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 22 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 585 520 629
Rank change year-on-year -65 +109 +55
Permanent jobs citing FPGA 195 167 190
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.18% 0.34% 0.23%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.69% 0.81% 0.70%
Number of salaries quoted 118 88 136
10th Percentile £45,000 £37,500 £35,625
25th Percentile £57,500 £53,750 £43,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £62,500 £55,750
Median % change year-on-year +12.00% +12.11% -8.98%
75th Percentile £84,375 £72,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £80,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +7.69% +23.81% -12.50%

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 28,082 20,539 27,103
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 26.02% 41.21% 32.62%
Number of salaries quoted 17,626 10,337 15,729
10th Percentile £31,188 £28,750 £30,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,000 £41,263
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -4.35% -8.73%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £103,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.53% -5.00% -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 22 August 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 22 August 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 -27 182 £70,000 +7.69% 136
England -45 171 £75,000 +15.38% 141
South East +4 84 £75,000 +25.00% 48
Work from Home -43 62 £62,500 - 34
East of England -22 31 £75,000 +10.29% 46
Scotland +19 22 £50,000 -25.93% 1
South West -63 17 £70,000 -8.20% 17
Midlands -25 16 £67,500 -10.00% 19
East Midlands -10 14 £67,500 - 11
London -53 13 - - 8
North of England -49 10 £55,750 -25.67% 13
North West -11 5 £70,000 -6.67% 8
Yorkshire - 5 £50,000 - 2
West Midlands -25 2 - - 8
Wales -67 1 - -
Northern Ireland - 1 £65,000 -

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 3 (1.54%) Artix
2 1 (0.51%) Kinematics
Applications
1 25 (12.82%) Simulink
2 4 (2.05%) SOLIDWORKS
3 3 (1.54%) Lightworks
4 2 (1.03%) OrCAD
5 1 (0.51%) Mathcad
5 1 (0.51%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 10 (5.13%) Towers Watson Igloo
2 1 (0.51%) Dynamics GP
Communications & Networking
1 16 (8.21%) Wireless
2 14 (7.18%) TCP/IP
3 12 (6.15%) Ethernet
4 11 (5.64%) Software-Defined Radio
5 10 (5.13%) 5G
6 9 (4.62%) 5G NR
7 3 (1.54%) MQTT
8 2 (1.03%) RS-485
9 1 (0.51%) LTE
9 1 (0.51%) RS-232
Development Applications
1 10 (5.13%) Rational DOORS
2 6 (3.08%) Git
2 6 (3.08%) PetaLinux
3 2 (1.03%) JIRA
3 2 (1.03%) LabVIEW
3 2 (1.03%) Subversion
General
1 62 (31.79%) Electronics
2 45 (23.08%) Finance
3 40 (20.51%) Aerospace
4 28 (14.36%) Social Skills
5 22 (11.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 15 (7.69%) Manufacturing
7 13 (6.67%) Banking
8 12 (6.15%) Investment Banking
9 10 (5.13%) Analytical Skills
10 8 (4.10%) Military
11 2 (1.03%) Games
11 2 (1.03%) Retail
12 1 (0.51%) Advertising
12 1 (0.51%) Aviation
12 1 (0.51%) Documentation Skills
12 1 (0.51%) Law
12 1 (0.51%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (0.51%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 79 (40.51%) FPGA Engineer
