FPGA Engineer Job Trends in Livingston

Field-Programmable Gate Array Engineer (FPGA Engineer)
West Lothian > Livingston

The median Field-Programmable Gate Array Engineer (FPGA Engineer) salary in Livingston is £47,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 8 July 2026.

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

6 months to
8 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring an FPGA Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Livingston 1.75% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.92% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £46,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 - -
75th Percentile £48,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
West Lothian median annual salary £47,500 £67,500 -
% change year-on-year -29.63% - -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Livingston

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Livingston. 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 Livingston with a recognized job title 52 21 79
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.23% 100.00% 92.94%
Number of salaries quoted 21 9 52
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,000 £33,025
25th Percentile £35,000 £33,000 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £45,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% -25.00% +84.62%
75th Percentile - £50,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £71,250
West Lothian median annual salary £40,000 £30,000 £56,250
% change year-on-year +33.33% -46.67% +25.00%

FPGA Engineer Skill Set
Top 12 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Livingston

For the 6 months to 8 July 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 Livingston region featuring FPGA Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) C
1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Device Driver Development
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Firmware
1 1 (100.00%) Firmware
1 1 (100.00%) Git
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Prototyping
1 1 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Xilinx

FPGA Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Livingston 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 1 (100.00%) Git
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Electronics
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) ARM Cortex
1 1 (100.00%) Device Driver
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Systems
1 1 (100.00%) FPGA
1 1 (100.00%) Legacy Code
1 1 (100.00%) Verilog
1 1 (100.00%) VHDL
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Device Driver Development
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Prototyping
1 1 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C
1 1 (100.00%) C++
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Firmware
1 1 (100.00%) Firmware
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Xilinx