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 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 169 219 263
Rank change year-on-year +50 +44 +23
Permanent jobs citing FPGA 11 68 16
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 0.32% 0.74% 0.23%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.01% 2.31% 0.58%
Number of salaries quoted 3 54 6
10th Percentile £38,000 £37,500 £44,033
25th Percentile £46,250 £45,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £53,250 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +12.68% -21.11% +33.66%
75th Percentile £70,625 £75,000 £72,813
90th Percentile £77,000 £100,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +14.29% -12.50% -14.29%

All Generic Skills
South 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 1,094 2,941 2,767
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 31.39% 31.89% 40.08%
Number of salaries quoted 599 2,036 1,396
10th Percentile £28,500 £28,000 £28,750
25th Percentile £34,500 £36,250 £38,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,058 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.12% -4.76% -1.15%
75th Percentile £68,525 £66,250 £71,313
90th Percentile £80,150 £82,500 £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 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 1 May 2025.

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 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
Devon +20 9 £60,000 - 2
Gloucestershire +54 1 £35,000 -53.33% 9
Bristol +41 1 £77,500 +10.71% 6
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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (9.09%) Ethernet
1 1 (9.09%) Wideband
Development Applications
1 1 (9.09%) Git
1 1 (9.09%) Subversion
General
1 10 (90.91%) Social Skills
2 9 (81.82%) Electronics
3 8 (72.73%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (9.09%) Law
Job Titles
1 10 (90.91%) FPGA Engineer
2 9 (81.82%) Senior
2 9 (81.82%) Senior FPGA Engineer
3 8 (72.73%) Senior VHDL Engineer
3 8 (72.73%) VHDL Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Graduate
4 1 (9.09%) Radio Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) RF Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 10 (90.91%) VHDL
2 9 (81.82%) MicroBlaze
3 8 (72.73%) GNSS
3 8 (72.73%) Satnav
4 1 (9.09%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (9.09%) Verilog
Operating Systems
1 9 (81.82%) Linux
1 9 (81.82%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (90.91%) FPGA Design
2 9 (81.82%) Computer Science
2 9 (81.82%) Signal Processing
3 8 (72.73%) B2B
3 8 (72.73%) Creative Thinking
3 8 (72.73%) Defect Tracking
3 8 (72.73%) Innovative Thinking
3 8 (72.73%) Problem-Solving
3 8 (72.73%) Requirements Analysis
4 1 (9.09%) Agile
4 1 (9.09%) Mathematics
4 1 (9.09%) Physics
Programming Languages
1 9 (81.82%) C
1 9 (81.82%) C++
1 9 (81.82%) Tcl
2 8 (72.73%) MATLAB
2 8 (72.73%) Perl
2 8 (72.73%) VB
3 1 (9.09%) Embedded C
3 1 (9.09%) Embedded C++
3 1 (9.09%) Python
Qualifications
1 9 (81.82%) Degree
2 1 (9.09%) PhD
System Software
1 9 (81.82%) Embedded Firmware
1 9 (81.82%) Firmware
Vendors
1 11 (100.00%) Xilinx
2 8 (72.73%) Altera
2 8 (72.73%) Green Hills