FPGA Engineer Job Trends in Northampton

Field-Programmable Gate Array Engineer (FPGA Engineer)
Northamptonshire > Northampton

The median Field-Programmable Gate Array Engineer (FPGA Engineer) salary in Northampton is £62,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 9 June 2026.

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

 6 months to
9 Jun 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 48 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring an FPGA Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Northampton 0.21% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.22% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £53,750 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 - -
75th Percentile £71,250 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Northamptonshire median annual salary £62,500 - -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Northampton

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Northampton. 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 Northampton with a recognized job title 450 186 513
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.95% 98.94% 97.71%
Number of salaries quoted 260 151 421
10th Percentile £28,000 £26,250 £24,840
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £31,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% +11.76% -22.73%
75th Percentile £60,000 £63,625 £52,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £65,000
Northamptonshire median annual salary £45,000 £47,592 £40,000
% change year-on-year -5.45% +18.98% -27.27%

FPGA Engineer Skill Set
Top 6 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northampton

For the 6 months to 9 June 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 Northampton region featuring FPGA Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) FPGA Design
1 1 (100.00%) Integration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Physics
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared

FPGA Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northampton 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Electronics
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) FPGA
1 1 (100.00%) Verilog
1 1 (100.00%) VHDL
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) FPGA Design
1 1 (100.00%) Integration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Physics
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
FPGA Engineer jobs