FPGA Design Job Trends in Kent

Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) Design\Prototyping
South East > Kent

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Kent requiring FPGA Design skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 85 - 72
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing FPGA Design 2 0 2
As % of all permanent jobs in Kent 0.19% - 0.25%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.23% - 0.32%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile - - £53,250
25th Percentile - - £54,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 - £57,500
75th Percentile - - £59,375
90th Percentile - - £59,750
South East median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year - +33.33% +28.57%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Kent

FPGA Design falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Kent.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 873 666 627
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Kent 81.36% 89.64% 79.67%
Number of salaries quoted 464 209 501
10th Percentile £26,738 £30,400 £25,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £38,750 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £55,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -27.27% +22.22% -10.00%
75th Percentile £55,000 £67,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £71,750 £75,750 £67,500
South East median annual salary £50,000 £58,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -13.79% +10.48% -4.55%

FPGA Design
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

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

FPGA Design job vacancy trend in Kent

FPGA Design
Salary Trend in Kent

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Kent citing FPGA Design.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Kent citing FPGA Design

FPGA Design
Job Locations in Kent

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing FPGA Design within the Kent region over the 6 months to 22 January 2026. 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
Rochester - 2 £60,000 - 1
FPGA Design
South East

FPGA Design
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Kent 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:

Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) JIRA
1 2 (100.00%) Rational DOORS
General
1 2 (100.00%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Lead
1 2 (100.00%) Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) FPGA
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Requirements Management
1 2 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance