The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term VHDL in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs 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.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
VHSIC Hardware Description Language (VHDL)
Rank 747 737 662
Rank change year-on-year
-10 -75
Permanent jobs citing VHDL 113 150 212
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.104% 0.124% 0.174%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.312% 0.375% 0.501%
Number of salaries quoted 73 112 154
Average salary £43,000 £40,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.50% -
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £30,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £54,000 £92,500 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £43,000 £38,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year
+11.68% -3.75%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
36262 40019 42312
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 33.38% 33.02% 34.67%
Number of salaries quoted 29773 33735 35431
Average salary £45,000 £45,000 £47,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -5.26%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,000 £28,500 £28,000
10% offered a salary of more than £75,000 £82,500 £75,000
UK excluding London average salary £39,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-2.50% +6.66%

VHDL
Jobs Demand Trend

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

VHDL Jobs Demand Trend

VHDL
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing VHDL within the UK.

VHDL Salary Trend

VHDL
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing VHDL over the 3 months to 21 May 2013 within the UK.

VHDL Salary Histogram

VHDL
Top 30 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 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
England -34 98 £44,000 +10.00%
South East -10 44 £45,000 +16.88%
East of England -4 24 £43,000 +36.50%
Surrey +23 18 £39,000 -2.50%
South West +1 16 £40,000 -3.61%
Cambridgeshire +11 15 £52,500 +75.00%
Cambridge +7 15 £52,500 +5.00%
Gloucestershire +18 12 £35,000 -15.15%
Kent -12 10 £45,000 +12.50%
Gloucester +18 9 £40,000 +3.89%
Guildford -3 9 £50,000 +29.87%
Scotland -4 8 £100,000 +187.76%
Hampshire -6 7 £47,500 +35.71%
Berkshire +2 6 £37,500 -16.66%
London +19 5 £47,500 -52.50%
Edinburgh +8 5 £100,000 +187.76%
Fareham - 5 £47,500 -
Bridgend - 5 £32,500 -
South Wales - 5 £32,500 -
Wales - 5 £32,500 -
Essex +32 4 £43,000 +95.45%
Hertfordshire -4 4 £45,000 +16.12%
Chelmsford - 4 £43,000 -
Bristol -13 3 £50,000 +20.48%
West Midlands -22 3 £35,000 -17.64%
Wotton-under-Edge - 3 £35,000 -
Woking - 3 £37,750 -
Midlands - 3 £45,000 -
Croydon +15 2 £37,500 +50.00%
Worcestershire +2 2 £37,500 -

VHDL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT 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 IT job ads sampled that cited VHDL.

1 174 (67.70%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
2 130 (50.58%) C
3 122 (47.47%) Degree
4 120 (46.69%) Electronics
5 106 (41.25%) C++
6 79 (30.74%) Verilog
7 67 (26.07%) Linux
8 63 (24.51%) Firmware
9 60 (23.35%) Altera
10 56 (21.79%) ASIC
11 39 (15.18%) Xilinx
12 38 (14.79%) Security Cleared
13 37 (14.40%) Signal Processing
13 37 (14.40%) Telecoms
14 36 (14.01%) TCP/IP
15 35 (13.62%) Computer Science
16 33 (12.84%) Ethernet
16 33 (12.84%) Wireless
17 31 (12.06%) Device Driver
18 30 (11.67%) Embedded C
19 28 (10.89%) Java
20 27 (10.51%) EMC
21 26 (10.12%) Aerospace
21 26 (10.12%) Project Management
22 24 (9.339%) C#
23 23 (8.949%) MATLAB
24 22 (8.560%) SC Cleared
24 22 (8.560%) Digital Signal Processing
25 21 (8.171%) Python
26 20 (7.782%) Windows

