FPGA Engineer Contracts

Field-Programmable Gate Array Engineer (FPGA Engineer)
UK

The median Field-Programmable Gate Array Engineer (FPGA Engineer) daily rate in the UK is £635 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 24 April 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
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 555 706 843
Rank change year-on-year +151 +137 -188
Contract jobs requiring an FPGA Engineer 27 6 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.062% 0.010% 0.013%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.067% 0.011% 0.014%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 3 5
10th Percentile £255 - £247
25th Percentile £550 £488 £468
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £635 £525 £650
Median % change year-on-year +20.95% -19.23% +62.50%
75th Percentile £775 £607 -
90th Percentile £792 £633 £830
UK excluding London median daily rate £635 £651 £650
% change year-on-year -2.38% +0.08% +62.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 1 4
10th Percentile - - £71.50
25th Percentile £70.00 - £73.75
Median hourly rate £75.00 £72.00 £75.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -4.00% +66.67%
75th Percentile £85.00 - £77.50
90th Percentile £85.30 - £82.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £75.00 £72.00 £75.00
% change year-on-year +4.17% -4.00% +66.67%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 40,476 56,906 85,219
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.76% 94.58% 95.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,420 39,710 59,771
10th Percentile £275 £313 £313
25th Percentile £409 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £493 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -1.40% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,641 1,614 2,118
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.36 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.50 £15.50
Median hourly rate £35.50 £45.00 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.11% +95.65% +1.41%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.92 £63.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £42.50 £19.50
% change year-on-year -11.76% +117.95% +2.63%

FPGA Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for FPGA Engineer in the UK

FPGA Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing FPGA Engineer.

Daily rate trend for FPGA Engineer in the UK

FPGA Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing FPGA Engineer over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for FPGA Engineer in the UK

FPGA Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing FPGA Engineer.

Hourly rate trend for FPGA Engineer in the UK

FPGA Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing FPGA Engineer over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for FPGA Engineer in the UK

FPGA Engineer
Top 11 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 24 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
England +145 26 £635 +20.95% 47
UK excluding London +79 26 £635 -2.38% 37
Work from Home +139 19 £60 -88.57% 19
East of England +29 17 - - 17
South East - 7 £685 - 13
London +102 1 - - 9
Wales +15 1 - -
West Midlands - 1 £550 - 3
Midlands - 1 £550 - 6
North West - 1 - -
North of England - 1 - -

FPGA Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 24 April 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 featuring FPGA Engineer in the job title.

1 27 (100.00%) FPGA
1 27 (100.00%) FPGA Design
2 25 (92.59%) Xilinx
3 23 (85.19%) VHDL
4 22 (81.48%) C
5 19 (70.37%) Simulink
6 18 (66.67%) Signal Processing
6 18 (66.67%) Degree
6 18 (66.67%) Microsemi
7 17 (62.96%) SystemVerilog
7 17 (62.96%) UVM
7 17 (62.96%) Verilog
7 17 (62.96%) Intel
8 7 (25.93%) Security Cleared
9 5 (18.52%) Embedded C
9 5 (18.52%) Embedded C++
9 5 (18.52%) C++
9 5 (18.52%) Algorithms
10 4 (14.81%) SC Cleared
11 3 (11.11%) DV Cleared
11 3 (11.11%) Risk Management
12 2 (7.41%) Telecoms
12 2 (7.41%) Software Testing
12 2 (7.41%) Python
12 2 (7.41%) Firmware
12 2 (7.41%) MATLAB
12 2 (7.41%) Test Scripting
12 2 (7.41%) Open Source
12 2 (7.41%) Digital Signal Processing
12 2 (7.41%) GNSS

FPGA Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 (70.37%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.70%) Ethernet
General
1 2 (7.41%) Telecoms
2 1 (3.70%) Law
2 1 (3.70%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 27 (100.00%) FPGA
2 23 (85.19%) VHDL
3 17 (62.96%) Verilog
4 5 (18.52%) Algorithms
5 2 (7.41%) GNSS
6 1 (3.70%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (3.70%) Embedded Systems
6 1 (3.70%) PCIe
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (100.00%) FPGA Design
2 18 (66.67%) Signal Processing
3 17 (62.96%) UVM
4 3 (11.11%) Risk Management
5 2 (7.41%) Digital Signal Processing
5 2 (7.41%) Open Source
5 2 (7.41%) Software Testing
5 2 (7.41%) Test Scripting
6 1 (3.70%) Architectural Design
6 1 (3.70%) Computer Science
6 1 (3.70%) Data Protection
6 1 (3.70%) Kalman Filter
6 1 (3.70%) Mathematics
6 1 (3.70%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 22 (81.48%) C
2 17 (62.96%) SystemVerilog
3 5 (18.52%) C++
3 5 (18.52%) Embedded C
3 5 (18.52%) Embedded C++
4 2 (7.41%) MATLAB
4 2 (7.41%) Python
Qualifications
1 18 (66.67%) Degree
2 7 (25.93%) Security Cleared
3 4 (14.81%) SC Cleared
4 3 (11.11%) DV Cleared
5 1 (3.70%) Computer Science Degree
System Software
1 2 (7.41%) Firmware
Vendors
1 25 (92.59%) Xilinx
2 18 (66.67%) Microsemi
3 17 (62.96%) Intel
4 1 (3.70%) Altera