FPGA Jobs in the South West

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

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term FPGA in permanent job vacancies in the South West. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited FPGA over the 6 months leading up to 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 207 244 313
Rank change year-on-year +37 +69 -35
Permanent jobs citing FPGA 56 14 15
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 0.64% 0.22% 0.16%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.32% 0.56% 0.40%
Number of salaries quoted 45 8 4
10th Percentile £37,500 £44,495 £32,200
25th Percentile £45,000 £75,563 £37,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,500 £85,000 £44,750
Median % change year-on-year -39.41% +89.94% +2.87%
75th Percentile £75,000 - £60,063
90th Percentile £100,000 - £66,025
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,086 £70,000
% change year-on-year -11.41% -11.31% +40.00%

All Generic Skills
South West

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 West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 2,417 2,513 3,778
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 27.48% 40.38% 41.29%
Number of salaries quoted 1,604 1,499 1,967
10th Percentile £29,307 £28,700 £28,500
25th Percentile £37,199 £37,939 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +16.67%
75th Percentile £67,500 £72,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £86,250
England median annual salary £56,124 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -13.66% +4.00% +4.17%

FPGA
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for FPGA in the South West

FPGA
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for FPGA in the South West

FPGA
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing FPGA in the South West over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for FPGA in the South West

FPGA
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing FPGA within the South West region over the 6 months to 26 July 2024. 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
Bristol +17 16 £65,000 -
Devon - 11 - - 1
Dorset -16 10 £40,000 -52.94%
Gloucestershire +11 9 £75,000 +45.63% 6
Somerset - 9 £50,000 - 2
FPGA
England

FPGA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 9 (16.07%) GNU Octave
2 4 (7.14%) OrCAD
2 4 (7.14%) SOLIDWORKS
3 2 (3.57%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 4 (7.14%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 11 (19.64%) 5G
1 11 (19.64%) SD-WAN
1 11 (19.64%) WAN
2 9 (16.07%) OFDM
3 4 (7.14%) Ethernet
3 4 (7.14%) RS-232
4 1 (1.79%) Software-Defined Radio
4 1 (1.79%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 6 (10.71%) LabVIEW
2 2 (3.57%) Git
2 2 (3.57%) Subversion
General
1 26 (46.43%) Electronics
2 23 (41.07%) Analytical Skills
3 19 (33.93%) Social Skills
4 5 (8.93%) Manufacturing
5 4 (7.14%) Aerospace
5 4 (7.14%) Aviation
5 4 (7.14%) Military
6 3 (5.36%) Organisational Skills
6 3 (5.36%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (1.79%) Finance
7 1 (1.79%) Marketing
7 1 (1.79%) Public Sector
7 1 (1.79%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 24 (42.86%) Embedded Engineer
2 11 (19.64%) Senior
3 10 (17.86%) Electronics Engineer
4 9 (16.07%) Design Engineer
4 9 (16.07%) Developer
4 9 (16.07%) DSP Engineer
4 9 (16.07%) FPGA Developer
4 9 (16.07%) Software Engineer
5 8 (14.29%) Digital Design Engineer
6 7 (12.50%) Embedded Software Engineer
6 7 (12.50%) Principal Embedded Software Engineer
6 7 (12.50%) Principal Engineer
6 7 (12.50%) Principal Software Engineer
6 7 (12.50%) Senior Embedded Engineer
6 7 (12.50%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
6 7 (12.50%) Senior Software Engineer
7 6 (10.71%) Systems Engineer
8 4 (7.14%) FPGA Engineer
8 4 (7.14%) Hardware Engineer
8 4 (7.14%) Senior FPGA Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 21 (37.50%) VHDL
2 10 (17.86%) Algorithms
3 9 (16.07%) Embedded Systems
4 8 (14.29%) GNSS
4 8 (14.29%) MicroBlaze
5 7 (12.50%) Self-Motivation
6 4 (7.14%) Analogue Electronics
6 4 (7.14%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (1.79%) ASIC
Operating Systems
1 13 (23.21%) Linux
2 9 (16.07%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (48.21%) FPGA Design
2 24 (42.86%) Problem-Solving
3 21 (37.50%) Signal Processing
4 12 (21.43%) Computer Science
5 11 (19.64%) B2B
5 11 (19.64%) Creative Thinking
5 11 (19.64%) Defect Tracking
5 11 (19.64%) Requirements Analysis
5 11 (19.64%) Test Assurance
5 11 (19.64%) Test Automation
6 10 (17.86%) Software Engineering
7 7 (12.50%) Customer Requirements
7 7 (12.50%) Mentoring
7 7 (12.50%) Validation
8 6 (10.71%) Garbage Collection
8 6 (10.71%) Memory Management
9 5 (8.93%) Physics
9 5 (8.93%) Project Management
10 4 (7.14%) Coaching
10 4 (7.14%) Logistics
Programming Languages
1 33 (58.93%) C
2 31 (55.36%) C++
3 21 (37.50%) MATLAB
4 8 (14.29%) Perl
4 8 (14.29%) Tcl
4 8 (14.29%) VB
5 2 (3.57%) C#
6 1 (1.79%) Python
Qualifications
1 20 (35.71%) Degree
2 6 (10.71%) Security Cleared
3 2 (3.57%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (1.79%) HNC
4 1 (1.79%) HND
4 1 (1.79%) PhD
4 1 (1.79%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (5.36%) JTAG
1 3 (5.36%) PMO
System Software
1 23 (41.07%) Firmware
2 15 (26.79%) Embedded Firmware
Vendors
1 9 (16.07%) Xilinx
2 8 (14.29%) Altera
2 8 (14.29%) Green Hills
2 8 (14.29%) Motorola
3 2 (3.57%) Keysight
4 1 (1.79%) SAP