FPGA Developer Jobs

Field-Programmable Gate Array Developer (FPGA Developer)
UK

The median Field-Programmable Gate Array Developer (FPGA Developer) salary in the UK is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 3 April 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 678 869 -
Rank change year-on-year +191 - -
Permanent jobs requiring an FPGA Developer 6 10 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.012% 0.011% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.013% 0.011% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 6 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £125,000 -
Median % change year-on-year -48.00% - -
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 the UK with a recognized job title 45,395 87,903 100,964
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.80% 94.66% 91.85%
Number of salaries quoted 26,615 64,309 62,934
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,550 £32,500
25th Percentile £43,750 £38,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £54,645 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.22% -8.93% -
75th Percentile £76,250 £72,433 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £91,250 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +5.00%

FPGA Developer
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured FPGA Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for FPGA Developer in the UK

FPGA Developer
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing FPGA Developer.

Salary trend for FPGA Developer in the UK

FPGA Developer
Top 5 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing FPGA Developer within the UK over the 6 months to 3 April 2025. 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
England +156 6 £65,000 -48.00% 5
London +82 5 - - 4
Work from Home - 5 - - 1
UK excluding London +196 1 £65,000 - 1
South East +106 1 £65,000 - 1

FPGA Developer Skill Set
Top 24 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 3 April 2025, FPGA Developer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring FPGA Developer in the job title.

1 6 (100.00%) C
1 6 (100.00%) C++
1 6 (100.00%) Linux
1 6 (100.00%) FPGA
2 5 (83.33%) Finance
2 5 (83.33%) TCP/IP
2 5 (83.33%) Low Latency
3 1 (16.67%) Device Driver Development
3 1 (16.67%) Master's Degree
3 1 (16.67%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (16.67%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Kalman Filter
3 1 (16.67%) Mentoring
3 1 (16.67%) Algorithms
3 1 (16.67%) Firmware
3 1 (16.67%) PhD
3 1 (16.67%) Device Driver
3 1 (16.67%) VHDL
3 1 (16.67%) Degree
3 1 (16.67%) Mathematics
3 1 (16.67%) Physics
3 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
3 1 (16.67%) Image Processing
3 1 (16.67%) Embedded Software Development

FPGA Developer Skill Set
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:

Communications & Networking
1 5 (83.33%) TCP/IP
General
1 5 (83.33%) Finance
2 1 (16.67%) Presentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 6 (100.00%) FPGA
2 1 (16.67%) Algorithms
2 1 (16.67%) Device Driver
2 1 (16.67%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (16.67%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 6 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Low Latency
2 1 (16.67%) Device Driver Development
2 1 (16.67%) Embedded Software Development
2 1 (16.67%) Image Processing
2 1 (16.67%) Kalman Filter
2 1 (16.67%) Mathematics
2 1 (16.67%) Mentoring
2 1 (16.67%) Physics
Programming Languages
1 6 (100.00%) C
1 6 (100.00%) C++
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) Degree
1 1 (16.67%) Master's Degree
1 1 (16.67%) PhD
1 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (16.67%) Firmware