VHSIC Hardware Description Language (VHDL)
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term VHDL in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited VHDL over the 6 months to 7 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 806 891 1106
Rank change year-on-year +85 +215 -271
Permanent jobs citing VHDL 101 104 129
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.10% 0.10% 0.082%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.29% 0.24% 0.17%
Number of salaries quoted 73 59 49
10th Percentile £37,500 £32,500 £28,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +14.29% +10.53%
75th Percentile £70,000 £82,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £72,250 £91,250 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,750 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -7.08% +14.29% +5.00%

All Generic Skills
UK

VHDL is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 34,801 43,406 74,907
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 35.34% 42.74% 47.58%
Number of salaries quoted 22,954 23,484 33,996
10th Percentile £28,000 £35,250 £34,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £46,250 £45,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +4.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £86,250 £84,056
90th Percentile £97,500 £107,500 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%

VHDL
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing VHDL as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for VHDL in the UK

VHDL
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing VHDL.

Salary trend for VHDL in the UK

VHDL
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing VHDL over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

Salary histogram for VHDL in the UK

VHDL
Top 13 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VHDL within the UK over the 6 months to 7 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
UK excluding London -13 96 £55,750 -7.08% 102
England +82 95 £55,000 -8.33% 111
South East +2 30 £56,500 +2.73% 34
East of England +34 28 £70,000 -17.65% 31
South West -20 28 £50,000 -25.93% 27
Work from Home +74 21 £57,500 -11.54% 38
London +126 5 £50,000 -16.67% 9
Scotland - 4 £56,250 - 2
Midlands -9 3 £40,000 -63.64% 12
East Midlands -22 3 £40,000 -50.00% 7
Wales - 2 £45,000 - 1
North of England +38 1 £51,500 -1.90% 3
North West +8 1 £51,500 -1.90% 1

VHDL
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Applications
1 15 (14.85%) Simulink
2 9 (8.91%) GNU Octave
3 2 (1.98%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.98%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (1.98%) OrCAD
4 1 (0.99%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 3 (2.97%) Azure
1 3 (2.97%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 9 (8.91%) 5G
2 8 (7.92%) Ethernet
2 8 (7.92%) SD-WAN
2 8 (7.92%) WAN
2 8 (7.92%) Wireless
3 7 (6.93%) OFDM
4 5 (4.95%) RS-485
4 5 (4.95%) Software-Defined Radio
5 3 (2.97%) DVB
6 2 (1.98%) 4G
6 2 (1.98%) RS-232
6 2 (1.98%) RS-422
7 1 (0.99%) 3G
7 1 (0.99%) 3GPP
7 1 (0.99%) 5G NR
7 1 (0.99%) GPRS
7 1 (0.99%) GSM
7 1 (0.99%) LTE
7 1 (0.99%) Modbus
7 1 (0.99%) UMTS
Development Applications
1 14 (13.86%) Git
2 11 (10.89%) Subversion
3 3 (2.97%) Jenkins
4 2 (1.98%) JUnit
4 2 (1.98%) PetaLinux
5 1 (0.99%) Eclipse
5 1 (0.99%) JIRA
5 1 (0.99%) TeamCity
General
1 53 (52.48%) Electronics
2 29 (28.71%) Analytical Skills
3 22 (21.78%) Manufacturing
4 21 (20.79%) Social Skills
5 19 (18.81%) Aerospace
5 19 (18.81%) Automotive
6 10 (9.90%) Telecoms
7 9 (8.91%) Finance
7 9 (8.91%) Marketing
7 9 (8.91%) Public Sector
8 2 (1.98%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (0.99%) Law
9 1 (0.99%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.99%) Retail
Job Titles
1 19 (18.81%) Software Engineer
2 17 (16.83%) Embedded Engineer
2 17 (16.83%) Lead
3 16 (15.84%) Electronics Engineer
3 16 (15.84%) Lead Systems Engineer
3 16 (15.84%) Systems Engineer
4 13 (12.87%) Developer
4 13 (12.87%) FPGA Developer
5 12 (11.88%) Hardware Engineer
6 10 (9.90%) Graduate
7 9 (8.91%) Design Engineer
7 9 (8.91%) Designer
7 9 (8.91%) FPGA Designer
8 8 (7.92%) FPGA Engineer
9 7 (6.93%) DSP Engineer
9 7 (6.93%) Senior
10 5 (4.95%) Architect
10 5 (4.95%) Graduate Hardware Engineer
10 5 (4.95%) Graduate Software Engineer
10 5 (4.95%) Senior Electronics Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.96%) PyTorch
1 4 (3.96%) TensorFlow
2 2 (1.98%) OpenMP
2 2 (1.98%) POSIX
2 2 (1.98%) Yocto
3 1 (0.99%) Flash
3 1 (0.99%) RESTful
3 1 (0.99%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 91 (90.10%) FPGA
2 43 (42.57%) Verilog
3 33 (32.67%) Algorithms
4 14 (13.86%) