FPGA Engineer Job Trends in Bedfordshire

Field-Programmable Gate Array Engineer (FPGA Engineer)
East of England > Bedfordshire

The median Field-Programmable Gate Array Engineer (FPGA Engineer) salary in Bedfordshire is £75,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 10 August 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 49 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring an FPGA Engineer 5 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Bedfordshire 0.69% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.74% - -
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £72,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 - -
75th Percentile £78,750 - -
90th Percentile £79,500 - -
East of England median annual salary £77,500 £45,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +72.22% -28.00% +78.57%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Bedfordshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Bedfordshire. 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 permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Bedfordshire with a recognized job title 677 499 350
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.51% 95.23% 98.59%
Number of salaries quoted 492 119 269
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £34,125 £35,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,157 £42,500 £48,585
Median % change year-on-year +10.96% -12.52% -19.03%
75th Percentile £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £74,750 £88,000
East of England median annual salary £50,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -7.41%

FPGA Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Bedfordshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'FPGA Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Bedfordshire.

FPGA Engineer job vacancy trend in Bedfordshire

FPGA Engineer
Salary Trend in Bedfordshire

Salary distribution trend for FPGA Engineer job vacancies in Bedfordshire.

Salary distribution trend for FPGA Engineer job vacancies in Bedfordshire

FPGA Engineer
Job Locations in Bedfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing FPGA Engineer within the Bedfordshire region over the 6 months to 10 August 2026. 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Bedford - 3 £75,000 -
Luton - 2 - - 2
FPGA Engineer
East of England

FPGA Engineer Skill Set
Top 24 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bedfordshire

For the 6 months to 10 August 2026, FPGA Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Bedfordshire region featuring FPGA Engineer in the job title.

1 4 (80.00%) FPGA Design
2 2 (40.00%) Accessibility
2 2 (40.00%) Agile
2 2 (40.00%) Altera
2 2 (40.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (40.00%) Computer Science
2 2 (40.00%) Decision-Making
2 2 (40.00%) Degree
2 2 (40.00%) DV Cleared
2 2 (40.00%) Ethernet
2 2 (40.00%) HNC
2 2 (40.00%) HND
2 2 (40.00%) Intel
2 2 (40.00%) Low Latency
2 2 (40.00%) Physics
2 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (40.00%) Programme Delivery
2 2 (40.00%) Project Delivery
2 2 (40.00%) Project Planning
2 2 (40.00%) Prototyping
2 2 (40.00%) SC Cleared
2 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (40.00%) Signal Processing
2 2 (40.00%) Xilinx

FPGA Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bedfordshire 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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (40.00%) Ethernet
General
1 2 (40.00%) Aerospace
1 2 (40.00%) Electronics
1 2 (40.00%) Finance
1 2 (40.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 5 (100.00%) FPGA
2 2 (40.00%) PCIe
2 2 (40.00%) Verilog
2 2 (40.00%) VHDL
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) FPGA Design
2 2 (40.00%) Agile
2 2 (40.00%) Computer Science
2 2 (40.00%) Decision-Making
2 2 (40.00%) Low Latency
2 2 (40.00%) Physics
2 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (40.00%) Programme Delivery
2 2 (40.00%) Project Delivery
2 2 (40.00%) Project Planning
2 2 (40.00%) Prototyping
2 2 (40.00%) Signal Processing
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 2 (40.00%) Degree
1 2 (40.00%) DV Cleared
1 2 (40.00%) HNC
1 2 (40.00%) HND
1 2 (40.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Altera
1 2 (40.00%) Intel
1 2 (40.00%) Xilinx