Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA)
UK

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

6 months to
13 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 592 531 633
Rank change year-on-year -61 +102 +122
Permanent jobs citing FPGA 141 133 276
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.15% 0.30% 0.26%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.60% 0.70% 0.76%
Number of salaries quoted 76 64 189
10th Percentile £45,000 £37,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £59,188 £53,563 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,250 £62,500 £51,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.00% +21.36% -17.05%
75th Percentile £76,875 £72,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £77,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% +25.00% -16.67%

All Generic Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 23,438 19,089 36,413
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 25.28% 42.98% 33.93%
Number of salaries quoted 14,903 8,993 23,480
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £28,211
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -15.38%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,359 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +2.72% - -9.09%

FPGA
Job Vacancy Trend

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

FPGA job vacancy trend in the UK

FPGA
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing FPGA.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing FPGA

FPGA
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing FPGA over the 6 months to 13 June 2026.

Salary histogram for FPGA in the UK

FPGA
Top 15 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing FPGA within the UK over the 6 months to 13 June 2026. 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
England -23 133 £70,000 +9.80% 87
UK excluding London -36 119 £65,000 +4.00% 87
South East +3 56 £75,000 +20.00% 37
Work from Home -23 35 £54,000 -13.60% 30
East of England -17 23 £75,000 +15.38% 23
South West -39 21 £65,000 +15.56% 10
London -12 20 £150,000 +25.00% 8
Midlands -11 8 £65,000 -13.33% 5
East Midlands - 6 £65,000 - 3
North of England -37 5 £50,000 -4.76% 6
Yorkshire - 5 £50,000 -
Scotland +13 4 £52,500 -18.60% 5
West Midlands -21 2 £52,500 -30.00% 2
Wales -53 1 - - 1
Northern Ireland - 1 £65,000 - 1

FPGA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (2.13%) Artix
Applications
1 12 (8.51%) Simulink
2 4 (2.84%) SOLIDWORKS
3 2 (1.42%) OrCAD
4 1 (0.71%) Lightworks
Business Applications
1 12 (8.51%) Towers Watson Igloo
Cloud Services
1 1 (0.71%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 19 (13.48%) TCP/IP
2 11 (7.80%) Software-Defined Radio
3 8 (5.67%) Wireless
4 6 (4.26%) Ethernet
5 4 (2.84%) 5G
5 4 (2.84%) 5G NR
6 3 (2.13%) Wi-Fi
7 2 (1.42%) Bluetooth
7 2 (1.42%) RFID
8 1 (0.71%) LTE
8 1 (0.71%) MQTT
Development Applications
1 12 (8.51%) Rational DOORS
2 4 (2.84%) PetaLinux
3 3 (2.13%) Git
4 2 (1.42%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.71%) Subversion
General
1 52 (36.88%) Electronics
2 28 (19.86%) Finance
3 19 (13.48%) Banking
3 19 (13.48%) Investment Banking
4 15 (10.64%) Aerospace
5 12 (8.51%) Social Skills
6 4 (2.84%) Manufacturing
7 3 (2.13%) Analytical Skills
8 2 (1.42%) Aviation
8 2 (1.42%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.71%) Aeronautics
9 1 (0.71%) Legal
9 1 (0.71%) Military
Job Titles
1 48 (34.04%) FPGA Engineer
2 24 (17.02%) Senior
3 23 (16.31%) Embedded Engineer
4 20 (14.18%) Developer
5 19 (13.48%) C++ Developer
5 19 (13.48%) Investment Banking C++ Developer
5 19 (13.48%) Lead
5 19 (13.48%) Linux Developer
5 19 (13.48%) Linux Scripter
5 19 (13.48%) Low Latency C++ Developer
6 14 (9.93%) Systems Engineer
7 12 (8.51%) Electronics Engineer
8 11 (7.80%) DSP Engineer
9 10 (7.09%) Senior FPGA Engineer
10 9 (6.38%) Principal Engineer
10 9 (6.38%) Principal Systems Engineer
11 8 (5.67%) Design Engineer
11 8 (5.67%) FPGA Design Engineer
11 8 (5.67%) Hardware Engineer
12 5 (3.55%) Senior Hardware Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.84%) Yocto
2 1 (0.71%) Flash
2 1 (0.71%) gRPC
2 1 (0.71%) Middleware
2 1 (0.71%) Node.js
2 1 (0.71%) NumPy
2 1 (0.71%) PyTorch
2 1 (0.71%) Qt
2 1 (0.71%) SciPy
2 1 (0.71%) ZeroMQ
Miscellaneous
1 37 (26.24%) VHDL
2 31 (21.99%) Algorithms
3 26 (18.44%) PCIe
4 20 (14.18%) Embedded Systems
5 17 (12.06%) Verilog
6 12 (8.51%) NVMe
7 7 (4.96%) ASIC
8 3 (2.13%) MicroBlaze
8 3 (2.13%) Robotics
9 2 (1.42%) Analogue Electronics
9 2 (1.42%) Device Driver
9 2 (1.42%) GNSS
9 2 (1.42%) Photography
9 2 (1.42%) Raspberry Pi
9 2 (1.42%) Self-Motivation
10 1 (0.71%) Hedge funds
10 1 (0.71%) IoT
10 1 (0.71%) Management Information System
10 1 (0.71%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 33 (23.40%) Linux
2 10 (7.09%) Embedded Linux
3 3 (2.13%) Robot Operating System
4 1 (0.71%) FreeRTOS
4 1 (0.71%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (19.86%) FPGA Design
1 28 (19.86%) Signal Processing
2 23 (16.31%) Validation
3 21 (14.89%) Agile
4 20 (14.18%) Low Latency
5 18 (12.77%) Software Engineering
6 15 (10.64%) AI
7 14 (9.93%) Digital Signal Processing
8 13 (9.22%) Kalman Filter
8 13 (9.22%) Roadmaps
9 12 (8.51%) Configuration Management
9 12 (8.51%) Information Assurance
9 12 (8.51%) Requirements Analysis
9 12 (8.51%) System Testing
9 12 (8.51%) Technology Roadmap
9 12 (8.51%) Test Automation
9 12 (8.51%) UVM
10 11 (7.80%) Mentoring
10 11 (7.80%) Prototyping
11 10 (7.09%) Schematic Capture
Programming Languages
1 63 (44.68%) C
2 59 (41.84%) C++
3 23 (16.31%) Python
4 19 (13.48%) Java
5 16 (11.35%) MATLAB
6 12 (8.51%) Assembly Language
7 8 (5.67%) Embedded C
7 8 (5.67%) Embedded C++
8 5 (3.55%) C#
9 2 (1.42%) Rust
10 1 (0.71%) SQL
10 1 (0.71%) SystemVerilog
Qualifications
1 33 (23.40%) Degree
2 30 (21.28%) Security Cleared
3 14 (9.93%) DV Cleared
3 14 (9.93%) SC Cleared
4 10 (7.09%) BPSS Clearance
5 5 (3.55%) Master's Degree
6 4 (2.84%) PhD
7 1 (0.71%) CEH
7 1 (0.71%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (0.71%) DO-254
1 1 (0.71%) ECSS
1 1 (0.71%) MISRA
System Software
1 50 (35.46%) Firmware
2 28 (19.86%) Embedded Firmware
Vendors
1 29 (20.57%) Xilinx
2 16 (11.35%) Altera
3 1 (0.71%) EMC
3 1 (0.71%) Microsoft