FPGA Contracts

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 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 497 628 815
Rank change year-on-year +131 +187 -138
Contract jobs citing FPGA 105 67 41
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.24% 0.12% 0.047%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.81% 0.36% 0.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 18 5
10th Percentile £406 £404 £420
25th Percentile £431 £464 £468
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £565 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.35% +12.90% +14.03%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £503
90th Percentile £706 £775 £537
UK excluding London median daily rate £575 £565 £500
% change year-on-year +1.86% +12.90% +21.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 71 11 27
10th Percentile - £46.25 £17.00
25th Percentile £53.40 £48.13 £43.85
Median hourly rate £60.00 £57.76 £56.00
Median % change year-on-year +3.88% +3.14% +12.00%
75th Percentile £75.16 £62.61 £59.38
90th Percentile £86.00 £65.00 £72.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £57.35 £50.00 £56.00
% change year-on-year +14.70% -10.71% +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 12,984 18,455 29,163
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 29.97% 33.21% 33.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,299 12,703 20,498
10th Percentile £274 £310 £315
25th Percentile £413 £444 £440
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £660 £678 £663
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £488
% change year-on-year - +2.56% +11.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 928 608 691
10th Percentile £12.25 £9.80 £14.25
25th Percentile £15.24 £10.63 £17.50
Median hourly rate £35.58 £22.26 £26.98
Median % change year-on-year +59.85% -17.51% +7.92%
75th Percentile £61.30 £59.06 £50.39
90th Percentile £71.44 £75.00 £65.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £35.00 £22.00 £21.50
% change year-on-year +59.09% +2.33% -4.44%

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 9 June 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 9 June 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 9 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
England +130 97 £563 -2.85% 173
UK excluding London +76 92 £575 +1.86% 167
South East +52 56 £575 +51.14% 48
East of England +2 26 £625 -0.99% 61
Work from Home +106 20 £60 -88.57% 55
London +87 9 £475 -18.80% 16
South West +13 5 £425 -26.60% 29
Wales +20 2 - - 11
Northern Ireland +3 2 - -
North of England - 2 - - 5
North West - 2 - - 5
Midlands +16 1 £550 -8.33% 16
West Midlands +7 1 £550 -8.33% 7

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 21 (20.00%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 36 (34.29%) Ethernet
2 3 (2.86%) RS-485
2 3 (2.86%) Software-Defined Radio
3 2 (1.90%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 3 (2.86%) Git
1 3 (2.86%) JIRA
1 3 (2.86%) Subversion
2 1 (0.95%) Rational DOORS
General
1 46 (43.81%) Electronics
2 4 (3.81%) Manufacturing
2 4 (3.81%) Public Sector
2 4 (3.81%) Telecoms
3 3 (2.86%) Social Skills
4 2 (1.90%) Finance
4 2 (1.90%) Law
4 2 (1.90%) Marketing
5 1 (0.95%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 38 (36.19%) Designer
2 37 (35.24%) FPGA Engineer
3 33 (31.43%) Digital Designer
3 33 (31.43%) FPGA Designer
3 33 (31.43%) VHDL Designer
4 24 (22.86%) Design Engineer
5 22 (20.95%) FPGA Design Engineer
6 13 (12.38%) Hardware Engineer
7 12 (11.43%) Verification Engineer
8 11 (10.48%) Digital Hardware Engineer
9 6 (5.71%) Developer
9 6 (5.71%) Firmware Developer
9 6 (5.71%) FPGA Developer
10 5 (4.76%) Lead
11 4 (3.81%) Senior
12 3 (2.86%) Senior Software Engineer
12 3 (2.86%) Senior Systems Engineer
12 3 (2.86%) Software Engineer
12 3 (2.86%) Systems Engineer
13 2 (1.90%) Electronics Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.81%) JSON
1 4 (3.81%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 63 (60.00%) VHDL
2 33 (31.43%) CPLD
3 25 (23.81%) Verilog
4 10 (9.52%) Data Protection Act
5 6 (5.71%) Algorithms
6 5 (4.76%) Augmented Reality
6 5 (4.76%) Linux Command Line
7 4 (3.81%) ASIC
8 3 (2.86%) Data Structures
8 3 (2.86%) Embedded Systems
8 3 (2.86%) PCIe
9 2 (1.90%) GNSS
9 2 (1.90%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 9 (8.57%) Linux
2 4 (3.81%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (39.05%) FPGA Design
2 35 (33.33%) Schematic Capture
3 31 (29.52%) UVM
4 19 (18.10%) Signal Processing
5 10 (9.52%) Data Protection
6 7 (6.67%) Problem-Solving
7 5 (4.76%) Software Testing
8 4 (3.81%) Computer Science
8 4 (3.81%) Software Engineering
9 3 (2.86%) Agile
9 3 (2.86%) Configuration Management
9 3 (2.86%) OO
9 3 (2.86%) Project Management
9 3 (2.86%) Risk Management
9 3 (2.86%) Systems Engineering
9 3 (2.86%) Validation
10 2 (1.90%) Business Intelligence
10 2 (1.90%) Digital Marketing
10 2 (1.90%) Mechatronics
10 2 (1.90%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 26 (24.76%) C
2 24 (22.86%) SystemVerilog
3 11 (10.48%) Python
4 8 (7.62%) C++
5 5 (4.76%) Embedded C
5 5 (4.76%) Embedded C++
6 4 (3.81%) Bash
6 4 (3.81%) Tcl
7 3 (2.86%) Assembly Language
7 3 (2.86%) C#
7 3 (2.86%) MATLAB
7 3 (2.86%) Rust
7 3 (2.86%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 57 (54.29%) Degree
2 14 (13.33%) Security Cleared
3 10 (9.52%) SC Cleared
4 3 (2.86%) DV Cleared
4 3 (2.86%) Master's Degree
4 3 (2.86%) PhD
5 2 (1.90%) HND
6 1 (0.95%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.90%) DO-254
2 1 (0.95%) IEC 61508
System Software
1 11 (10.48%) Firmware
Vendors
1 37 (35.24%) Xilinx
2 35 (33.33%) EMC
3 20 (19.05%) Microsemi
4 18 (17.14%) Intel
5 11 (10.48%) Cadence
6 3 (2.86%) Synopsys
7 2 (1.90%) SAP
8 1 (0.95%) Actel
8 1 (0.95%) Altera
8 1 (0.95%) Lattice Semiconductor
8 1 (0.95%) Mentor Graphics
8 1 (0.95%) Siemens