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 3 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 528 507 550
Rank change year-on-year -21 +43 +90
Permanent jobs citing FPGA 283 162 221
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.24% 0.33% 0.30%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.90% 0.80% 0.93%
Number of salaries quoted 170 82 126
10th Percentile £43,625 £37,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £55,000 £42,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £63,750 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.80% +15.91% -8.33%
75th Percentile £85,000 £72,000 £72,188
90th Percentile £100,000 £79,750 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £51,500
% change year-on-year +7.69% +26.21% -14.17%

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 31,403 20,344 23,891
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 26.58% 41.04% 32.07%
Number of salaries quoted 19,380 10,219 12,067
10th Percentile £31,000 £28,500 £32,000
25th Percentile £41,000 £36,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,038 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.89% -8.33% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £110,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,000 £45,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +15.56% -14.29% -4.55%

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 3 October 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 3 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 -5 266 £70,000 +7.69% 517
England +20 252 £70,000 +2.94% 603
South East +9 111 £75,000 +36.36% 154
Work from Home -32 80 £66,250 +6.00% 216
East of England -5 58 £75,000 +10.29% 171
Midlands -20 31 £65,000 -14.75% 27
East Midlands -15 24 £65,000 - 14
South West -58 24 £66,250 -11.67% 56
Scotland +14 23 £40,000 -40.74% 59
North of England -47 18 £56,250 -25.00% 35
North West -24 13 £70,000 -6.67% 13
London -75 10 £70,000 -44.00% 98
West Midlands -35 7 £66,250 -13.11% 13
Yorkshire - 5 £50,000 - 14
Wales -87 1 - - 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 (1.06%) Artix
2 1 (0.35%) Kinematics
Applications
1 34 (12.01%) Simulink
2 4 (1.41%) Lightworks
2 4 (1.41%) SOLIDWORKS
3 2 (0.71%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.35%) Mathcad
4 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.35%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.35%) OrCAD
Business Applications
1 10 (3.53%) Towers Watson Igloo
2 1 (0.35%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 1 (0.35%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 30 (10.60%) Wireless
2 24 (8.48%) Ethernet
3 14 (4.95%) Software-Defined Radio
4 12 (4.24%) 5G
5 9 (3.18%) 5G NR
5 9 (3.18%) TCP/IP
6 6 (2.12%) RS-485
7 4 (1.41%) MQTT
8 3 (1.06%) RS-232
9 2 (0.71%) RS-422
10 1 (0.35%) Bluetooth
10 1 (0.35%) LTE
10 1 (0.35%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.71%) MySQL
1 2 (0.71%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 15 (5.30%) Git
2 10 (3.53%) Rational DOORS
3 9 (3.18%) LabVIEW
3 9 (3.18%) PetaLinux
4 8 (2.83%) Subversion
5 5 (1.77%) JIRA
6 2 (0.71%) Mercurial
General
1 102 (36.04%) Electronics
2 55 (19.43%) Aerospace
3 41 (14.49%) Finance
4 35 (12.37%) Social Skills
5 24 (8.48%) Manufacturing
6 23 (8.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 14 (4.95%) Analytical Skills
7 14 (4.95%) Military
8 9 (3.18%) Retail
9 8 (2.83%) Banking
10 7 (2.47%) Investment Banking
11 6 (2.12%) Telecoms
12 5 (1.77%) Automotive
12 5 (1.77%) Games
13 4 (1.41%) Advertising
