Xilinx
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of Xilinx products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Xilinx over the 6 months leading up to 10 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT labour market in general and are not representative of salaries within Xilinx, Inc.

6 months to
10 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 716 657 782
Rank change year-on-year -59 +125 +61
Permanent jobs citing Xilinx 37 20 97
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.038% 0.041% 0.095%
As % of the Vendors category 0.14% 0.097% 0.28%
Number of salaries quoted 13 12 83
10th Percentile £60,000 £41,250 -
25th Percentile £75,000 £52,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £66,250 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +20.75% +10.42% +41.18%
75th Percentile £87,200 £77,500 £85,000
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median annual salary £80,000 £68,750 £60,000
% change year-on-year +16.36% +14.58% +41.18%

All Vendors
UK

Xilinx falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 25,568 20,710 34,860
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 26.12% 42.32% 34.15%
Number of salaries quoted 15,279 11,354 23,697
10th Percentile £29,750 £27,750 £26,750
25th Percentile £38,750 £36,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,239 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.07% +10.00% -13.04%
75th Percentile £77,500 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £91,250 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +5.26% +5.56% -10.00%

Xilinx
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Xilinx relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Xilinx job vacancy trend in the UK

Xilinx
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Xilinx.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Xilinx

Xilinx
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Xilinx over the 6 months to 10 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Xilinx in the UK

Xilinx
Top 8 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Xilinx within the UK over the 6 months to 10 July 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 -51 36 £80,000 +16.36% 24
England -54 34 £80,000 +14.29% 24
South East -18 28 £87,200 +58.55% 6
Work from Home +5 10 £75,000 - 16
South West -55 4 £75,000 +33.33% 3
East of England -13 2 £80,000 +28.00% 8
Scotland - 1 £47,500 - 2
Wales - 1 - -

Xilinx
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 (8.11%) Artix
Applications
1 7 (18.92%) Simulink
2 3 (8.11%) Lightworks
Business Applications
1 11 (29.73%) Towers Watson Igloo
Cloud Services
1 1 (2.70%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 3 (8.11%) Ethernet
1 3 (8.11%) MQTT
1 3 (8.11%) Wireless
2 1 (2.70%) Software-Defined Radio
Development Applications
1 11 (29.73%) Rational DOORS
2 5 (13.51%) Git
3 3 (8.11%) PetaLinux
General
1 19 (51.35%) Electronics
2 13 (35.14%) Aerospace
3 11 (29.73%) Finance
4 1 (2.70%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (2.70%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 18 (48.65%) FPGA Engineer
2 12 (32.43%) Electronics Engineer
2 12 (32.43%) Systems Engineer
3 11 (29.73%) Principal Engineer
3 11 (29.73%) Principal Systems Engineer
4 7 (18.92%) Design Engineer
4 7 (18.92%) FPGA Design Engineer
5 6 (16.22%) Senior
6 5 (13.51%) Senior FPGA Engineer
7 4 (10.81%) Designer
7 4 (10.81%) Development Engineer
7 4 (10.81%) Embedded Engineer
7 4 (10.81%) FPGA Designer
8 3 (8.11%) Embedded Software Engineer
8 3 (8.11%) Software Engineer
9 1 (2.70%) DSP Engineer
9 1 (2.70%) Process Engineer
9 1 (2.70%) Senior Electronics Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (8.11%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 37 (100.00%) FPGA
2 26 (70.27%) VHDL
3 14 (37.84%) PCIe
4 12 (32.43%) Algorithms
4 12 (32.43%) Verilog
5 11 (29.73%) NVMe
6 8 (21.62%) Embedded Systems
7 3 (8.11%) IoT
7 3 (8.11%) MicroBlaze
8 1 (2.70%) ARM Cortex
8 1 (2.70%) Device Driver
8 1 (2.70%) Legacy Code
Operating Systems
1 3 (8.11%) FreeRTOS
1 3 (8.11%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (51.35%) FPGA Design
2 15 (40.54%) UVM
3 11 (29.73%) Configuration Management
3 11 (29.73%) Data Analysis
3 11 (29.73%) Information Assurance
3 11 (29.73%) Requirements Analysis
3 11 (29.73%) Roadmaps
3 11 (29.73%) System Testing
3 11 (29.73%) Technology Roadmap
4 7 (18.92%) Signal Processing
4 7 (18.92%) Validation
5 4 (10.81%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (10.81%) Software Testing
5 4 (10.81%) Test Automation
6 3 (8.11%) CI/CD
6 3 (8.11%) Data Development
6 3 (8.11%) Image Processing
6 3 (8.11%) Requirements Engineering
6 3 (8.11%) SysML
6 3 (8.11%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 22 (59.46%) C
2 18 (48.65%) C++
3 11 (29.73%) Assembly Language
4 5 (13.51%) SystemVerilog
5 4 (10.81%) Python
6 3 (8.11%) MATLAB
6 3 (8.11%) Rust
Qualifications
1 19 (51.35%) Degree
2 15 (40.54%) BPSS Clearance
3 4 (10.81%) DV Cleared
3 4 (10.81%) Security Cleared
4 3 (8.11%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (8.11%) ECSS
System Software
1 15 (40.54%) Firmware
2 12 (32.43%) Embedded Firmware
Vendors
1 11 (29.73%) Altera
2 4 (10.81%) Intel
2 4 (10.81%) Microsemi
3 1 (2.70%) EMC