FPGA Job Trends in the East Midlands

Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA)
England > East Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term FPGA in permanent job vacancies in the East Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited FPGA over the 6 months leading up to 12 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 134 121 114
Rank change year-on-year -13 -7 +42
Permanent jobs citing FPGA 1 7 10
As % of all permanent jobs in the East Midlands 0.040% 0.32% 0.53%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.13% 1.02% 1.75%
Number of salaries quoted 0 6 2
10th Percentile - £39,375 £48,875
25th Percentile - £42,188 £49,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £50,000 £51,250
Median % change year-on-year - -2.44% -2.38%
75th Percentile - £59,688 £54,688
90th Percentile - £65,625 £55,625
England median annual salary £65,000 £58,750 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.64% +6.82% -12.00%

All Generic Skills
East Midlands

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 the East Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 757 683 570
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 30.43% 30.96% 30.05%
Number of salaries quoted 430 291 430
10th Percentile £25,725 £29,000 £25,750
25th Percentile £28,500 £40,625 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -31.82% +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £53,563 £65,313 £60,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £70,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -7.69%

FPGA
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

FPGA job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

FPGA
Salary Trend in the East Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing FPGA.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing FPGA

FPGA
Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing FPGA within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 12 January 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
Northamptonshire +5 1 - - 6
FPGA
England