Hybrid/Remote FPGA Engineer Job Trends

Field-Programmable Gate Array Engineer (FPGA Engineer)
UK > Work from Home

The median Field-Programmable Gate Array Engineer (FPGA Engineer) salary for remote/hybrid work is £67,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 18 December 2025.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 361 418 465
Rank change year-on-year +57 +47 +259
Permanent jobs requiring an FPGA Engineer 11 27 9
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.072% 0.15% 0.045%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.077% 0.16% 0.047%
Number of salaries quoted 8 1 4
10th Percentile - - £38,500
25th Percentile £63,750 - £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £100,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -32.50% +73.91% -11.54%
75th Percentile £71,250 - £62,813
90th Percentile - - £63,375
UK median annual salary £67,500 £62,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +8.00% +13.64% -27.87%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies with remote/hybrid work options. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Work from Home with a recognized job title 14,256 16,805 18,972
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.51% 96.24% 95.68%
Number of salaries quoted 9,246 10,446 15,419
10th Percentile £30,000 £35,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,000 £46,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £97,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -

FPGA Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Roles

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'FPGA Engineer' in the job title and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

FPGA Engineer job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid roles

FPGA Engineer
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for remote FPGA Engineer job vacancies.

Salary distribution trend for remote FPGA Engineer job vacancies

FPGA Engineer Skill Set
Top 26 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs

For the 6 months to 18 December 2025, FPGA Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent jobs with hybrid/remote work options featuring FPGA Engineer in the job title.

1 11 (100.00%) FPGA Design
2 8 (72.73%) EMC
2 8 (72.73%) Ethernet
2 8 (72.73%) Problem-Solving
2 8 (72.73%) RS-232
2 8 (72.73%) Schematic Capture
3 2 (18.18%) C
3 2 (18.18%) Intel
3 2 (18.18%) Mentor Graphics
3 2 (18.18%) Microsemi
3 2 (18.18%) Project Delivery
3 2 (18.18%) Simulink
3 2 (18.18%) SystemVerilog
3 2 (18.18%) UVM
3 2 (18.18%) Xilinx
4 1 (9.09%) AI
4 1 (9.09%) C++
4 1 (9.09%) Degree
4 1 (9.09%) PhD
4 1 (9.09%) Physics
4 1 (9.09%) Python
4 1 (9.09%) Rational DOORS
4 1 (9.09%) Requirements Management
4 1 (9.09%) Signal Processing
4 1 (9.09%) Tcl
4 1 (9.09%) Technical Leadership

FPGA Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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:

Applications
1 2 (18.18%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 8 (72.73%) Ethernet
1 8 (72.73%) RS-232
Development Applications
1 1 (9.09%) Rational DOORS
General
1 9 (81.82%) Electronics
2 1 (9.09%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 11 (100.00%) FPGA
1 11 (100.00%) VHDL
2 1 (9.09%) ASIC
2 1 (9.09%) IoT
2 1 (9.09%) Robotics
2 1 (9.09%) Verilog
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (100.00%) FPGA Design
2 8 (72.73%) Problem-Solving
2 8 (72.73%) Schematic Capture
3 2 (18.18%) Project Delivery
3 2 (18.18%) UVM
4 1 (9.09%) AI
4 1 (9.09%) Physics
4 1 (9.09%) Requirements Management
4 1 (9.09%) Signal Processing
4 1 (9.09%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 2 (18.18%) C
1 2 (18.18%) SystemVerilog
2 1 (9.09%) C++
2 1 (9.09%) Python
2 1 (9.09%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 1 (9.09%) Degree
1 1 (9.09%) PhD
Vendors
1 8 (72.73%) EMC
2 2 (18.18%) Intel
2 2 (18.18%) Mentor Graphics
2 2 (18.18%) Microsemi
2 2 (18.18%) Xilinx