FPGA Engineer Job Trends in Hampshire

Field-Programmable Gate Array Engineer (FPGA Engineer)
South East > Hampshire

The median Field-Programmable Gate Array Engineer (FPGA Engineer) salary in Hampshire is £70,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 May 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 105 111 183
Rank change year-on-year +6 +72 -18
Permanent jobs requiring an FPGA Engineer 26 1 5
As % of all permanent jobs in Hampshire 0.73% 0.062% 0.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.76% 0.066% 0.13%
Number of salaries quoted 4 1 3
10th Percentile - - £35,750
25th Percentile £65,000 £52,500 £40,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +27.27% -4.35% -22.30%
75th Percentile £75,000 £57,500 £66,875
90th Percentile - - £67,250
South East median annual salary £70,000 £62,500 £56,500
% change year-on-year +12.00% +10.62% -22.60%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Hampshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Hampshire. 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 permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Hampshire with a recognized job title 3,417 1,517 3,754
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.82% 94.05% 94.65%
Number of salaries quoted 2,400 1,032 2,958
10th Percentile £29,250 £28,000 £26,750
25th Percentile £37,500 £41,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £53,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.77% +6.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £78,750 £75,000
South East median annual salary £52,500 £53,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -1.87% +7.00% -9.09%

FPGA Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'FPGA Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Hampshire.

FPGA Engineer job vacancy trend in Hampshire

FPGA Engineer
Salary Trend in Hampshire

Salary distribution trend for FPGA Engineer job vacancies in Hampshire.

Salary distribution trend for FPGA Engineer job vacancies in Hampshire

FPGA Engineer
Job Locations in Hampshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing FPGA Engineer within the Hampshire region over the 6 months to 16 May 2026. 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
Southampton - 4 £70,000 - 3
FPGA Engineer
South East

FPGA Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hampshire

For the 6 months to 16 May 2026, FPGA Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Hampshire region featuring FPGA Engineer in the job title.

1 18 (69.23%) C
1 18 (69.23%) C++
2 17 (65.38%) FPGA Design
3 16 (61.54%) Firmware
4 12 (46.15%) Altera
4 12 (46.15%) Assembly Language
4 12 (46.15%) Configuration Management
4 12 (46.15%) Embedded Firmware
4 12 (46.15%) Information Assurance
4 12 (46.15%) Rational DOORS
4 12 (46.15%) Requirements Analysis
4 12 (46.15%) Roadmaps
4 12 (46.15%) System Testing
4 12 (46.15%) Technology Roadmap
4 12 (46.15%) Towers Watson Igloo
4 12 (46.15%) UVM
4 12 (46.15%) Xilinx
5 6 (23.08%) DV Cleared
5 6 (23.08%) Security Cleared
5 6 (23.08%) Software Engineering
6 5 (19.23%) Digital Signal Processing
6 5 (19.23%) Embedded C
6 5 (19.23%) Embedded C++
6 5 (19.23%) MATLAB
6 5 (19.23%) Python
6 5 (19.23%) Signal Processing
6 5 (19.23%) Simulink
6 5 (19.23%) Test Automation
7 4 (15.38%) AI
7 4 (15.38%) Collaborative Culture

FPGA Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hampshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 5 (19.23%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 12 (46.15%) Towers Watson Igloo
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.85%) Software-Defined Radio
Development Applications
1 12 (46.15%) Rational DOORS
Miscellaneous
1 26 (100.00%) FPGA
2 18 (69.23%) Algorithms
3 17 (65.38%) VHDL
4 16 (61.54%) PCIe
5 12 (46.15%) NVMe
6 5 (19.23%) Verilog
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (65.38%) FPGA Design
2 12 (46.15%) Configuration Management
2 12 (46.15%) Information Assurance
2 12 (46.15%) Requirements Analysis
2 12 (46.15%) Roadmaps
2 12 (46.15%) System Testing
2 12 (46.15%) Technology Roadmap
2 12 (46.15%) UVM
3 6 (23.08%) Software Engineering
4 5 (19.23%) Digital Signal Processing
4 5 (19.23%) Signal Processing
4 5 (19.23%) Test Automation
5 4 (15.38%) AI
5 4 (15.38%) Collaborative Culture
5 4 (15.38%) Collaborative Engineering
5 4 (15.38%) DevOps
5 4 (15.38%) Kalman Filter
5 4 (15.38%) Model Validation
5 4 (15.38%) Systems Engineering
5 4 (15.38%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 18 (69.23%) C
1 18 (69.23%) C++
2 12 (46.15%) Assembly Language
3 5 (19.23%) Embedded C
3 5 (19.23%) Embedded C++
3 5 (19.23%) MATLAB
3 5 (19.23%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (23.08%) DV Cleared
1 6 (23.08%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 16 (61.54%) Firmware
2 12 (46.15%) Embedded Firmware
Vendors
1 12 (46.15%) Altera
1 12 (46.15%) Xilinx