FPGA Job Trends in the East of England

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

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term FPGA in permanent job vacancies in the East of England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited FPGA over the 6 months leading up to 10 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 140 152 132
Rank change year-on-year +12 -20 -6
Permanent jobs citing FPGA 70 21 48
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 0.84% 0.63% 1.11%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.08% 1.64% 3.44%
Number of salaries quoted 35 16 22
10th Percentile £47,500 £37,500 -
25th Percentile £60,000 £50,625 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £68,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.29% +23.64% -
75th Percentile £93,750 £74,000 £72,188
90th Percentile £110,000 £82,500 £74,750
England median annual salary £70,000 £68,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +2.94% +23.64% -8.33%

All Generic Skills
East of England

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 of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 2,270 1,283 1,396
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 27.14% 38.45% 32.36%
Number of salaries quoted 1,563 566 620
10th Percentile £28,500 £27,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £32,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -13.64% +4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £63,750 £68,000
90th Percentile £83,720 £77,500 £80,000
England median annual salary £56,500 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +2.73% -8.33% -4.76%

FPGA
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

FPGA job vacancy trend in the East of England

FPGA
Salary Trend in the East of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing FPGA.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing FPGA

FPGA
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing FPGA in the East of England over the 6 months to 10 October 2026.

Salary histogram for FPGA in the East of England

FPGA
Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing FPGA within the East of England region over the 6 months to 10 October 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
Cambridgeshire +5 47 £80,000 +17.65% 100
Essex -11 13 £76,250 +27.08% 28
Bedfordshire - 5 £75,000 - 14
Hertfordshire -28 3 £62,000 -17.33% 25
Norfolk - 2 £57,500 - 1
FPGA
England

FPGA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (1.43%) Artix
Applications
1 7 (10.00%) Simulink
2 1 (1.43%) OrCAD
Communications & Networking
1 11 (15.71%) Ethernet
2 2 (2.86%) Wireless
3 1 (1.43%) 5G
3 1 (1.43%) Bluetooth
3 1 (1.43%) LTE
3 1 (1.43%) Software-Defined Radio
3 1 (1.43%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 6 (8.57%) PetaLinux
2 4 (5.71%) Git
3 3 (4.29%) Subversion
4 2 (2.86%) Mercurial
General
1 39 (55.71%) Electronics
2 18 (25.71%) Aerospace
3 12 (17.14%) Manufacturing
4 9 (12.86%) Social Skills
5 6 (8.57%) Finance
5 6 (8.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 5 (7.14%) Telecoms
7 3 (4.29%) Military
Job Titles
1 27 (38.57%) Senior
2 18 (25.71%) FPGA Engineer
3 16 (22.86%) Design Engineer
4 15 (21.43%) Electronics Engineer
5 10 (14.29%) Embedded Engineer
6 9 (12.86%) FPGA Design Engineer
7 8 (11.43%) Senior FPGA Engineer
8 7 (10.00%) Embedded Linux Engineer
8 7 (10.00%) Hardware Engineer
8 7 (10.00%) Linux Engineer
9 6 (8.57%) Senior Embedded Engineer
10 5 (7.14%) Senior Hardware Engineer
11 4 (5.71%) Digital Design Engineer
11 4 (5.71%) DSP Engineer
11 4 (5.71%) Electronics Design Engineer
11 4 (5.71%) Senior Electronics Engineer
11 4 (5.71%) Software Engineer
11 4 (5.71%) Technical Specialist
12 3 (4.29%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
12 3 (4.29%) Senior Linux Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (14.29%) Yocto
2 3 (4.29%) React
Miscellaneous
1 16 (22.86%) Embedded Systems
2 14 (20.00%) Algorithms
2 14 (20.00%) Verilog
2 14 (20.00%) VHDL
3 13 (18.57%) Analogue Electronics
4 9 (12.86%) Robotics
5 7 (10.00%) Device Driver
5 7 (10.00%) PCIe
6 4 (5.71%) Augmented Reality
6 4 (5.71%) IoT
7 2 (2.86%) Acoustics
7 2 (2.86%) ASIC
7 2 (2.86%) Linux Command Line
8 1 (1.43%) State Machine
Operating Systems
1 18 (25.71%) Linux
2 13 (18.57%) Embedded Linux
3 3 (4.29%) Robot Operating System
4 1 (1.43%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (25.71%) Signal Processing
2 14 (20.00%) AI
3 13 (18.57%) FPGA Design
4 12 (17.14%) Machine Learning
4 12 (17.14%) Software Engineering
5 11 (15.71%) Problem-Solving
6 10 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
6 10 (14.29%) Schematic Capture
7 9 (12.86%) Computer Science
7 9 (12.86%) Line Management
7 9 (12.86%) Technical Leadership
8 8 (11.43%) Physics
8 8 (11.43%) Project Planning
9 7 (10.00%) Software Testing
10 6 (8.57%) Validation
11 5 (7.14%) Mentoring
11 5 (7.14%) Prototyping
12 4 (5.71%) Capacity Planning
12 4 (5.71%) Digital Signal Processing
12 4 (5.71%) Kalman Filter
Programming Languages
1 22 (31.43%) C
2 21 (30.00%) Python
3 19 (27.14%) C++
4 14 (20.00%) MATLAB
5 12 (17.14%) Embedded C++
6 10 (14.29%) Embedded C
7 4 (5.71%) SystemVerilog
8 3 (4.29%) Go
8 3 (4.29%) JavaScript
8 3 (4.29%) TypeScript
9 2 (2.86%) C#
Qualifications
1 34 (48.57%) Degree
2 17 (24.29%) Security Cleared
3 10 (14.29%) Master's Degree
3 10 (14.29%) SC Cleared
4 7 (10.00%) BPSS Clearance
5 6 (8.57%) DV Cleared
5 6 (8.57%) PhD
6 5 (7.14%) HNC
6 5 (7.14%) HND
7 4 (5.71%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (1.43%) EMC Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (8.57%) Accessibility
2 2 (2.86%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 16 (22.86%) Firmware
2 10 (14.29%) Embedded Firmware
Vendors
1 8 (11.43%) Xilinx
2 7 (10.00%) EMC
3 4 (5.71%) Intel
3 4 (5.71%) Siemens
4 2 (2.86%) Altera