FPGA Design Job Trends in the South East

Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) Design\Prototyping
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South East requiring FPGA Design skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 266 316 256
Rank change year-on-year +50 -60 +179
Permanent jobs citing FPGA Design 5 2 14
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.051% 0.019% 0.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.062% 0.023% 0.20%
Number of salaries quoted 4 2 14
10th Percentile £54,935 £59,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £55,183 £61,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,660 £67,500 £51,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.58% +31.07% -41.14%
75th Percentile £60,000 £73,750 £63,750
90th Percentile - £76,000 £66,750
England median annual salary £75,000 £66,250 £51,500
% change year-on-year +13.21% +28.64% -39.41%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

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 the South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 8,085 8,795 6,846
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 82.56% 84.58% 92.79%
Number of salaries quoted 4,925 4,575 4,815
10th Percentile £27,500 £32,750 £30,500
25th Percentile £33,750 £43,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £54,763
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +5.00% -0.43%
75th Percentile £65,000 £73,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

FPGA Design
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

FPGA Design job vacancy trend in the South East

FPGA Design
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing FPGA Design.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing FPGA Design

FPGA Design
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing FPGA Design within the South East region over the 6 months to 12 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
Hampshire +45 2 £55,320 -26.24% 1
Kent - 2 £60,000 -
Isle of Wight - 1 £54,770 -
FPGA Design
England

FPGA Design
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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:

Development Applications
1 2 (40.00%) JIRA
1 2 (40.00%) Rational DOORS
General
1 3 (60.00%) Manufacturing
2 2 (40.00%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Designer
1 3 (60.00%) PCB Designer
2 2 (40.00%) Lead
2 2 (40.00%) Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 5 (100.00%) FPGA
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Requirements Management
1 2 (40.00%) Technical Leadership
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 3 (60.00%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (60.00%) ISO 9001