FPGA Job Trends in County Antrim

Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA)
Northern Ireland > County Antrim

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term FPGA in permanent job vacancies in County Antrim. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited FPGA over the 6 months leading up to 21 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 52 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing FPGA 2 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in County Antrim 0.32% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.72% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £57,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 - -
75th Percentile £72,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Northern Ireland median annual salary £65,000 - -

All Generic Skills
County Antrim

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 County Antrim.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 116 69 120
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in County Antrim 18.30% 39.88% 26.14%
Number of salaries quoted 35 11 72
10th Percentile £29,300 £47,500 £32,996
25th Percentile £34,000 £48,750 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +21.95%
75th Percentile £70,000 £60,000 £81,875
90th Percentile £74,000 £68,750 £90,000
Northern Ireland median annual salary £65,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +18.18% -8.33% +20.00%

FPGA
Job Vacancy Trend in County Antrim

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

FPGA job vacancy trend in County Antrim

FPGA
Salary Trend in County Antrim

Salary distribution trend for jobs in County Antrim citing FPGA.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in County Antrim citing FPGA

FPGA
Job Locations in County Antrim

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing FPGA within the County Antrim region over the 6 months to 21 May 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
Belfast - 1 - - 1
Larne - 1 £65,000 -
FPGA
Northern Ireland

FPGA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in County Antrim 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 1 (50.00%) Ethernet
General
1 1 (50.00%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) C++ Software Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Hardware Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Integration Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Software Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Software Integration Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
2 1 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Code Quality
1 1 (50.00%) Cross-Platform Development
1 1 (50.00%) Software Architecture
1 1 (50.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) C
1 1 (50.00%) C#
1 1 (50.00%) C++
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Embedded Firmware
1 1 (50.00%) Firmware