FPGA Jobs in London

Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA)
England > London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term FPGA in permanent job vacancies in London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited FPGA over the 6 months leading up to 12 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 377 472 636
Rank change year-on-year +95 +164 +216
Permanent jobs citing FPGA 24 43 6
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.19% 0.18% 0.018%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.42% 0.45% 0.038%
Number of salaries quoted 4 29 4
10th Percentile £73,625 £45,000 £52,250
25th Percentile £86,563 £58,750 £55,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £100,000 £122,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.37% +63.33% +50.00%
75th Percentile £125,938 £130,000 £92,500
90th Percentile £161,375 - -
England median annual salary £60,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +14.29% -12.50% -14.29%

All Generic Skills
London

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 London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 5,664 9,556 15,821
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 43.80% 40.43% 46.18%
Number of salaries quoted 3,228 6,785 10,689
10th Percentile £41,875 £37,500 £44,192
25th Percentile £56,250 £51,532 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% - -
75th Percentile £110,000 £100,000 £100,000
90th Percentile £137,500 £128,750 £122,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -15.38% +4.00%

FPGA
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for FPGA in London

FPGA
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for FPGA in London

FPGA
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing FPGA in London over the 6 months to 12 May 2025.

Salary histogram for FPGA in London

FPGA
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing FPGA within the London region over the 6 months to 12 May 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
Central London +23 2 £100,000 -23.08%
North London - 1 £70,000 -
FPGA
England

FPGA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 1 (4.17%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 19 (79.17%) TCP/IP
General
1 19 (79.17%) Finance
2 14 (58.33%) Banking
2 14 (58.33%) Investment Banking
3 1 (4.17%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 20 (83.33%) C++ Developer
1 20 (83.33%) Developer
1 20 (83.33%) Low Latency C++ Developer
2 19 (79.17%) Linux Developer
3 14 (58.33%) Investment Banking C++ Developer
3 14 (58.33%) Linux Scripter
4 5 (20.83%) FPGA Developer
4 5 (20.83%) Market Data Developer
5 2 (8.33%) QA Manager
6 1 (4.17%) Access Developer
6 1 (4.17%) C/C++ Firmware Engineer
6 1 (4.17%) Embedded C Engineer
6 1 (4.17%) Embedded C/C++ Engineer
6 1 (4.17%) Embedded C++ Engineer
6 1 (4.17%) Embedded Engineer
6 1 (4.17%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
6 1 (4.17%) Firmware Engineer
6 1 (4.17%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (8.33%) Boost C++ Libraries
1 2 (8.33%) FIX Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 2 (8.33%) Derivative
1 2 (8.33%) Equities
1 2 (8.33%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 1 (4.17%) Embedded Systems
2 1 (4.17%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (4.17%) Hedge funds
2 1 (4.17%) Verilog
2 1 (4.17%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 19 (79.17%) Linux
2 1 (4.17%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (91.67%) Low Latency
2 14 (58.33%) Agile
3 3 (12.50%) Software Testing
4 2 (8.33%) Functional Testing
4 2 (8.33%) Non-Functional Testing
4 2 (8.33%) Test Automation
4 2 (8.33%) Test Scripting
4 2 (8.33%) Ultra-Low Latency
5 1 (4.17%) Configuration Management
5 1 (4.17%) DevOps
5 1 (4.17%) Direct Market Access
5 1 (4.17%) FPGA Design
5 1 (4.17%) Multithreading
5 1 (4.17%) Performance Tuning
5 1 (4.17%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (4.17%) Roadmaps
5 1 (4.17%) Systematic Trading
5 1 (4.17%) UVM
Programming Languages
1 23 (95.83%) C++
2 21 (87.50%) C
3 14 (58.33%) Java
4 2 (8.33%) Python
5 1 (4.17%) SystemVerilog
Qualifications
1 1 (4.17%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.33%) QA
System Software
1 1 (4.17%) Embedded Firmware
1 1 (4.17%) Firmware
Vendors
1 1 (4.17%) Intel
1 1 (4.17%) Microsemi
1 1 (4.17%) Xilinx