The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term VHDL in IT jobs advertised for the Surrey region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited VHDL over the 3 months to 23 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 Surrey region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
VHSIC Hardware Description Language (VHDL)
Rank 202 228 208
Rank change year-on-year
+26 -20
Permanent jobs citing VHDL 18 8 7
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Surrey 0.343% 0.134% 0.129%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.112% 0.425% 0.399%
Number of salaries quoted 6 8 7
Average salary £39,000 £41,250 £33,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.45% +23.13%
UK excluding London average salary £43,000 £39,250 £40,000
% change year-on-year
+9.55% -1.87%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Surrey
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
1619 1883 1754
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Surrey 30.83% 31.53% 32.29%
Number of salaries quoted 1361 1623 1511
Average salary £40,000 £42,500 £41,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.88% +2.40%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £27,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £62,500 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £39,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-2.50% +6.66%
VHDL
South East

VHDL
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Surrey 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 Surrey region.

Surrey VHDL Salary Trend

VHDL
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing VHDL across the Surrey region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Surrey 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 Surrey region over the 3 months to 23 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
Guildford +1 9 £50,000 +27.38%
Woking - 3 £37,750 -
Dorking - 2 - -
Staines - 1 £35,000 -
VHDL
South East

VHDL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Surrey 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 17 (77.27%) C
2 16 (72.73%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
3 15 (68.18%) C++
4 14 (63.64%) Security Cleared
5 12 (54.55%) Linux
6 11 (50.00%) Firmware
7 10 (45.45%) Telecoms
8 8 (36.36%) Degree
8 8 (36.36%) Mathematics
8 8 (36.36%) Physics
8 8 (36.36%) Electronics
8 8 (36.36%) Project Management
9 7 (31.82%) Device Driver
10 6 (27.27%) Signal Processing
10 6 (27.27%) MATLAB
11 5 (22.73%) Embedded C
11 5 (22.73%) Finance
11 5 (22.73%) Wireless
11 5 (22.73%) PhD
12 4 (18.18%) ActiveX
12 4 (18.18%) Windows
12 4 (18.18%) C#
12 4 (18.18%) Visual Studio
12 4 (18.18%) XML
12 4 (18.18%) MathWorks
12 4 (18.18%) Automotive
12 4 (18.18%) Simulink
12 4 (18.18%) Stateflow
12 4 (18.18%) Xilinx
12 4 (18.18%) Computer Science

VHDL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Surrey 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 4 (18.18%) ActiveX
1 4 (18.18%) XML
2 3 (13.64%) JSP
Applications
1 4 (18.18%) Simulink
1 4 (18.18%) Stateflow
Communications & Networking
1 5 (22.73%) Wireless
2 3 (13.64%) Gigabit Ethernet
2 3 (13.64%) SONET
2 3 (13.64%) SDH
2 3 (13.64%) Ethernet
3 2 (9.091%) TCP/IP
4 1 (4.545%) HTTP
Development Applications
1 4 (18.18%) Visual Studio
2 2 (9.091%) LabVIEW
General
1 10 (45.45%) Telecoms
2 8 (36.36%) Electronics
3 5 (22.73%) Finance
4 4 (18.18%) Automotive
5 3 (13.64%) Manufacturing
6 2 (9.091%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 10 (45.45%) Hardware Engineer
2 6 (27.27%) Electronics Engineer
3 3 (13.64%) Developer
4 2 (9.091%) Systems Engineer
4 2 (9.091%) Software Engineer
5 1 (4.545%) Real Time Software Engineer
5 1 (4.545%) Real Time Engineer
5 1 (4.545%) Graduate Hardware Engineer
5 1 (4.545%) Graduate
Miscellaneous
1 16 (72.73%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
2 11 (50.00%) Firmware
3 8 (36.36%) Mathematics
3 8 (36.36%) Physics
4 7 (31.82%) Device Driver
5 4 (18.18%) Computer Science
6 3 (13.64%) CUDA
6 3 (13.64%) ASIC
Operating Systems
1 12 (54.55%) Linux
2 4 (18.18%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (36.36%) Project Management
2 6 (27.27%) Signal Processing
3 3 (13.64%) Image Processing
4 2 (9.091%) Business Development
5 1 (4.545%) Digital Signal Processing
Programming Languages
1 17 (77.27%) C
2 15 (68.18%) C++
3 6 (27.27%) MATLAB
4 5 (22.73%) Embedded C
5 4 (18.18%) C#
6 3 (13.64%) Embedded C++
6 3 (13.64%) Java
Qualifications
1 14 (63.64%) Security Cleared
2 8 (36.36%) Degree
3 5 (22.73%) PhD
4 4 (18.18%) SC Cleared
5 3 (13.64%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (9.091%) IEC 61508
Vendors
1 4 (18.18%) MathWorks
1 4 (18.18%) Xilinx
2 3 (13.64%) Altera
3 2 (9.091%) EMC
3 2 (9.091%) Agilent
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
Surrey
They are looking for someone with excellent A level results and a 1st/2.1 electronics degree. A PhD in a subject such as physics, engineering or maths...
ENTERPRISE RECRUITMENT LTD
Salary: £35000 to £50000 per annum - Benefits
Posted: 21 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