The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term VHDL in IT jobs advertised for the South East region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited VHDL over the 3 months to 17 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 for the South East region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
VHSIC Hardware Description Language (VHDL)
Rank 393 387 390
Rank change year-on-year
-6 +3
Permanent jobs citing VHDL 43 56 31
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East 0.195% 0.236% 0.136%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.632% 0.795% 0.467%
Number of salaries quoted 26 38 28
Average salary £45,000 £37,500 £34,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+20.00% +10.29%
90% offered a salary of more than £36,250 £33,800 £33,500
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £43,950 £48,500
UK excluding London average salary £43,000 £38,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+11.68% +2.66%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
South East
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
6801 7041 6636
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East 30.89% 29.63% 29.18%
Number of salaries quoted 5611 6016 5778
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £27,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,815 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-2.96% +6.66%
VHDL
England

VHDL
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East 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 South East region.

South East VHDL Salary Trend

VHDL
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing VHDL across the South East region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

South East 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 South East region over the 3 months to 17 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Surrey +26 17 £40,000 -
Kent -8 11 £45,000 +12.50%
Berkshire 0 6 £37,500 -16.66%
Hampshire -12 6 £47,500 +35.71%
East Sussex +2 1 - -
Oxfordshire -19 1 £40,000 -
VHDL
England

VHDL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the South East 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 81 (80.20%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
2 43 (42.57%) Degree
3 42 (41.58%) C
3 42 (41.58%) Electronics
4 41 (40.59%) Firmware
5 28 (27.72%) Altera
6 26 (25.74%) ASIC
7 25 (24.75%) Security Cleared
8 24 (23.76%) Verilog
8 24 (23.76%) C++
9 21 (20.79%) Linux
9 21 (20.79%) Telecoms
10 20 (19.80%) Xilinx
10 20 (19.80%) Signal Processing
11 17 (16.83%) TCP/IP
12 16 (15.84%) EMC
12 16 (15.84%) Computer Science
13 15 (14.85%) SC Cleared
14 14 (13.86%) Digital Signal Processing
14 14 (13.86%) Wireless
15 13 (12.87%) Military
15 13 (12.87%) Project Management
16 12 (11.88%) Legal
16 12 (11.88%) Validation
16 12 (11.88%) Banking
16 12 (11.88%) Investment Banking
17 11 (10.89%) Rational DOORS
17 11 (10.89%) Actel
17 11 (10.89%) Configuration Management
17 11 (10.89%) Embedded C

