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 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 651 791 920
Rank change year-on-year +140 +129 -218
Permanent jobs citing FPGA 246 202 295
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.25% 0.19% 0.19%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.71% 0.45% 0.41%
Number of salaries quoted 170 89 116
10th Percentile £32,500 £33,750 £34,990
25th Percentile £43,750 £41,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - -25.00% +33.33%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £82,500 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% -25.00% +35.27%

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 34,798 44,935 72,669
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 35.44% 42.88% 47.15%
Number of salaries quoted 22,967 24,136 34,100
10th Percentile £28,000 £35,178 £34,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £46,250 £45,607
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +4.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £86,250 £83,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £107,500 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%

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 26 April 2024.

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 26 April 2024. 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 +167 239 £52,500 -4.55% 183
UK excluding London +10 207 £50,000 -4.76% 171
Work from Home +67 78 £54,500 +28.24% 80
South East +55 70 £52,500 -15.44% 62
South West +26 67 £55,000 -18.52% 26
East of England +38 48 £50,000 -16.67% 66
London +178 39 £122,500 +122.73% 22
North of England -9 12 £50,000 +17.65% 4
North West +7 11 £50,000 - 2
Scotland - 5 £51,250 - 12
Midlands -7 3 £46,250 -57.95% 19
Wales -3 2 £45,000 +21.62% 1
East Midlands -28 2 £46,250 -42.19% 11
Yorkshire +43 1 - - 2
West Midlands +24 1 - - 8

