FPGA Job Trends in Stevenage

Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA)
Hertfordshire > Stevenage

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term FPGA in permanent job vacancies in Stevenage. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited FPGA over the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 30 14
Rank change year-on-year +4 -16 +16
Permanent jobs citing FPGA 11 2 9
As % of all permanent jobs in Stevenage 1.87% 1.03% 6.43%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 16.92% 3.57% 25.71%
Number of salaries quoted 7 2 9
10th Percentile £68,000 £54,875 -
25th Percentile £77,500 £56,563 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £66,250 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +28.30% +32.50% -
75th Percentile - £74,063 £55,000
90th Percentile - £74,625 -
Hertfordshire median annual salary £85,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +70.00% - -

All Generic Skills
Stevenage

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 Stevenage.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 65 56 35
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Stevenage 11.07% 28.72% 25.00%
Number of salaries quoted 39 23 26
10th Percentile £27,750 £51,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £51,875 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +15.00% -16.67%
75th Percentile £74,375 £68,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £74,500 £73,750
Hertfordshire median annual salary £50,000 £62,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -20.00% +13.64% +4.76%

FPGA
Job Vacancy Trend in Stevenage

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

FPGA job vacancy trend in Stevenage

FPGA
Salary Trend in Stevenage

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Stevenage citing FPGA.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Stevenage citing FPGA

FPGA
Salary Histogram in Stevenage

Salary distribution for jobs citing FPGA in Stevenage over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

Salary histogram for FPGA in Stevenage

FPGA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Stevenage 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:

General
1 5 (45.45%) Aerospace
1 5 (45.45%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 6 (54.55%) Designer
1 6 (54.55%) FPGA Designer
1 6 (54.55%) Senior
1 6 (54.55%) Senior Designer
2 5 (45.45%) Lead
Miscellaneous
1 1 (9.09%) Embedded Systems
1 1 (9.09%) Verilog
1 1 (9.09%) VHDL
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (54.55%) FPGA Design
2 1 (9.09%) Collaborative Engineering
2 1 (9.09%) Performance Optimisation
2 1 (9.09%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (9.09%) Signal Processing