VHDL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT 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 IT job ads sampled that cited VHDL. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 6 (2.335%) J2SE
1 6 (2.335%) .NET
1 6 (2.335%) JSP
2 4 (1.556%) XML
2 4 (1.556%) ActiveX
Application Platforms
1 13 (5.058%) CMS
Applications
1 13 (5.058%) Simulink
2 4 (1.556%) Stateflow
3 1 (0.389%) AutoCAD
Communications & Networking
1 36 (14.01%) TCP/IP
2 33 (12.84%) Ethernet
2 33 (12.84%) Wireless
3 9 (3.502%) LTE
3 9 (3.502%) WCDMA
4 8 (3.113%) SDH
4 8 (3.113%) Gigabit Ethernet
5 7 (2.724%) SONET
5 7 (2.724%) WLAN
5 7 (2.724%) LAN
6 6 (2.335%) GSM
6 6 (2.335%) 3GPP
7 5 (1.946%) 3G
8 3 (1.167%) OFDM
8 3 (1.167%) HSPA
8 3 (1.167%) 2G
8 3 (1.167%) GPRS
8 3 (1.167%) UMTS
8 3 (1.167%) UTRAN
9 2 (0.778%) Internet
Development Applications
1 19 (7.393%) LabVIEW
2 14 (5.447%) Rational DOORS
3 6 (2.335%) QuickTest Pro
3 6 (2.335%) TestPartner
4 4 (1.556%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.389%) Subversion
5 1 (0.389%) Eclipse
5 1 (0.389%) RequisitePro
General
1 120 (46.69%) Electronics
2 37 (14.40%) Telecoms
3 26 (10.12%) Aerospace
4 19 (7.393%) Finance
5 16 (6.226%) Legal
6 15 (5.837%) Marketing
7 14 (5.447%) Manufacturing
8 13 (5.058%) Banking
8 13 (5.058%) Investment Banking
8 13 (5.058%) Military
9 9 (3.502%) Automotive
10 6 (2.335%) Avionics
11 3 (1.167%) Multimedia
12 2 (0.778%) Advertising
13 1 (0.389%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 64 (24.90%) Hardware Engineer
2 50 (19.46%) Software Engineer
3 44 (17.12%) Design Engineer
4 38 (14.79%) FPGA Engineer
5 35 (13.62%) Electronics Engineer
6 32 (12.45%) Development Engineer
7 21 (8.171%) Developer
8 20 (7.782%) Senior Design Engineer
9 17 (6.615%) C Software Engineer
10 16 (6.226%) Systems Engineer
10 16 (6.226%) Digital Design Engineer
11 14 (5.447%) Software Development Engineer
12 13 (5.058%) Graduate
13 12 (4.669%) Digital Hardware Engineer
13 12 (4.669%) Senior FPGA Engineer
14 11 (4.280%) Team Leader
15 9 (3.502%) Firmware Engineer
15 9 (3.502%) Hardware Design Engineer
16 8 (3.113%) Embedded Software Engineer
16 8 (3.113%) FPGA Design Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 174 (67.70%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
2 79 (30.74%) Verilog
3 63 (24.51%) Firmware
4 56 (21.79%) ASIC
5 35 (13.62%) Computer Science
6 31 (12.06%) Device Driver
7 18 (7.004%) Mathematics
7 18 (7.004%) Physics
8 13 (5.058%) Management Information System
9 10 (3.891%) Cryptography
10 8 (3.113%) Chip and PIN
11 7 (2.724%) CUDA
12 6 (2.335%) SystemC
13 5 (1.946%) Streaming Media
14 4 (1.556%) N-Tier
14 4 (1.556%) Swaptions
15 3 (1.167%) Human Factors
15 3 (1.167%) CPLD
15 3 (1.167%) Embedded Systems
15 3 (1.167%) Handset
Operating Systems
1 67 (26.07%) Linux
2 20 (7.782%) Windows
3 15 (5.837%) Embedded Linux
4 11 (4.280%) UNIX
5 1 (0.389%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (14.40%) Signal Processing
2 26 (10.12%) Project Management
3 22 (8.560%) Digital Signal Processing
4 18 (7.004%) Video Processing
5 17 (6.615%) Validation
6 15 (5.837%) Electronic Design Automation
6 15 (5.837%) OO
6 15 (5.837%) CAD
7 14 (5.447%) Software Engineering
8 13 (5.058%) CAE
9 12 (4.669%) Configuration Management
9 12 (4.669%) V-Model
10 7 (2.724%) Asset Management
10 7 (2.724%) DNA
11 6 (2.335%) OOP
11 6 (2.335%) Stakeholder Management
11 6 (2.335%) Test Automation
11 6 (2.335%) Image Processing
11 6 (2.335%) TDD
11 6 (2.335%) Multithreading
Programming Languages
1 130 (50.58%) C
2 106 (41.25%) C++
3 30 (11.67%) Embedded C
4 28 (10.89%) Java
5 24 (9.339%) C#
6 23 (8.949%) MATLAB
7 21 (8.171%) Python
8 18 (7.004%) Embedded C++
9 16 (6.226%) Assembly Language
10 14 (5.447%) Perl
11 10 (3.891%) Tcl
12 8 (3.113%) Ruby
13 5 (1.946%) C-shell
13 5 (1.946%) Objective-C
14 4 (1.556%) AWK
14 4 (1.556%) sed
15 3 (1.167%) VB
16 2 (0.778%) SQL
17 1 (0.389%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 122 (47.47%) Degree
2 38 (14.79%) Security Cleared
3 22 (8.560%) SC Cleared
4 8 (3.113%) PhD
5 6 (2.335%) ISEB
5 6 (2.335%) DV Cleared
6 2 (0.778%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (0.778%) CCNP
7 1 (0.389%) APMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (3.113%) DO-254
2 6 (2.335%) QA
3 5 (1.946%) DO-178B
4 4 (1.556%) ISO 9000
5 3 (1.167%) JTAG
