FPGA Jobs in the UK excluding London

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

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term FPGA in permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited FPGA over the 6 months to 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 547 568 601
Rank change year-on-year +21 +33 -97
Permanent jobs citing FPGA 221 165 253
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.31% 0.28% 0.35%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.92% 0.68% 0.80%
Number of salaries quoted 156 80 94
10th Percentile £32,500 £37,000 £40,475
25th Percentile £40,875 £41,250 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% -14.29% +37.25%
75th Percentile £66,563 £76,563 £75,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £85,250 -
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% -14.29% +37.25%

All Generic Skills
UK excluding London

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 24,053 24,125 31,481
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 33.59% 40.91% 43.85%
Number of salaries quoted 15,212 11,085 15,793
10th Percentile £26,250 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £82,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -15.38% +4.00% +4.17%

FPGA
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing FPGA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for FPGA in the UK excluding London

FPGA
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing FPGA in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for FPGA in the UK excluding London

FPGA
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing FPGA in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Salary histogram for FPGA in the UK excluding London

FPGA
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing FPGA within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 18 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South West +38 77 £50,750 -24.81% 33
South East +22 69 £51,500 -17.05% 66
East of England +32 49 £50,000 -18.37% 73
North of England +7 11 £50,000 +17.65% 5
North West +4 10 £50,000 - 4
Midlands -15 8 £40,000 -63.64% 17
East Midlands -11 7 £40,000 -50.00% 9
Scotland -58 5 £55,000 - 12
Wales -1 2 £45,000 +21.62% 7
Yorkshire +39 1 - - 1
West Midlands +9 1 - - 8
FPGA
UK

