FPGA Job Trends

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 15 November 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Nov 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 471 536 560
Rank change year-on-year +65 +24 +65
Permanent jobs citing FPGA 401 133 198
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.33% 0.25% 0.29%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.18% 0.68% 0.89%
Number of salaries quoted 252 65 93
10th Percentile £42,858 £48,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £54,770 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +12.00% +8.70% -4.17%
75th Percentile £85,000 £72,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £85,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +7.69% +18.18% -8.33%

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 citing generic IT skills.

6 months to
15 Nov 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies citing generic IT skills 34,113 19,508 22,127
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 27.83% 37.02% 32.64%
Number of salaries quoted 20,162 10,691 10,700
10th Percentile £30,868 £27,750 £33,750
25th Percentile £40,500 £36,000 £45,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £53,750 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.33% -10.42% -4.00%
75th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £83,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £101,250 £110,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,500 £45,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year +14.44% -16.67% -1.82%

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 15 November 2026.

Salary histogram for FPGA in the UK

FPGA Top 14 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 15 November 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
Job Ads
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
UK excluding London +51 379 £70,000 +7.69% 561
England +59 368 £70,000 +2.94% 650
South East +32 147 £76,250 +38.64% 193
East of England +20 101 £77,500 +13.97% 179
Work from Home -70 89 £65,000 - 289
Midlands -24 50 £62,000 -20.00% 44
East Midlands -12 38 £62,250 - 33
South West -47 36 £66,250 -11.67% 32
Scotland +11 23 £40,000 -40.74% 65
North of England -77 22 £70,000 -6.67% 34
North West -62 19 £70,000 -6.67% 10
West Midlands -46 12 £50,000 -35.48% 11
London -86 12 £70,000 -44.00% 89
Yorkshire -42 3 £50,000 - 18

FPGA Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Miscellaneous

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1VHDL29.4%118
2Embedded Systems18.7%75
2Verilog18.7%75
4Algorithms13.7%55
5ASIC11.7%47
6PCIe10.0%40
7Analogue Electronics6.7%27
8Device Driver5.0%20
9Self-Motivation3.2%13
10IoT3.0%12
11Robotics2.5%10
12NVMe2.2%9
13Onboarding1.7%7
14State Machine1.5%6
153D Printing1.2%5
15Acoustics1.2%5
15Arduino1.2%5
15ARM Cortex1.2%5
15Augmented Reality1.2%5
15Raspberry Pi1.2%5