5 3 (1.167%) IEC 61508
6 2 (0.778%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.389%) DO-160
System Software
1 14 (5.447%) Xen
Vendors
1 60 (23.35%) Altera
2 39 (15.18%) Xilinx
3 27 (10.51%) EMC
4 14 (5.447%) VMware
5 11 (4.280%) Actel
6 5 (1.946%) Agilent
7 4 (1.556%) Cadence
7 4 (1.556%) MathWorks
7 4 (1.556%) Synopsys
8 1 (0.389%) Twitter
8 1 (0.389%) Freescale
8 1 (0.389%) HP
Cambridge, East Anglia
Experience or knowledge of FPGA or ASIC design, simulation and/or verification techniques, including RTL coding and simulation, in Verilog or VHDL. - Understanding of FPGA or ASIC implementation...
ECM Selection Ltd
Salary: £market rate + excellent benefits
Posted: 23 April 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
You will join the R&D team based in Cambridge and will be reporting to the VP of Hardware Engineering and will be working on FPGA based products...
ENTERPRISE RECRUITMENT LTD
Salary: £35000 to £55000 per annum - Benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
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
Bristol, South West
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: £55000 - £60000 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
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
As part of the existing design team you will be working on the design and development of electronic wireless products from initial idea, through detailed design, to debug...
ENTERPRISE RECRUITMENT LTD
Salary: £30000 to £45000 per annum - excellent benefits
Posted: 17 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
Bristol, South West
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 + Pension, Health Cover, Bonus
Posted: 15 May 2013
Bristol, South West
I am currently seeking 2 x Electronic Engineers to work on high tech hardware, fpga's / HDL / VHDL for a company in Bristol... Hardware Role: High-speed digital...
Computer Futures
Salary: £30000 - £45000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
London
FPGA... devices in VHDL/Verilog from specification to delivery and testing... Strong experience with VHDL/Verilog ideally including system level design. Good understanding of C/C++ programming. Experience...
Optimus Search Ltd
Salary: From £60,000 to £80,000 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
HDL coding in Verilog or VHDL to create an FPGA or ASIC... Requirements: An excellent first degree or PhD in Electrical Engineering or related discipline... Knowledge of Digital...
MJH Personnel Associates
Salary: Excellent + bens
Posted: 16 May 2013
Hertfordshire, South East
Senior Electronics Development Engineer (FPGA/ VHDL)Location: HertfordshireSkills: Degree, Physics/ Electronics, FPGA, VHDLSalary: NegotiableOur client, a market leading consultancy, are looking for an exceptional Electronics Development Engineer to...
DP Connect Ltd
Salary: Pension, Health, Life assurance
Posted: 4 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
You will have the opportunity to work in areas such as digital design, hardware verification, FPGA prototyping and software development. We are looking for people with competence in...
ENTERPRISE RECRUITMENT LTD
Salary: £25000 to £30000 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
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
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
Cambridge, East Anglia
Summary: Electronics / Firmware Engineer with top academic qualifications, well established technology company, Cambridge, to £highly competitive + benefits.This growing technology consultancy specialises in the development of solutions for...
ECM Selection Ltd
Salary: to £highly competitive + benefits
Posted: 17 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
Bristol, South West
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: £35000 - £45000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
You can expect to learn new skills in digital and analogue electronics, PCB and FPGA/ASIC design... - Verilog or VHDL coding for FPGA or ASIC. - Knowledge of Digital...
ECM Selection Ltd
Salary: to £60k
Posted: 17 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
HDL coding in Verilog or VHDL to create an FPGA or ASIC... Requirements: An excellent first degree or PhD in Electrical Engineering or related discipline... Knowledge of Digital...
MJH Personnel Associates
