FPGA Job Trends

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

6 months to
29 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 506 530 599
Rank change year-on-year +24 +69 +180
Permanent jobs citing FPGA 145 193 119
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.24% 0.35% 0.23%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.70% 0.94% 0.62%
Number of salaries quoted 64 83 95
10th Percentile £49,125 £44,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £54,943 £50,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% +9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,625 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £90,000 £124,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £55,500 £54,000
% change year-on-year +17.12% +2.78% -10.00%

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 20,719 20,428 19,298
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 34.93% 36.89% 37.41%
Number of salaries quoted 10,392 9,800 14,083
10th Percentile £27,750 £33,245 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -7.69%
75th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £83,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £106,289
UK excluding London median annual salary £46,160 £54,125 £55,000
% change year-on-year -14.72% -1.59% -

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 29 December 2025.

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 29 December 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
UK excluding London +3 108 £65,000 +17.12% 181
England -10 104 £65,000 +8.33% 181
Work from Home +79 82 £67,500 +3.85% 78
London +46 24 £130,000 +26.83% 25
South East -11 22 £51,885 -16.98% 56
North of England +7 19 £75,000 +100.00% 22
East of England -1 18 £82,500 +50.00% 53
South West +17 15 £65,000 -27.78% 16
Wales +13 14 £57,500 +4.55% 1
Scotland +16 12 £67,500 +3.85% 17
North West +19 11 £75,000 +100.00% 8
Yorkshire +4 8 - - 10
Midlands +17 5 £77,500 +55.00% 20
West Midlands - 5 £77,500 - 7
Northern Ireland - 3 - - 6

