FPGA Jobs in Hampshire

Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA)
South East > Hampshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term FPGA in permanent job vacancies in Hampshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited FPGA over the 6 months leading up to 16 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 80 178 127
Rank change year-on-year +98 -51 +95
Permanent jobs citing FPGA 45 19 27
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hampshire 2.16% 0.43% 1.07%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 6.37% 1.41% 2.72%
Number of salaries quoted 8 16 26
10th Percentile - - £36,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £32,500 £52,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,320 £40,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +38.30% -33.33% -4.00%
75th Percentile £57,500 £61,500 £85,000
90th Percentile - £65,000 £91,250
South East median annual salary £55,320 £52,500 £62,086
% change year-on-year +5.37% -15.44% -0.66%

All Generic Skills
Hampshire

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 Hampshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 706 1,350 993
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hampshire 33.89% 30.76% 39.22%
Number of salaries quoted 331 930 709
10th Percentile £31,250 £27,750 £30,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,688 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £68,125 £67,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £80,000 £85,000
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +10.00% -13.04% +4.55%

FPGA
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

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

Job vacancy trend for FPGA in Hampshire

FPGA
Salary Trend in Hampshire

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

Salary trend for FPGA in Hampshire

FPGA
Job Locations in Hampshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing FPGA within the Hampshire region over the 6 months to 16 July 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
Portsmouth +28 32 £55,320 +38.30% 3
Havant - 3 £55,000 -
Southampton +35 2 £55,320 +58.06% 6
Petersfield - 2 £55,320 -
Gosport - 2 £55,320 -
Waterlooville - 2 £55,320 -
Romsey +36 1 - -
Southsea - 1 £55,320 -
Fareham - 1 - - 2
FPGA
South East

FPGA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hampshire 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 3 (6.67%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 30 (66.67%) Software-Defined Radio
2 1 (2.22%) Ethernet
Development Applications
1 1 (2.22%) Carbide.c++
General
1 10 (22.22%) Manufacturing
2 4 (8.89%) Electronics
3 3 (6.67%) Finance
4 1 (2.22%) Aviation
4 1 (2.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (2.22%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 27 (60.00%) Radio Engineer
1 27 (60.00%) Systems Engineer
2 10 (22.22%) Designer
2 10 (22.22%) PCB Designer
3 3 (6.67%) Firmware Engineer
3 3 (6.67%) FPGA Engineer
4 1 (2.22%) Design Engineer
4 1 (2.22%) Digital Design Engineer
4 1 (2.22%) Electronics Engineer
4 1 (2.22%) Principal Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (6.67%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 3 (6.67%) e-Learning
1 3 (6.67%) Embedded Systems
1 3 (6.67%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (2.22%) Algorithms
2 1 (2.22%) CPLD
2 1 (2.22%) GNSS
2 1 (2.22%) Management Information System
2 1 (2.22%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 3 (6.67%) Embedded Linux
1 3 (6.67%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (68.89%) Signal Processing
2 30 (66.67%) Digital Signal Processing
2 30 (66.67%) Innovative Thinking
3 27 (60.00%) Physics
4 13 (28.89%) FPGA Design
5 3 (6.67%) Data Science
5 3 (6.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 3 (6.67%) Integration Testing
5 3 (6.67%) Machine Learning
5 3 (6.67%) Mathematical Modelling
5 3 (6.67%) Mathematics
5 3 (6.67%) Software Testing
5 3 (6.67%) Validation
5 3 (6.67%) Verification and Validation
6 2 (4.44%) Prototyping
6 2 (4.44%) Software Engineering
7 1 (2.22%) Artificial Intelligence
7 1 (2.22%) Kalman Filter
7 1 (2.22%) Test Scripting
7 1 (2.22%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 30 (66.67%) MATLAB
2 4 (8.89%) C++
2 4 (8.89%) Python
3 3 (6.67%) Go
4 1 (2.22%) C
4 1 (2.22%) Embedded C
4 1 (2.22%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 34 (75.56%) SC Cleared
1 34 (75.56%) Security Cleared
2 10 (22.22%) BPSS Clearance
2 10 (22.22%) HND
3 3 (6.67%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (22.22%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 30 (66.67%) Firmware
2 27 (60.00%) Embedded Firmware
Vendors
1 6 (13.33%) Xilinx
2 1 (2.22%) EMC