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 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 536 563 615
Rank change year-on-year +27 +52 -87
Permanent jobs citing FPGA 171 116 275
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.26% 0.24% 0.35%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.85% 0.60% 0.81%
Number of salaries quoted 127 73 104
10th Percentile £32,500 £40,250 £51,125
25th Percentile £37,500 £47,250 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% -14.29% +37.25%
75th Percentile £68,125 £82,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £85,000 £93,750
UK median annual salary £53,250 £62,086 £70,000
% change year-on-year -14.23% -11.31% +40.00%

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 20,220 19,230 34,139
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 30.98% 39.94% 43.59%
Number of salaries quoted 11,541 10,409 17,070
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,625 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £69,375
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £82,970
UK median annual salary £55,000 £64,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -14.06% +2.40% +4.17%

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 26 July 2024.

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 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
South West +37 56 £51,500 -39.41% 10
South East +3 54 £52,500 -12.50% 23
East of England +10 27 £65,500 +16.44% 21
Midlands -2 20 £40,000 -50.00% 6
East Midlands -10 19 £40,000 -50.00% 2
Scotland -34 9 £32,500 - 6
North of England -16 3 £53,250 +13.30% 6
North West -15 2 £53,250 +2.60% 6
Wales - 2 £45,000 - 3
Yorkshire +40 1 - -
West Midlands - 1 - - 4
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (0.58%) Kinematics
Applications
1 13 (7.60%) OrCAD
2 10 (5.85%) GNU Octave
3 9 (5.26%) Simulink
4 4 (2.34%) SOLIDWORKS
5 2 (1.17%) Microsoft Excel
5 2 (1.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 4 (2.34%) AWS
2 2 (1.17%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 20 (11.70%) Ethernet
2 12 (7.02%) DVB
2 12 (7.02%) OFDM
3 11 (6.43%) 5G
3 11 (6.43%) SD-WAN
3 11 (6.43%) WAN
4 9 (5.26%) Software-Defined Radio
5 7 (4.09%) Wireless
6 6 (3.51%) RS-232
7 4 (2.34%) 4G
8 3 (1.75%) RS-485
9 2 (1.17%) RS-422
10 1 (0.58%) Internet
10 1 (0.58%) Modbus
10 1 (0.58%) MQTT
10 1 (0.58%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 7 (4.09%) Git
2 6 (3.51%) LabVIEW
3 4 (2.34%) Subversion
4 1 (0.58%) Visual Studio
General
1 76 (44.44%) Electronics
2 45 (26.32%) Social Skills
3 41 (23.98%) Analytical Skills
4 33 (19.30%) Manufacturing
5 19 (11.11%) Aerospace
6 12 (7.02%) Automotive
7 10 (5.85%) Telecoms
8 8 (4.68%) Finance
9 6 (3.51%) Marketing
9 6 (3.51%) Military
9 6 (3.51%) Public Sector
10 5 (2.92%) Presentation Skills
11 4 (2.34%) Aviation
11 4 (2.34%) Law
12 3 (1.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 3 (1.75%) Organisational Skills
13 2 (1.17%) Documentation Skills
14 1 (0.58%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 52 (30.41%) Embedded Engineer
2 43 (25.15%) Design Engineer
3 34 (19.88%) Senior
