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

6 months to
30 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 585 659 780
Rank change year-on-year +74 +121 +155
Permanent jobs citing FPGA 144 258 141
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.25% 0.24% 0.16%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.68% 0.71% 0.36%
Number of salaries quoted 68 178 85
10th Percentile £37,500 £32,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £53,750 £40,125 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,750 £52,000 £62,086
Median % change year-on-year +22.60% -16.25% -11.31%
75th Percentile £72,000 £70,938 £85,000
90th Percentile £78,250 £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 21,285 36,154 38,816
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 36.77% 33.51% 43.23%
Number of salaries quoted 10,034 23,021 21,768
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,250 £35,733
25th Percentile £40,626 £38,750 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,000 £55,000 £64,326
Median % change year-on-year +7.27% -14.50% +2.92%
75th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £97,500 £108,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% -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 30 June 2025.

Salary histogram for FPGA in the UK

FPGA
Top 14 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 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 +36 98 £65,000 +23.81% 637
UK excluding London +59 97 £65,000 +30.00% 505
Work from Home +106 67 £62,500 +4.17% 242
South East +44 42 £62,500 +21.36% 152
East of England +10 26 £67,750 +12.92% 156
London +86 20 £120,000 +21.52% 190
Wales +54 10 £50,000 +11.11% 11
Scotland +91 9 £67,500 +107.69% 57
South West +47 6 £56,250 +9.22% 69
Midlands +72 2 £75,000 +87.50% 34
North of England +42 2 £52,500 +3.45% 31
North West +13 2 £52,500 +3.45% 15
West Midlands +68 1 £75,000 - 23
East Midlands +31 1 - - 11

