FPGA Jobs in South Wales

Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA)
Wales > South Wales

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term FPGA in permanent job vacancies in South Wales. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited FPGA over the 6 months leading up to 14 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 61 99 97
Rank change year-on-year +38 -2 +17
Permanent jobs citing FPGA 8 2 9
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Wales 1.02% 0.14% 0.79%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.52% 0.46% 1.92%
Number of salaries quoted 2 2 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £52,500 £42,500 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £45,000 £37,000
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% +21.62% -
75th Percentile £57,500 £47,500 -
90th Percentile - - -
Wales median annual salary £55,000 £45,000 £37,000
% change year-on-year +22.22% +21.62% -

All Generic Skills
South Wales

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 South Wales.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 227 434 468
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Wales 28.99% 29.67% 40.91%
Number of salaries quoted 150 237 249
10th Percentile £31,250 £26,994 £31,569
25th Percentile £46,250 £35,059 £37,039
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,000 £47,500 £46,000
Median % change year-on-year +30.53% +3.26% -12.38%
75th Percentile £70,600 £62,500 £68,497
90th Percentile £80,000 £70,000 £77,500
Wales median annual salary £62,000 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +37.78% - -14.29%

FPGA
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for FPGA in South Wales

FPGA
Salary Trend in South Wales

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

Salary trend for FPGA in South Wales

FPGA
Job Locations in South Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing FPGA within the South Wales region over the 6 months to 14 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
Newport - 6 - - 2
FPGA
Wales

FPGA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Wales 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 2 (25.00%) GNU Octave
Communications & Networking
1 2 (25.00%) GPRS
1 2 (25.00%) GSM
General
1 6 (75.00%) Finance
2 2 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Aviation
2 2 (25.00%) Electronics
2 2 (25.00%) Manufacturing
2 2 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (75.00%) Design Engineer
1 6 (75.00%) FPGA Design Engineer
1 6 (75.00%) FPGA Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Electronics Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Senior
2 2 (25.00%) Senior Electronics Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (75.00%) e-Learning
2 2 (25.00%) Algorithms
2 2 (25.00%) Analogue Electronics
2 2 (25.00%) CPLD
2 2 (25.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (75.00%) Cybersecurity
1 6 (75.00%) FPGA Design
1 6 (75.00%) Innovative Thinking
2 2 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (25.00%) Cost Reduction
2 2 (25.00%) Customer Requirements
2 2 (25.00%) Digital Signal Processing
2 2 (25.00%) Energy Management
2 2 (25.00%) Feasibility Study
2 2 (25.00%) Kalman Filter
2 2 (25.00%) Mentoring
2 2 (25.00%) Network Monitoring
2 2 (25.00%) Power Management
2 2 (25.00%) Prototyping
2 2 (25.00%) Requirements Management
2 2 (25.00%) Schematic Capture
2 2 (25.00%) Signal Processing
2 2 (25.00%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (25.00%) C
1 2 (25.00%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 6 (75.00%) SC Cleared
1 6 (75.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (25.00%) Degree
System Software
1 2 (25.00%) Embedded Firmware
1 2 (25.00%) Firmware
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) EMC