FPGA Job Trends in Sheffield

Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA)
South Yorkshire > Sheffield

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term FPGA in permanent job vacancies in Sheffield. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited FPGA over the 6 months leading up to 15 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 65 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing FPGA 5 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Sheffield 0.51% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.78% - -
Number of salaries quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £45,000 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 - -
75th Percentile £55,000 - -
90th Percentile £59,200 - -
South Yorkshire median annual salary £50,000 - -

All Generic Skills
Sheffield

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 Sheffield.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 180 145 303
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Sheffield 18.42% 37.37% 25.74%
Number of salaries quoted 137 106 225
10th Percentile £33,750 £25,750 £29,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £31,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,497 £46,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.09% -16.36% +13.99%
75th Percentile £65,640 £70,000 £69,914
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,125 £80,000
South Yorkshire median annual salary £47,500 £37,500 £54,000
% change year-on-year +26.67% -30.56% +13.68%

FPGA
Job Vacancy Trend in Sheffield

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

FPGA job vacancy trend in Sheffield

FPGA
Salary Trend in Sheffield

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Sheffield citing FPGA.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Sheffield citing FPGA

FPGA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Sheffield 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 4 (80.00%) SOLIDWORKS
General
1 5 (100.00%) Electronics
2 4 (80.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Embedded Engineer
1 4 (80.00%) Systems Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Electronics Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (80.00%) Embedded Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Physics
2 4 (80.00%) Product Requirements
2 4 (80.00%) Prototyping
2 4 (80.00%) Validation
3 1 (20.00%) AI
3 1 (20.00%) Biotechnology
3 1 (20.00%) DevOps
3 1 (20.00%) Feasibility Study
3 1 (20.00%) Market Research
3 1 (20.00%) Open Source
3 1 (20.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) C
2 1 (20.00%) C++
Qualifications
1 4 (80.00%) Degree
System Software
1 5 (100.00%) Embedded Firmware
1 5 (100.00%) Firmware