VHDL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the South East 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 3 (2.970%) JSP
1 3 (2.970%) XML
1 3 (2.970%) ActiveX
2 1 (0.990%) .NET
Applications
1 4 (3.960%) Simulink
2 3 (2.970%) Stateflow
3 1 (0.990%) AutoCAD
Communications & Networking
1 17 (16.83%) TCP/IP
2 14 (13.86%) Wireless
3 8 (7.921%) Ethernet
4 7 (6.931%) LAN
4 7 (6.931%) WLAN
5 3 (2.970%) Gigabit Ethernet
5 3 (2.970%) SONET
5 3 (2.970%) SDH
6 1 (0.990%) ADSL
6 1 (0.990%) ATM
6 1 (0.990%) ISDN
6 1 (0.990%) HTTP
6 1 (0.990%) Internet
6 1 (0.990%) X.25
Development Applications
1 11 (10.89%) Rational DOORS
2 4 (3.960%) LabVIEW
3 3 (2.970%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.990%) Eclipse
4 1 (0.990%) Subversion
General
1 42 (41.58%) Electronics
2 21 (20.79%) Telecoms
3 13 (12.87%) Military
4 12 (11.88%) Banking
4 12 (11.88%) Investment Banking
4 12 (11.88%) Legal
5 9 (8.911%) Manufacturing
6 8 (7.921%) Aerospace
7 7 (6.931%) Automotive
7 7 (6.931%) Marketing
8 6 (5.941%) Avionics
9 5 (4.950%) Finance
Job Titles
1 26 (25.74%) Hardware Engineer
2 21 (20.79%) Design Engineer
3 19 (18.81%) FPGA Engineer
4 14 (13.86%) Electronics Engineer
5 11 (10.89%) Team Leader
6 10 (9.901%) Digital Design Engineer
7 9 (8.911%) Digital Hardware Engineer
8 8 (7.921%) Senior Design Engineer
8 8 (7.921%) Developer
9 7 (6.931%) Graduate
10 6 (5.941%) Firmware Engineer
11 5 (4.950%) Development Engineer
11 5 (4.950%) Software Developer
11 5 (4.950%) FPGA Design Engineer
11 5 (4.950%) Graduate Software Developer
11 5 (4.950%) Graduate Developer
12 4 (3.960%) ASIC Design Engineer
12 4 (3.960%) Integration Engineer
12 4 (3.960%) Senior Integration Engineer
12 4 (3.960%) Senior FPGA Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 81 (80.20%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
2 41 (40.59%) Firmware
3 26 (25.74%) ASIC
4 24 (23.76%) Verilog
5 16 (15.84%) Computer Science
6 10 (9.901%) Cryptography
6 10 (9.901%) Management Information System
7 9 (8.911%) Physics
8 8 (7.921%) Mathematics
9 6 (5.941%) Device Driver
9 6 (5.941%) Chip and PIN
10 3 (2.970%) MPEG
10 3 (2.970%) CPLD
10 3 (2.970%) CUDA
11 2 (1.980%) Embedded Systems
12 1 (0.990%) SystemC
12 1 (0.990%) Data Conversion
12 1 (0.990%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 21 (20.79%) Linux
2 6 (5.941%) Embedded Linux
3 4 (3.960%) UNIX
4 3 (2.970%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (19.80%) Signal Processing
2 14 (13.86%) Digital Signal Processing
3 13 (12.87%) Project Management
4 12 (11.88%) Validation
5 11 (10.89%) Configuration Management
6 10 (9.901%) V-Model
7 8 (7.921%) CAD
8 5 (4.950%) OO
8 5 (4.950%) IC Design
8 5 (4.950%) TDD
8 5 (4.950%) Unit Testing
9 3 (2.970%) Image Processing
9 3 (2.970%) Business Development
10 2 (1.980%) Continuous Improvement
11 1 (0.990%) Video Processing
11 1 (0.990%) UML
11 1 (0.990%) OOD
11 1 (0.990%) CAE
Programming Languages
1 42 (41.58%) C
2 24 (23.76%) C++
3 11 (10.89%) Embedded C
4 9 (8.911%) C#
4 9 (8.911%) MATLAB
5 6 (5.941%) Python
6 4 (3.960%) Tcl
6 4 (3.960%) AWK
6 4 (3.960%) sed
6 4 (3.960%) Perl
7 3 (2.970%) Embedded C++
7 3 (2.970%) Java
8 2 (1.980%) Assembly Language
9 1 (0.990%) VB
9 1 (0.990%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 43 (42.57%) Degree
2 25 (24.75%) Security Cleared
3 15 (14.85%) SC Cleared
4 5 (4.950%) PhD
5 3 (2.970%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (6.931%) DO-254
2 4 (3.960%) QA
3 3 (2.970%) ISO 9000
4 2 (1.980%) ISO 9001
4 2 (1.980%) IEC 61508
5 1 (0.990%) JTAG
Vendors
1 28 (27.72%) Altera
2 20 (19.80%) Xilinx
3 16 (15.84%) EMC
4 11 (10.89%) Actel
5 4 (3.960%) Cadence
5 4 (3.960%) Synopsys
6 3 (2.970%) Agilent
6 3 (2.970%) MathWorks
7 1 (0.990%) HP
7 1 (0.990%) Freescale
Oxfordshire, South East
I am urgently seeking 3 x Electronic Engineers based nearOxfordfor an exciting permanent opportunity specialising in Digital FPGA, VHDL and Analogue design working on low noise electronics for...
