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 28 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 580 645 786
Rank change year-on-year +65 +141 +141
Permanent jobs citing FPGA 132 271 178
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.24% 0.27% 0.18%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.65% 0.76% 0.42%
Number of salaries quoted 64 190 86
10th Percentile £37,500 £32,500 £39,978
25th Percentile £52,500 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £51,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +21.36% -14.17% -14.29%
75th Percentile £72,438 £70,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £79,250 £100,000 £91,875
UK excluding London median annual salary £61,500 £50,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +23.00% -16.67% -14.29%

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 20,320 35,437 42,555
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 37.16% 34.69% 43.46%
Number of salaries quoted 9,321 23,080 22,873
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,000 £35,647
25th Percentile £42,000 £38,043 £46,350
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -15.38% +4.00%
75th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £86,250
90th Percentile £110,000 £97,500 £110,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% +4.76%

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 28 May 2025.

Salary histogram for FPGA in the UK

FPGA
Top 13 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 28 May 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
England -1 93 £62,500 +21.36% 471
UK excluding London +64 89 £61,500 +23.00% 457
Work from Home +98 63 £61,500 +9.33% 191
South East +61 39 £62,500 +20.19% 115
East of England +19 25 £53,000 +6.00% 148
London +97 21 £102,500 -10.87% 73
Wales +55 10 £55,000 +22.22% 9
Scotland +124 7 £64,500 +17.27% 52
South West +45 5 £56,250 +12.50% 70
North of England +32 2 £52,500 +5.00% 46
North West -7 2 £52,500 +5.00% 23
West Midlands +64 1 £75,000 - 26
Midlands +50 1 £75,000 +87.50% 45

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:

