FPGA Engineer Job Trends in Hampshire

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

As of 23 February 2026, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Field-Programmable Gate Array Engineer (FPGA Engineer) salary in Hampshire.

 6 months to
23 Feb 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 121 - 150
Rank change year-on-year - - +24
Permanent jobs requiring an FPGA Engineer 7 0 5
As % of all permanent jobs in Hampshire 0.26% - 0.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.27% - 0.18%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - £35,750
25th Percentile - - £40,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -23.33%
75th Percentile - - £66,875
90th Percentile - - £67,250
South East median annual salary £75,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +20.00% +4.17% -5.88%

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 2,590 1,998 2,769
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.98% 95.01% 94.86%
Number of salaries quoted 1,809 1,252 2,149
10th Percentile £28,000 £32,500 £26,450
25th Percentile £35,000 £46,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -7.94%
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,813 £65,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £80,000 £76,050
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,790 £50,000
% change year-on-year -10.38% +11.58% -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 Skill Set
Top 25 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hampshire

For the 6 months to 23 February 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 6 (85.71%) C
1 6 (85.71%) C++
2 5 (71.43%) Altera
2 5 (71.43%) Assembly Language
2 5 (71.43%) Configuration Management
2 5 (71.43%) Embedded Firmware
2 5 (71.43%) Firmware
2 5 (71.43%) FPGA Design
2 5 (71.43%) Information Assurance
2 5 (71.43%) Rational DOORS
2 5 (71.43%) Requirements Analysis
2 5 (71.43%) Roadmaps
2 5 (71.43%) System Testing
2 5 (71.43%) Technology Roadmap
2 5 (71.43%) Towers Watson Igloo
2 5 (71.43%) UVM
2 5 (71.43%) Xilinx
3 2 (28.57%) Software Engineering
4 1 (14.29%) Digital Signal Processing
4 1 (14.29%) DV Cleared
4 1 (14.29%) Open Source
4 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
4 1 (14.29%) Signal Processing
4 1 (14.29%) Software Testing
4 1 (14.29%) Software-Defined Radio

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:

Business Applications
1 5 (71.43%) Towers Watson Igloo
Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) Software-Defined Radio
Development Applications
1 5 (71.43%) Rational DOORS
Miscellaneous
1 7 (100.00%) FPGA
2 6 (85.71%) Algorithms
3 5 (71.43%) NVMe
3 5 (71.43%) PCIe
3 5 (71.43%) VHDL
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Configuration Management
1 5 (71.43%) FPGA Design
1 5 (71.43%) Information Assurance
1 5 (71.43%) Requirements Analysis
1 5 (71.43%) Roadmaps
1 5 (71.43%) System Testing
1 5 (71.43%) Technology Roadmap
1 5 (71.43%) UVM
2 2 (28.57%) Software Engineering
3 1 (14.29%) Digital Signal Processing
3 1 (14.29%) Open Source
3 1 (14.29%) Signal Processing
3 1 (14.29%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 6 (85.71%) C
1 6 (85.71%) C++
2 5 (71.43%) Assembly Language
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) DV Cleared
1 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 5 (71.43%) Embedded Firmware
1 5 (71.43%) Firmware
Vendors
1 5 (71.43%) Altera
1 5 (71.43%) Xilinx
FPGA Engineer jobs