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 8 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 605 523 629
Rank change year-on-year -82 +106 +78
Permanent jobs citing FPGA 182 172 192
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.17% 0.35% 0.23%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.66% 0.84% 0.70%
Number of salaries quoted 105 88 139
10th Percentile £45,000 £37,500 £33,500
25th Percentile £53,750 £53,750 £41,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £62,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.00% +13.64% -11.41%
75th Percentile £82,500 £72,438 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £78,250 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +7.69% +23.81% -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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 27,610 20,594 27,606
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 26.24% 41.48% 33.27%
Number of salaries quoted 17,355 10,341 16,368
10th Percentile £31,000 £28,800 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -4.35% -10.16%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,445 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.41% -5.00% -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 8 August 2026.

Salary histogram for FPGA in the UK

FPGA
Top 16 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 8 August 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 -53 166 £70,000 +7.69% 190
England -63 161 £72,500 +11.54% 226
South East -12 80 £75,000 +25.00% 63
Work from Home -46 59 £62,000 -0.80% 67
East of England -26 29 £75,000 +10.70% 73
Scotland +18 18 £50,000 -25.93% 9
South West -59 18 £70,000 -8.20% 19
London -42 15 - - 34
Midlands -17 13 £65,000 -13.33% 16
East Midlands -12 11 £65,000 - 9
North of England -44 6 £50,000 -33.33% 16
Yorkshire - 5 £50,000 - 3
West Midlands -22 2 £52,500 -30.00% 7
North West -8 1 £57,500 -23.33% 9
Wales -69 1 - - 2
Northern Ireland - 1 £65,000 -

