Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA)
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term FPGA in contract job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited FPGA over the 6 months to 10 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 496 635 789
Rank change year-on-year +139 +154 -164
Contract jobs citing FPGA 86 68 50
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.20% 0.12% 0.057%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.66% 0.35% 0.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 19 5
10th Percentile £503 £405 £420
25th Percentile £534 £472 £468
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +10.00% +14.03%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £503
90th Percentile £761 £741 £591
UK excluding London median daily rate £600 £550 £500
% change year-on-year +9.09% +10.00% +21.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 59 14 32
10th Percentile - £46.25 £17.00
25th Percentile £53.40 £50.00 £45.99
Median hourly rate £57.35 £60.04 £56.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.48% +7.21% +12.00%
75th Percentile £85.00 £65.44 £57.94
90th Percentile £90.00 £68.15 £74.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £57.35 £58.33 £56.00
% change year-on-year -1.68% +4.17% +12.00%

All Generic Skills
UK

FPGA is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 13,029 19,287 28,890
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 30.30% 33.32% 33.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,387 13,249 20,174
10th Percentile £268 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £450 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £663 £678 £663
90th Percentile £800 £800 £763
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 901 634 712
10th Percentile £12.25 £9.80 £14.25
25th Percentile £15.17 £10.63 £17.00
Median hourly rate £31.25 £22.45 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +39.21% -18.37% +4.47%
75th Percentile £61.30 £64.13 £50.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £66.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.50 £22.00 £21.00
% change year-on-year +29.55% +4.76% -12.50%

FPGA
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for FPGA in the UK

FPGA
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for FPGA in the UK

FPGA
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing FPGA over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for FPGA in the UK

FPGA
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for FPGA in the UK

FPGA
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing FPGA over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for FPGA in the UK

FPGA
Top 13 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing FPGA within the UK over the 6 months to 10 May 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
England +113 79 £600 +6.29% 188
UK excluding London +74 76 £600 +9.09% 176
South East +49 46 £575 +31.91% 58
East of England +14 23 £625 +35.14% 61
Work from Home +116 19 £60 -88.29% 79
London +94 6 - - 24
South West +17 3 - - 34
Northern Ireland +7 2 - -
Midlands +17 1 £550 -4.35% 21
Wales +17 1 - - 2
West Midlands +9 1 £550 -4.35% 7
North of England - 1 - - 5
North West - 1 - - 3

FPGA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 19 (22.09%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 34 (39.53%) Ethernet
2 2 (2.33%) RS-485
2 2 (2.33%) Software-Defined Radio
2 2 (2.33%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 3 (3.49%) Git
1 3 (3.49%) JIRA
1 3 (3.49%) Subversion
General
1 42 (48.84%) Electronics
2 3 (3.49%) Manufacturing
2 3 (3.49%) Telecoms
3 2 (2.33%) Law
3 2 (2.33%) Public Sector
3 2 (2.33%) Social Skills
4 1 (1.16%) Finance
4 1 (1.16%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 39 (45.35%) Designer
2 33 (38.37%) Digital Designer
2 33 (38.37%) FPGA Designer
2 33 (38.37%) VHDL Designer
3 27 (31.40%) FPGA Engineer
4 22 (25.58%) Design Engineer
5 21 (24.42%) FPGA Design Engineer
6 9 (10.47%) Verification Engineer
7 7 (8.14%) Developer
7 7 (8.14%) Firmware Developer
8 6 (6.98%) FPGA Developer
9 5 (5.81%) Lead
10 3 (3.49%) Senior
11 2 (2.33%) Hardware Engineer
11 2 (2.33%) Senior Software Engineer
11 2 (2.33%) Senior Systems Engineer
11 2 (2.33%) Software Engineer
11 2 (2.33%) Systems Engineer
12 1 (1.16%) Senior Software Development Engineer
12 1 (1.16%) Software Development Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (4.65%) JSON
1 4 (4.65%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 59 (68.60%) VHDL
2 33 (38.37%) CPLD
3 21 (24.42%) Verilog
4 7 (8.14%) Data Protection Act
5 5 (5.81%) Algorithms
5 5 (5.81%) Linux Command Line
6 4 (4.65%) ASIC
7 2 (2.33%) Data Structures
7 2 (2.33%) GNSS
7 2 (2.33%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (1.16%) Embedded Systems
8 1 (1.16%) PCIe
Operating Systems
1 8 (9.30%) Linux
2 4 (4.65%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (40.70%) Schematic Capture
2 33 (38.37%) FPGA Design
3 25 (29.07%) UVM
4 18 (20.93%) Signal Processing
5 7 (8.14%) Data Protection
5 7 (8.14%) Problem-Solving
6 5 (5.81%) Software Testing
7 4 (4.65%) Systems Engineering
8 3 (3.49%) Computer Science
8 3 (3.49%) Configuration Management
8 3 (3.49%) OO
8 3 (3.49%) Project Management
8 3 (3.49%) Risk Management
8 3 (3.49%) Validation
9 2 (2.33%) Agile
9 2 (2.33%) Digital Signal Processing
9 2 (2.33%) Mechatronics
9 2 (2.33%) Open Source
9 2 (2.33%) Software Engineering
9 2 (2.33%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 25 (29.07%) C
2 21 (24.42%) SystemVerilog
3 10 (11.63%) Python
4 8 (9.30%) C++
5 5 (5.81%) Embedded C
5 5 (5.81%) Embedded C++
6 4 (4.65%) Bash
6 4 (4.65%) Tcl
7 3 (3.49%) Assembly Language
7 3 (3.49%) Shell Script
8 2 (2.33%) C#
8 2 (2.33%) MATLAB
8 2 (2.33%) Rust
Qualifications
1 55 (63.95%) Degree
2 14 (16.28%) Security Cleared
3 11 (12.79%) SC Cleared
4 3 (3.49%) DV Cleared
5 2 (2.33%) HND
5 2 (2.33%) Master's Degree
5 2 (2.33%) PhD
6 1 (1.16%) Computer Science Degree
System Software
1 11 (12.79%) Firmware
Vendors
1 36 (41.86%) Xilinx
2 35 (40.70%) EMC
3 18 (20.93%) Microsemi
4 17 (19.77%) Intel
5 8 (9.30%) Cadence
6 3 (3.49%) Synopsys
7 1 (1.16%) Altera
7 1 (1.16%) SAP