FPGA Job Trends in Cardiff

Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA)
South Wales > Cardiff

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term FPGA in permanent job vacancies in Cardiff. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited FPGA over the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 36 49 -
Rank change year-on-year +13 - -
Permanent jobs citing FPGA 3 1 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Cardiff 0.79% 0.25% -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.90% 0.74% -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - -
South Wales median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 -
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -

All Generic Skills
Cardiff

FPGA falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in Cardiff.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 77 135 129
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cardiff 20.37% 34.09% 39.69%
Number of salaries quoted 51 107 118
10th Percentile £27,500 £23,750 £33,426
25th Percentile £45,000 £31,250 £38,657
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £37,500 £53,750
Median % change year-on-year +40.00% -30.23% +5.39%
75th Percentile £67,500 £56,599 £69,800
90th Percentile £82,241 £69,650 £73,400
South Wales median annual salary £55,000 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +22.22% -10.00% +9.90%

FPGA
Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff

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

FPGA job vacancy trend in Cardiff

FPGA
Salary Trend in Cardiff

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cardiff citing FPGA.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cardiff citing FPGA

FPGA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cardiff 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 3 (100.00%) Ethernet
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Linux