FPGA Job Trends 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 14 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 255 243 250
Rank change year-on-year -12 +7 +118
Permanent jobs citing FPGA 15 63 45
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.14% 0.70% 0.51%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.48% 2.00% 1.58%
Number of salaries quoted 5 20 39
10th Percentile £28,600 £47,125 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £52,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -16.90%
75th Percentile - £66,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £81,000 - £67,500
England median annual salary £65,000 £58,750 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.64% +6.82% -12.00%

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 3,118 3,149 2,856
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 30.04% 35.07% 32.44%
Number of salaries quoted 1,600 1,340 1,921
10th Percentile £26,500 £32,975 £30,000
25th Percentile £32,177 £42,500 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £57,000 £54,500
Median % change year-on-year -21.05% +4.59% -0.91%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £81,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -7.69%

FPGA
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

FPGA job vacancy trend in the South East

FPGA
Salary Trend in the South East

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing FPGA

FPGA
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing FPGA in the South East over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

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 14 January 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
Hampshire +25 9 - - 8
Surrey -4 2 £22,000 -58.10% 3
Thames Valley -5 2 £69,500 +11.20% 33
Kent -31 2 £60,000 +14.29% 3
Oxfordshire +5 1 £49,000 -21.60% 11
Berkshire - 1 £90,000 - 20
FPGA
England

FPGA
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:

Applications
1 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (6.67%) Towers Watson Igloo
Communications & Networking
1 4 (26.67%) Software-Defined Radio
2 3 (20.00%) Ethernet
3 1 (6.67%) 4G
3 1 (6.67%) 5G
3 1 (6.67%) Internet
3 1 (6.67%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 3 (20.00%) Rational DOORS
2 2 (13.33%) JIRA
General
1 4 (26.67%) Electronics
2 2 (13.33%) Manufacturing
2 2 (13.33%) Telecoms
3 1 (6.67%) Aerospace
3 1 (6.67%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (6.67%) Finance
3 1 (6.67%) Marketing
3 1 (6.67%) Public Sector
3 1 (6.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (26.67%) Radio Engineer
1 4 (26.67%) Systems Engineer
2 2 (13.33%) FPGA Engineer
2 2 (13.33%) Lead
2 2 (13.33%) Team Leader
3 1 (6.67%) Designer
3 1 (6.67%) Development Engineer
3 1 (6.67%) Electronics Engineer
3 1 (6.67%) Electronics Technician
3 1 (6.67%) PCB Designer
3 1 (6.67%) PCB Engineer
3 1 (6.67%) Repair Technician
3 1 (6.67%) Senior
3 1 (6.67%) Senior FPGA Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (20.00%) Embedded Systems
2 2 (13.33%) PCIe
3 1 (6.67%) Algorithms
3 1 (6.67%) IoT
3 1 (6.67%) NVMe
3 1 (6.67%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (6.67%) Smart City
3 1 (6.67%) Verilog
3 1 (6.67%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 4 (26.67%) Linux
2 1 (6.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (26.67%) Digital Signal Processing
1 4 (26.67%) FPGA Design
1 4 (26.67%) Innovative Thinking
1 4 (26.67%) Physics
1 4 (26.67%) Signal Processing
2 2 (13.33%) Requirements Management
2 2 (13.33%) Technical Leadership
3 1 (6.67%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (6.67%) CAD
3 1 (6.67%) Configuration Management
3 1 (6.67%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (6.67%) Digital Marketing
3 1 (6.67%) Information Assurance
3 1 (6.67%) Programme Management
3 1 (6.67%) Requirements Analysis
3 1 (6.67%) Roadmaps
3 1 (6.67%) System Testing
3 1 (6.67%) Technology Roadmap
3 1 (6.67%) UVM
Programming Languages
1 4 (26.67%) MATLAB
2 1 (6.67%) Assembly Language
2 1 (6.67%) C
2 1 (6.67%) C++
2 1 (6.67%) Perl
2 1 (6.67%) Python
2 1 (6.67%) SystemVerilog
Qualifications
1 5 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 5 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 3 (20.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 3 (20.00%) HND
3 2 (13.33%) HNC
4 1 (6.67%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.67%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 5 (33.33%) Embedded Firmware
1 5 (33.33%) Firmware
Vendors
1 1 (6.67%) Altera
1 1 (6.67%) SAP
1 1 (6.67%) Xilinx