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

6 months to
7 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 539 510 630
Rank change year-on-year -29 +120 +166
Permanent jobs citing FPGA 144 159 201
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.20% 0.34% 0.25%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.64% 0.89% 0.68%
Number of salaries quoted 58 53 145
10th Percentile £50,875 £45,500 £34,500
25th Percentile £53,125 £50,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% +14.29% -
75th Percentile £71,250 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £96,250 £113,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £57,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +13.04% +15.00% -4.76%

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 22,664 17,871 29,440
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 31.32% 38.59% 36.33%
Number of salaries quoted 11,509 8,883 21,128
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,639 £28,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £39,085
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.84% +10.91% -15.38%
75th Percentile £78,750 £83,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,500 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £48,720 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -11.42% +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 7 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 7 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 -23 111 £65,000 +13.04% 166
England -28 110 £65,000 +8.33% 168
Work from Home +36 75 £67,500 +35.00% 44
South West +6 24 £65,000 +8.33% 37
London +32 23 £150,000 +31.87% 23
East of England -3 20 £72,500 +38.10% 36
South East -27 19 £60,000 -4.00% 53
North of England -21 16 - - 15
Wales 0 12 £57,500 +4.55% 4
Scotland -6 10 £67,500 +12.50% 9
North West -13 8 - - 4
Yorkshire -32 8 - - 9
Midlands +3 7 £52,500 +5.00% 13
West Midlands - 6 £52,500 - 2
Northern Ireland - 3 - - 7
East Midlands -25 1 - - 11

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 (1.39%) Apache
1 2 (1.39%) nginx
Applications
1 4 (2.78%) Simulink
2 2 (1.39%) OrCAD
Business Applications
1 6 (4.17%) Towers Watson Igloo
Cloud Services
1 1 (0.69%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 52 (36.11%) Ethernet
2 21 (14.58%) TCP/IP
3 4 (2.78%) RS-232
3 4 (2.78%) Software-Defined Radio
4 3 (2.08%) Wi-Fi
4 3 (2.08%) Wireless
5 2 (1.39%) Bluetooth
5 2 (1.39%) DHCP
5 2 (1.39%) DNS
5 2 (1.39%) LAN
5 2 (1.39%) NAS
5 2 (1.39%) RFID
5 2 (1.39%) SAN
5 2 (1.39%) SNMP
5 2 (1.39%) WAN
6 1 (0.69%) LTE
Development Applications
1 13 (9.03%) Git
2 10 (6.94%) Rational DOORS
3 4 (2.78%) JIRA
4 2 (1.39%) Eclipse
4 2 (1.39%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.69%) Subversion
General
1 50 (34.72%) Electronics
2 21 (14.58%) Finance
3 19 (13.19%) Banking
3 19 (13.19%) Investment Banking
4 12 (8.33%) Aerospace
5 10 (6.94%) Aviation
6 7 (4.86%) Social Skills
7 5 (3.47%) Automotive
8 4 (2.78%) Manufacturing
9 3 (2.08%) Analytical Skills
10 2 (1.39%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.69%) Aeronautics
11 1 (0.69%) Legal
11 1 (0.69%) Military
11 1 (0.69%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 29 (20.14%) Lead
2 20 (13.89%) Developer
2 20 (13.89%) Senior
3 19 (13.19%) C++ Developer
3 19 (13.19%) Investment Banking C++ Developer
3 19 (13.19%) Linux Developer
3 19 (13.19%) Linux Scripter
3 19 (13.19%) Low Latency C++ Developer
4 18 (12.50%) FPGA Engineer
5 11 (7.64%) Firmware Engineer
6 7 (4.86%) Electronics Engineer
7 6 (4.17%) Embedded Engineer
8 5 (3.47%) Designer
8 5 (3.47%) Development Engineer
8 5 (3.47%) FPGA Designer
8 5 (3.47%) Senior Designer
8 5 (3.47%) Senior Electronics Engineer
8 5 (3.47%) Senior FPGA Engineer
9 4 (2.78%) Hardware Engineer
9 4 (2.78%) Linux Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.39%) LDAP
2 1 (0.69%) gRPC
2 1 (0.69%) Middleware
2 1 (0.69%) Node.js
2 1 (0.69%) NumPy
2 1 (0.69%) PyTorch
2 1 (0.69%) Qt
2 1 (0.69%) SciPy
2 1 (0.69%) ZeroMQ
Miscellaneous
1 52 (36.11%) Embedded Systems
2 18 (12.50%) Algorithms
3 16 (11.11%) VHDL
4 12 (8.33%) PCIe
5 6 (4.17%) NVMe
6 4 (2.78%) ASIC
6 4 (2.78%) Onboarding
7 3 (2.08%) Device Driver
7 3 (2.08%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (1.39%) GNSS
8 2 (1.39%) Photography
8 2 (1.39%) Raspberry Pi
9 1 (0.69%) Analogue Electronics
9 1 (0.69%) Data Centre
9 1 (0.69%) Hedge funds
9 1 (0.69%) Management Information System
9 1 (0.69%) Verilog
Operating Systems
1 71 (49.31%) Linux
2 2 (1.39%) CentOS
2 2 (1.39%) Embedded Linux
2 2 (1.39%) Oracle Linux
2 2 (1.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (20.83%) Agile
2 20 (13.89%) FPGA Design
2 20 (13.89%) Low Latency
3 15 (10.42%) System Testing
4 13 (9.03%) Validation
5 12 (8.33%) Schematic Capture
5 12 (8.33%) Signal Processing
6 11 (7.64%) Test Automation
7 10 (6.94%) CI/CD
7 10 (6.94%) Problem-Solving
7 10 (6.94%) Software Engineering
8 9 (6.25%) Technical Leadership
8 9 (6.25%) Verification and Validation
9 8 (5.56%) Configuration Management
10 7 (4.86%) Kalman Filter
10 7 (4.86%) Roadmaps
11 6 (4.17%) Digital Signal Processing
11 6 (4.17%) Embedded Software Development
11 6 (4.17%) Mentoring
11 6 (4.17%) Technology Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 46 (31.94%) C
2 41 (28.47%) C++
3 23 (15.97%) Java
4 11 (7.64%) Python
5 6 (4.17%) Assembly Language
6 5 (3.47%) MATLAB
7 4 (2.78%) C#
8 3 (2.08%) Embedded C
9 2 (1.39%) Embedded C++
9 2 (1.39%) Perl
10 1 (0.69%) Rust
10 1 (0.69%) SQL
Qualifications
1 15 (10.42%) Degree
2 8 (5.56%) Security Cleared
3 6 (4.17%) PhD
4 4 (2.78%) Master's Degree
5 2 (1.39%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (1.39%) SC Cleared
6 1 (0.69%) DV Cleared
6 1 (0.69%) HNC
6 1 (0.69%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (3.47%) QA
2 4 (2.78%) IEC 61508
2 4 (2.78%) ISO 26262
3 3 (2.08%) MISRA
System Software
1 29 (20.14%) Firmware
2 17 (11.81%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (1.39%) Ansible
1 2 (1.39%) Red Hat Satellite
1 2 (1.39%) Red Hat Spacewalk
Vendors
1 10 (6.94%) Altera
2 8 (5.56%) Xilinx
3 5 (3.47%) EMC
4 3 (2.08%) Microsoft
5 2 (1.39%) Dell
5 2 (1.39%) HP
5 2 (1.39%) Oracle
5 2 (1.39%) Red Hat