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 2 (1.38%) Apache
1 2 (1.38%) nginx
Applications
1 4 (2.76%) Microsoft Office
1 4 (2.76%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 2 (1.38%) AWS
2 1 (0.69%) Amazon S3
2 1 (0.69%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 50 (34.48%) Ethernet
2 20 (13.79%) TCP/IP
3 7 (4.83%) RS-232
3 7 (4.83%) Software-Defined Radio
4 2 (1.38%) DHCP
4 2 (1.38%) DNS
4 2 (1.38%) LAN
4 2 (1.38%) NAS
4 2 (1.38%) SAN
4 2 (1.38%) SNMP
4 2 (1.38%) WAN
4 2 (1.38%) Wireless
5 1 (0.69%) 4G
5 1 (0.69%) 5G
5 1 (0.69%) Internet
5 1 (0.69%) Multicast
Development Applications
1 14 (9.66%) Git
2 6 (4.14%) JIRA
3 5 (3.45%) Rational DOORS
4 2 (1.38%) Eclipse
5 1 (0.69%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.69%) CircleCI
5 1 (0.69%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.69%) Redmine
5 1 (0.69%) Subversion
General
1 46 (31.72%) Electronics
2 26 (17.93%) Finance
3 18 (12.41%) Banking
3 18 (12.41%) Investment Banking
4 14 (9.66%) Aerospace
5 11 (7.59%) Aviation
5 11 (7.59%) Social Skills
6 7 (4.83%) Automotive
6 7 (4.83%) Manufacturing
6 7 (4.83%) Telecoms
7 5 (3.45%) Presentation Skills
8 4 (2.76%) Marketing
8 4 (2.76%) Public Sector
9 3 (2.07%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.69%) Analytical Skills
10 1 (0.69%) Back Office
10 1 (0.69%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 28 (19.31%) Senior
2 19 (13.10%) Developer
3 18 (12.41%) C++ Developer
3 18 (12.41%) Electronics Engineer
3 18 (12.41%) Investment Banking C++ Developer
3 18 (12.41%) Linux Developer
3 18 (12.41%) Linux Scripter
3 18 (12.41%) Low Latency C++ Developer
4 17 (11.72%) FPGA Engineer
4 17 (11.72%) Lead
5 13 (8.97%) Senior Electronics Engineer
6 11 (7.59%) Firmware Engineer
7 10 (6.90%) Senior FPGA Engineer
8 9 (6.21%) Designer
8 9 (6.21%) Systems Engineer
9 8 (5.52%) Design Engineer
10 7 (4.83%) Radio Engineer
11 6 (4.14%) FPGA Design Engineer
11 6 (4.14%) FPGA Designer
11 6 (4.14%) Senior Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.38%) LDAP
2 1 (0.69%) DPDK
2 1 (0.69%) FIX Protocol
2 1 (0.69%) gRPC
2 1 (0.69%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 54 (37.24%) Embedded Systems
2 21 (14.48%) VHDL
3 8 (5.52%) Verilog
4 5 (3.45%) Self-Motivation
5 4 (2.76%) Algorithms
5 4 (2.76%) Onboarding
6 3 (2.07%) ASIC
7 2 (1.38%) Driving Licence
7 2 (1.38%) Hedge funds
7 2 (1.38%) IoT
8 1 (0.69%) Data Centre
8 1 (0.69%) Device Driver
8 1 (0.69%) PCIe
8 1 (0.69%) Robotics
8 1 (0.69%) Smart City
Operating Systems
1 70 (48.28%) Linux
2 2 (1.38%) CentOS
2 2 (1.38%) Oracle Linux
2 2 (1.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 2 (1.38%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (21.38%) FPGA Design
2 29 (20.00%) Agile
3 22 (15.17%) Low Latency
4 16 (11.03%) Signal Processing
5 13 (8.97%) Problem-Solving
6 12 (8.28%) CI/CD
7 11 (7.59%) System Testing
7 11 (7.59%) Test Automation
7 11 (7.59%) Validation
8 10 (6.90%) Software Engineering
8 10 (6.90%) Verification and Validation
9 9 (6.21%) Technical Leadership
10 8 (5.52%) Digital Signal Processing
10 8 (5.52%) Physics
10 8 (5.52%) Schematic Capture
11 7 (4.83%) Cybersecurity
11 7 (4.83%) Innovative Thinking
12 4 (2.76%) Continuous Improvement
12 4 (2.76%) Digital Marketing
12 4 (2.76%) UVM
Programming Languages
1 37 (25.52%) C
2 29 (20.00%) C++
3 23 (15.86%) Java
4 7 (4.83%) MATLAB
5 6 (4.14%) Python
5 6 (4.14%) SystemVerilog
6 3 (2.07%) Perl
7 2 (1.38%) Rust
7 2 (1.38%) SQL
8 1 (0.69%) Bash
8 1 (0.69%) Embedded C
8 1 (0.69%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 20 (13.79%) Degree
2 17 (11.72%) Security Cleared
3 9 (6.21%) SC Cleared
4 8 (5.52%) HND
5 5 (3.45%) BPSS Clearance
5 5 (3.45%) DV Cleared
6 3 (2.07%) Master's Degree
6 3 (2.07%) PhD
7 2 (1.38%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (1.38%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (5.52%) QA
2 4 (2.76%) IEC 61508
2 4 (2.76%) ISO 26262
3 3 (2.07%) ISO 9001
4 2 (1.38%) MISRA
5 1 (0.69%) ECSS
5 1 (0.69%) SLA
System Software
1 29 (20.00%) Firmware
2 18 (12.41%) Embedded Firmware
3 2 (1.38%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (2.07%) Ansible
2 2 (1.38%) Red Hat Satellite
2 2 (1.38%) Red Hat Spacewalk
3 1 (0.69%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 9 (6.21%) EMC
2 6 (4.14%) Xilinx
3 4 (2.76%) Intel
3 4 (2.76%) Microsemi
3 4 (2.76%) Microsoft
3 4 (2.76%) SAP
4 2 (1.38%) Dell
4 2 (1.38%) HP
4 2 (1.38%) Oracle
4 2 (1.38%) Red Hat
5 1 (0.69%) Mentor Graphics
5 1 (0.69%) New Relic
5 1 (0.69%) PagerDuty
5 1 (0.69%) Solarflare