FPGA Jobs 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 13 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 153 170 211
Rank change year-on-year +17 +41 +9
Permanent jobs citing FPGA 26 49 22
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 0.77% 0.80% 0.42%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.87% 2.36% 0.81%
Number of salaries quoted 23 20 4
10th Percentile - - £56,625
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £57,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £61,250
Median % change year-on-year - -18.37% -
75th Percentile £72,000 £64,375 £73,438
90th Percentile £80,000 £70,125 £81,875
England median annual salary £60,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +14.29% -12.50% -14.29%

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 1,391 2,076 2,706
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 40.94% 33.88% 51.17%
Number of salaries quoted 510 1,533 916
10th Percentile £29,250 £25,438 £30,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £31,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £65,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £78,750 £80,000 £85,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -15.38% +4.00%

FPGA
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Job postings citing FPGA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Job vacancy trend for FPGA in the East of England

FPGA
Salary Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing FPGA in the East of England.

Salary trend for FPGA in the East of England

FPGA
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing FPGA in the East of England over the 6 months to 13 May 2025.

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 13 May 2025. 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 +53 17 £45,000 - 47
Hertfordshire -2 7 £75,000 +50.00% 19
Essex +16 1 - - 15
Bedfordshire - 1 £67,500 - 28
FPGA
England

FPGA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Applications
1 2 (7.69%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 5 (19.23%) RS-485
2 2 (7.69%) Software-Defined Radio
3 1 (3.85%) GSM
3 1 (3.85%) LTE
3 1 (3.85%) Radio Access Network
3 1 (3.85%) UMTS
Development Applications
1 1 (3.85%) Git
1 1 (3.85%) PetaLinux
General
1 9 (34.62%) Social Skills
2 5 (19.23%) Electronics
3 2 (7.69%) Aerospace
3 2 (7.69%) Manufacturing
4 1 (3.85%) Automotive
4 1 (3.85%) Finance
Job Titles
1 12 (46.15%) FPGA Engineer
2 9 (34.62%) Senior
3 5 (19.23%) Electronics Engineer
3 5 (19.23%) Senior Electronics Engineer
4 3 (11.54%) Design Engineer
4 3 (11.54%) Designer
4 3 (11.54%) FPGA Design Engineer
4 3 (11.54%) FPGA Designer
5 2 (7.69%) Embedded Engineer
5 2 (7.69%) Senior Designer
5 2 (7.69%) Software Engineer
6 1 (3.85%) DSP Engineer
6 1 (3.85%) Lead
6 1 (3.85%) Principal Engineer
6 1 (3.85%) Principal Software Engineer
6 1 (3.85%) Senior DSP Engineer
6 1 (3.85%) Senior Embedded Engineer
6 1 (3.85%) Senior Software Engineer
6 1 (3.85%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.85%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 22 (84.62%) Verilog
2 17 (65.38%) VHDL
3 6 (23.08%) Algorithms
4 5 (19.23%) Life Science
5 2 (7.69%) Embedded Systems
6 1 (3.85%) Linux Command Line
6 1 (3.85%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (7.69%) Linux
2 1 (3.85%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (69.23%) FPGA Design
2 14 (53.85%) Prototyping
3 10 (38.46%) Signal Processing
4 8 (30.77%) Problem-Solving
5 5 (19.23%) CAD
5 5 (19.23%) Physics
5 5 (19.23%) Regulatory Compliance
6 2 (7.69%) Agile
6 2 (7.69%) Software Engineering
6 2 (7.69%) Software Testing
6 2 (7.69%) UVM
6 2 (7.69%) Validation
7 1 (3.85%) Collaborative Engineering
7 1 (3.85%) Collaborative Working
7 1 (3.85%) Customer Service
7 1 (3.85%) DevOps
7 1 (3.85%) Issue Tracking
7 1 (3.85%) Performance Optimisation
7 1 (3.85%) System Testing
7 1 (3.85%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 10 (38.46%) C
2 9 (34.62%) C#
2 9 (34.62%) C++
3 3 (11.54%) SystemVerilog
4 2 (7.69%) Python
4 2 (7.69%) Rust
5 1 (3.85%) Bash
Qualifications
1 9 (34.62%) Degree
2 1 (3.85%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 12 (46.15%) Firmware
2 2 (7.69%) Embedded Firmware
Vendors
1 5 (19.23%) EMC
2 4 (15.38%) Xilinx
3 3 (11.54%) Intel
4 2 (7.69%) Microsemi