VHDL Contracts in the UK excluding London

VHSIC Hardware Description Language (VHDL)
UK > UK excluding London

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

6 months to
2 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 326 425 504
Rank change year-on-year +99 +79 -110
Contract jobs citing VHDL 72 30 16
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.35% 0.13% 0.052%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.18% 0.39% 0.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 8 2
10th Percentile £495 £435 £481
25th Percentile £525 £455 £501
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £513 £543
Median % change year-on-year +7.32% -5.53% +35.63%
75th Percentile £635 £579 £576
90th Percentile £719 £601 £590
UK median daily rate £550 £500 £510
% change year-on-year +10.00% -1.96% +27.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 63 12 6
10th Percentile - £47.50 -
25th Percentile £53.40 £48.06 £51.25
Median hourly rate £57.35 £60.00 £61.25
Median % change year-on-year -4.42% -2.04% +36.11%
75th Percentile £85.00 £65.00 £73.75
90th Percentile - - £75.00
UK median hourly rate £57.35 £60.00 £52.50
% change year-on-year -4.42% +14.29% +16.67%

All Generic Skills
UK excluding London

VHDL 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 advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 6,085 7,771 9,821
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 29.39% 32.46% 31.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,642 5,260 6,780
10th Percentile £210 £213 £204
25th Percentile £375 £388 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £595 £618 £575
90th Percentile £688 £700 £669
UK median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 721 436 468
10th Percentile £12.15 £9.80 £12.02
25th Percentile £14.06 £10.63 £15.25
Median hourly rate £28.25 £22.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +28.41% +10.00% -16.67%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £44.65
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £61.70
UK median hourly rate £30.14 £22.49 £27.50
% change year-on-year +34.04% -18.24% +3.19%

VHDL
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for VHDL in the UK excluding London

VHDL
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing VHDL in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for VHDL in the UK excluding London

VHDL
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing VHDL in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 2 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for VHDL in the UK excluding London

VHDL
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing VHDL in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for VHDL in the UK excluding London

VHDL
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing VHDL in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 2 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for VHDL in the UK excluding London

VHDL
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VHDL within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 2 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East +61 39 £593 - 32
East of England +25 17 - - 34
South West +31 8 - - 26
Scotland +42 5 - - 2
North of England +33 2 - - 4
Wales +20 1 - - 1
West Midlands +17 1 £550 - 4
Midlands +16 1 £550 +4.76% 12
North East - 1 - -
North West - 1 - - 2
VHDL
UK

VHDL
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:

Applications
1 19 (26.39%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 33 (45.83%) Ethernet
2 4 (5.56%) Internet
General
1 37 (51.39%) Electronics
2 5 (6.94%) Telecoms
3 2 (2.78%) Law
4 1 (1.39%) Public Sector
4 1 (1.39%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 33 (45.83%) Designer
1 33 (45.83%) Digital Designer
1 33 (45.83%) FPGA Designer
1 33 (45.83%) VHDL Designer
2 23 (31.94%) FPGA Engineer
3 18 (25.00%) Design Engineer
3 18 (25.00%) FPGA Design Engineer
4 5 (6.94%) Architect
4 5 (6.94%) Software Architect
5 4 (5.56%) Embedded Engineer
5 4 (5.56%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 4 (5.56%) Python Software Architect
5 4 (5.56%) Software Engineer
6 3 (4.17%) Developer
6 3 (4.17%) Firmware Developer
7 2 (2.78%) DSP Engineer
7 2 (2.78%) Firmware Engineer
7 2 (2.78%) FPGA Developer
8 1 (1.39%) Senior FPGA Engineer
8 1 (1.39%) VHDL Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (6.94%) RESTful
1 5 (6.94%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 59 (81.94%) FPGA
2 33 (45.83%) CPLD
3 28 (38.89%) Verilog
4 6 (8.33%) Algorithms
5 5 (6.94%) Product Ownership
6 4 (5.56%) Device Driver
6 4 (5.56%) IoT
6 4 (5.56%) PCIe
7 2 (2.78%) GNSS
8 1 (1.39%) Embedded Systems
8 1 (1.39%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 4 (5.56%) Embedded Linux
1 4 (5.56%) Linux
1 4 (5.56%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (45.83%) Schematic Capture
2 23 (31.94%) FPGA Design
3 19 (26.39%) Signal Processing
4 17 (23.61%) UVM
5 9 (12.50%) Agile
6 7 (9.72%) Configuration Management
7 5 (6.94%) DevOps
7 5 (6.94%) Software Architecture
7 5 (6.94%) Software Delivery
7 5 (6.94%) Stakeholder Management
8 4 (5.56%) CI/CD
8 4 (5.56%) Code Optimisation
8 4 (5.56%) Continuous Deployment
8 4 (5.56%) Continuous Integration
8 4 (5.56%) Defect Tracking
8 4 (5.56%) Device Driver Development
8 4 (5.56%) Memory Management
8 4 (5.56%) Requirements Management
8 4 (5.56%) Software Engineering
9 3 (4.17%) Systems Engineering
Programming Languages
1 32 (44.44%) C
2 17 (23.61%) SystemVerilog
3 11 (15.28%) C++
4 10 (13.89%) Embedded C
5 7 (9.72%) Python
6 6 (8.33%) Embedded C++
7 3 (4.17%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 52 (72.22%) Degree
2 14 (19.44%) Security Cleared
3 10 (13.89%) SC Cleared
4 4 (5.56%) DV Cleared
5 2 (2.78%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (1.39%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.56%) MISRA
1 4 (5.56%) MISRA C
System Software
1 13 (18.06%) Firmware
2 5 (6.94%) Docker
3 1 (1.39%) Embedded Firmware
Vendors
1 33 (45.83%) EMC
2 28 (38.89%) Xilinx
3 21 (29.17%) Intel
4 18 (25.00%) Microsemi
5 4 (5.56%) Atlassian
6 1 (1.39%) Altera