Senior FPGA Engineer Jobs in England

Senior Field-Programmable Gate Array Engineer (Senior FPGA Engineer)
UK > England

The median Senior Field-Programmable Gate Array Engineer (Senior FPGA Engineer) salary in England is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 3 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 647 840 928
Rank change year-on-year +193 +88 +202
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior FPGA Engineer 8 3 2
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.017% 0.004% 0.002%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.019% 0.004% 0.002%
Number of salaries quoted 1 3 2
10th Percentile - £57,000 £53,375
25th Percentile - £63,750 £56,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £75,000 £63,750
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +17.65% -25.00%
75th Percentile - - £71,563
90th Percentile - - £75,125
UK median annual salary £63,750 £67,500 £63,750
% change year-on-year -5.56% +5.88% -25.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in England with a recognized job title 41,862 80,543 84,589
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.30% 94.48% 91.52%
Number of salaries quoted 24,654 60,279 53,593
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £32,626
25th Percentile £42,500 £38,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £53,500 £60,800
Median % change year-on-year +7.48% -12.01% +1.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,942 £82,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £91,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £52,550 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.42% -12.42% -

Senior FPGA Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Senior FPGA Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Senior FPGA Engineer in England

Senior FPGA Engineer
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Senior FPGA Engineer in England

Senior FPGA Engineer
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior FPGA Engineer within the England region over the 6 months to 3 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 West +121 8 £60,000 -20.00% 1
Senior FPGA Engineer
UK

Senior FPGA Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 3 May 2025, Senior FPGA Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the England region featuring Senior FPGA Engineer in the job title.

1 8 (100.00%) Windows
1 8 (100.00%) Linux
1 8 (100.00%) Firmware
1 8 (100.00%) VHDL
1 8 (100.00%) FPGA
1 8 (100.00%) FPGA Design
1 8 (100.00%) Xilinx
1 8 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 8 (100.00%) MicroBlaze
1 8 (100.00%) Embedded Firmware
2 7 (87.50%) Satnav
2 7 (87.50%) GNSS
2 7 (87.50%) Requirements Analysis
2 7 (87.50%) Degree
2 7 (87.50%) Creative Thinking
2 7 (87.50%) Innovative Thinking
2 7 (87.50%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (87.50%) Green Hills
2 7 (87.50%) MATLAB
2 7 (87.50%) Electronics
2 7 (87.50%) Computer Science
2 7 (87.50%) Altera
2 7 (87.50%) Signal Processing
2 7 (87.50%) Analytical Skills
2 7 (87.50%) Defect Tracking
2 7 (87.50%) B2B
2 7 (87.50%) Tcl
2 7 (87.50%) C
2 7 (87.50%) C++
2 7 (87.50%) Perl

Senior FPGA Engineer Skill Set
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:

General
1 8 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 7 (87.50%) Analytical Skills
2 7 (87.50%) Electronics
Miscellaneous
1 8 (100.00%) FPGA
1 8 (100.00%) MicroBlaze
1 8 (100.00%) VHDL
2 7 (87.50%) GNSS
2 7 (87.50%) Satnav
Operating Systems
1 8 (100.00%) Linux
1 8 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (100.00%) FPGA Design
2 7 (87.50%) B2B
2 7 (87.50%) Computer Science
2 7 (87.50%) Creative Thinking
2 7 (87.50%) Defect Tracking
2 7 (87.50%) Innovative Thinking
2 7 (87.50%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (87.50%) Requirements Analysis
2 7 (87.50%) Signal Processing
Programming Languages
1 7 (87.50%) C
1 7 (87.50%) C++
1 7 (87.50%) MATLAB
1 7 (87.50%) Perl
1 7 (87.50%) Tcl
1 7 (87.50%) VB
Qualifications
1 7 (87.50%) Degree
System Software
1 8 (100.00%) Embedded Firmware
1 8 (100.00%) Firmware
Vendors
1 8 (100.00%) Xilinx
2 7 (87.50%) Altera
2 7 (87.50%) Green Hills