FPGA Job Trends in Glasgow

Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA)
Scotland > Glasgow

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term FPGA in permanent job vacancies in Glasgow. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited FPGA over the 6 months leading up to 31 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 70 - 165
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing FPGA 2 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Glasgow 0.16% - 0.044%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.62% - 0.077%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £31,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 - £70,000
75th Percentile £33,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median annual salary £47,500 £67,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -29.63% +22.73% -

All Generic Skills
Glasgow

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 Glasgow.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 322 269 1,296
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Glasgow 25.88% 37.10% 57.55%
Number of salaries quoted 207 86 207
10th Percentile £27,000 £30,125 £36,750
25th Percentile £34,500 £36,250 £45,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -12.50% +4.35%
75th Percentile £67,293 £68,438 £72,500
90th Percentile £79,250 £83,375 £85,000
Scotland median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - -5.17%

FPGA
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing FPGA relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Glasgow.

FPGA job vacancy trend in Glasgow

FPGA
Salary Trend in Glasgow

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing FPGA.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing FPGA

FPGA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Glasgow by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Electronics Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Embedded Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Embedded Systems
1 2 (100.00%) PCIe
1 2 (100.00%) Verilog
1 2 (100.00%) VHDL
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) AI
1 2 (100.00%) Edge Computing
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) C
1 2 (100.00%) SystemVerilog
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Firmware