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 18 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 154 132 132
Rank change year-on-year -22 0 +78
Permanent jobs citing FPGA 26 37 17
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 0.77% 0.83% 0.67%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.05% 2.78% 1.39%
Number of salaries quoted 20 21 12
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £37,500 £50,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,000 £55,000 £53,750
Median % change year-on-year +23.64% +2.33% -
75th Percentile £74,000 £71,250 £61,563
90th Percentile £80,500 £75,000 £64,750
England median annual salary £62,500 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +13.64% -8.33% -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 1,266 1,329 1,222
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 37.31% 29.69% 48.22%
Number of salaries quoted 533 713 611
10th Percentile £27,300 £26,000 £25,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £54,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% +2.86% -
75th Percentile £63,750 £66,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% -7.69% +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

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 18 September 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 18 September 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 +30 16 £56,500 -13.08% 11
Hertfordshire +3 6 £75,000 +50.00% 29
Essex -10 4 £60,000 -6.25% 6
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 3 (11.54%) Simulink
Development Applications
1 1 (3.85%) JIRA
1 1 (3.85%) Rational DOORS
1 1 (3.85%) Redmine
1 1 (3.85%) Subversion
General
1 5 (19.23%) Electronics
2 2 (7.69%) Aerospace
3 1 (3.85%) Finance
3 1 (3.85%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (3.85%) Social Skills
3 1 (3.85%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 18 (69.23%) FPGA Engineer
2 10 (38.46%) Design Engineer
3 8 (30.77%) FPGA Design Engineer
4 7 (26.92%) Senior
5 4 (15.38%) Lead
6 3 (11.54%) Designer
6 3 (11.54%) FPGA Designer
7 2 (7.69%) Senior Design Engineer
7 2 (7.69%) Senior Designer
7 2 (7.69%) Senior FPGA Engineer
8 1 (3.85%) Electronics Design Engineer
8 1 (3.85%) Electronics Hardware Engineer
8 1 (3.85%) Head of Development
8 1 (3.85%) Radio Engineer
8 1 (3.85%) Senior DSP Engineer
8 1 (3.85%) Senior Electronics Design Engineer
8 1 (3.85%) Senior Electronics Engineer
8 1 (3.85%) Senior Hardware Design Engineer
8 1 (3.85%) Senior Hardware Engineer
8 1 (3.85%) Senior Project Leader
Miscellaneous
1 23 (88.46%) VHDL
2 19 (73.08%) Verilog
3 2 (7.69%) Embedded Systems
4 1 (3.85%) ASIC
4 1 (3.85%) IoT
4 1 (3.85%) Robotics
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (92.31%) FPGA Design
2 7 (26.92%) Prototyping
3 4 (15.38%) Signal Processing
4 3 (11.54%) UVM
5 2 (7.69%) Artificial Intelligence
5 2 (7.69%) Collaborative Engineering
5 2 (7.69%) Performance Optimisation
5 2 (7.69%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (7.69%) Project Delivery
5 2 (7.69%) Requirements Management
5 2 (7.69%) Validation
6 1 (3.85%) Business Development
6 1 (3.85%) Continuous Improvement
6 1 (3.85%) Physics
6 1 (3.85%) Power Management
6 1 (3.85%) Product Management
6 1 (3.85%) Software Engineering
6 1 (3.85%) Technical Leadership
6 1 (3.85%) Telematics
6 1 (3.85%) Trade-off Analysis
Programming Languages
1 7 (26.92%) C#
2 4 (15.38%) C
2 4 (15.38%) SystemVerilog
3 2 (7.69%) C++
3 2 (7.69%) Python
4 1 (3.85%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 3 (11.54%) Degree
2 1 (3.85%) Master's Degree
2 1 (3.85%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.85%) ECSS
1 1 (3.85%) QA
System Software
1 13 (50.00%) Firmware
2 6 (23.08%) Embedded Firmware
Vendors
1 4 (15.38%) Xilinx
2 3 (11.54%) Intel
2 3 (11.54%) Microsemi
3 2 (7.69%) Mentor Graphics
4 1 (3.85%) EMC