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 18 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 547 506 636
Rank change year-on-year -41 +130 +150
Permanent jobs citing FPGA 151 136 207
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.20% 0.32% 0.24%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.66% 0.81% 0.67%
Number of salaries quoted 61 48 147
10th Percentile £51,250 £44,250 £35,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £50,938 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +13.64% +4.76%
75th Percentile £71,250 £70,625 £70,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,375 £109,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £61,250 £51,250
% change year-on-year +6.12% +19.51% -2.38%

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 22,944 16,702 30,826
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 30.67% 39.04% 36.27%
Number of salaries quoted 11,640 8,863 21,754
10th Percentile £29,000 £32,500 £28,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,239 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.60% +9.09% -15.38%
75th Percentile £78,790 £82,500 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,500 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -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 18 March 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 18 March 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 -24 118 £65,000 +6.12% 158
England -35 117 £65,000 +4.00% 157
Work from Home +13 77 £67,500 +35.00% 48
South West -13 25 £65,000 -5.45% 27
South East -19 24 £67,500 +8.00% 50
London -1 23 £150,000 +50.00% 20
East of England -28 20 £72,500 +31.82% 38
North of England -45 16 - - 15
Wales -9 12 £57,500 +4.55% 3
Scotland -10 10 £67,500 - 13
Midlands -13 8 £52,500 -2.33% 14
North West -24 8 - - 2
Yorkshire -37 8 - - 9
West Midlands - 6 £52,500 - 2
Northern Ireland - 3 - - 7
East Midlands -36 2 £65,000 +20.93% 12

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 (1.32%) Apache
1 2 (1.32%) nginx
Applications
1 4 (2.65%) Simulink
2 2 (1.32%) OrCAD
Business Applications
1 7 (4.64%) Towers Watson Igloo
Cloud Services
1 1 (0.66%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 52 (34.44%) Ethernet
2 21 (13.91%) TCP/IP
3 5 (3.31%) Software-Defined Radio
4 4 (2.65%) RS-232
5 3 (1.99%) Wi-Fi
5 3 (1.99%) Wireless
6 2 (1.32%) Bluetooth
6 2 (1.32%) DHCP
6 2 (1.32%) DNS
6 2 (1.32%) LAN
6 2 (1.32%) NAS
6 2 (1.32%) RFID
6 2 (1.32%) SAN
6 2 (1.32%) SNMP
6 2 (1.32%) WAN
7 1 (0.66%) LTE
Development Applications
1 13 (8.61%) Git
2 10 (6.62%) Rational DOORS
3 3 (1.99%) JIRA
4 2 (1.32%) Eclipse
4 2 (1.32%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.66%) Subversion
General
1 51 (33.77%) Electronics
2 21 (13.91%) Finance
3 19 (12.58%) Banking
3 19 (12.58%) Investment Banking
4 12 (7.95%) Aerospace
5 11 (7.28%) Aviation
6 8 (5.30%) Social Skills
7 5 (3.31%) Automotive
8 4 (2.65%) Manufacturing
9 3 (1.99%) Analytical Skills
10 2 (1.32%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.66%) Aeronautics
11 1 (0.66%) Legal
11 1 (0.66%) Military
11 1 (0.66%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 29 (19.21%) Lead
2 22 (14.57%) FPGA Engineer
2 22 (14.57%) Senior
3 20 (13.25%) Developer
4 19 (12.58%) C++ Developer
4 19 (12.58%) Investment Banking C++ Developer
4 19 (12.58%) Linux Developer
4 19 (12.58%) Linux Scripter
4 19 (12.58%) Low Latency C++ Developer
5 11 (7.28%) Firmware Engineer
6 9 (5.96%) Embedded Engineer
7 7 (4.64%) Electronics Engineer
8 6 (3.97%) Senior FPGA Engineer
9 5 (3.31%) Designer
9 5 (3.31%) Development Engineer
9 5 (3.31%) FPGA Designer
9 5 (3.31%) Hardware Engineer
9 5 (3.31%) Senior Designer
9 5 (3.31%) Senior Electronics Engineer
10 4 (2.65%) Design Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.32%) LDAP
2 1 (0.66%) gRPC
2 1 (0.66%) Middleware
2 1 (0.66%) Node.js
2 1 (0.66%) NumPy
2 1 (0.66%) PyTorch
2 1 (0.66%) Qt
2 1 (0.66%) SciPy
2 1 (0.66%) ZeroMQ
Miscellaneous
1 54 (35.76%) Embedded Systems
2 20 (13.25%) Algorithms
3 19 (12.58%) VHDL
4 13 (8.61%) PCIe
5 7 (4.64%) NVMe
6 5 (3.31%) ASIC
7 4 (2.65%) Onboarding
8 3 (1.99%) Device Driver
8 3 (1.99%) Self-Motivation
9 2 (1.32%) GNSS
9 2 (1.32%) Photography
9 2 (1.32%) Raspberry Pi
9 2 (1.32%) Verilog
10 1 (0.66%) Analogue Electronics
10 1 (0.66%) Data Centre
10 1 (0.66%) Hedge funds
10 1 (0.66%) Management Information System
10 1 (0.66%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 71 (47.02%) Linux
2 2 (1.32%) CentOS
2 2 (1.32%) Embedded Linux
2 2 (1.32%) Oracle Linux
2 2 (1.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (19.87%) Agile
2 23 (15.23%) FPGA Design
3 20 (13.25%) Low Latency
4 16 (10.60%) System Testing
5 14 (9.27%) Validation
6 13 (8.61%) Signal Processing
7 12 (7.95%) Schematic Capture
7 12 (7.95%) Test Automation
8 11 (7.28%) Software Engineering
9 10 (6.62%) CI/CD
9 10 (6.62%) Problem-Solving
10 9 (5.96%) Configuration Management
10 9 (5.96%) Technical Leadership
10 9 (5.96%) Verification and Validation
11 8 (5.30%) Kalman Filter
11 8 (5.30%) Roadmaps
12 7 (4.64%) Digital Signal Processing
12 7 (4.64%) Mentoring
12 7 (4.64%) Requirements Analysis
12 7 (4.64%) Technology Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 48 (31.79%) C
2 43 (28.48%) C++
3 23 (15.23%) Java
4 12 (7.95%) Python
5 7 (4.64%) Assembly Language
6 5 (3.31%) MATLAB
7 4 (2.65%) C#
8 3 (1.99%) Embedded C
9 2 (1.32%) Embedded C++
9 2 (1.32%) Perl
10 1 (0.66%) Rust
10 1 (0.66%) SQL
10 1 (0.66%) SystemVerilog
Qualifications
1 17 (11.26%) Degree
2 12 (7.95%) Security Cleared
3 6 (3.97%) PhD
4 4 (2.65%) Master's Degree
4 4 (2.65%) SC Cleared
5 1 (0.66%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (0.66%) CEH
5 1 (0.66%) DV Cleared
5 1 (0.66%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (3.31%) QA
2 4 (2.65%) IEC 61508
2 4 (2.65%) ISO 26262
3 3 (1.99%) MISRA
4 1 (0.66%) DO-254
System Software
1 30 (19.87%) Firmware
2 18 (11.92%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (1.32%) Ansible
1 2 (1.32%) Red Hat Satellite
1 2 (1.32%) Red Hat Spacewalk
Vendors
1 11 (7.28%) Altera
2 10 (6.62%) Xilinx
3 5 (3.31%) EMC
4 3 (1.99%) Microsoft
5 2 (1.32%) Dell
5 2 (1.32%) HP
5 2 (1.32%) Oracle
5 2 (1.32%) Red Hat