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 9 (6.25%) Simulink
2 2 (1.39%) OrCAD
Communications & Networking
1 35 (24.31%) Software-Defined Radio
2 23 (15.97%) TCP/IP
3 9 (6.25%) Ethernet
4 5 (3.47%) RS-232
5 4 (2.78%) 5G
5 4 (2.78%) DNS
5 4 (2.78%) HTTP
5 4 (2.78%) Internet
5 4 (2.78%) SD-WAN
5 4 (2.78%) SMTP
5 4 (2.78%) WAN
6 1 (0.69%) GSM
6 1 (0.69%) LTE
6 1 (0.69%) Radio Access Network
6 1 (0.69%) RS-485
6 1 (0.69%) UMTS
6 1 (0.69%) Wideband
Development Applications
1 15 (10.42%) Git
2 12 (8.33%) Subversion
3 7 (4.86%) JIRA
4 4 (2.78%) GitLab
5 1 (0.69%) Carbide.c++
5 1 (0.69%) LabVIEW
5 1 (0.69%) PetaLinux
5 1 (0.69%) Rational DOORS
5 1 (0.69%) Visual Studio
General
1 41 (28.47%) Electronics
2 33 (22.92%) Finance
3 23 (15.97%) Social Skills
4 15 (10.42%) Banking
4 15 (10.42%) Investment Banking
5 13 (9.03%) Aerospace
5 13 (9.03%) Manufacturing
5 13 (9.03%) Presentation Skills
6 8 (5.56%) Analytical Skills
7 6 (4.17%) Automotive
7 6 (4.17%) Aviation
8 3 (2.08%) Marketing
9 2 (1.39%) Advertising
10 1 (0.69%) Front Office
10 1 (0.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.69%) Law
10 1 (0.69%) Military
10 1 (0.69%) Public Sector
10 1 (0.69%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 44 (30.56%) FPGA Engineer
2 30 (20.83%) Senior
3 29 (20.14%) Radio Engineer
3 29 (20.14%) Systems Engineer
4 25 (17.36%) Design Engineer
5 20 (13.89%) C++ Developer
5 20 (13.89%) Developer
5 20 (13.89%) Electronics Engineer
5 20 (13.89%) FPGA Design Engineer
6 19 (13.19%) Low Latency C++ Developer
7 18 (12.50%) Linux Developer
8 16 (11.11%) Senior Electronics Engineer
9 15 (10.42%) Investment Banking C++ Developer
9 15 (10.42%) Linux Scripter
10 10 (6.94%) DSP Engineer
10 10 (6.94%) Firmware Engineer
11 7 (4.86%) Lead
12 6 (4.17%) Senior DSP Engineer
13 5 (3.47%) Senior Firmware Engineer
13 5 (3.47%) Senior FPGA Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.08%) .NET
2 1 (0.69%) OpenCV
2 1 (0.69%) OpenGL
2 1 (0.69%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 47 (32.64%) VHDL
2 35 (24.31%) Verilog
3 14 (9.72%) Algorithms
4 12 (8.33%) e-Learning
5 10 (6.94%) Self-Motivation
6 6 (4.17%) Analogue Electronics
7 5 (3.47%) CPLD
7 5 (3.47%) Embedded Systems
7 5 (3.47%) GNSS
8 4 (2.78%) MicroBlaze
8 4 (2.78%) Self-Driving Car
8 4 (2.78%) Tandem
9 3 (2.08%) Device Driver
9 3 (2.08%) Greenfield Project
9 3 (2.08%) NVMe
10 1 (0.69%) ASIC
10 1 (0.69%) Linux Command Line
10 1 (0.69%) Management Information System
10 1 (0.69%) Video\Live Streaming
10 1 (0.69%) VLSI
Operating Systems
1 38 (26.39%) Linux
2 5 (3.47%) Unix
2 5 (3.47%) Windows
3 4 (2.78%) Embedded Linux
4 3 (2.08%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (37.50%) FPGA Design
2 47 (32.64%) Signal Processing
3 40 (27.78%) Digital Signal Processing
4 39 (27.08%) Innovative Thinking
5 32 (22.22%) Physics
6 23 (15.97%) Prototyping
7 21 (14.58%) Agile
8 19 (13.19%) Low Latency
8 19 (13.19%) Problem-Solving
9 17 (11.81%) Cybersecurity
10 13 (9.03%) Software Engineering
10 13 (9.03%) Validation
11 12 (8.33%) Mathematics
11 12 (8.33%) Schematic Capture
12 10 (6.94%) Test Automation
13 9 (6.25%) Verification and Validation
14 8 (5.56%) Software Architecture
15 7 (4.86%) UVM
16 6 (4.17%) Software Testing
17 5 (3.47%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 48 (33.33%) C
1 48 (33.33%) C++
2 32 (22.22%) MATLAB
3 18 (12.50%) Python
4 15 (10.42%) Java
5 13 (9.03%) C#
6 8 (5.56%) SystemVerilog
7 6 (4.17%) Embedded C
7 6 (4.17%) Embedded C++
8 4 (2.78%) Tcl
9 3 (2.08%) Go
10 2 (1.39%) Rust
11 1 (0.69%) Bash
Qualifications
1 68 (47.22%) Security Cleared
2 51 (35.42%) SC Cleared
3 33 (22.92%) Degree
4 10 (6.94%) DV Cleared
5 5 (3.47%) PhD
6 3 (2.08%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.69%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.69%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (0.69%) DO-254
1 1 (0.69%) QA
System Software
1 69 (47.92%) Firmware
2 39 (27.08%) Embedded Firmware
Vendors
1 16 (11.11%) Xilinx
2 12 (8.33%) EMC
3 4 (2.78%) Agilent
3 4 (2.78%) Intel
3 4 (2.78%) Microsemi
4 3 (2.08%) Red Hat
5 2 (1.39%) Cadence
5 2 (1.39%) Mentor Graphics
5 2 (1.39%) YouTube
6 1 (0.69%) Altera
6 1 (0.69%) Freescale
6 1 (0.69%) Microsoft
6 1 (0.69%) SAP