FPGA Job Trends in the North West

Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA)
England > North West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term FPGA in permanent job vacancies in the North West. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited FPGA over the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 175 189 189
Rank change year-on-year +14 0 +107
Permanent jobs citing FPGA 11 16 14
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 0.17% 0.32% 0.31%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.39% 1.03% 0.93%
Number of salaries quoted 3 2 12
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £72,500 £34,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £37,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +100.00% -25.00% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £40,250 £55,750
90th Percentile - - £66,775
England median annual salary £65,000 £58,750 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.64% +6.82% -12.00%

All Generic Skills
North West

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 the North West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 2,808 1,560 1,506
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 44.07% 30.87% 33.63%
Number of salaries quoted 942 787 1,124
10th Percentile £27,000 £31,250 £31,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £40,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -5.45% -
75th Percentile £66,250 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £85,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -7.69%

FPGA
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

FPGA job vacancy trend in the North West

FPGA
Salary Trend in the North West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing FPGA.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing FPGA

FPGA
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing FPGA within the North West region over the 6 months to 14 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
Manchester +17 7 £75,000 +100.00% 2
Merseyside - 4 - -
FPGA
England

FPGA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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:

Applications
1 3 (27.27%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 8 (72.73%) Ethernet
Job Titles
1 3 (27.27%) Design Engineer
1 3 (27.27%) FPGA Design Engineer
1 3 (27.27%) FPGA Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 11 (100.00%) Embedded Systems
2 3 (27.27%) Verilog
2 3 (27.27%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 8 (72.73%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (27.27%) FPGA Design
1 3 (27.27%) Signal Processing
1 3 (27.27%) Software Testing
1 3 (27.27%) UVM
Programming Languages
1 3 (27.27%) C
1 3 (27.27%) SystemVerilog
Qualifications
1 3 (27.27%) Degree
Vendors
1 3 (27.27%) Intel
1 3 (27.27%) Microsemi
1 3 (27.27%) Xilinx