FPGA Jobs in England

Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA)
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term FPGA in permanent job vacancies in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited FPGA over the 6 months leading up to 14 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 589 583 773
Rank change year-on-year -6 +190 +115
Permanent jobs citing FPGA 100 255 163
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.20% 0.30% 0.18%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.56% 0.86% 0.41%
Number of salaries quoted 51 178 81
10th Percentile £37,500 £36,000 £38,066
25th Percentile £47,500 £43,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -12.50% -14.29%
75th Percentile £73,750 £70,938 £82,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £100,000 £91,250
UK median annual salary £61,500 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +17.14% -12.50% -14.29%

All Generic Skills
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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 17,928 29,798 39,573
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 36.71% 34.76% 43.93%
Number of salaries quoted 8,772 20,825 21,320
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,000 £35,478
25th Percentile £42,500 £38,000 £46,570
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -15.38% +4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £111,250 £100,000 £110,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -15.38% +4.00%

FPGA
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for FPGA in England

FPGA
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for FPGA in England

FPGA
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing FPGA in England over the 6 months to 14 May 2025.

Salary histogram for FPGA in England

FPGA
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 within the England region over the 6 months to 14 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
South East +65 35 £62,500 +19.05% 123
East of England +23 26 £50,000 - 120
London +95 24 £100,000 -18.37% 37
South West +42 9 £60,000 +16.50% 36
North of England +45 4 £43,750 -12.50% 31
North West 0 4 £43,750 -12.50% 17
Midlands +56 2 £66,250 +51.43% 31
West Midlands +54 1 £75,000 - 15
East Midlands +28 1 £57,500 +31.43% 14
FPGA
UK

FPGA
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 7 (7.00%) Simulink
2 4 (4.00%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (2.00%) OrCAD
Communications & Networking
1 19 (19.00%) TCP/IP
2 15 (15.00%) Software-Defined Radio
3 6 (6.00%) RS-485
4 5 (5.00%) Ethernet
5 1 (1.00%) GSM
5 1 (1.00%) LTE
5 1 (1.00%) Radio Access Network
5 1 (1.00%) UMTS
5 1 (1.00%) Wideband
Development Applications
1 6 (6.00%) Git
2 5 (5.00%) Subversion
3 4 (4.00%) JIRA
4 1 (1.00%) Carbide.c++
4 1 (1.00%) PetaLinux
4 1 (1.00%) Visual Studio
General
1 28 (28.00%) Electronics
1 28 (28.00%) Social Skills
2 24 (24.00%) Finance
3 14 (14.00%) Banking
3 14 (14.00%) Investment Banking
4 12 (12.00%) Manufacturing
5 7 (7.00%) Aerospace
6 6 (6.00%) Analytical Skills
7 5 (5.00%) Aviation
7 5 (5.00%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (2.00%) Marketing
9 1 (1.00%) Advertising
9 1 (1.00%) Automotive
9 1 (1.00%) Front Office
9 1 (1.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (1.00%) Law
9 1 (1.00%) Military
9 1 (1.00%) Public Sector
9 1 (1.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 26 (26.00%) FPGA Engineer
1 26 (26.00%) Senior
2 21 (21.00%) C++ Developer
2 21 (21.00%) Developer
3 20 (20.00%) Low Latency C++ Developer
4 19 (19.00%) Linux Developer
5 14 (14.00%) Investment Banking C++ Developer
5 14 (14.00%) Linux Scripter
6 12 (12.00%) Electronics Engineer
7 11 (11.00%) Radio Engineer
7 11 (11.00%) Systems Engineer
8 10 (10.00%) Hardware Engineer
9 9 (9.00%) Senior Electronics Engineer
10 7 (7.00%) Design Engineer
10 7 (7.00%) Firmware Engineer
10 7 (7.00%) Senior FPGA Engineer
10 7 (7.00%) VHDL Engineer
11 6 (6.00%) FPGA Developer
11 6 (6.00%) Senior VHDL Engineer
12 5 (5.00%) Market Data Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (5.00%) .NET
2 2 (2.00%) Boost C++ Libraries
2 2 (2.00%) FIX Protocol
3 1 (1.00%) OpenCV
3 1 (1.00%) OpenGL
3 1 (1.00%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 44 (44.00%) VHDL
2 32 (32.00%) Verilog
3 15 (15.00%) Algorithms
4 10 (10.00%) Life Science
5 7 (7.00%) ASIC
5 7 (7.00%) GNSS
5 7 (7.00%) MicroBlaze
6 6 (6.00%) Analogue Electronics
6 6 (6.00%) Embedded Systems
6 6 (6.00%) Satnav
7 5 (5.00%) CPLD
8 4 (4.00%) Self-Motivation
9 3 (3.00%) e-Learning
10 2 (2.00%) Derivative
10 2 (2.00%) Device Driver
10 2 (2.00%) Equities
10 2 (2.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 2 (2.00%) Greenfield Project
11 1 (1.00%) Linux Command Line
11 1 (1.00%) VLSI
Operating Systems
1 33 (33.00%) Linux
2 8 (8.00%) Windows
3 3 (3.00%) Embedded Linux
4 1 (1.00%) FreeRTOS
4 1 (1.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (40.00%) Signal Processing
2 29 (29.00%) FPGA Design
3 28 (28.00%) Prototyping
4 22 (22.00%) Low Latency
5 20 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
6 19 (19.00%) Innovative Thinking
6 19 (19.00%) Physics
7 18 (18.00%) Agile
7 18 (18.00%) Digital Signal Processing
8 12 (12.00%) Validation
9 11 (11.00%) CAD
10 10 (10.00%) Schematic Capture
11 9 (9.00%) Computer Science
12 8 (8.00%) Mathematics
12 8 (8.00%) Software Testing
12 8 (8.00%) Verification and Validation
13 7 (7.00%) Regulatory Compliance
13 7 (7.00%) Software Engineering
13 7 (7.00%) Test Automation
14 6 (6.00%) Requirements Analysis
Programming Languages
1 58 (58.00%) C++
2 57 (57.00%) C
3 20 (20.00%) MATLAB
4 18 (18.00%) Java
5 17 (17.00%) C#
6 13 (13.00%) Python
7 7 (7.00%) Tcl
8 6 (6.00%) Perl
8 6 (6.00%) VB
9 4 (4.00%) Embedded C
9 4 (4.00%) SystemVerilog
10 3 (3.00%) Embedded C++
10 3 (3.00%) Rust
11 1 (1.00%) Bash
11 1 (1.00%) Go
11 1 (1.00%) R
Qualifications
1 24 (24.00%) Degree
2 19 (19.00%) Security Cleared
3 15 (15.00%) SC Cleared
4 3 (3.00%) PhD
5 2 (2.00%) Master's Degree
6 1 (1.00%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.00%) QA
2 1 (1.00%) DO-254
System Software
1 45 (45.00%) Firmware
2 22 (22.00%) Embedded Firmware
Vendors
1 19 (19.00%) Xilinx
2 11 (11.00%) EMC
3 7 (7.00%) Altera
4 6 (6.00%) Green Hills
5 5 (5.00%) Microsoft
6 4 (4.00%) Agilent
6 4 (4.00%) Intel
7 3 (3.00%) Microsemi
8 1 (1.00%) Freescale
8 1 (1.00%) SAP