FPGA Design Job Trends in Scotland

Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) Design\Prototyping
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Scotland requiring FPGA Design skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 130 152 180
Rank change year-on-year +22 +28 +50
Permanent jobs citing FPGA Design 9 1 2
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 0.33% 0.035% 0.075%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.40% 0.039% 0.078%
Number of salaries quoted 9 1 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £63,750 £67,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £70,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.57% +47.37% -20.83%
75th Percentile £71,250 £72,500 £51,250
90th Percentile - - -
UK median annual salary £67,500 £66,250 £51,500
% change year-on-year +1.89% +28.64% -37.58%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

FPGA Design falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Scotland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,238 2,587 2,556
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 82.19% 90.45% 96.05%
Number of salaries quoted 1,151 1,151 1,735
10th Percentile £26,250 £32,500 £25,000
25th Percentile £31,500 £41,250 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -27.27% +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £83,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -1.64%

FPGA Design
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

FPGA Design job vacancy trend in Scotland

FPGA Design
Salary Trend in Scotland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing FPGA Design.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing FPGA Design

FPGA Design
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing FPGA Design within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 14 December 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
West Lothian - 9 £67,500 -
FPGA Design
UK

FPGA Design
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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:

Communications & Networking
1 9 (100.00%) Ethernet
1 9 (100.00%) RS-232
General
1 9 (100.00%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 9 (100.00%) Electronics Engineer
1 9 (100.00%) FPGA Engineer
1 9 (100.00%) Senior
1 9 (100.00%) Senior Electronics Engineer
1 9 (100.00%) Senior FPGA Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 9 (100.00%) FPGA
1 9 (100.00%) VHDL
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 9 (100.00%) Schematic Capture
Vendors
1 9 (100.00%) EMC