FPGA Engineer Job Trends in Chelmsford

Field-Programmable Gate Array Engineer (FPGA Engineer)
Essex > Chelmsford

The median Field-Programmable Gate Array Engineer (FPGA Engineer) salary in Chelmsford is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 23 January 2026.

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

6 months to
23 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring an FPGA Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Chelmsford 0.84% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.85% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £55,000 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 - -
75th Percentile £65,000 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Essex median annual salary £60,000 - -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Chelmsford

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Chelmsford. 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 Chelmsford with a recognized job title 117 55 103
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 98.32% 84.62% 98.10%
Number of salaries quoted 80 28 91
10th Percentile £26,250 £39,175 £27,501
25th Percentile £28,813 £51,250 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £60,125 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -37.63% +26.58% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £72,100 £71,497
Essex median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% +11.11% -10.00%

FPGA Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Chelmsford

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 Chelmsford.

FPGA Engineer job vacancy trend in Chelmsford

FPGA Engineer
Salary Trend in Chelmsford

Salary distribution trend for FPGA Engineer job vacancies in Chelmsford.

Salary distribution trend for FPGA Engineer job vacancies in Chelmsford

FPGA Engineer Skill Set
Top 11 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Chelmsford

For the 6 months to 23 January 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 Chelmsford region featuring FPGA Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) ECSS
1 1 (100.00%) FPGA Design
1 1 (100.00%) Issue Tracking
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) Redmine
1 1 (100.00%) Requirements Management
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Subversion
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
1 1 (100.00%) Verification and Validation

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

Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) Redmine
1 1 (100.00%) Subversion
General
1 1 (100.00%) Aerospace
1 1 (100.00%) Electronics
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) FPGA
1 1 (100.00%) VHDL
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) FPGA Design
1 1 (100.00%) Issue Tracking
1 1 (100.00%) Requirements Management
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
1 1 (100.00%) Verification and Validation
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) ECSS
1 1 (100.00%) QA