FPGA Jobs in the South East

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

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term FPGA in permanent job vacancies in the South East. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited FPGA over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 261 324 371
Rank change year-on-year +63 +47 +50
Permanent jobs citing FPGA 27 73 45
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.32% 0.44% 0.30%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.94% 1.27% 0.70%
Number of salaries quoted 15 59 36
10th Percentile - £32,500 £40,875
25th Percentile £55,000 £37,500 £49,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £52,500 £62,086
Median % change year-on-year +19.05% -15.44% +12.88%
75th Percentile £66,250 £65,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £74,500 £69,000 £85,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +14.29% -12.50% -14.29%

All Generic Skills
South East

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 the South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 2,869 5,755 6,417
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 33.90% 34.49% 42.82%
Number of salaries quoted 1,636 3,769 3,297
10th Percentile £30,625 £26,250 £31,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £34,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £49,139 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +17.01% -10.66% -
75th Percentile £67,500 £63,750 £73,875
90th Percentile £76,000 £75,000 £87,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -15.38% +4.00%

FPGA
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing FPGA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for FPGA in the South East

FPGA
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing FPGA in the South East.

Salary trend for FPGA in the South East

FPGA
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing FPGA in the South East over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for FPGA in the South East

FPGA
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 within the South East region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Thames Valley +66 12 £62,500 +19.05% 37
Oxfordshire +44 7 £62,500 +10.62% 12
Kent - 7 £62,500 - 5
Hampshire +50 6 - - 15
Buckinghamshire +47 4 £60,000 -20.00% 18
Surrey +40 2 £70,000 +25.56% 8
Berkshire +43 1 £65,000 +23.81% 8
FPGA
England

FPGA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Applications
1 5 (18.52%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (11.11%) Simulink
3 2 (7.41%) OrCAD
Communications & Networking
1 4 (14.81%) Ethernet
1 4 (14.81%) Software-Defined Radio
2 1 (3.70%) RS-485
Development Applications
1 4 (14.81%) Git
1 4 (14.81%) JIRA
1 4 (14.81%) Subversion
2 1 (3.70%) Carbide.c++
2 1 (3.70%) Visual Studio
General
1 14 (51.85%) Electronics
2 11 (40.74%) Social Skills
3 7 (25.93%) Manufacturing
4 6 (22.22%) Presentation Skills
5 5 (18.52%) Aviation
6 4 (14.81%) Aerospace
6 4 (14.81%) Finance
7 1 (3.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (3.70%) Marketing
7 1 (3.70%) Public Sector
7 1 (3.70%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 11 (40.74%) Senior
2 8 (29.63%) Hardware Engineer
3 6 (22.22%) Electronics Engineer
3 6 (22.22%) FPGA Engineer
3 6 (22.22%) Senior Hardware Engineer
4 5 (18.52%) Firmware Engineer
5 4 (14.81%) Senior Electronics Engineer
6 3 (11.11%) Design Engineer
6 3 (11.11%) Digital Design Engineer
7 2 (7.41%) Lead
7 2 (7.41%) Software Engineer
8 1 (3.70%) C Developer
8 1 (3.70%) Digital Hardware Engineer
8 1 (3.70%) Electronics Hardware Engineer
8 1 (3.70%) Embedded Engineer
8 1 (3.70%) FPGA Design Engineer
8 1 (3.70%) Principal Engineer
8 1 (3.70%) Radio Engineer
8 1 (3.70%) Senior Design Engineer
8 1 (3.70%) Senior Firmware Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (18.52%) .NET
2 1 (3.70%) OpenCV
2 1 (3.70%) OpenGL
Miscellaneous
1 16 (59.26%) VHDL
2 10 (37.04%) Algorithms
3 7 (25.93%) Analogue Electronics
3 7 (25.93%) Verilog
4 6 (22.22%) Life Science
5 5 (18.52%) ASIC
5 5 (18.52%) CPLD
6 3 (11.11%) e-Learning
7 2 (7.41%) Device Driver
7 2 (7.41%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (3.70%) CUDA
8 1 (3.70%) GNSS
8 1 (3.70%) Management Information System
8 1 (3.70%) Robotics
8 1 (3.70%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 4 (14.81%) Linux
2 1 (3.70%) Embedded Linux
2 1 (3.70%) FreeRTOS
2 1 (3.70%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (48.15%) Signal Processing
2 11 (40.74%) Prototyping
2 11 (40.74%) Schematic Capture
3 8 (29.63%) Validation
4 7 (25.93%) Digital Signal Processing
4 7 (25.93%) Mathematics
4 7 (25.93%) Verification and Validation
5 6 (22.22%) Architectural Design
5 6 (22.22%) CAD
6 4 (14.81%) Customer Requirements
6 4 (14.81%) Issue Tracking
6 4 (14.81%) Kalman Filter
6 4 (14.81%) OO
6 4 (14.81%) OOD
6 4 (14.81%) Physics
6 4 (14.81%) Project Delivery
6 4 (14.81%) SDLC
6 4 (14.81%) Software Architecture
6 4 (14.81%) Software Engineering
6 4 (14.81%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 19 (70.37%) C
1 19 (70.37%) C++
2 9 (33.33%) C#
3 6 (22.22%) Python
4 5 (18.52%) Java
5 4 (14.81%) MATLAB
6 2 (7.41%) Embedded C
6 2 (7.41%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 7 (25.93%) Security Cleared
2 6 (22.22%) Degree
3 5 (18.52%) SC Cleared
4 2 (7.41%) Master's Degree
4 2 (7.41%) PhD
5 1 (3.70%) DV Cleared
System Software
1 13 (48.15%) Firmware
2 2 (7.41%) Embedded Firmware
Vendors
1 7 (25.93%) EMC
2 6 (22.22%) Microsoft
3 4 (14.81%) Agilent
4 3 (11.11%) Xilinx
5 1 (3.70%) Altera
5 1 (3.70%) Freescale
5 1 (3.70%) SAP