Senior FPGA Engineer Job Trends in Cambridgeshire

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

The median Senior Field-Programmable Gate Array Engineer (Senior FPGA Engineer) salary in Cambridgeshire is £80,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 May 2026.

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

6 months to
12 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 87 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior FPGA Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Cambridgeshire 0.072% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.075% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £77,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 - -
75th Percentile £82,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median annual salary £80,000 - -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Cambridgeshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Cambridgeshire. 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 Cambridgeshire with a recognized job title 1,327 464 1,473
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.40% 93.36% 93.76%
Number of salaries quoted 912 311 1,139
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,000 £27,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -4.76% -2.78%
75th Percentile £75,000 £67,500 £69,875
90th Percentile £92,250 £78,750 £80,001
East of England median annual salary £50,000 £50,967 £47,500
% change year-on-year -1.90% +7.30% -13.64%

Senior FPGA Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Senior FPGA Engineer job vacancy trend in Cambridgeshire

Senior FPGA Engineer
Salary Trend in Cambridgeshire

Salary distribution trend for Senior FPGA Engineer job vacancies in Cambridgeshire.

Salary distribution trend for Senior FPGA Engineer job vacancies in Cambridgeshire

Senior FPGA Engineer Skill Set
Top 8 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cambridgeshire

For the 6 months to 12 May 2026, Senior 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 Cambridgeshire region featuring Senior FPGA Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) C
1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Requirements
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Signal Processing
1 1 (100.00%) Firmware
1 1 (100.00%) Signal Processing
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
1 1 (100.00%) Xilinx

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

General
1 1 (100.00%) Aerospace
1 1 (100.00%) Electronics
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) FPGA
1 1 (100.00%) Verilog
1 1 (100.00%) VHDL
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Requirements
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Signal Processing
1 1 (100.00%) Signal Processing
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C
1 1 (100.00%) C++
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Firmware
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Xilinx