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 have cited FPGA over the 6 months to 2 December 2023 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 637 799 832
Rank change year-on-year +162 +33 -176
Permanent jobs citing FPGA 100 288 258
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.19% 0.23% 0.20%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.51% 0.53% 0.45%
Number of salaries quoted 85 93 180
10th Percentile £35,000 £33,750 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +13.64% -
75th Percentile £72,500 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £88,750 £75,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +13.64% -

All Generic Skills
UK

FPGA is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 19,689 54,405 57,072
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 36.90% 43.41% 44.13%
Number of salaries quoted 14,422 30,172 33,858
10th Percentile £33,426 £34,996 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £63,956 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.28% +6.59% -
75th Percentile £84,056 £85,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £107,500 £105,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +10.00% -

FPGA
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing FPGA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for FPGA in the UK

FPGA
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing FPGA.

Salary trend for FPGA in the UK

FPGA
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing FPGA over the 6 months to 2 December 2023.

Salary histogram for FPGA in the UK

FPGA
Top 12 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 2 December 2023. 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 +176 97 £60,000 -11.11% 229
UK excluding London +80 86 £55,000 -12.00% 199
South East +97 36 £60,000 -5.44% 78
Work from Home +112 23 £73,750 +18.00% 82
South West +83 14 £62,500 - 32
London +269 13 £122,500 +48.48% 37
East of England +61 13 £53,750 +19.44% 58
North West +120 12 £51,500 - 8
North of England +116 12 £51,500 -26.43% 11
Midlands +129 9 £50,000 -4.76% 12
East Midlands +45 9 £50,000 -2.44% 8
Scotland +45 2 £47,500 -20.83% 14

FPGA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 2 (2.00%) Confluence
2 1 (1.00%) Artix
Applications
1 11 (11.00%) Simulink
2 10 (10.00%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (6.00%) OrCAD
Communications & Networking
1 23 (23.00%) Software-Defined Radio
2 20 (20.00%) Wireless
3 6 (6.00%) 5G
4 4 (4.00%) 3GPP
4 4 (4.00%) 4G
4 4 (4.00%) 5G NR
4 4 (4.00%) LTE
5 3 (3.00%) GSM
5 3 (3.00%) UMTS
6 1 (1.00%) Ethernet
6 1 (1.00%) RS-232
6 1 (1.00%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (5.00%) Data Mining
1 5 (5.00%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 10 (10.00%) Rational DOORS
2 6 (6.00%) Jenkins
3 4 (4.00%) Git
3 4 (4.00%) TeamCity
4 2 (2.00%) Bitbucket
4 2 (2.00%) JIRA
5 1 (1.00%) PetaLinux
General
1 55 (55.00%) Electronics
2 28 (28.00%) Social Skills
3 24 (24.00%) Manufacturing
4 23 (23.00%) Finance
5 13 (13.00%) Marketing
5 13 (13.00%) Public Sector
5 13 (13.00%) Telecoms
6 7 (7.00%) Military
7 6 (6.00%) Aerospace
8 3 (3.00%) Analytical Skills
9 2 (2.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (2.00%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (1.00%) Banking
Job Titles
1 28 (28.00%) Electronics Engineer
2 25 (25.00%) Design Engineer
3 19 (19.00%) FPGA Engineer
4 16 (16.00%) Senior
5 13 (13.00%) FPGA Design Engineer
5 13 (13.00%) Systems Engineer
6 11 (11.00%) Developer
6 11 (11.00%) Electronics Design Engineer
7 9 (9.00%) Embedded Engineer
7 9 (9.00%) Firmware Engineer
7 9 (9.00%) Lead
8 8 (8.00%) Software Engineer
9 7 (7.00%) Digital Design Engineer
9 7 (7.00%) FPGA Developer
9 7 (7.00%) Hardware Engineer
9 7 (7.00%) Senior Electronics Engineer
10 6 (6.00%) Graduate
10 6 (6.00%) Lead Systems Engineer
11 5 (5.00%) Architect
11 5 (5.00%) Senior Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.00%) Boost C++ Libraries
1 3 (3.00%) Yocto
2 2 (2.00%) DPDK
2 2 (2.00%) STL
Miscellaneous
1 56 (56.00%) VHDL
2 32 (32.00%) Embedded Systems
3 23 (23.00%) Verilog
4 18 (18.00%) Algorithms
5 10 (10.00%) Analogue Electronics
6 7 (7.00%) Self-Motivation
7 5 (5.00%) Clustering
8 3 (3.00%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (3.00%) Cybercrime
8 3 (3.00%) Device Driver
8 3 (3.00%) Greenfield Project
8 3 (3.00%) Hedge funds
9 2 (2.00%) Arduino
9 2 (2.00%) ASIC
9 2 (2.00%) Driving Licence
9 2 (2.00%) GNSS
9 2 (2.00%) Raspberry Pi
9 2 (2.00%) VLSI
10 1 (1.00%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 33 (33.00%) Linux
2 4 (4.00%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (41.00%) FPGA Design
2 36 (36.00%) Signal Processing
3 30 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
4 27 (27.00%) Digital Signal Processing
5 24 (24.00%) Schematic Capture
6 19 (19.00%) Software Engineering
7 17 (17.00%) Mathematics
8 15 (15.00%) Physics
9 14 (14.00%) Coaching
10 13 (13.00%) Business Intelligence
10 13 (13.00%) Digital Marketing
10 13 (13.00%) Programme Management
11 11 (11.00%) Continuous Integration
11 11 (11.00%) Mentoring
11 11 (11.00%) Systems Engineering
12 10 (10.00%) Agile
12 10 (10.00%) Configuration Management
13 9 (9.00%) Architectural Design
14 8 (8.00%) Use Case
15 7 (7.00%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 47 (47.00%) C++
2 40 (40.00%) C
3 28 (28.00%) MATLAB
4 27 (27.00%) Python
5 15 (15.00%) Java
6 5 (5.00%) SystemVerilog
7 3 (3.00%) C#
8 1 (1.00%) Embedded C
8 1 (1.00%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 45 (45.00%) Degree
2 42 (42.00%) Security Cleared
3 32 (32.00%) SC Cleared
4 15 (15.00%) PhD
5 4 (4.00%) Chartered Engineer
5 4 (4.00%) HND
6 3 (3.00%) DV Cleared
7 1 (1.00%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.00%) DO-254
1 1 (1.00%) ECSS
System Software
1 35 (35.00%) Firmware
2 9 (9.00%) Embedded Firmware
3 2 (2.00%) Docker
Vendors
1 23 (23.00%) Xilinx
2 14 (14.00%) EMC
3 13 (13.00%) SAP
4 10 (10.00%) Microsoft
5 7 (7.00%) Cadence
6 6 (6.00%) Mentor Graphics
7 5 (5.00%) Intel
8 4 (4.00%) Microsemi
9 2 (2.00%) Siemens
10 1 (1.00%) Altera
10 1 (1.00%) NCR
10 1 (1.00%) Thales