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 20 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 588 642 771
Rank change year-on-year +54 +129 +146
Permanent jobs citing FPGA 135 275 159
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.24% 0.25% 0.17%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.64% 0.74% 0.40%
Number of salaries quoted 65 188 88
10th Percentile £37,500 £32,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £53,750 £41,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £50,750 £62,086
Median % change year-on-year +28.08% -18.26% -11.31%
75th Percentile £72,000 £70,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £79,000 £100,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £50,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +30.00% -16.67% -14.29%

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 21,118 37,184 39,954
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 37.58% 33.30% 43.67%
Number of salaries quoted 9,806 23,665 21,923
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,250 £35,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,750 £46,298
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -15.38% +4.00%
75th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £97,500 £108,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £53,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +6.00% -9.09% +4.76%

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 20 June 2025.

Salary histogram for FPGA in the UK

FPGA
Top 13 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 20 June 2025. 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 +15 92 £65,000 +26.21% 582
UK excluding London +51 90 £65,000 +30.00% 452
Work from Home +95 63 £62,500 +4.17% 249
South East +68 40 £62,500 +23.15% 135
East of England +7 25 £67,750 +35.50% 131
London +85 19 £120,000 +21.52% 183
Wales +50 9 - - 9
Scotland +111 8 £67,500 +54.29% 52
South West +49 5 £56,250 +12.50% 71
North of England +59 2 £52,500 +5.00% 28
North West +17 2 £52,500 +5.00% 15
Midlands +79 1 £75,000 +87.50% 31
West Midlands +76 1 £75,000 - 20

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:

Applications
1 8 (5.93%) Simulink
2 2 (1.48%) OrCAD
Communications & Networking
1 32 (23.70%) Software-Defined Radio
2 22 (16.30%) TCP/IP
3 8 (5.93%) Ethernet
4 4 (2.96%) 5G
4 4 (2.96%) DNS
4 4 (2.96%) HTTP
4 4 (2.96%) Internet
4 4 (2.96%) RS-232
4 4 (2.96%) SD-WAN
4 4 (2.96%) SMTP
4 4 (2.96%) WAN
5 1 (0.74%) GSM
5 1 (0.74%) LTE
5 1 (0.74%) Radio Access Network
5 1 (0.74%) RS-485
5 1 (0.74%) UMTS
5 1 (0.74%) Wideband
Development Applications
1 13 (9.63%) Git
2 12 (8.89%) Subversion
3 7 (5.19%) JIRA
4 3 (2.22%) GitLab
5 1 (0.74%) Carbide.c++
5 1 (0.74%) LabVIEW
5 1 (0.74%) PetaLinux
5 1 (0.74%) Visual Studio
General
1 36 (26.67%) Electronics
2 32 (23.70%) Finance
3 22 (16.30%) Social Skills
4 14 (10.37%) Banking
4 14 (10.37%) Investment Banking
5 12 (8.89%) Manufacturing
5 12 (8.89%) Presentation Skills
6 11 (8.15%) Aerospace
7 7 (5.19%) Analytical Skills
8 5 (3.70%) Aviation
9 4 (2.96%) Automotive
10 3 (2.22%) Marketing
11 2 (1.48%) Advertising
12 1 (0.74%) Front Office
12 1 (0.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (0.74%) Law
12 1 (0.74%) Military
12 1 (0.74%) Public Sector
12 1 (0.74%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 41 (30.37%) FPGA Engineer
2 28 (20.74%) Senior
3 27 (20.00%) Radio Engineer
3 27 (20.00%) Systems Engineer
4 23 (17.04%) Design Engineer
5 19 (14.07%) C++ Developer
5 19 (14.07%) Developer
6 18 (13.33%) Electronics Engineer
6 18 (13.33%) FPGA Design Engineer
6 18 (13.33%) Low Latency C++ Developer
7 17 (12.59%) Linux Developer
8 14 (10.37%) Investment Banking C++ Developer
8 14 (10.37%) Linux Scripter
8 14 (10.37%) Senior Electronics Engineer
9 9 (6.67%) DSP Engineer
9 9 (6.67%) Firmware Engineer
10 6 (4.44%) Lead
10 6 (4.44%) Senior DSP Engineer
11 5 (3.70%) Embedded Engineer
11 5 (3.70%) Senior Embedded Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.22%) .NET
2 1 (0.74%) OpenCV
2 1 (0.74%) OpenGL
2 1 (0.74%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 43 (31.85%) VHDL
2 33 (24.44%) Verilog
3 13 (9.63%) Algorithms
4 12 (8.89%) e-Learning
5 9 (6.67%) Self-Motivation
6 6 (4.44%) Analogue Electronics
7 5 (3.70%) CPLD
7 5 (3.70%) Embedded Systems
7 5 (3.70%) GNSS
8 4 (2.96%) MicroBlaze
8 4 (2.96%) Self-Driving Car
8 4 (2.96%) Tandem
9 3 (2.22%) Device Driver
9 3 (2.22%) Greenfield Project
9 3 (2.22%) NVMe
10 1 (0.74%) ASIC
10 1 (0.74%) Life Science
10 1 (0.74%) Management Information System
10 1 (0.74%) Robotics
10 1 (0.74%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 36 (26.67%) Linux
2 5 (3.70%) Unix
2 5 (3.70%) Windows
3 4 (2.96%) Embedded Linux
4 3 (2.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (37.78%) FPGA Design
2 44 (32.59%) Signal Processing
3 37 (27.41%) Digital Signal Processing
3 37 (27.41%) Innovative Thinking
4 30 (22.22%) Physics
5 23 (17.04%) Prototyping
6 18 (13.33%) Agile
6 18 (13.33%) Low Latency
7 17 (12.59%) Problem-Solving
8 16 (11.85%) Cybersecurity
9 12 (8.89%) Mathematics
9 12 (8.89%) Software Engineering
9 12 (8.89%) Validation
10 11 (8.15%) Schematic Capture
11 9 (6.67%) Test Automation
12 8 (5.93%) Software Architecture
12 8 (5.93%) Verification and Validation
13 6 (4.44%) Software Testing
13 6 (4.44%) UVM
14 5 (3.70%) Kalman Filter
Programming Languages
1 45 (33.33%) C++
2 44 (32.59%) C
3 30 (22.22%) MATLAB
4 16 (11.85%) Python
5 14 (10.37%) Java
6 13 (9.63%) C#
7 7 (5.19%) SystemVerilog
8 6 (4.44%) Embedded C
8 6 (4.44%) Embedded C++
9 4 (2.96%) Tcl
10 3 (2.22%) Go
11 2 (1.48%) Rust
12 1 (0.74%) Bash
Qualifications
1 63 (46.67%) Security Cleared
2 48 (35.56%) SC Cleared
3 30 (22.22%) Degree
4 9 (6.67%) DV Cleared
5 5 (3.70%) PhD
6 3 (2.22%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (0.74%) DO-254
System Software
1 64 (47.41%) Firmware
2 36 (26.67%) Embedded Firmware
Vendors
1 14 (10.37%) Xilinx
2 11 (8.15%) EMC
3 4 (2.96%) Agilent
4 3 (2.22%) Intel
4 3 (2.22%) Microsemi
4 3 (2.22%) Red Hat
5 2 (1.48%) Cadence
5 2 (1.48%) YouTube
6 1 (0.74%) Altera
6 1 (0.74%) Freescale
6 1 (0.74%) Microsoft
6 1 (0.74%) SAP