Applications
1 8 (6.06%) Simulink
2 2 (1.52%) OrCAD
3 1 (0.76%) GNU Octave
3 1 (0.76%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 27 (20.45%) Software-Defined Radio
2 23 (17.42%) TCP/IP
3 7 (5.30%) Ethernet
4 4 (3.03%) 5G
4 4 (3.03%) DNS
4 4 (3.03%) HTTP
4 4 (3.03%) Internet
4 4 (3.03%) SD-WAN
4 4 (3.03%) SMTP
4 4 (3.03%) WAN
5 3 (2.27%) RS-232
5 3 (2.27%) RS-485
6 2 (1.52%) GSM
7 1 (0.76%) GPRS
7 1 (0.76%) LTE
7 1 (0.76%) Radio Access Network
7 1 (0.76%) UMTS
7 1 (0.76%) Wideband
Development Applications
1 13 (9.85%) Git
2 12 (9.09%) Subversion
3 7 (5.30%) JIRA
4 1 (0.76%) Carbide.c++
4 1 (0.76%) LabVIEW
4 1 (0.76%) PetaLinux
4 1 (0.76%) Visual Studio
General
1 35 (26.52%) Electronics
2 32 (24.24%) Finance
3 25 (18.94%) Social Skills
4 14 (10.61%) Banking
4 14 (10.61%) Investment Banking
5 10 (7.58%) Manufacturing
5 10 (7.58%) Presentation Skills
6 8 (6.06%) Aerospace
6 8 (6.06%) Analytical Skills
7 6 (4.55%) Aviation
8 2 (1.52%) Advertising
8 2 (1.52%) Marketing
9 1 (0.76%) Automotive
9 1 (0.76%) Front Office
9 1 (0.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (0.76%) Law
9 1 (0.76%) Military
9 1 (0.76%) Public Sector
9 1 (0.76%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 43 (32.58%) FPGA Engineer
2 30 (22.73%) Senior
3 24 (18.18%) Systems Engineer
4 23 (17.42%) Radio Engineer
5 21 (15.91%) Design Engineer
6 20 (15.15%) C++ Developer
6 20 (15.15%) Developer
7 19 (14.39%) Low Latency C++ Developer
8 18 (13.64%) Linux Developer
9 17 (12.88%) Electronics Engineer
10 16 (12.12%) FPGA Design Engineer
11 14 (10.61%) Investment Banking C++ Developer
11 14 (10.61%) Linux Scripter
12 13 (9.85%) Senior Electronics Engineer
13 9 (6.82%) Firmware Engineer
14 6 (4.55%) Embedded Engineer
14 6 (4.55%) Senior FPGA Engineer
15 5 (3.79%) FPGA Developer
15 5 (3.79%) Lead
15 5 (3.79%) Senior Embedded Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.03%) .NET
2 1 (0.76%) Boost C++ Libraries
2 1 (0.76%) FIX Protocol
2 1 (0.76%) OpenCV
2 1 (0.76%) OpenGL
2 1 (0.76%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 43 (32.58%) VHDL
2 32 (24.24%) Verilog
3 15 (11.36%) Algorithms
4 12 (9.09%) e-Learning
5 10 (7.58%) Self-Motivation
6 8 (6.06%) Analogue Electronics
6 8 (6.06%) GNSS
7 7 (5.30%) MicroBlaze
8 6 (4.55%) CPLD
8 6 (4.55%) Embedded Systems
9 4 (3.03%) Life Science
9 4 (3.03%) Self-Driving Car
9 4 (3.03%) Tandem
10 3 (2.27%) ASIC
10 3 (2.27%) Device Driver
10 3 (2.27%) Greenfield Project
10 3 (2.27%) NVMe
10 3 (2.27%) Satnav
11 1 (0.76%) Linux Command Line
11 1 (0.76%) VLSI
Operating Systems
1 37 (28.03%) Linux
2 8 (6.06%) Windows
3 5 (3.79%) Unix
4 4 (3.03%) Embedded Linux
5 3 (2.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (39.39%) FPGA Design
2 46 (34.85%) Signal Processing
3 37 (28.03%) Innovative Thinking
4 32 (24.24%) Digital Signal Processing
5 29 (21.97%) Physics
6 27 (20.45%) Prototyping
7 21 (15.91%) Problem-Solving
8 20 (15.15%) Low Latency
9 18 (13.64%) Agile
10 13 (9.85%) Cybersecurity
11 12 (9.09%) Mathematics
11 12 (9.09%) Schematic Capture
11 12 (9.09%) Validation
12 10 (7.58%) Test Automation
13 9 (6.82%) Software Engineering
14 8 (6.06%) Software Architecture
14 8 (6.06%) Verification and Validation
15 7 (5.30%) B2B
15 7 (5.30%) Software Testing
16 6 (4.55%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 52 (39.39%) C++
2 51 (38.64%) C
3 31 (23.48%) MATLAB
4 15 (11.36%) Java
4 15 (11.36%) Python
5 14 (10.61%) C#
6 7 (5.30%) SystemVerilog
6 7 (5.30%) Tcl
7 6 (4.55%) Embedded C
7 6 (4.55%) Embedded C++
8 3 (2.27%) Go
8 3 (2.27%) Perl
8 3 (2.27%) VB
9 2 (1.52%) Rust
10 1 (0.76%) Bash
Qualifications
1 53 (40.15%) Security Cleared
2 45 (34.09%) SC Cleared
3 32 (24.24%) Degree
4 5 (3.79%) DV Cleared
4 5 (3.79%) PhD
5 3 (2.27%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (0.76%) DO-254
1 1 (0.76%) QA
System Software
1 62 (46.97%) Firmware
2 35 (26.52%) Embedded Firmware
Vendors
1 18 (13.64%) Xilinx
2 14 (10.61%) EMC
3 4 (3.03%) Agilent
3 4 (3.03%) Altera
3 4 (3.03%) Intel
4 3 (2.27%) Green Hills
4 3 (2.27%) Microsemi
4 3 (2.27%) Red Hat
5 2 (1.52%) Microsoft
5 2 (1.52%) YouTube
6 1 (0.76%) Cadence
6 1 (0.76%) Freescale
6 1 (0.76%) SAP