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 30 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 606 525 633
Rank change year-on-year -81 +108 +143
Permanent jobs citing FPGA 137 133 271
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.15% 0.31% 0.27%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.54% 0.71% 0.77%
Number of salaries quoted 71 65 190
10th Percentile £45,000 £37,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £58,625 £52,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £51,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +21.36% -14.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £79,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £61,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.69% +23.00% -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 25,147 18,610 35,048
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 27.01% 42.91% 34.84%
Number of salaries quoted 14,387 8,753 23,099
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £28,000
25th Percentile £41,000 £41,250 £38,029
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £59,857 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.24% +8.83% -15.38%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,050 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,001 £51,058 £50,000
% change year-on-year -2.07% +2.12% -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 30 May 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 30 May 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 -31 127 £65,000 +4.00% 129
UK excluding London -32 111 £65,000 +5.69% 111
South East -10 48 £70,000 +12.00% 39
Work from Home -11 37 £54,000 -12.20% 44
East of England -16 24 £80,000 +50.94% 37
London -34 22 £150,000 +46.34% 25
South West -36 21 £65,000 +15.56% 15
Midlands -29 7 £65,000 -13.33% 8
North of England -52 5 £50,000 -4.76% 7
East Midlands - 5 £65,000 - 6
Yorkshire - 5 £50,000 - 1
Scotland +4 4 £52,500 -18.60% 5
West Midlands -32 2 £52,500 -30.00% 2
Wales -42 1 - -
Northern Ireland - 1 £65,000 - 6

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 (2.19%) Artix
Applications
1 11 (8.03%) Simulink
2 4 (2.92%) SOLIDWORKS
3 2 (1.46%) OrCAD
Business Applications
1 12 (8.76%) Towers Watson Igloo
Cloud Services
1 1 (0.73%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 20 (14.60%) TCP/IP
2 9 (6.57%) Software-Defined Radio
3 7 (5.11%) Ethernet
4 3 (2.19%) Wi-Fi
4 3 (2.19%) Wireless
5 2 (1.46%) Bluetooth
5 2 (1.46%) RFID
6 1 (0.73%) LTE
Development Applications
1 12 (8.76%) Rational DOORS
2 3 (2.19%) PetaLinux
3 2 (1.46%) Git
3 2 (1.46%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.73%) Subversion
General
1 50 (36.50%) Electronics
2 26 (18.98%) Finance
3 20 (14.60%) Banking
3 20 (14.60%) Investment Banking
4 13 (9.49%) Aerospace
5 12 (8.76%) Social Skills
6 4 (2.92%) Manufacturing
7 3 (2.19%) Analytical Skills
8 2 (1.46%) Aviation
8 2 (1.46%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.73%) Aeronautics
9 1 (0.73%) Legal
9 1 (0.73%) Military
Job Titles
1 46 (33.58%) FPGA Engineer
2 25 (18.25%) Senior
3 22 (16.06%) Embedded Engineer
4 21 (15.33%) Developer
4 21 (15.33%) Lead
5 20 (14.60%) C++ Developer
5 20 (14.60%) Investment Banking C++ Developer
5 20 (14.60%) Linux Developer
5 20 (14.60%) Linux Scripter
5 20 (14.60%) Low Latency C++ Developer
6 11 (8.03%) DSP Engineer
6 11 (8.03%) Systems Engineer
7 10 (7.30%) Senior FPGA Engineer
8 9 (6.57%) Design Engineer
8 9 (6.57%) Electronics Engineer
8 9 (6.57%) FPGA Design Engineer
9 8 (5.84%) Hardware Engineer
10 6 (4.38%) Principal Engineer
10 6 (4.38%) Principal Systems Engineer
11 5 (3.65%) Development Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.19%) Yocto
2 1 (0.73%) Flash
2 1 (0.73%) gRPC
2 1 (0.73%) Middleware
2 1 (0.73%) Node.js
2 1 (0.73%) NumPy
2 1 (0.73%) PyTorch
2 1 (0.73%) Qt
2 1 (0.73%) SciPy
2 1 (0.73%) ZeroMQ
Miscellaneous
1 34 (24.82%) VHDL
2 31 (22.63%) Algorithms
3 26 (18.98%) PCIe
4 19 (13.87%) Embedded Systems
5 13 (9.49%) Verilog
6 12 (8.76%) NVMe
7 3 (2.19%) ASIC
7 3 (2.19%) MicroBlaze
7 3 (2.19%) Robotics
8 2 (1.46%) Analogue Electronics
8 2 (1.46%) Device Driver
8 2 (1.46%) GNSS
8 2 (1.46%) Photography
8 2 (1.46%) Raspberry Pi
8 2 (1.46%) Self-Motivation
9 1 (0.73%) Hedge funds
9 1 (0.73%) Management Information System
9 1 (0.73%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 33 (24.09%) Linux
2 8 (5.84%) Embedded Linux
3 3 (2.19%) Robot Operating System
4 1 (0.73%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (21.17%) FPGA Design
2 27 (19.71%) Signal Processing
3 23 (16.79%) Validation
4 22 (16.06%) Agile
5 21 (15.33%) Low Latency
6 17 (12.41%) Software Engineering
7 15 (10.95%) AI
7 15 (10.95%) Digital Signal Processing
8 13 (9.49%) Kalman Filter
8 13 (9.49%) Roadmaps
9 12 (8.76%) Configuration Management
9 12 (8.76%) Information Assurance
9 12 (8.76%) Requirements Analysis
9 12 (8.76%) System Testing
9 12 (8.76%) Technology Roadmap
9 12 (8.76%) UVM
10 11 (8.03%) Mentoring
10 11 (8.03%) Prototyping
10 11 (8.03%) Test Automation
11 10 (7.30%) Schematic Capture
Programming Languages
1 63 (45.99%) C
2 59 (43.07%) C++
3 22 (16.06%) Python
4 20 (14.60%) Java
5 15 (10.95%) MATLAB
6 12 (8.76%) Assembly Language
7 8 (5.84%) Embedded C
7 8 (5.84%) Embedded C++
8 5 (3.65%) C#
9 1 (0.73%) Rust
9 1 (0.73%) SQL
9 1 (0.73%) SystemVerilog
Qualifications
1 30 (21.90%) Degree
2 27 (19.71%) Security Cleared
3 12 (8.76%) DV Cleared
3 12 (8.76%) SC Cleared
4 7 (5.11%) BPSS Clearance
5 6 (4.38%) Master's Degree
6 5 (3.65%) PhD
7 1 (0.73%) CEH
7 1 (0.73%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (0.73%) DO-254
1 1 (0.73%) MISRA
System Software
1 49 (35.77%) Firmware
2 28 (20.44%) Embedded Firmware
Vendors
1 25 (18.25%) Xilinx
2 16 (11.68%) Altera
3 1 (0.73%) EMC
3 1 (0.73%) Microsoft