25.13 £33.00 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -23.86% -22.35% +21.43%
75th Percentile £45.46 £63.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £67.50 £74.00 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.63 £32.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year -30.37% -23.53% +30.77%

FPGA Design
Job Vacancy Trend

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

FPGA Design job vacancy trend in the UK

FPGA Design
Daily Rate Trend

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

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

FPGA Design
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing FPGA Design over the 6 months to 13 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for FPGA Design in the UK

FPGA Design
Hourly Rate Trend

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

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

FPGA Design
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing FPGA Design over the 6 months to 13 December 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for FPGA Design in the UK

FPGA Design
Top 8 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing FPGA Design within the UK over the 6 months to 13 December 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
UK excluding London -39 18 £550 +15.79% 31
England -50 14 £550 +10.00% 32
East of England -22 7 - - 15
Midlands - 6 £550 - 2
Scotland +9 5 £65 -84.71% 2
West Midlands - 5 £550 - 1
Work from Home -5 2 - - 14
East Midlands - 1 £650 - 1

FPGA Design
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 8 (42.11%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 5 (26.32%) Ethernet
Development Applications
1 1 (5.26%) Git
1 1 (5.26%) Rational DOORS
General
1 5 (26.32%) Electronics
2 4 (21.05%) Aerospace
2 4 (21.05%) Social Skills
3 2 (10.53%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (10.53%) Law
Job Titles
1 14 (73.68%) FPGA Engineer
2 6 (31.58%) Firmware Engineer
3 5 (26.32%) Senior
3 5 (26.32%) Senior Firmware Engineer
4 2 (10.53%) Applications Engineer
4 2 (10.53%) Applications Support
4 2 (10.53%) Applications Support Engineer
4 2 (10.53%) Design Engineer
4 2 (10.53%) FPGA Design Engineer
4 2 (10.53%) Support Engineer
5 1 (5.26%) Senior FPGA Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 19 (100.00%) FPGA
1 19 (100.00%) VHDL
2 10 (52.63%) Verilog
3 5 (26.32%) Algorithms
3 5 (26.32%) PCIe
4 2 (10.53%) Management Information System
5 1 (5.26%) Embedded Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (42.11%) Signal Processing
1 8 (42.11%) UVM
2 5 (26.32%) Digital Signal Processing
3 2 (10.53%) Customer Service
3 2 (10.53%) Development Roadmap
3 2 (10.53%) Information Management
3 2 (10.53%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (10.53%) Roadmaps
4 1 (5.26%) Agile
4 1 (5.26%) CI/CD
4 1 (5.26%) Process Improvement
4 1 (5.26%) Scrum
4 1 (5.26%) Strategic Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 10 (52.63%) MATLAB
2 8 (42.11%) SystemVerilog
3 4 (21.05%) C
4 1 (5.26%) Python
Qualifications
1 13 (68.42%) Security Cleared
2 9 (47.37%) SC Cleared
3 8 (42.11%) Degree
4 2 (10.53%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (31.58%) DO-254
System Software
1 7 (36.84%) Firmware
Vendors
1 18 (94.74%) Xilinx
2 9 (47.37%) Intel
3 7 (36.84%) Microsemi
4 5 (26.32%) Altera
5 2 (10.53%) Actel
5 2 (10.53%) Lattice Semiconductor
6 1 (5.26%) Siemens