14 3 (1.06%) Avionics
14 3 (1.06%) Police
15 1 (0.35%) Documentation Skills
15 1 (0.35%) Influencing Skills
15 1 (0.35%) Law
Job Titles
1 130 (45.94%) FPGA Engineer
2 51 (18.02%) Senior
3 46 (16.25%) Design Engineer
3 46 (16.25%) Electronics Engineer
4 37 (13.07%) FPGA Design Engineer
5 31 (10.95%) Embedded Engineer
5 31 (10.95%) Principal Engineer
6 29 (10.25%) Senior FPGA Engineer
7 21 (7.42%) Systems Engineer
8 17 (6.01%) Lead
9 14 (4.95%) DSP Engineer
10 12 (4.24%) Developer
11 11 (3.89%) Development Engineer
11 11 (3.89%) Hardware Engineer
11 11 (3.89%) Principal Systems Engineer
11 11 (3.89%) Technical Specialist
12 10 (3.53%) Linux Engineer
13 9 (3.18%) Sales Manager
13 9 (3.18%) Technical Manager
13 9 (3.18%) Technical Sales Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (4.59%) Yocto
2 3 (1.06%) Terraform
3 2 (0.71%) .NET
3 2 (0.71%) React
4 1 (0.35%) FIX Protocol
4 1 (0.35%) Flash
Miscellaneous
1 85 (30.04%) VHDL
2 57 (20.14%) Verilog
3 47 (16.61%) Embedded Systems
4 45 (15.90%) Algorithms
5 35 (12.37%) PCIe
6 20 (7.07%) ASIC
7 16 (5.65%) Analogue Electronics
8 11 (3.89%) IoT
9 10 (3.53%) Device Driver
9 10 (3.53%) NVMe
9 10 (3.53%) Robotics
9 10 (3.53%) Self-Motivation
10 5 (1.77%) ARM Cortex
10 5 (1.77%) Renewable Energy
11 4 (1.41%) 3D Printing
11 4 (1.41%) Arduino
11 4 (1.41%) GNSS
11 4 (1.41%) Raspberry Pi
12 3 (1.06%) MicroBlaze
13 2 (0.71%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 43 (15.19%) Linux
2 19 (6.71%) Embedded Linux
3 4 (1.41%) FreeRTOS
3 4 (1.41%) Windows
4 3 (1.06%) Robot Operating System
5 1 (0.35%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 85 (30.04%) FPGA Design
2 49 (17.31%) Signal Processing
3 38 (13.43%) Problem-Solving
4 29 (10.25%) AI
5 27 (9.54%) Validation
6 22 (7.77%) Software Engineering
6 22 (7.77%) Technical Leadership
6 22 (7.77%) UVM
7 21 (7.42%) Test Automation
8 20 (7.07%) Agile
8 20 (7.07%) Configuration Management
8 20 (7.07%) Mentoring
8 20 (7.07%) Schematic Capture
9 19 (6.71%) Low Latency
10 18 (6.36%) Physics
10 18 (6.36%) Prototyping
11 17 (6.01%) Digital Signal Processing
12 16 (5.65%) Computer Science
12 16 (5.65%) Mathematics
13 13 (4.59%) Line Management
Programming Languages
1 91 (32.16%) C
2 71 (25.09%) C++
3 63 (22.26%) Python
4 38 (13.43%) MATLAB
5 30 (10.60%) Embedded C
6 24 (8.48%) Embedded C++
7 20 (7.07%) SystemVerilog
8 10 (3.53%) Assembly Language
9 9 (3.18%) Perl
10 7 (2.47%) Java
11 6 (2.12%) Tcl
12 4 (1.41%) C#
12 4 (1.41%) Rust
13 3 (1.06%) Bash
14 2 (0.71%) Go
14 2 (0.71%) JavaScript
14 2 (0.71%) SQL
14 2 (0.71%) TypeScript
15 1 (0.35%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 99 (34.98%) Degree
2 75 (26.50%) Security Cleared
3 45 (15.90%) SC Cleared
4 39 (13.78%) DV Cleared
5 38 (13.43%) BPSS Clearance
6 24 (8.48%) Master's Degree
7 19 (6.71%) PhD
8 8 (2.83%) Chartered Engineer
9 6 (2.12%) Computer Science Degree
10 5 (1.77%) HNC
10 5 (1.77%) HND
11 3 (1.06%) EMC Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (6.71%) Accessibility
2 6 (2.12%) DO-254
3 4 (1.41%) ECSS
3 4 (1.41%) ISO 9001
4 2 (0.71%) Def Stans
4 2 (0.71%) DO-160
5 1 (0.35%) IEC 61508
5 1 (0.35%) QA
System Software
1 87 (30.74%) Firmware
2 26 (9.19%) Embedded Firmware
3 3 (1.06%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (1.06%) Ansible
1 3 (1.06%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 59 (20.85%) Xilinx
2 21 (7.42%) Altera
3 16 (5.65%) EMC
4 11 (3.89%) Intel
4 11 (3.89%) Microsemi
5 8 (2.83%) Siemens
6 3 (1.06%) Microsoft
7 1 (0.35%) Lattice Semiconductor
7 1 (0.35%) MathWorks