Salary: Excellent + bens
Posted: 16 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
They are currently looking for an Electronics Design Engineer to work as a part of their product development team with specific responsibility for developing FPGA code for their...
ECM Selection Ltd
Salary: to £50k
Posted: 17 May 2013
Cambridge, East Anglia
They are currently looking for an Electronics Design Engineer to work as a part of their product development team with specific responsibility for developing FPGA code for their...
ECM Selection Ltd
Salary: to £50k
Posted: 17 May 2013
Malvern, Worcestershire
Expansion has created this position for an experienced FPGA/VHDL/digital/firmware engineer to join their R&D team and work on the design of a NEW range...
ENTERPRISE RECRUITMENT LTD
Salary: Very competitive plus bens
Posted: 20 May 2013
Bath, South West
Technical Skills:*Analogue/Digital Electronics Design*PCB Design & Layout (OrCAD)*FPGA/ASIC design using VHDL*Microcontroller Design*Embedded C/C++ programmingThe role of Electronics Design Engineer offers a...
JAM
Salary: £25000 - £35000 per annum + Pension,Health & Bonus
Posted: 8 May 2013
Stafford, Staffordshire
Purpose of the Job Reporting to the Systems R&D Hardware and Firmware Manager, the candidate will be part of a global hardware team and be responsible for...
Advantage XPO
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
Cambridgeshire
Summary: Electronics / Firmware Engineer with top academic qualifications, well established technology company, Cambridge, to £highly competitive + benefits... This key role is to work in a team that includes...
ECM Selection Ltd
Salary: to £highly competitive + benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
You can expect to learn new skills in digital and analogue electronics, PCB and FPGA/ASIC design... - HDL coding in Verilog or VHDL to create an FPGA or...
ECM Selection Ltd
Salary: to £35k
Posted: 20 May 2013
Cambridge, East Anglia
Our client is looking for a graduate engineer to join its Wireless Digital Systems Group... You can expect to learn new skills in digital and analogue electronics, PCB...
ECM Selection Ltd
Salary: to £35k
Posted: 20 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
They are looking to recruit a FPGA Design Engineer to work as part of the product development team with the specific responsibility for developing FPGA code. You will...
ENTERPRISE RECRUITMENT LTD
Salary: £40000 to £50000 per annum - excellent benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
West Midlands
ROLE: Electronic Design Engineer (Analogue / Digital / Power) A well recognised and market leading aerospace organisation is seeking to recruit a number of Electronic Design Engineers to join the...
Experis Engineering
Salary: £28000 - £45000 per annum + Benefits + bonus
Posted: 15 May 2013
UK
The role itself will involve: " Interpret product requirements and develop functional requirements specifications for VHDL code. " Design and validate robust, reliable code " Align deliverables with Program Schedules " Analyse...
Proteus Europe
Posted: 15 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
We have been asked to recruit a Graduate Software Engineer who will perform a key role within their Engineering team working on a variety of tasks including application,...
ENTERPRISE RECRUITMENT LTD
Salary: £25000 to £30000 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013
Stafford, Staffordshire
Contribute to definition, development and continuous improvement of applicable processes, procedures and guidelines for all aspects of electronic design... Network & Links: Software and Product R&D teams, Industrialisation,...
Advantage XPO
Posted: 16 May 2013
Cambridgeshire Hertfordshire, South East
They are seeking ambitious electronics / firmware engineers to work on a variety of development projects, ranging from one-off process equipment to high-volume consumer products... The team...
Questor Resourcing
Salary: Very competitive + VG benefits
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
Cambridge, East Anglia
There will also be an opportunity to contribute to their demonstration debug tools, which are based on Eclipse and GNU tools, and to help shape our novel silicon...
ECM Selection Ltd
Salary: £Negotiable + share options
Posted: 10 May 2013