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 (1.65%) Artix
Applications
1 24 (13.19%) Simulink
2 4 (2.20%) SOLIDWORKS
3 3 (1.65%) Lightworks
3 3 (1.65%) OrCAD
4 1 (0.55%) Mathcad
4 1 (0.55%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 11 (6.04%) Towers Watson Igloo
Cloud Services
1 1 (0.55%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 16 (8.79%) TCP/IP
2 15 (8.24%) Wireless
3 12 (6.59%) Software-Defined Radio
4 11 (6.04%) Ethernet
5 10 (5.49%) 5G
6 9 (4.95%) 5G NR
7 3 (1.65%) MQTT
8 2 (1.10%) Bluetooth
8 2 (1.10%) RFID
8 2 (1.10%) RS-485
8 2 (1.10%) Wi-Fi
9 1 (0.55%) LTE
9 1 (0.55%) RS-232
Development Applications
1 11 (6.04%) Rational DOORS
2 6 (3.30%) PetaLinux
3 5 (2.75%) Git
4 2 (1.10%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.55%) LabVIEW
General
1 58 (31.87%) Electronics
2 41 (22.53%) Finance
3 35 (19.23%) Aerospace
4 23 (12.64%) Social Skills
5 16 (8.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 15 (8.24%) Banking
7 14 (7.69%) Investment Banking
8 13 (7.14%) Manufacturing
9 8 (4.40%) Analytical Skills
10 6 (3.30%) Military
11 2 (1.10%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (1.10%) Retail
12 1 (0.55%) Advertising
12 1 (0.55%) Aviation
12 1 (0.55%) Law
12 1 (0.55%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 67 (36.81%) FPGA Engineer
2 35 (19.23%) Embedded Engineer
3 30 (16.48%) Senior
4 24 (13.19%) Electronics Engineer
5 20 (10.99%) Systems Engineer
6 18 (9.89%) Design Engineer
7 16 (8.79%) DSP Engineer
7 16 (8.79%) FPGA Design Engineer
7 16 (8.79%) Senior FPGA Engineer
8 14 (7.69%) C++ Developer
8 14 (7.69%) Developer
8 14 (7.69%) Investment Banking C++ Developer
8 14 (7.69%) Linux Developer
8 14 (7.69%) Linux Scripter
8 14 (7.69%) Low Latency C++ Developer
9 12 (6.59%) Principal Engineer
10 11 (6.04%) Lead
10 11 (6.04%) Principal Systems Engineer
11 10 (5.49%) Linux Engineer
12 9 (4.95%) Sales Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (4.40%) Yocto
2 1 (0.55%) FIX Protocol
2 1 (0.55%) Flash
Miscellaneous
1 60 (32.97%) VHDL
2 36 (19.78%) Verilog
3 33 (18.13%) Embedded Systems
4 31 (17.03%) Algorithms
5 28 (15.38%) PCIe
6 11 (6.04%) NVMe
7 10 (5.49%) ASIC
8 9 (4.95%) Self-Motivation
9 7 (3.85%) Device Driver
10 6 (3.30%) Analogue Electronics
10 6 (3.30%) IoT
11 5 (2.75%) Robotics
12 3 (1.65%) MicroBlaze
12 3 (1.65%) Raspberry Pi
13 2 (1.10%) ARM Cortex
13 2 (1.10%) Photography
14 1 (0.55%) 3D Printing
14 1 (0.55%) Arduino
14 1 (0.55%) Optoelectronics
14 1 (0.55%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 40 (21.98%) Linux
2 13 (7.14%) Embedded Linux
3 3 (1.65%) FreeRTOS
3 3 (1.65%) Robot Operating System
4 2 (1.10%) Windows
5 1 (0.55%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (21.43%) FPGA Design
2 32 (17.58%) Signal Processing
3 26 (14.29%) Validation
4 23 (12.64%) Software Engineering
5 21 (11.54%) Low Latency
5 21 (11.54%) Problem-Solving
6 20 (10.99%) Agile
6 20 (10.99%) AI
6 20 (10.99%) UVM
7 18 (9.89%) Prototyping
8 17 (9.34%) Configuration Management
8 17 (9.34%) Digital Signal Processing
9 16 (8.79%) Schematic Capture
9 16 (8.79%) Test Automation
10 14 (7.69%) Mentoring
11 13 (7.14%) Physics
12 12 (6.59%) Computer Science
12 12 (6.59%) Kalman Filter
12 12 (6.59%) Requirements Analysis
12 12 (6.59%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 73 (40.11%) C
2 60 (32.97%) C++
3 31 (17.03%) Python
4 23 (12.64%) MATLAB
5 17 (9.34%) Embedded C
6 14 (7.69%) Java
7 13 (7.14%) Embedded C++
8 12 (6.59%) SystemVerilog
9 11 (6.04%) Assembly Language
10 3 (1.65%) Bash
10 3 (1.65%) Rust
11 2 (1.10%) C#
12 1 (0.55%) Perl
Qualifications
1 64 (35.16%) Degree
2 57 (31.32%) Security Cleared
3 35 (19.23%) SC Cleared
4 33 (18.13%) DV Cleared
5 31 (17.03%) BPSS Clearance
6 15 (8.24%) Master's Degree
7 12 (6.59%) PhD
8 5 (2.75%) Chartered Engineer
9 3 (1.65%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (1.65%) HNC
9 3 (1.65%) HND
10 1 (0.55%) CEH
10 1 (0.55%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (7.69%) Accessibility
2 3 (1.65%) ECSS
3 1 (0.55%) DO-254
3 1 (0.55%) QA
System Software
1 66 (36.26%) Firmware
2 30 (16.48%) Embedded Firmware
3 3 (1.65%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (1.65%) Ansible
1 3 (1.65%) Kubernetes
1 3 (1.65%) Terraform
Vendors
1 45 (24.73%) Xilinx
2 15 (8.24%) Altera
3 7 (3.85%) Siemens
4 6 (3.30%) Intel
5 4 (2.20%) EMC
5 4 (2.20%) Microsemi
6 1 (0.55%) Lattice Semiconductor
6 1 (0.55%) Microsoft