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 17 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 17 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 503 | 526 | 549 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +23 | +23 | +86 |
| Permanent jobs citing FPGA | 335 | 152 | 215 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in the UK | 0.28% | 0.31% | 0.31% |
| As % of the Miscellaneous category | 1.02% | 0.78% | 0.96% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 205 | 73 | 115 |
| 10th Percentile | £43,750 | £47,500 | £37,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £52,500 | £54,770 | £43,125 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £70,000 | £65,000 | £55,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +7.69% | +18.18% | -8.33% |
| 75th Percentile | £85,000 | £72,000 | £71,875 |
| 90th Percentile | £100,000 | £80,000 | £96,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £70,000 | £67,500 | £52,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +3.70% | +28.57% | -12.50% |
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.
| 6 months to 17 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills | 32,701 | 19,583 | 22,471 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 27.32% | 40.09% | 32.19% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 19,997 | 10,151 | 11,156 |
| 10th Percentile | £30,750 | £28,000 | £32,750 |
| 25th Percentile | £40,000 | £36,250 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £55,000 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -8.33% | -4.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £78,750 | £77,500 | £83,750 |
| 90th Percentile | £100,000 | £102,500 | £110,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £51,375 | £45,000 | £54,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +14.17% | -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 Salary Trend
Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing FPGA.
FPGA Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing FPGA over the 6 months to 17 October 2026.
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 17 October 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK excluding London | +22 | 316 | £70,000 | +3.70% | 474 |
| England | +36 | 302 | £70,000 | +2.94% | 529 |
| South East | +12 | 128 | £75,000 | +36.36% | 135 |
| Work from Home | -40 | 88 | £65,000 | -3.70% | 213 |
| East of England | +30 | 81 | £75,000 | +10.29% | 162 |
| Midlands | -27 | 35 | £65,000 | -16.13% | 30 |
| South West | -52 | 27 | £66,250 | -11.67% | 47 |
| East Midlands | -7 | 26 | £65,000 | - | 18 |
| Scotland | +19 | 24 | £40,000 | -40.74% | 53 |
| North of England | -49 | 21 | £63,750 | -15.00% | 30 |
| North West | -26 | 16 | £70,000 | -6.67% | 11 |
| London | -76 | 10 | £70,000 | -44.00% | 68 |
| West Midlands | -38 | 9 | £66,250 | -14.52% | 12 |
| Yorkshire | - | 5 | £50,000 | - | 14 |
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
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | VHDL | 31.9% | 107 |
| 2 | Verilog | 20.9% | 70 |
| 3 | Embedded Systems | 18.2% | 61 |
| 4 | Algorithms | 15.2% | 51 |
| 5 | PCIe | 13.1% | 44 |
| 6 | ASIC | 8.1% | 27 |
| 7 | Analogue Electronics | 6.3% | 21 |
| 8 | Device Driver | 4.5% | 15 |
| 9 | IoT | 3.3% | 11 |
| 9 | Robotics | 3.3% | 11 |
| 11 | NVMe | 3.0% | 10 |
| 11 | Self-Motivation | 3.0% | 10 |
| 13 | 3D Printing | 1.5% | 5 |
| 13 | Arduino | 1.5% | 5 |
| 13 | ARM Cortex | 1.5% | 5 |
| 13 | Raspberry Pi | 1.5% | 5 |
| 13 | Renewable Energy | 1.5% | 5 |
| 18 | Augmented Reality | 1.2% | 4 |
| 18 | GNSS | 1.2% | 4 |
| 20 | Linux Command Line | 0.9% | 3 |