VHDL Contracts
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Hourly Rate Trend Hourly Rate Histogram Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term VHDL in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited VHDL over the 3 months to 21 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all terms in our Miscellaneous category.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
 3 months to
21 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
VHSIC Hardware Description Language (VHDL)
Rank 513 530 546
Rank change year-on-year
+17 +16
Contract jobs citing VHDL 27 51 34
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.057% 0.087% 0.057%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.217% 0.355% 0.201%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 6 2
Average daily rate - £300 £288
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +4.34%
UK excluding London average daily rate - £300 £288
% change year-on-year
- +4.34%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 12 21
Average hourly rate £40.50 £42.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-3.57% +20.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £21.00 £40.00 £33.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £47.50 £44.90 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £40.50 £41.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
-2.40% +18.57%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category		 12468 14366 16938
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 26.41% 24.57% 28.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 7504 8442 10060
Average daily rate £425 £425 £525
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -19.04%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £252 £280
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £600 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 553 669 716
Average hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £23.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -5.26%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £12.33 £11.29
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £44.85 £45.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £23.00 £26.50
% change year-on-year
-4.34% -13.20%

VHDL
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing VHDL within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

VHDL Jobs Demand Trend

VHDL
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing VHDL within the UK.

VHDL Daily Rate Trend

VHDL
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing VHDL within the UK.

VHDL Hourly Rate Trend

VHDL
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing VHDL within the UK over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

VHDL Hourly Rate Histogram

VHDL
Top 18 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VHDL within the UK over the 3 months to 21 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)		 Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads		 Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months		 Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
England +26 27 - -
South East +11 7 - -
City of London +19 6 - -
London +19 6 - -
Cambridgeshire +13 6 - -
East of England +11 6 - -
Cambridge +13 5 - -
East Midlands - 4 - -
South West +14 3 - -
Berkshire +9 3 - -
Devon - 3 - -
Hampshire -15 2 - -
Lincolnshire - 2 - -
Lincoln - 2 - -
West Midlands +12 1 - -
Oxfordshire +1 1 - -
Surrey - 1 - -
Peterborough - 1 - -

VHDL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing VHDL also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited VHDL.

1 48 (68.57%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
2 25 (35.71%) Electronics
2 25 (35.71%) C
3 21 (30.00%) Verilog
4 19 (27.14%) Xilinx
5 16 (22.86%) Telecoms
6 15 (21.43%) C++
7 14 (20.00%) Altera
8 13 (18.57%) Ethernet
9 12 (17.14%) ASIC
10 10 (14.29%) CDMA
11 9 (12.86%) Linux
11 9 (12.86%) Firmware
11 9 (12.86%) 3G
11 9 (12.86%) Degree
11 9 (12.86%) Device Driver
11 9 (12.86%) LTE
12 8 (11.43%) Embedded Software Development
12 8 (11.43%) Embedded Linux
12 8 (11.43%) UMTS
13 7 (10.00%) TCP/IP
13 7 (10.00%) Investment Banking
13 7 (10.00%) Legal
13 7 (10.00%) Banking
13 7 (10.00%) WiMAX
13 7 (10.00%) Computer Science
14 6 (8.571%) Cloud Computing
14 6 (8.571%) VMware Infrastructure
14 6 (8.571%) JTAG
14 6 (8.571%) 4G

