FPGA Design Jobs in England

Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) Design\Prototyping
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England requiring FPGA Design skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited FPGA Design over the 6 months leading up to 4 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 634 785 910
Rank change year-on-year +151 +125 +157
Permanent jobs citing FPGA Design 27 56 18
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.058% 0.066% 0.019%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.062% 0.076% 0.020%
Number of salaries quoted 18 44 11
10th Percentile - £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £37,500 £37,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,500 £50,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.00% -16.67% -31.43%
75th Percentile £74,250 £60,750 £81,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £70,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £50,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +25.00% -16.67% -31.43%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

FPGA Design falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 43,566 73,204 88,358
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 93.64% 85.81% 95.63%
Number of salaries quoted 23,957 53,948 52,209
10th Percentile £30,500 £29,000 £34,296
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £45,783
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £77,000 £73,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £93,750 £101,185
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £61,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -10.57% +2.50%

FPGA Design
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for FPGA Design in England

FPGA Design
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing FPGA Design in England.

Salary trend for FPGA Design in England

FPGA Design
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing FPGA Design in England over the 6 months to 4 May 2025.

Salary histogram for FPGA Design in England

FPGA Design
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing FPGA Design within the England region over the 6 months to 4 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
East of England +59 16 £45,000 -10.00% 27
South West +90 9 £68,750 +35.47% 8
West Midlands - 1 £75,000 - 3
London - 1 £70,000 - 6
Midlands - 1 £75,000 - 4
FPGA Design
UK

FPGA Design
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 4 (14.81%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.70%) Ethernet
1 1 (3.70%) Software-Defined Radio
Development Applications
1 1 (3.70%) PetaLinux
General
1 11 (40.74%) Social Skills
2 9 (33.33%) Electronics
3 7 (25.93%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (7.41%) Aerospace
5 1 (3.70%) Advertising
5 1 (3.70%) Law
5 1 (3.70%) Manufacturing
5 1 (3.70%) Military
Job Titles
1 20 (74.07%) FPGA Engineer
2 9 (33.33%) Senior
3 8 (29.63%) Senior FPGA Engineer
4 7 (25.93%) Senior VHDL Engineer
4 7 (25.93%) VHDL Engineer
5 2 (7.41%) Design Engineer
5 2 (7.41%) Designer
5 2 (7.41%) FPGA Design Engineer
5 2 (7.41%) FPGA Designer
5 2 (7.41%) Lead
6 1 (3.70%) Embedded Engineer
6 1 (3.70%) Engineering Manager
6 1 (3.70%) Senior Designer
6 1 (3.70%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.70%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 27 (100.00%) FPGA
2 25 (92.59%) VHDL
3 16 (59.26%) Verilog
4 8 (29.63%) MicroBlaze
5 7 (25.93%) GNSS
5 7 (25.93%) Satnav
6 1 (3.70%) Algorithms
6 1 (3.70%) ASIC
6 1 (3.70%) Embedded Systems
6 1 (3.70%) VLSI
Operating Systems
1 9 (33.33%) Linux
2 8 (29.63%) Windows
3 1 (3.70%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (40.74%) Signal Processing
2 10 (37.04%) Prototyping
3 9 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
4 7 (25.93%) B2B
4 7 (25.93%) Computer Science
4 7 (25.93%) Creative Thinking
4 7 (25.93%) Defect Tracking
4 7 (25.93%) Innovative Thinking
4 7 (25.93%) Requirements Analysis
5 3 (11.11%) UVM
6 2 (7.41%) Configuration Management
6 2 (7.41%) Software Testing
7 1 (3.70%) Agile
7 1 (3.70%) Code Coverage
7 1 (3.70%) Image Processing
7 1 (3.70%) Kanban
7 1 (3.70%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
7 1 (3.70%) Scrum
7 1 (3.70%) SysML
7 1 (3.70%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 11 (40.74%) C
2 9 (33.33%) C#
3 8 (29.63%) C++
3 8 (29.63%) MATLAB
4 7 (25.93%) Perl
4 7 (25.93%) Tcl
4 7 (25.93%) VB
5 4 (14.81%) SystemVerilog
6 1 (3.70%) Python
6 1 (3.70%) Rust
Qualifications
1 11 (40.74%) Degree
2 2 (7.41%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.70%) DO-254
System Software
1 20 (74.07%) Firmware
2 9 (33.33%) Embedded Firmware
Vendors
1 15 (55.56%) Xilinx
2 7 (25.93%) Altera
2 7 (25.93%) Green Hills
3 4 (14.81%) Intel
4 3 (11.11%) Microsemi