FPGA Design Job Trends in Bristol

Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) Design\Prototyping
South West > Bristol

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Bristol requiring FPGA Design skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 118 82 127
Rank change year-on-year -36 +45 -
Permanent jobs citing FPGA Design 2 1 8
As % of all permanent jobs in Bristol 0.072% 0.091% 0.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.10% 0.11% 0.39%
Number of salaries quoted 2 1 8
10th Percentile - - £44,250
25th Percentile - £73,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £77,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% +55.00% -
75th Percentile - £81,250 £55,000
90th Percentile - - £56,500
South West median annual salary £75,000 £76,250 £50,000
% change year-on-year -1.64% +52.50% -41.18%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Bristol

FPGA Design falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Bristol.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,981 894 2,052
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bristol 71.03% 81.64% 78.92%
Number of salaries quoted 1,442 656 1,523
10th Percentile £33,750 £29,000 £32,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,471 £59,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.40% -3.41% -0.04%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £90,000 £87,500
South West median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year +10.00% -6.54% -2.73%

FPGA Design
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

FPGA Design job vacancy trend in Bristol

FPGA Design
Salary Trend in Bristol

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing FPGA Design.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing FPGA Design

FPGA Design
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol 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 2 (100.00%) Simulink
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Designer
1 2 (100.00%) FPGA Designer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Embedded Systems
1 2 (100.00%) FPGA
1 2 (100.00%) Verilog
1 2 (100.00%) VHDL
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Signal Processing
1 2 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 2 (100.00%) UVM
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) C
1 2 (100.00%) SystemVerilog
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
1 2 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Intel
1 2 (100.00%) Microsemi
1 2 (100.00%) Xilinx