FPGA
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (0.45%) Kinematics
Applications
1 16 (7.24%) Simulink
2 14 (6.33%) OrCAD
3 11 (4.98%) GNU Octave
4 5 (2.26%) SOLIDWORKS
5 4 (1.81%) Windchill
6 2 (0.90%) Microsoft Excel
6 2 (0.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 5 (2.26%) AWS
2 4 (1.81%) Azure
2 4 (1.81%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 26 (11.76%) Ethernet
2 14 (6.33%) Wireless
3 13 (5.88%) Software-Defined Radio
4 12 (5.43%) 5G
5 11 (4.98%) OFDM
5 11 (4.98%) SD-WAN
5 11 (4.98%) WAN
6 7 (3.17%) RS-232
6 7 (3.17%) RS-485
7 5 (2.26%) 4G
8 4 (1.81%) DVB
9 2 (0.90%) Internet
9 2 (0.90%) RS-422
10 1 (0.45%) 3GPP
10 1 (0.45%) 5G NR
10 1 (0.45%) GSM
10 1 (0.45%) LTE
10 1 (0.45%) Modbus
10 1 (0.45%) MQTT
10 1 (0.45%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 17 (7.69%) Git
2 10 (4.52%) Subversion
3 7 (3.17%) LabVIEW
4 3 (1.36%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.90%) PetaLinux
5 2 (0.90%) TeamCity
6 1 (0.45%) CMake
6 1 (0.45%) GCC
6 1 (0.45%) GDB
6 1 (0.45%) JIRA
6 1 (0.45%) Visual Studio
General
1 99 (44.80%) Electronics
2 44 (19.91%) Analytical Skills
3 36 (16.29%) Manufacturing
4 35 (15.84%) Social Skills
5 24 (10.86%) Aerospace
6 17 (7.69%) Automotive
6 17 (7.69%) Finance
7 16 (7.24%) Telecoms
8 13 (5.88%) Public Sector
9 12 (5.43%) Marketing
10 10 (4.52%) Military
11 5 (2.26%) Aviation
11 5 (2.26%) Presentation Skills
12 4 (1.81%) Organisational Skills
13 3 (1.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 3 (1.36%) Law
14 2 (0.90%) Documentation Skills
15 1 (0.45%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 51 (23.08%) Embedded Engineer
2 45 (20.36%) Electronics Engineer
3 38 (17.19%) Design Engineer
4 35 (15.84%) Lead
5 34 (15.38%) Hardware Engineer
6 33 (14.93%) Senior
7 29 (13.12%) Software Engineer
8 27 (12.22%) Systems Engineer
9 23 (10.41%) Graduate
10 19 (8.60%) FPGA Engineer
11 16 (7.24%) Digital Design Engineer
11 16 (7.24%) Lead Systems Engineer
12 15 (6.79%) Developer
12 15 (6.79%) Junior
13 14 (6.33%) Embedded Software Engineer
14 13 (5.88%) Electronics Design Engineer
14 13 (5.88%) Principal Engineer
15 12 (5.43%) FPGA Developer
16 11 (4.98%) DSP Engineer
16 11 (4.98%) Senior Embedded Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.71%) Yocto
2 4 (1.81%) Flash
3 3 (1.36%) Boost C++ Libraries
4 2 (0.90%) POSIX
5 1 (0.45%) Apache Thrift
5 1 (0.45%) CSS
5 1 (0.45%) Flask
5 1 (0.45%) HTML
5 1 (0.45%) HTML5
5 1 (0.45%) LLVM
5 1 (0.45%) Qt
5 1 (0.45%) React
5 1 (0.45%) Twitter Bootstrap
Miscellaneous
1 87 (39.37%) VHDL
2 32 (14.48%) Algorithms
2 32 (14.48%) Verilog
3 29 (13.12%) Embedded Systems
4 21 (9.50%) Self-Motivation
5 19 (8.60%) Analogue Electronics
5 19 (8.60%) PCIe
6 16 (7.24%) Analytical Mindset
7 11 (4.98%) Greenfield Project
8 9 (4.07%) GNSS
9 8 (3.62%) MicroBlaze
10 6 (2.71%) CPLD
11 4 (1.81%) Device Driver
12 3 (1.36%) Fibre Optics
13 2 (0.90%) ASIC
13 2 (0.90%) CCTV
13 2 (0.90%) Cyber Defence
13 2 (0.90%) Driving Licence
13 2 (0.90%) IoT
13 2 (0.90%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 48 (21.72%) Linux
2 11 (4.98%) Windows
3 8 (3.62%) Embedded Linux
4 6 (2.71%) FreeRTOS
5 2 (0.90%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (27.15%) FPGA Design
2 54 (24.43%) Problem-Solving
2 54 (24.43%) Signal Processing
3 49 (22.17%) Software Engineering
4 47 (21.27%) Computer Science
5 27 (12.22%) Schematic Capture
6 25 (11.31%) Physics
7 24 (10.86%) Customer Service
7 24 (10.86%) Validation
8 21 (9.50%) Mathematics
9 14 (6.33%) Mentoring
10 13 (5.88%) Customer Requirements
10 13 (5.88%) Kalman Filter
10 13 (5.88%) Memory Management
10 13 (5.88%) Test Automation
11 12 (5.43%) Business Intelligence
11 12 (5.43%) Digital Marketing
11 12 (5.43%) Programme Management
12 11 (4.98%) B2B
12 11 (4.98%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 100 (45.25%) C
2 74 (33.48%) C++
3 32 (14.48%) MATLAB
4 27 (12.22%) Python
5 12 (5.43%) Java
6 10 (4.52%) Bash
7 9 (4.07%) Tcl
8 8 (3.62%) Embedded C
8 8 (3.62%) Perl
8 8 (3.62%) VB
9 4 (1.81%) C#
9 4 (1.81%) Shell Script
9 4 (1.81%) SystemVerilog
10 2 (0.90%) Embedded C++
10 2 (0.90%) Haskell
10 2 (0.90%) Rust
11 1 (0.45%) Assembly Language
11 1 (0.45%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 126 (57.01%) Degree
2 39 (17.65%) Security Cleared
3 20 (9.05%) PhD
3 20 (9.05%) SC Cleared
4 11 (4.98%) DV Cleared
5 10 (4.52%) BPSS Clearance
6 8 (3.62%) Master's Degree
7 4 (1.81%) HND
8 3 (1.36%) HNC
9 1 (0.45%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (3.17%) JTAG
2 3 (1.36%) ECSS
2 3 (1.36%) PMO
3 1 (0.45%) AUTOSAR
3 1 (0.45%) ISO 9000
System Software
1 97 (43.89%) Firmware
2 30 (13.57%) Embedded Firmware
3 3 (1.36%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (0.90%) Ansible
2 1 (0.45%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 31 (14.03%) EMC
2 28 (12.67%) Xilinx
3 15 (6.79%) Intel
4 12 (5.43%) Altera
4 12 (5.43%) SAP
5 8 (3.62%) Green Hills
5 8 (3.62%) Motorola
6 4 (1.81%) Mentor Graphics
6 4 (1.81%) Microsemi
6 4 (1.81%) Siemens
7 3 (1.36%) Lattice Semiconductor
8 2 (0.90%) Cadence
8 2 (0.90%) Keysight
9 1 (0.45%) CA