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 1 (0.41%) Apache
1 1 (0.41%) Kinematics
1 1 (0.41%) nginx
Applications
1 16 (6.50%) Simulink
2 12 (4.88%) OrCAD
3 8 (3.25%) GNU Octave
4 5 (2.03%) SOLIDWORKS
5 4 (1.63%) Windchill
6 2 (0.81%) Microsoft Excel
6 2 (0.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 12 (4.88%) AWS
2 11 (4.47%) Azure
3 4 (1.63%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 25 (10.16%) Ethernet
2 18 (7.32%) TCP/IP
3 13 (5.28%) Software-Defined Radio
3 13 (5.28%) Wireless
4 11 (4.47%) 5G
4 11 (4.47%) WAN
5 10 (4.07%) SD-WAN
6 8 (3.25%) OFDM
7 7 (2.85%) RS-232
7 7 (2.85%) RS-485
8 4 (1.63%) 4G
9 2 (0.81%) DNS
9 2 (0.81%) Internet
9 2 (0.81%) NAS
9 2 (0.81%) RS-422
9 2 (0.81%) SAN
10 1 (0.41%) 3GPP
10 1 (0.41%) DVB
10 1 (0.41%) SNMP
10 1 (0.41%) UMTS
Development Applications
1 17 (6.91%) Git
2 12 (4.88%) Jenkins
3 10 (4.07%) Subversion
4 7 (2.85%) GitLab
4 7 (2.85%) LabVIEW
5 2 (0.81%) JUnit
5 2 (0.81%) PetaLinux
5 2 (0.81%) TeamCity
6 1 (0.41%) CMake
6 1 (0.41%) GCC
6 1 (0.41%) GDB
6 1 (0.41%) JIRA
6 1 (0.41%) Visual Studio
General
1 95 (38.62%) Electronics
2 46 (18.70%) Finance
3 42 (17.07%) Analytical Skills
4 34 (13.82%) Social Skills
5 31 (12.60%) Manufacturing
6 24 (9.76%) Aerospace
7 17 (6.91%) Automotive
8 15 (6.10%) Telecoms
9 13 (5.28%) Public Sector
10 12 (4.88%) Marketing
11 10 (4.07%) Military
12 7 (2.85%) Front Office
13 5 (2.03%) Aviation
13 5 (2.03%) Presentation Skills
14 4 (1.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 4 (1.63%) Organisational Skills
15 2 (0.81%) Banking
15 2 (0.81%) Documentation Skills
16 1 (0.41%) Law
16 1 (0.41%) Retail
Job Titles
1 43 (17.48%) Electronics Engineer
2 42 (17.07%) Embedded Engineer
3 41 (16.67%) Senior
4 39 (15.85%) Developer
5 37 (15.04%) Lead
6 33 (13.41%) Software Engineer
7 31 (12.60%) Hardware Engineer
8 30 (12.20%) Design Engineer
9 27 (10.98%) Systems Engineer
10 23 (9.35%) C++ Developer
10 23 (9.35%) Graduate
11 18 (7.32%) Low Latency C++ Developer
12 17 (6.91%) FPGA Developer
13 16 (6.50%) FPGA Engineer
13 16 (6.50%) Lead Systems Engineer
14 14 (5.69%) Digital Design Engineer
14 14 (5.69%) Junior
15 13 (5.28%) Electronics Design Engineer
15 13 (5.28%) Embedded Software Engineer
16 12 (4.88%) Low Latency Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (2.03%) Yocto
2 4 (1.63%) Flash
3 3 (1.22%) Boost C++ Libraries
4 2 (0.81%) FIX Protocol
4 2 (0.81%) OpenMP
4 2 (0.81%) POSIX
4 2 (0.81%) STL
5 1 (0.41%) Apache Thrift
5 1 (0.41%) CSS
5 1 (0.41%) Flask
5 1 (0.41%) HTML
5 1 (0.41%) HTML5
5 1 (0.41%) LDAP
5 1 (0.41%) LLVM
5 1 (0.41%) React
5 1 (0.41%) Twitter Bootstrap
Miscellaneous
1 87 (35.37%) VHDL
2 35 (14.23%) Verilog
3 34 (13.82%) Algorithms
4 27 (10.98%) Embedded Systems
5 23 (9.35%) Analogue Electronics
6 19 (7.72%) Analytical Mindset
7 18 (7.32%) PCIe
8 17 (6.91%) Self-Motivation
9 14 (5.69%) Greenfield Project
10 11 (4.47%) Equities
11 8 (3.25%) GNSS
12 7 (2.85%) MicroBlaze
13 4 (1.63%) ASIC
13 4 (1.63%) CPLD
13 4 (1.63%) Hedge funds
14 3 (1.22%) Device Driver
14 3 (1.22%) Fibre Optics
14 3 (1.22%) VLSI
15 2 (0.81%) Cyber Defence
15 2 (0.81%) Fixed Income
Operating Systems
1 67 (27.24%) Linux
2 10 (4.07%) Windows
3 6 (2.44%) FreeRTOS
4 5 (2.03%) Embedded Linux
5 2 (0.81%) Android
5 2 (0.81%) CentOS
5 2 (0.81%) Oracle Linux
5 2 (0.81%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (23.98%) Software Engineering
2 56 (22.76%) FPGA Design
3 54 (21.95%) Signal Processing
4 53 (21.54%) Problem-Solving
5 48 (19.51%) Computer Science
6 30 (12.20%) Low Latency
7 29 (11.79%) Physics
7 29 (11.79%) Schematic Capture
8 25 (10.16%) Mathematics
9 24 (9.76%) Customer Service
10 21 (8.54%) Validation
11 14 (5.69%) Mentoring
12 13 (5.28%) Customer Requirements
12 13 (5.28%) Kalman Filter
12 13 (5.28%) Memory Management
13 12 (4.88%) Business Intelligence
13 12 (4.88%) Digital Marketing
13 12 (4.88%) Multithreading
13 12 (4.88%) Programme Management
13 12 (4.88%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 117 (47.56%) C
2 102 (41.46%) C++
3 44 (17.89%) Java
4 37 (15.04%) Python
5 28 (11.38%) MATLAB
6 10 (4.07%) Bash
7 8 (3.25%) Perl
7 8 (3.25%) Tcl
8 7 (2.85%) VB
9 6 (2.44%) Embedded C
10 4 (1.63%) C#
10 4 (1.63%) Shell Script
10 4 (1.63%) SystemVerilog
11 2 (0.81%) Embedded C++
11 2 (0.81%) Haskell
11 2 (0.81%) Rust
12 1 (0.41%) Assembly Language
12 1 (0.41%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 125 (50.81%) Degree
2 42 (17.07%) Security Cleared
3 26 (10.57%) PhD
4 23 (9.35%) SC Cleared
5 14 (5.69%) DV Cleared
6 10 (4.07%) BPSS Clearance
6 10 (4.07%) Master's Degree
7 4 (1.63%) HND
8 3 (1.22%) HNC
9 2 (0.81%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (2.85%) JTAG
2 3 (1.22%) ECSS
2 3 (1.22%) PMO
3 1 (0.41%) AUTOSAR
3 1 (0.41%) ISO 9000
System Software
1 93 (37.80%) Firmware
2 28 (11.38%) Embedded Firmware
3 3 (1.22%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (1.63%) Ansible
2 1 (0.41%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.41%) Nagios
2 1 (0.41%) Prometheus
2 1 (0.41%) Red Hat Spacewalk
Vendors
1 30 (12.20%) EMC
2 27 (10.98%) Xilinx
3 15 (6.10%) Intel
4 12 (4.88%) SAP
5 10 (4.07%) Altera
6 7 (2.85%) Green Hills
6 7 (2.85%) Motorola
7 4 (1.63%) Mentor Graphics
7 4 (1.63%) Microsemi
7 4 (1.63%) Siemens
8 2 (0.81%) Cadence
8 2 (0.81%) F5
8 2 (0.81%) Keysight
8 2 (0.81%) Lattice Semiconductor
8 2 (0.81%) Oracle
8 2 (0.81%) Red Hat
9 1 (0.41%) CA
9 1 (0.41%) Dell
9 1 (0.41%) HP