2 33 (16.92%) Embedded Engineer
3 31 (15.90%) Senior
4 26 (13.33%) Electronics Engineer
5 21 (10.77%) Design Engineer
6 20 (10.26%) Systems Engineer
7 19 (9.74%) FPGA Design Engineer
7 19 (9.74%) Senior FPGA Engineer
8 16 (8.21%) Principal Engineer
9 14 (7.18%) Developer
9 14 (7.18%) DSP Engineer
10 12 (6.15%) C++ Developer
10 12 (6.15%) Investment Banking C++ Developer
10 12 (6.15%) Linux Developer
10 12 (6.15%) Linux Scripter
10 12 (6.15%) Low Latency C++ Developer
11 11 (5.64%) Principal Systems Engineer
11 11 (5.64%) Technical Specialist
12 10 (5.13%) Lead
13 9 (4.62%) Sales Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (4.10%) Yocto
2 3 (1.54%) Terraform
3 1 (0.51%) FIX Protocol
3 1 (0.51%) Flash
Miscellaneous
1 59 (30.26%) VHDL
2 37 (18.97%) Verilog
3 31 (15.90%) Embedded Systems
4 28 (14.36%) Algorithms
5 25 (12.82%) PCIe
6 10 (5.13%) ASIC
6 10 (5.13%) NVMe
6 10 (5.13%) Self-Motivation
7 7 (3.59%) Analogue Electronics
8 6 (3.08%) Device Driver
8 6 (3.08%) IoT
8 6 (3.08%) Robotics
9 3 (1.54%) MicroBlaze
10 2 (1.03%) 3D Printing
10 2 (1.03%) Arduino
10 2 (1.03%) ARM Cortex
10 2 (1.03%) Raspberry Pi
10 2 (1.03%) Renewable Energy
11 1 (0.51%) Legacy Code
11 1 (0.51%) Optoelectronics
Operating Systems
1 35 (17.95%) Linux
2 11 (5.64%) Embedded Linux
3 3 (1.54%) FreeRTOS
3 3 (1.54%) Robot Operating System
4 2 (1.03%) Windows
5 1 (0.51%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (23.59%) FPGA Design
2 31 (15.90%) Signal Processing
3 26 (13.33%) Validation
4 25 (12.82%) Problem-Solving
5 22 (11.28%) Low Latency
6 20 (10.26%) Agile
6 20 (10.26%) AI
7 19 (9.74%) Configuration Management
7 19 (9.74%) Software Engineering
7 19 (9.74%) UVM
8 18 (9.23%) Prototyping
9 17 (8.72%) Test Automation
10 16 (8.21%) Digital Signal Processing
10 16 (8.21%) Physics
10 16 (8.21%) Schematic Capture
11 14 (7.18%) Mentoring
12 13 (6.67%) Computer Science
13 12 (6.15%) Continuous Improvement
13 12 (6.15%) Mathematics
13 12 (6.15%) Requirements Analysis
Programming Languages
1 69 (35.38%) C
2 55 (28.21%) C++
3 34 (17.44%) Python
4 24 (12.31%) MATLAB
5 16 (8.21%) Embedded C
6 12 (6.15%) Embedded C++
6 12 (6.15%) Java
6 12 (6.15%) SystemVerilog
7 10 (5.13%) Assembly Language
8 3 (1.54%) Bash
8 3 (1.54%) Perl
8 3 (1.54%) Rust
9 1 (0.51%) C#
Qualifications
1 70 (35.90%) Degree
2 61 (31.28%) Security Cleared
3 41 (21.03%) SC Cleared
4 36 (18.46%) DV Cleared
5 35 (17.95%) BPSS Clearance
6 18 (9.23%) Master's Degree
7 14 (7.18%) PhD
8 7 (3.59%) Chartered Engineer
9 4 (2.05%) HNC
9 4 (2.05%) HND
10 3 (1.54%) Computer Science Degree
11 1 (0.51%) CEH
11 1 (0.51%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (9.23%) Accessibility
2 3 (1.54%) ECSS
3 1 (0.51%) DO-254
3 1 (0.51%) QA
System Software
1 67 (34.36%) Firmware
2 27 (13.85%) Embedded Firmware
3 3 (1.54%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (1.54%) Ansible
1 3 (1.54%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 45 (23.08%) Xilinx
2 15 (7.69%) Altera
3 8 (4.10%) Siemens
4 6 (3.08%) EMC
4 6 (3.08%) Intel
4 6 (3.08%) Microsemi
5 1 (0.51%) Lattice Semiconductor
5 1 (0.51%) MathWorks
5 1 (0.51%) Microsoft