FPGA Jobs in the UK excluding London

Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term FPGA in permanent job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited FPGA over the 6 months leading up to 28 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 482 546 596
Rank change year-on-year +64 +50 +25
Permanent jobs citing FPGA 89 226 163
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.23% 0.31% 0.28%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.67% 0.93% 0.66%
Number of salaries quoted 49 161 78
10th Percentile £37,500 £32,500 £39,388
25th Percentile £50,000 £39,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,500 £50,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +23.00% -16.67% -14.29%
75th Percentile £72,000 £65,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £78,000 £75,000 £85,750
UK median annual salary £62,500 £51,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +21.36% -14.17% -14.29%

All Generic Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 13,271 24,318 24,624
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 34.13% 33.02% 42.18%
Number of salaries quoted 5,777 15,252 11,013
10th Percentile £28,500 £26,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,925 £35,000 £40,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £67,500 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £85,000
UK 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 UK excluding London

Job postings citing FPGA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for FPGA in the UK excluding London

FPGA
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing FPGA in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for FPGA in the UK excluding London

FPGA
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing FPGA in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.

Salary histogram for FPGA in the UK excluding London

FPGA
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing FPGA within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 28 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
South East +61 39 £62,500 +20.19% 115
East of England +19 25 £53,000 +6.00% 148
Wales +55 10 £55,000 +22.22% 9
Scotland +124 7 £64,500 +17.27% 52
South West +45 5 £56,250 +12.50% 70
North of England +32 2 £52,500 +5.00% 46
North West -7 2 £52,500 +5.00% 23
West Midlands +64 1 £75,000 - 26
Midlands +50 1 £75,000 +87.50% 45
FPGA
UK

FPGA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 7 (7.87%) Simulink
2 2 (2.25%) OrCAD
3 1 (1.12%) GNU Octave
3 1 (1.12%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 23 (25.84%) Software-Defined Radio
2 6 (6.74%) Ethernet
3 3 (3.37%) RS-232
3 3 (3.37%) RS-485
4 2 (2.25%) GSM
5 1 (1.12%) GPRS
5 1 (1.12%) LTE
5 1 (1.12%) Radio Access Network
5 1 (1.12%) UMTS
5 1 (1.12%) Wideband
Development Applications
1 6 (6.74%) Git
2 5 (5.62%) Subversion
3 4 (4.49%) JIRA
4 1 (1.12%) Carbide.c++
4 1 (1.12%) LabVIEW
4 1 (1.12%) PetaLinux
4 1 (1.12%) Visual Studio
General
1 28 (31.46%) Electronics
2 20 (22.47%) Social Skills
3 14 (15.73%) Finance
4 10 (11.24%) Manufacturing
5 7 (7.87%) Aerospace
6 6 (6.74%) Aviation
7 4 (4.49%) Analytical Skills
8 3 (3.37%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (2.25%) Advertising
9 2 (2.25%) Marketing
10 1 (1.12%) Automotive
10 1 (1.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (1.12%) Law
10 1 (1.12%) Military
10 1 (1.12%) Public Sector
10 1 (1.12%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 36 (40.45%) FPGA Engineer
2 23 (25.84%) Senior
3 20 (22.47%) Systems Engineer
4 19 (21.35%) Radio Engineer
5 18 (20.22%) Design Engineer
6 15 (16.85%) FPGA Design Engineer
7 12 (13.48%) Electronics Engineer
8 10 (11.24%) Senior Electronics Engineer
9 6 (6.74%) Senior FPGA Engineer
10 5 (5.62%) Firmware Engineer
10 5 (5.62%) Hardware Engineer
11 4 (4.49%) Lead
11 4 (4.49%) VHDL Engineer
12 3 (3.37%) Designer
12 3 (3.37%) Digital Design Engineer
12 3 (3.37%) FPGA Designer
12 3 (3.37%) Senior VHDL Engineer
12 3 (3.37%) Software Engineer
13 2 (2.25%) Principal Engineer
13 2 (2.25%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (4.49%) .NET
2 1 (1.12%) OpenCV
2 1 (1.12%) OpenGL
2 1 (1.12%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 35 (39.33%) VHDL
2 25 (28.09%) Verilog
3 12 (13.48%) e-Learning
4 11 (12.36%) Algorithms
5 6 (6.74%) CPLD
5 6 (6.74%) Embedded Systems
5 6 (6.74%) Self-Motivation
6 4 (4.49%) GNSS
6 4 (4.49%) Life Science
7 3 (3.37%) Analogue Electronics
7 3 (3.37%) ASIC
7 3 (3.37%) Device Driver
7 3 (3.37%) Greenfield Project
7 3 (3.37%) MicroBlaze
7 3 (3.37%) Satnav
8 1 (1.12%) CUDA
8 1 (1.12%) Management Information System
8 1 (1.12%) Robotics
8 1 (1.12%) Video\Live Streaming
8 1 (1.12%) VLSI
Operating Systems
1 12 (13.48%) Linux
2 4 (4.49%) Embedded Linux
2 4 (4.49%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (44.94%) FPGA Design
2 38 (42.70%) Signal Processing
3 33 (37.08%) Innovative Thinking
4 25 (28.09%) Physics
5 24 (26.97%) Digital Signal Processing
6 22 (24.72%) Prototyping
7 16 (17.98%) Problem-Solving
8 12 (13.48%) Schematic Capture
9 10 (11.24%) Cybersecurity
9 10 (11.24%) Validation
10 8 (8.99%) Mathematics
10 8 (8.99%) Verification and Validation
11 6 (6.74%) Computer Science
11 6 (6.74%) Software Engineering
12 5 (5.62%) Customer Requirements
12 5 (5.62%) Issue Tracking
12 5 (5.62%) Kalman Filter
12 5 (5.62%) Software Testing
12 5 (5.62%) Test Automation
13 4 (4.49%) Systems Thinking
Programming Languages
1 27 (30.34%) MATLAB
2 26 (29.21%) C
2 26 (29.21%) C++
3 14 (15.73%) C#
4 10 (11.24%) Python
5 4 (4.49%) Embedded C
5 4 (4.49%) Embedded C++
5 4 (4.49%) Tcl
6 3 (3.37%) Go
6 3 (3.37%) Perl
6 3 (3.37%) SystemVerilog
6 3 (3.37%) VB
7 2 (2.25%) Rust
8 1 (1.12%) Bash
8 1 (1.12%) Java
Qualifications
1 38 (42.70%) Security Cleared
2 34 (38.20%) SC Cleared
3 22 (24.72%) Degree
4 4 (4.49%) PhD
5 2 (2.25%) DV Cleared
5 2 (2.25%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.12%) DO-254
System Software
1 47 (52.81%) Firmware
2 27 (30.34%) Embedded Firmware
Vendors
1 16 (17.98%) Xilinx
2 12 (13.48%) EMC
3 4 (4.49%) Agilent
3 4 (4.49%) Altera
4 3 (3.37%) Green Hills
4 3 (3.37%) Intel
5 2 (2.25%) Microsemi
5 2 (2.25%) Microsoft
6 1 (1.12%) Cadence
6 1 (1.12%) Freescale
6 1 (1.12%) SAP