FPGA Job Trends in Surrey

Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA)
South East > Surrey

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term FPGA in permanent job vacancies in Surrey. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited FPGA over the 6 months leading up to 7 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 95 94 70
Rank change year-on-year -1 -24 +119
Permanent jobs citing FPGA 6 15 16
As % of all permanent jobs in Surrey 0.40% 1.10% 1.82%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.01% 2.79% 6.02%
Number of salaries quoted 5 9 16
10th Percentile £26,700 £33,750 £39,750
25th Percentile £33,750 £42,500 £47,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -31.82% -8.33% -
75th Percentile £41,250 £61,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £58,500 £67,750 £67,500
South East median annual salary £54,770 £61,750 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.30% +2.92% -4.00%

All Generic Skills
Surrey

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 Surrey.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 593 538 266
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Surrey 39.64% 39.50% 30.26%
Number of salaries quoted 271 238 201
10th Percentile £27,000 £33,088 £28,750
25th Percentile £32,500 £38,313 £41,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -19.05% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £60,000 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £77,500 £77,500
South East median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -18.18% - -

FPGA
Job Vacancy Trend in Surrey

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

FPGA job vacancy trend in Surrey

FPGA
Salary Trend in Surrey

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Surrey citing FPGA.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Surrey citing FPGA

FPGA
Salary Histogram in Surrey

Salary distribution for jobs citing FPGA in Surrey over the 6 months to 7 December 2025.

Salary histogram for FPGA in Surrey

FPGA
Job Locations in Surrey

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing FPGA within the Surrey region over the 6 months to 7 December 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
Guildford -1 5 £37,500 -12.79% 2
Godalming - 1 £22,000 -
FPGA
South East

FPGA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Surrey 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 4 (66.67%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 2 (33.33%) Wireless
General
1 5 (83.33%) Electronics
2 4 (66.67%) Finance
2 4 (66.67%) Manufacturing
2 4 (66.67%) Marketing
2 4 (66.67%) Public Sector
2 4 (66.67%) Telecoms
3 2 (33.33%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Electronics Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Electronics Technician
2 1 (16.67%) Hardware Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Lead
2 1 (16.67%) Repair Technician
Miscellaneous
1 4 (66.67%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (33.33%) Driving Licence
2 2 (33.33%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 2 (33.33%) Linux
1 2 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Business Intelligence
1 4 (66.67%) CAD
1 4 (66.67%) Digital Marketing
1 4 (66.67%) Programme Management
2 2 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (33.33%) Signal Processing
3 1 (16.67%) Kalman Filter
Qualifications
1 5 (83.33%) HND
1 5 (83.33%) Security Cleared
2 4 (66.67%) Degree
3 2 (33.33%) HNC
3 2 (33.33%) SC Cleared
4 1 (16.67%) DV Cleared
System Software
1 2 (33.33%) Firmware
Vendors
1 4 (66.67%) SAP
2 2 (33.33%) Microsoft