FPGA Engineer Contracts with Work from Home Options

Field-Programmable Gate Array Engineer (FPGA Engineer)
UK > Work from Home

The median Field-Programmable Gate Array Engineer (FPGA Engineer) daily rate in Work from Home is £60 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 2 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
2 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 325 466 620
Rank change year-on-year +141 +154 -138
Contract jobs requiring an FPGA Engineer 19 5 3
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.12% 0.019% 0.007%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% 0.020% 0.007%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £58 £488 £468
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £60 £525 £485
Median % change year-on-year -88.57% +8.25% -
75th Percentile £63 £563 £503
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £635 £525 £650
% change year-on-year +20.95% -19.23% +62.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £70.00 - -
Median hourly rate £80.00 £72.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% - -
75th Percentile £85.00 - -
90th Percentile - - -
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
Work from Home

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with a WFH option. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 14,262 24,476 42,692
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.48% 95.36% 95.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,547 17,287 30,849
10th Percentile £325 £356 £356
25th Percentile £425 £443 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% +2.38% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £625
90th Percentile £750 £750 £713
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 576 563 608
10th Percentile £14.34 £18.50 £13.21
25th Percentile £23.32 £25.98 £18.75
Median hourly rate £43.00 £55.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.82% +57.14% +40.00%
75th Percentile £63.00 £68.75 £55.00
90th Percentile £75.25 £80.25 £66.00
UK median hourly rate £36.42 £45.00 £23.14
% change year-on-year -19.07% +94.45% +2.04%

FPGA Engineer
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option which featured FPGA Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

FPGA Engineer trend for jobs with a WFH option

FPGA Engineer
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing FPGA Engineer.

FPGA Engineer daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

FPGA Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing FPGA Engineer.

FPGA Engineer hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

FPGA Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing FPGA Engineer over the 6 months to 2 May 2024.

FPGA Engineer hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

FPGA Engineer Skill Set
Top 15 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 2 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 jobs with a WFH option featuring FPGA Engineer in the job title.

1 19 (100.00%) FPGA
1 19 (100.00%) Xilinx
1 19 (100.00%) FPGA Design
2 17 (89.47%) Microsemi
2 17 (89.47%) SystemVerilog
2 17 (89.47%) UVM
2 17 (89.47%) VHDL
2 17 (89.47%) Verilog
2 17 (89.47%) Degree
2 17 (89.47%) C
2 17 (89.47%) Intel
2 17 (89.47%) Simulink
3 16 (84.21%) Signal Processing
4 2 (10.53%) Telecoms
5 1 (5.26%) Law

FPGA Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 17 (89.47%) Simulink
General
1 2 (10.53%) Telecoms
2 1 (5.26%) Law
Miscellaneous
1 19 (100.00%) FPGA
2 17 (89.47%) Verilog
2 17 (89.47%) VHDL
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (100.00%) FPGA Design
2 17 (89.47%) UVM
3 16 (84.21%) Signal Processing
Programming Languages
1 17 (89.47%) C
1 17 (89.47%) SystemVerilog
Qualifications
1 17 (89.47%) Degree
Vendors
1 19 (100.00%) Xilinx
2 17 (89.47%) Intel
2 17 (89.47%) Microsemi