Computer Futures
Salary: £45000 - £55000 per annum + Pension, Health Care, Bonus
Posted: 15 May 2013
Oxfordshire, South East
We are seeking : 1 x Senior Digital Electronics Engineer - £40,000 - £50,000 Skills & Experience FPGA design, VHDL Digital / Analogue Electronic Design Embedded systems PCB Design, Layout & Schematics...
Computer Futures
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Oxfordshire, South East
We are seeking : 1 x Senior Digital Electronics Engineer - £40,000 - £50,000 Skills & Experience FPGA design, VHDL Digital / Analogue Electronic Design Embedded systems PCB Design, Layout & Schematics...
Computer Futures
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Witney, South East
We are seeking : 1 x Senior Digital Electronics Engineer - £30,000 - £50,000 Skills & Experience FPGA design (Altera, VHDL) Digital / Analog Electronic Design Embedded systems PCB Design, Layout &...
Computer Futures
Salary: £35000 - £50000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Oxfordshire, South East
We are seeking : 1 x Senior Digital Electronics Engineer - £40,000 - £50,000 Skills & Experience FPGA design, VHDL Digital / Analogue Electronic Design Embedded systems PCB Design, Layout & Schematics...
Computer Futures
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Oxford, South East
We are seeking : 1 x Senior Digital Electronics Engineer - £40,000 - £50,000 Skills & Experience FPGA design, VHDL Digital / Analogue Electronic Design Embedded systems PCB Design, Layout & Schematics...
Computer Futures
Salary: £40000 - £55000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Oxfordshire, South East
We are seeking : 1 x Senior Digital Electronics Engineer - £40,000 - £50,000 Skills & Experience FPGA design, VHDL Digital / Analogue Electronic Design Embedded systems PCB Design, Layout & Schematics...
Computer Futures
Salary: £45000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 18 May 2013
Witney, South East
We are seeking : 1 x Senior Digital Electronics Engineer - £40,000 - £55,000 Skills & Experience FPGA design, VHDL Digital / Analogue Electronic Design Embedded systems PCB Design, Layout & Schematics...
Computer Futures
Salary: £45000 - £55000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Guildford, Surrey
In general candidates should have a first class numerate degree or PhD in a subject such as a Physics, Engineering or Maths or Electronics... Software development (eg C/...
Real Time Recruitment Solutions
Salary: 40,000 to 50,000
Posted: 16 May 2013
Staines, Middlesex
A great opportunity has arisen for a Firmware Engineer to work for a leading Systems Design house in the Staines area. This Firmware Engineer will be working on...
Connectus
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
Berkshire, Thames Valley
A world-wide leader of innovative cost effective test and measurement instruments, winning multiple awards in the broadcasting industry, is looking for a hardware/FPGA SUPERSTAR... As the...
DP Connect Ltd
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum + Excellent
Posted: 24 April 2013
Guildford, Surrey
We are looking to recruit a Hardware Design Engineer with 2/3/more years experience of board level design which should include knowledge of digital design, microprocessors, VHDL...
ENTERPRISE RECRUITMENT LTD
Salary: £30k - £40k plus great bens
Posted: 15 May 2013
Guildford
Summary: Experienced Electronics Engineer, VHDL, FPGA, embedded C/C++, complex PCB design, Signal Processing, MUST be UK national for this position, Guildford, to £55k + 10% pension... - Simulating and...
ECM Selection Ltd
Salary: to £55k + benefits
Posted: 9 May 2013
Hants, Thames Valley
The company is small now but expanding quickly into global markets. They are looking for a smart Applications Engineer whose role will include: - Supporting business development by visiting...
ECM Selection Ltd
Salary: to £40k+ with benefits
Posted: 9 May 2013