VHDL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing VHDL also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited VHDL. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 1 (1.429%) Simulink
1 1 (1.429%) MS Visio
1 1 (1.429%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (1.429%) EMB Igloo
Communications & Networking
1 13 (18.57%) Ethernet
2 10 (14.29%) CDMA
3 9 (12.86%) 3G
3 9 (12.86%) LTE
4 8 (11.43%) UMTS
5 7 (10.00%) TCP/IP
5 7 (10.00%) WiMAX
6 6 (8.571%) 4G
6 6 (8.571%) Wireless
7 5 (7.143%) 3GPP
8 3 (4.286%) UTRAN
8 3 (4.286%) GSM
9 2 (2.857%) 2G
10 1 (1.429%) Wi-Fi
10 1 (1.429%) WCDMA
10 1 (1.429%) Broadband
Development Applications
1 1 (1.429%) StarTeam
General
1 25 (35.71%) Electronics
2 16 (22.86%) Telecoms
3 7 (10.00%) Investment Banking
3 7 (10.00%) Legal
3 7 (10.00%) Banking
4 6 (8.571%) Military
5 3 (4.286%) Aerospace
6 1 (1.429%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 28 (40.00%) FPGA Engineer
2 18 (25.71%) Design Engineer
3 13 (18.57%) FPGA Design Engineer
4 6 (8.571%) Electronics Engineer
5 5 (7.143%) Hardware Engineer
5 5 (7.143%) Digital Design Engineer
6 4 (5.714%) FPGA Designer
6 4 (5.714%) Designer
6 4 (5.714%) Firmware Engineer
7 3 (4.286%) ASIC Design Engineer
7 3 (4.286%) DSP Engineer
8 2 (2.857%) Software Engineer
8 2 (2.857%) Senior FPGA Engineer
8 2 (2.857%) Digital Hardware Engineer
8 2 (2.857%) Senior Design Engineer
9 1 (1.429%) Development Engineer
9 1 (1.429%) Developer
9 1 (1.429%) Senior Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 48 (68.57%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
2 21 (30.00%) Verilog
3 12 (17.14%) ASIC
4 9 (12.86%) Firmware
4 9 (12.86%) Device Driver
5 7 (10.00%) Computer Science
6 6 (8.571%) Cloud Computing
7 5 (7.143%) Handset
8 4 (5.714%) Visualisation
9 1 (1.429%) Cryptography
9 1 (1.429%) CPLD
Operating Systems
1 9 (12.86%) Linux
2 8 (11.43%) Embedded Linux
3 1 (1.429%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (11.43%) Embedded Software Development
2 6 (8.571%) Electronic Design Automation
3 2 (2.857%) Code Coverage
4 1 (1.429%) Communications Security
4 1 (1.429%) Configuration Management
Programming Languages
1 25 (35.71%) C
2 15 (21.43%) C++
3 6 (8.571%) MATLAB
4 3 (4.286%) Embedded C
5 2 (2.857%) Embedded C++
5 2 (2.857%) Tcl
6 1 (1.429%) Perl
6 1 (1.429%) VB
Qualifications
1 9 (12.86%) Degree
2 1 (1.429%) SC Cleared
2 1 (1.429%) Security Cleared
2 1 (1.429%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (8.571%) JTAG
2 2 (2.857%) DO-254
System Software
1 6 (8.571%) VMware Infrastructure
1 6 (8.571%) Xen
Vendors
1 19 (27.14%) Xilinx
2 14 (20.00%) Altera
3 6 (8.571%) VMware
4 5 (7.143%) Mentor Graphics
5 4 (5.714%) Motorola
6 3 (4.286%) Actel
6 3 (4.286%) EMC
7 2 (2.857%) Twitter
8 1 (1.429%) Borland
8 1 (1.429%) Green Hills
Hardware - FPGA- VHDL - Electronics - Analogue/Analog - Digital
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
The main tasks are: 1) Digital design, (Big CPU, Power PC 4xx, Imx5x or 60, or TI39xxCPU; Big FPGA design) 2) VHDL coding for FPGA 3) Analogue design...
GCS IT Recruitment Specialists
Rate: NEGOTIABLE
Posted: 16 May 2013
Electronics Design Engineer - Contract
South West
The successful Electronics Engineer will have at least 8 years experience in the industry and be experienced in the field of electronics hardware design, VHDL, FPGA and software...
Premier Group Recruitment
Rate: £30.00 - £40.00 per hour
Posted: 16 May 2013
Electronics Design Engineer (Contract)
UK
Key Requirements: - Mixed signal Hardware Design (Analogue & Digital) - PCB Board Design using Altium - Ability to design complex FPGA's - VHDL Experience - Experience of Embedded programming (C,C++) - Complete...
Premier Group Recruitment
Rate: £35.00 - £40.00 per hour
Posted: 15 May 2013
Digital Design Engineer
Oxford, South East
My client is looking for a Digital Design Engineer to come and work on an existing project with a deadline of May 2014. The project is in the...
Progressive Recruitment
Rate: £30 - £35 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
FPGA Engineer (safety critical)
Swindon, South West
FPGA Design Engineer Swindon 3-6months+ £260-320p/d I am currently on the lookout for an expert in FPGA design, implementation, testing and integration of VHDL for...
Computer Futures
Rate: £260 - £320 per day
Posted: 21 May 2013
PIPE - ONGOING - Embedded Software Engineer
Oxfordshire, South East
Embedded Software Engineer - Oxfordshire - 3-6 Months I'm currently looking for a proficient all round Embedded Software Engineer for an initial 3 month contract based in Oxfordshire...
Computer Futures
Posted: 15 May 2013
Senior FPGA Design Engineer - 3months+
Buckinghamshire, Thames Valley
Senior FPGA Design Engineer Buckinghamshire 3months+ £35-45p/h FPGA/ ASIC/VHDL/ ACTEL/ DSP/ TCL/ SOC/ MATLAB/AEROSPACEFPGA/ ASIC/VHDL/ ACTEL/ DSP/ TCL/ SOC/ MATLAB/AEROSPACEI am currently...
Computer Futures
Rate: £35 - £45 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
VHDL/Layer 1 Engineer
Hampshire, South East
Working on LTE products.You would be part of a Wireless Platform Group working in the PHY team... Most of the development work is done in VHDL/DSP/...
Computer Futures
Rate: £45 - £55 per hour
Posted: 15 May 2013
Electronics Engineer
South West England
electronic, hardware, RF, Digital, IC, VHDL electronic, hardware, RF, Digital, IC, VHDL electronic, hardware, RF, Digital, IC, VHDL My client based near to Bristol is currently looking for...
Computer Futures
Rate: £30 - £40 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
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