FPGA Engineer Contracts in the UK excluding London

Field-Programmable Gate Array Engineer (FPGA Engineer)
UK > UK excluding London

The median Field-Programmable Gate Array Engineer (FPGA Engineer) daily rate in the UK excluding London is £593, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 367 424 496
Rank change year-on-year +57 +72 -62
Contract jobs requiring an FPGA Engineer 34 6 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.16% 0.026% 0.026%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.17% 0.028% 0.028%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 2 3
10th Percentile £229 £476 £485
25th Percentile £438 £505 £510
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £593 £557 £556
Median % change year-on-year +6.47% +0.04% +39.06%
75th Percentile £740 £605 £559
90th Percentile £789 £633 -
UK median daily rate £550 £525 £556
% change year-on-year +4.76% -5.62% +39.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 0 3
10th Percentile £65.47 - £71.00
25th Percentile £69.44 - £72.50
Median hourly rate £70.41 - £75.00
75th Percentile £85.00 - £80.00
90th Percentile - - £83.00
UK median hourly rate £70.41 - £75.00
% change year-on-year - - +50.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. 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 contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 19,709 21,379 29,050
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.42% 94.21% 95.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,751 14,853 20,421
10th Percentile £213 £225 £208
25th Percentile £363 £388 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +8.57%
75th Percentile £593 £600 £575
90th Percentile £680 £688 £656
UK median daily rate £525 £538 £525
% change year-on-year -2.42% +2.48% +6.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,515 1,090 1,383
10th Percentile £12.63 £13.41 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.92 £18.08 £15.00
Median hourly rate £40.00 £42.08 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.94% +110.39% +7.82%
75th Percentile £62.83 £65.00 £47.25
90th Percentile £74.00 £75.68 £62.45
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -16.67% +80.00% +16.28%

FPGA Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured FPGA Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for FPGA Engineer in the UK excluding London

FPGA Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing FPGA Engineer in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for FPGA Engineer in the UK excluding London

FPGA Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing FPGA Engineer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for FPGA Engineer in the UK excluding London

FPGA Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing FPGA Engineer in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for FPGA Engineer in the UK excluding London

FPGA Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing FPGA Engineer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for FPGA Engineer in the UK excluding London

FPGA Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing FPGA Engineer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 12 June 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 +19 19 - - 26
South East - 11 £685 - 14
Wales +22 2 - - 2
North West - 2 - -
North of England - 2 - -
West Midlands - 1 £550 - 6
South West - 1 £400 - 11
Midlands - 1 £550 - 10
FPGA Engineer
UK

FPGA Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 12 June 2024, FPGA Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring FPGA Engineer in the job title.

1 34 (100.00%) FPGA
2 30 (88.24%) FPGA Design
3 27 (79.41%) Xilinx
3 27 (79.41%) VHDL
4 23 (67.65%) C
5 21 (61.76%) Verilog
6 20 (58.82%) Simulink
6 20 (58.82%) Microsemi
6 20 (58.82%) SystemVerilog
7 19 (55.88%) UVM
7 19 (55.88%) Signal Processing
7 19 (55.88%) Degree
8 18 (52.94%) Intel
9 9 (26.47%) Security Cleared
10 5 (14.71%) SC Cleared
10 5 (14.71%) C++
10 5 (14.71%) Embedded C
10 5 (14.71%) Embedded C++
10 5 (14.71%) Algorithms
11 4 (11.76%) Augmented Reality
12 3 (8.82%) DV Cleared
12 3 (8.82%) Risk Management
12 3 (8.82%) Firmware
13 2 (5.88%) MATLAB
13 2 (5.88%) Python
13 2 (5.88%) Telecoms
13 2 (5.88%) Test Scripting
13 2 (5.88%) Software Testing
13 2 (5.88%) Open Source
13 2 (5.88%) Digital Signal Processing

FPGA Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 20 (58.82%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.94%) Software-Defined Radio
General
1 2 (5.88%) Public Sector
1 2 (5.88%) Telecoms
2 1 (2.94%) Aerospace
2 1 (2.94%) Electronics
2 1 (2.94%) Law
Miscellaneous
1 34 (100.00%) FPGA
2 27 (79.41%) VHDL
3 21 (61.76%) Verilog
4 5 (14.71%) Algorithms
5 4 (11.76%) Augmented Reality
6 2 (5.88%) GNSS
7 1 (2.94%) Embedded Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (88.24%) FPGA Design
2 19 (55.88%) Signal Processing
2 19 (55.88%) UVM
3 3 (8.82%) Risk Management
4 2 (5.88%) Digital Signal Processing
4 2 (5.88%) Open Source
4 2 (5.88%) Software Testing
4 2 (5.88%) Test Scripting
5 1 (2.94%) Architectural Design
5 1 (2.94%) Computer Science
5 1 (2.94%) Electronic Design Automation
5 1 (2.94%) Kalman Filter
5 1 (2.94%) Mathematics
5 1 (2.94%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (2.94%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 23 (67.65%) C
2 20 (58.82%) SystemVerilog
3 5 (14.71%) C++
3 5 (14.71%) Embedded C
3 5 (14.71%) Embedded C++
4 2 (5.88%) MATLAB
4 2 (5.88%) Python
Qualifications
1 19 (55.88%) Degree
2 9 (26.47%) Security Cleared
3 5 (14.71%) SC Cleared
4 3 (8.82%) DV Cleared
5 1 (2.94%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.94%) DO-254
1 1 (2.94%) IEC 61508
System Software
1 3 (8.82%) Firmware
Vendors
1 27 (79.41%) Xilinx
2 20 (58.82%) Microsemi
3 18 (52.94%) Intel
4 1 (2.94%) Actel
4 1 (2.94%) Altera
4 1 (2.94%) Lattice Semiconductor
4 1 (2.94%) Siemens