FPGA Design Engineer Jobs

FPGA Design Engineer
UK

The median FPGA Design Engineer salary in the UK is £68,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 685 892 983
Rank change year-on-year +207 +91 +222
Permanent jobs requiring an FPGA Design Engineer 7 4 6
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.013% 0.004% 0.006%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.015% 0.004% 0.006%
Number of salaries quoted 3 4 2
10th Percentile £44,800 £49,875 £53,375
25th Percentile £52,000 £51,563 £56,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,000 £57,500 £63,750
Median % change year-on-year +18.26% -9.80% -25.00%
75th Percentile £73,500 £66,563 £71,563
90th Percentile £74,400 £67,125 £75,125
UK excluding London median annual salary £69,000 £57,500 £63,750
% change year-on-year +20.00% -9.80% -25.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 46,902 93,183 95,132
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.12% 94.62% 91.53%
Number of salaries quoted 27,275 66,883 59,840
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,000 £38,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £52,777 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.95% -12.04% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +4.00% -4.76% +5.00%

FPGA Design Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured FPGA Design Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for FPGA Design Engineer in the UK

FPGA Design Engineer
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing FPGA Design Engineer.

Salary trend for FPGA Design Engineer in the UK

FPGA Design Engineer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing FPGA Design Engineer over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for FPGA Design Engineer in the UK

FPGA Design Engineer
Top 6 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing FPGA Design Engineer within the UK 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
UK excluding London +211 6 £69,000 +20.00% 5
Work from Home +200 6 £57,500 +4.55% 5
England +174 3 £69,000 +20.00% 5
Wales - 3 - - 1
East of England - 2 £68,000 - 2
South East +108 1 £70,000 +19.15% 2

FPGA Design Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, FPGA Design Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring FPGA Design Engineer in the job title.

1 7 (100.00%) FPGA
2 6 (85.71%) FPGA Design
3 4 (57.14%) VHDL
3 4 (57.14%) Finance
4 3 (42.86%) e-Learning
4 3 (42.86%) SC Cleared
4 3 (42.86%) Security Cleared
4 3 (42.86%) Degree
4 3 (42.86%) Cybersecurity
4 3 (42.86%) Innovative Thinking
5 2 (28.57%) Master's Degree
5 2 (28.57%) Signal Processing
5 2 (28.57%) Xilinx
5 2 (28.57%) Verilog
5 2 (28.57%) Firmware
5 2 (28.57%) Ethernet
6 1 (14.29%) TCP/IP
6 1 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
6 1 (14.29%) EMC
6 1 (14.29%) C
6 1 (14.29%) C++
6 1 (14.29%) SAP
6 1 (14.29%) Linux
6 1 (14.29%) Python
6 1 (14.29%) PhD
6 1 (14.29%) Electronics
6 1 (14.29%) Telecoms
6 1 (14.29%) Aerospace
6 1 (14.29%) Manufacturing
6 1 (14.29%) Validation

FPGA Design Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 2 (28.57%) Ethernet
2 1 (14.29%) RS-485
2 1 (14.29%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) PetaLinux
General
1 4 (57.14%) Finance
2 1 (14.29%) Aerospace
2 1 (14.29%) Electronics
2 1 (14.29%) Manufacturing
2 1 (14.29%) Marketing
2 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
2 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (14.29%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 7 (100.00%) FPGA
2 4 (57.14%) VHDL
3 3 (42.86%) e-Learning
4 2 (28.57%) Verilog
5 1 (14.29%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Embedded Linux
1 1 (14.29%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) FPGA Design
2 3 (42.86%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (42.86%) Innovative Thinking
3 2 (28.57%) Signal Processing
4 1 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (14.29%) Collaborative Working
4 1 (14.29%) Design for Manufacturing
4 1 (14.29%) Digital Marketing
4 1 (14.29%) Digital Signal Processing
4 1 (14.29%) Programme Management
4 1 (14.29%) Software Testing
4 1 (14.29%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) C
1 1 (14.29%) C++
1 1 (14.29%) Python
1 1 (14.29%) Rust
1 1 (14.29%) SystemVerilog
Qualifications
1 3 (42.86%) Degree
1 3 (42.86%) SC Cleared
1 3 (42.86%) Security Cleared
2 2 (28.57%) Master's Degree
3 1 (14.29%) PhD
System Software
1 2 (28.57%) Firmware
2 1 (14.29%) Embedded Firmware
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Xilinx
2 1 (14.29%) Altera
2 1 (14.29%) EMC
2 1 (14.29%) Freescale
2 1 (14.29%) SAP