4 28 (16.37%) Electronics Engineer
5 27 (15.79%) Software Engineer
6 25 (14.62%) Hardware Engineer
7 21 (12.28%) Lead
8 18 (10.53%) Systems Engineer
9 17 (9.94%) FPGA Engineer
10 14 (8.19%) Digital Design Engineer
10 14 (8.19%) Graduate
11 12 (7.02%) Developer
11 12 (7.02%) DSP Engineer
11 12 (7.02%) FPGA Developer
11 12 (7.02%) Principal Engineer
12 11 (6.43%) Electronics Design Engineer
12 11 (6.43%) Embedded Software Engineer
13 10 (5.85%) Lead Systems Engineer
14 9 (5.26%) Graduate Software Engineer
14 9 (5.26%) Senior Hardware Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.17%) Yocto
2 1 (0.58%) Apache Thrift
2 1 (0.58%) Boost C++ Libraries
2 1 (0.58%) Qt
Miscellaneous
1 84 (49.12%) VHDL
2 32 (18.71%) Algorithms
3 29 (16.96%) Self-Motivation
4 24 (14.04%) Verilog
5 21 (12.28%) Embedded Systems
6 15 (8.77%) Analogue Electronics
7 14 (8.19%) Analytical Mindset
8 12 (7.02%) PCIe
9 10 (5.85%) Greenfield Project
10 8 (4.68%) CPLD
10 8 (4.68%) GNSS
10 8 (4.68%) MicroBlaze
11 4 (2.34%) CCTV
12 3 (1.75%) IoT
13 2 (1.17%) ASIC
13 2 (1.17%) Device Driver
13 2 (1.17%) Driving Licence
14 1 (0.58%) Acoustics
14 1 (0.58%) Data Structures
14 1 (0.58%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 42 (24.56%) Linux
2 16 (9.36%) Embedded Linux
3 10 (5.85%) Windows
4 4 (2.34%) FreeRTOS
5 1 (0.58%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (27.49%) FPGA Design
1 47 (27.49%) Signal Processing
2 45 (26.32%) Problem-Solving
2 45 (26.32%) Software Engineering
3 37 (21.64%) Computer Science
4 25 (14.62%) Schematic Capture
5 23 (13.45%) Validation
6 21 (12.28%) Software Testing
7 19 (11.11%) Physics
8 13 (7.60%) Mathematics
9 12 (7.02%) Customer Service
9 12 (7.02%) Test Automation
10 11 (6.43%) B2B
10 11 (6.43%) Creative Thinking
10 11 (6.43%) Defect Tracking
10 11 (6.43%) Requirements Analysis
10 11 (6.43%) Test Assurance
11 10 (5.85%) Mentoring
12 9 (5.26%) Digital Signal Processing
13 8 (4.68%) Customer Requirements
Programming Languages
1 88 (51.46%) C
2 84 (49.12%) C++
3 33 (19.30%) MATLAB
4 16 (9.36%) Embedded C
4 16 (9.36%) Python
5 12 (7.02%) Tcl
6 10 (5.85%) Java
7 8 (4.68%) Perl
7 8 (4.68%) VB
8 5 (2.92%) SystemVerilog
9 4 (2.34%) C#
10 2 (1.17%) Bash
10 2 (1.17%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.58%) Embedded C++
11 1 (0.58%) Rust
Qualifications
1 100 (58.48%) Degree
2 27 (15.79%) Security Cleared
3 20 (11.70%) SC Cleared
4 18 (10.53%) PhD
5 13 (7.60%) DV Cleared
6 8 (4.68%) Master's Degree
7 5 (2.92%) BPSS Clearance
8 4 (2.34%) HND
9 3 (1.75%) HNC
10 1 (0.58%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (1.75%) DO-254
1 3 (1.75%) JTAG
1 3 (1.75%) PMO
2 1 (0.58%) AUTOSAR
2 1 (0.58%) ISO 9000
System Software
1 63 (36.84%) Firmware
2 26 (15.20%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (0.58%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 21 (12.28%) Xilinx
2 19 (11.11%) EMC
3 16 (9.36%) Altera
4 9 (5.26%) Intel
5 8 (4.68%) Green Hills
5 8 (4.68%) Motorola
6 6 (3.51%) SAP
7 4 (2.34%) Microsemi
8 3 (1.75%) Lattice Semiconductor
9 2 (1.17%) Actel
9 2 (1.17%) Cadence
9 2 (1.17%) Keysight
9 2 (1.17%) Mentor Graphics
10 1 (0.58%) NVIDIA