FPGA Jobs in Wales

Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA)
UK > Wales

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term FPGA in permanent job vacancies in Wales. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited FPGA over the 6 months leading up to 9 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 72 119 114
Rank change year-on-year +47 -5 +23
Permanent jobs citing FPGA 8 2 11
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 0.77% 0.098% 0.67%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.52% 0.31% 1.56%
Number of salaries quoted 2 2 6
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £52,500 £42,500 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £45,000 £37,000
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% +21.62% -
75th Percentile £57,500 £47,500 £52,375
90th Percentile - - £57,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +19.05% -12.50% -14.29%

All Generic Skills
Wales

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 in Wales.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 318 635 707
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 30.43% 31.10% 42.77%
Number of salaries quoted 192 338 321
10th Percentile £31,375 £26,250 £30,500
25th Percentile £45,467 £32,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,000 £44,886 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +38.13% -0.25% -14.29%
75th Percentile £70,600 £57,500 £62,988
90th Percentile £78,750 £67,875 £75,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -15.38% +4.00%

FPGA
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

Job postings citing FPGA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Wales.

Job vacancy trend for FPGA in Wales

FPGA
Salary Trend in Wales

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing FPGA in Wales.

Salary trend for FPGA in Wales

FPGA
Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing FPGA within the Wales region over the 6 months to 9 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
South Wales +49 8 £55,000 +22.22% 3
FPGA
UK

FPGA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales 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 2 (25.00%) GNU Octave
Communications & Networking
1 2 (25.00%) GPRS
1 2 (25.00%) GSM
General
1 6 (75.00%) Finance
2 2 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Aviation
2 2 (25.00%) Electronics
2 2 (25.00%) Manufacturing
2 2 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (75.00%) Design Engineer
1 6 (75.00%) FPGA Design Engineer
1 6 (75.00%) FPGA Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Electronics Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Senior
2 2 (25.00%) Senior Electronics Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (75.00%) e-Learning
2 2 (25.00%) Algorithms
2 2 (25.00%) Analogue Electronics
2 2 (25.00%) CPLD
2 2 (25.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (75.00%) Cybersecurity
1 6 (75.00%) FPGA Design
1 6 (75.00%) Innovative Thinking
2 2 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (25.00%) Cost Reduction
2 2 (25.00%) Customer Requirements
2 2 (25.00%) Digital Signal Processing
2 2 (25.00%) Energy Management
2 2 (25.00%) Feasibility Study
2 2 (25.00%) Kalman Filter
2 2 (25.00%) Mentoring
2 2 (25.00%) Network Monitoring
2 2 (25.00%) Power Management
2 2 (25.00%) Prototyping
2 2 (25.00%) Requirements Management
2 2 (25.00%) Schematic Capture
2 2 (25.00%) Signal Processing
2 2 (25.00%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (25.00%) C
1 2 (25.00%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 6 (75.00%) SC Cleared
1 6 (75.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (25.00%) Degree
System Software
1 2 (25.00%) Embedded Firmware
1 2 (25.00%) Firmware
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) EMC