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 17 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 167 152 185
Rank change year-on-year -15 +33 0
Permanent jobs citing FPGA 24 27 35
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 0.36% 0.78% 0.57%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.41% 2.05% 1.81%
Number of salaries quoted 18 22 9
10th Percentile £61,250 - £44,500
25th Percentile £65,000 £37,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £67,750 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.01% -3.21% +16.67%
75th Percentile £95,000 £73,313 £75,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £80,000 £75,750
England median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +7.69% +23.81% -16.00%

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 1,699 1,314 1,935
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 25.46% 37.91% 31.29%
Number of salaries quoted 1,096 515 1,395
10th Percentile £28,750 £28,750 £25,200
25th Percentile £35,000 £32,533 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.54% +7.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £63,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £89,500 £77,500 £79,500
England median annual salary £59,300 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.13% +4.55% -15.38%

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 17 July 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 17 July 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 -24 16 £80,000 +77.78% 22
Essex -14 4 £76,250 -10.29% 3
Hertfordshire -25 3 £65,000 -13.33% 9
Bedfordshire +4 1 £75,000 +11.11% 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:

Applications
1 3 (12.50%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 3 (12.50%) Ethernet
Development Applications
1 3 (12.50%) PetaLinux
General
1 10 (41.67%) Electronics
2 6 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (8.33%) Aerospace
4 1 (4.17%) Manufacturing
4 1 (4.17%) Military
Job Titles
1 6 (25.00%) FPGA Engineer
1 6 (25.00%) Senior
2 5 (20.83%) Embedded Engineer
2 5 (20.83%) Embedded Linux Engineer
2 5 (20.83%) Linux Engineer
3 3 (12.50%) Lead
3 3 (12.50%) Senior Embedded Engineer
3 3 (12.50%) Senior FPGA Engineer
3 3 (12.50%) Senior Linux Engineer
4 1 (4.17%) Graduate
4 1 (4.17%) Graduate Software Engineer
4 1 (4.17%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (20.83%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 8 (33.33%) Algorithms
2 6 (25.00%) Embedded Systems
3 5 (20.83%) Robotics
4 3 (12.50%) PCIe
4 3 (12.50%) Verilog
4 3 (12.50%) VHDL
5 2 (8.33%) Device Driver
5 2 (8.33%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 5 (20.83%) Embedded Linux
1 5 (20.83%) Linux
2 3 (12.50%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (37.50%) AI
1 9 (37.50%) Continuous Improvement
1 9 (37.50%) Line Management
1 9 (37.50%) Machine Learning
2 8 (33.33%) Signal Processing
2 8 (33.33%) Software Testing
3 6 (25.00%) Project Planning
3 6 (25.00%) Software Engineering
4 5 (20.83%) Technical Leadership
5 4 (16.67%) Capacity Planning
6 3 (12.50%) Computer Science
6 3 (12.50%) Embedded Software Development
6 3 (12.50%) Kalman Filter
6 3 (12.50%) Schematic Capture
6 3 (12.50%) UML
7 2 (8.33%) Customer Requirements
7 2 (8.33%) Digital Signal Processing
7 2 (8.33%) Problem-Solving
7 2 (8.33%) Validation
8 1 (4.17%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 10 (41.67%) C
1 10 (41.67%) C++
2 8 (33.33%) Python
3 6 (25.00%) MATLAB
4 3 (12.50%) C#
5 2 (8.33%) Embedded C
5 2 (8.33%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 6 (25.00%) Degree
2 4 (16.67%) SC Cleared
2 4 (16.67%) Security Cleared
3 3 (12.50%) PhD
4 2 (8.33%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (8.33%) Master's Degree
5 1 (4.17%) BPSS Clearance
System Software
1 14 (58.33%) Firmware
2 9 (37.50%) Embedded Firmware
Vendors
1 4 (16.67%) Altera
2 3 (12.50%) Xilinx
3 1 (4.17%) Intel