The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term VHDL in IT jobs advertised for the North West region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited VHDL over the 3 months to 19 June 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 for the North West region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
VHSIC Hardware Description Language (VHDL)
Rank 243 250 229
Rank change year-on-year
+7 -21
Permanent jobs citing VHDL 3 1 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 0.041% 0.014% 0.014%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.148% 0.050% 0.055%
Number of salaries quoted 3 1 0
Average salary £48,000 £37,500 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
+28.00% -
UK excluding London average salary £41,250 £39,250 £40,000
% change year-on-year
+5.09% -1.87%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
North West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
2029 2006 1817
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 27.74% 27.40% 25.90%
Number of salaries quoted 1711 1694 1572
Average salary £35,000 £35,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.40% +1.42%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £23,275 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,500 £57,500 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
VHDL
England

VHDL
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing VHDL across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

North West VHDL Jobs Demand Trend

VHDL
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing VHDL across the North West region.

North West VHDL Salary Trend

VHDL
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing VHDL across the North West region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

North West VHDL Salary Histogram

VHDL
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VHDL within the North West region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Find
Job
Vacancies
Manchester -10 2 £52,000 +38.66% 2
Cumbria - 1 £35,000 - 1
VHDL
England

VHDL
Top 25 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the North West region 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 IT job ads sampled that cited VHDL.

1 3 (100.00%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
2 2 (66.67%) Degree
2 2 (66.67%) C
2 2 (66.67%) C++
2 2 (66.67%) Windows
2 2 (66.67%) Firmware
2 2 (66.67%) ASIC
2 2 (66.67%) Electronics
3 1 (33.33%) Verilog
3 1 (33.33%) Validation
3 1 (33.33%) Benchmarking
3 1 (33.33%) Linux
3 1 (33.33%) Flash
3 1 (33.33%) PhD
3 1 (33.33%) Ethernet
3 1 (33.33%) EMC
3 1 (33.33%) Tcl
3 1 (33.33%) MFC
3 1 (33.33%) Visual Studio
3 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
3 1 (33.33%) Altera
3 1 (33.33%) Visualisation
3 1 (33.33%) Fibre Channel
3 1 (33.33%) CPLD
3 1 (33.33%) Project Planning

VHDL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the North West region 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 IT job ads sampled that cited VHDL. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (33.33%) Flash
1 1 (33.33%) MFC
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) Ethernet
1 1 (33.33%) Fibre Channel
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Visual Studio
General
1 2 (66.67%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Design Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Electronics Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Principle Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) FPGA Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Architect
2 1 (33.33%) FPGA Design Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
2 2 (66.67%) Firmware
2 2 (66.67%) ASIC
3 1 (33.33%) Verilog
3 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
3 1 (33.33%) Visualisation
3 1 (33.33%) CPLD
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Windows
2 1 (33.33%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Validation
1 1 (33.33%) Benchmarking
1 1 (33.33%) Project Planning
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) C
1 2 (66.67%) C++
2 1 (33.33%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) Degree
2 1 (33.33%) PhD
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) EMC
1 1 (33.33%) Altera
Kendal, Cumbria
Electronic Design, Mixed Signal, Digital Electronics, Hardware Design, Firmware, VHDL, CPLD, FPGA, Embedded Software, C/C++, EMC, ATEX... The Electronics Engineer / Hardware Design Engineer will have some 'C' (...
Saxon Recruitment Solutions
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 17 June 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
You will have demonstrable experience and knowledge of FPGA or ASIC design and validation techniques for high speed operation. Expert knowledge and experience of FPGA / ASIC design tools...
Search Consultancy
Salary: £50000 - £62000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 12 June 2013
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