FPGA Design Contracts in England

Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) Design\Prototyping
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring FPGA Design skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited FPGA Design over the 6 months leading up to 31 October 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 487 565 747
Rank change year-on-year +78 +182 +7
Contract jobs citing FPGA Design 27 24 17
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.087% 0.060% 0.025%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.10% 0.067% 0.028%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 4 7
10th Percentile £426 £553 £534
25th Percentile £447 £558 £553
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £580 £556
Median % change year-on-year -15.95% +4.27% +102.27%
75th Percentile £550 £613 £692
90th Percentile £558 £635 £825
UK median daily rate £488 £560 £556
% change year-on-year -12.95% +0.67% +102.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 13 3
10th Percentile £64.45 £35.00 £38.40
25th Percentile - - £51.00
Median hourly rate £95.00 £70.00 £72.00
Median % change year-on-year +35.71% -2.78% +16.13%
75th Percentile £100.00 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £95.00 £70.00 £72.00
% change year-on-year +35.71% -2.78% +16.13%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

FPGA Design falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 26,975 35,624 61,385
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.59% 88.74% 90.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 16,463 24,518 43,144
10th Percentile £313 £313 £339
25th Percentile £419 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £663
90th Percentile £750 £750 £756
UK median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +7.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 984 1,490 1,588
10th Percentile £15.00 £14.25 £13.41
25th Percentile £20.00 £19.06 £17.25
Median hourly rate £39.50 £44.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -11.24% +27.14% +70.73%
75th Percentile £65.25 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £74.48 £77.50 £73.75
UK median hourly rate £36.00 £43.86 £35.00
% change year-on-year -17.92% +25.31% +66.67%

FPGA Design
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for FPGA Design in England

FPGA Design
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing FPGA Design in England.

Daily rate trend for FPGA Design in England

FPGA Design
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing FPGA Design in England over the 6 months to 31 October 2024.

Daily rate histogram for FPGA Design in England

FPGA Design
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing FPGA Design in England.

Hourly rate trend for FPGA Design in England

FPGA Design
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing FPGA Design in England over the 6 months to 31 October 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for FPGA Design in England

FPGA Design
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing FPGA Design within the England region over the 6 months to 31 October 2024. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
East of England +15 12 £475 -15.18% 21
London +60 11 £500 - 2
North of England +32 3 - - 3
North West +28 3 - - 3
South East +38 2 - - 16
South West +24 1 £400 - 5
FPGA Design
UK

FPGA Design
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 10 (37.04%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 8 (29.63%) Ethernet
2 2 (7.41%) Wireless
3 1 (3.70%) Software-Defined Radio
Development Applications
1 2 (7.41%) Rational DOORS
General
1 2 (7.41%) Electronics
1 2 (7.41%) Law
1 2 (7.41%) Social Skills
2 1 (3.70%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (3.70%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 19 (70.37%) FPGA Engineer
2 10 (37.04%) Design Engineer
3 6 (22.22%) FPGA Design Engineer
3 6 (22.22%) Verification Engineer
4 2 (7.41%) Digital Hardware Engineer
4 2 (7.41%) Hardware Engineer
5 1 (3.70%) Firmware Engineer
5 1 (3.70%) Network Engineer
5 1 (3.70%) Senior
5 1 (3.70%) Senior FPGA Engineer
5 1 (3.70%) Senior Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.70%) JSON
1 1 (3.70%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 27 (100.00%) FPGA
2 21 (77.78%) VHDL
3 18 (66.67%) Verilog
4 10 (37.04%) Data Protection Act
5 8 (29.63%) PCIe
6 2 (7.41%) Algorithms
6 2 (7.41%) Augmented Reality
7 1 (3.70%) ASIC
7 1 (3.70%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.70%) Linux
1 1 (3.70%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (59.26%) UVM
2 10 (37.04%) Data Protection
3 4 (14.81%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (7.41%) Collaborative Working
4 2 (7.41%) Configuration Management
4 2 (7.41%) Direct Market Access
4 2 (7.41%) Prototyping
4 2 (7.41%) Requirements Management
4 2 (7.41%) Signal Processing
4 2 (7.41%) SysML
4 2 (7.41%) Video Processing
5 1 (3.70%) Artificial Intelligence
5 1 (3.70%) Compatibility Testing
5 1 (3.70%) Computer Science
5 1 (3.70%) Digital Signal Processing
5 1 (3.70%) Electronic Design Automation
5 1 (3.70%) Machine Learning
5 1 (3.70%) Risk Analysis
5 1 (3.70%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 12 (44.44%) SystemVerilog
2 8 (29.63%) C
3 2 (7.41%) MATLAB
3 2 (7.41%) Python
3 2 (7.41%) Tcl
4 1 (3.70%) Bash
Qualifications
1 9 (33.33%) Degree
2 1 (3.70%) SC Cleared
2 1 (3.70%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (11.11%) DO-254
2 1 (3.70%) IEC 61508
System Software
1 4 (14.81%) Firmware
Vendors
1 13 (48.15%) Xilinx
2 9 (33.33%) Intel
2 9 (33.33%) Microsemi
3 5 (18.52%) Cadence
4 2 (7.41%) Mentor Graphics
5 1 (3.70%) Actel
5 1 (3.70%) EMC
5 1 (3.70%) Lattice Semiconductor
5 1 (3.70%) Siemens