FPGA Engineer Job Trends in Gloucester

Field-Programmable Gate Array Engineer (FPGA Engineer)
Gloucestershire > Gloucester

The median Field-Programmable Gate Array Engineer (FPGA Engineer) salary in Gloucester is £70,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 20 May 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
20 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 40 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring an FPGA Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Gloucester 0.30% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.31% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £65,000 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 - -
75th Percentile £75,000 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Gloucestershire median annual salary £70,000 - £28,500

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Gloucester

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Gloucester. 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 Gloucester with a recognized job title 318 74 442
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.78% 96.10% 96.93%
Number of salaries quoted 166 46 290
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,125 £30,338
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £54,195 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.48% +8.39% -9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £73,125 £57,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £95,000 £66,600
Gloucestershire median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% - -9.09%

FPGA Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Gloucester

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'FPGA Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Gloucester.

FPGA Engineer job vacancy trend in Gloucester

FPGA Engineer
Salary Trend in Gloucester

Salary distribution trend for FPGA Engineer job vacancies in Gloucester.

Salary distribution trend for FPGA Engineer job vacancies in Gloucester

FPGA Engineer Skill Set
Top 8 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Gloucester

For the 6 months to 20 May 2026, FPGA Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Gloucester region featuring FPGA Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Firmware
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Signal Processing
1 1 (100.00%) Software-Defined Radio

FPGA Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Gloucester 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Software-Defined Radio
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Systems
1 1 (100.00%) FPGA
1 1 (100.00%) Verilog
1 1 (100.00%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Signal Processing
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Firmware