FPGA Job Trends in Northamptonshire

Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA)
East Midlands > Northamptonshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term FPGA in permanent job vacancies in Northamptonshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited FPGA over the 6 months leading up to 4 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 64 - 65
Rank change year-on-year - - -19
Permanent jobs citing FPGA 1 0 14
As % of all permanent jobs in Northamptonshire 0.085% - 1.51%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.34% - 7.41%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 12
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £53,750 - £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 - £40,000
75th Percentile £71,250 - £42,500
90th Percentile - - -
East Midlands median annual salary £65,000 - £40,000

All Generic Skills
Northamptonshire

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 Northamptonshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 296 300 189
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northamptonshire 25.17% 54.15% 20.34%
Number of salaries quoted 184 74 114
10th Percentile £25,150 £29,750 £24,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £30,906 £32,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +29.41% -15.00%
75th Percentile £61,250 £63,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £71,250
East Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £40,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +25.00% -11.11% -16.67%

FPGA
Job Vacancy Trend in Northamptonshire

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

FPGA job vacancy trend in Northamptonshire

FPGA
Salary Trend in Northamptonshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northamptonshire citing FPGA.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northamptonshire citing FPGA

FPGA
Job Locations in Northamptonshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing FPGA within the Northamptonshire region over the 6 months to 4 September 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
Northampton - 1 £62,500 - 1
FPGA
East Midlands

FPGA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northamptonshire 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
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) FPGA Engineer
Miscellaneous
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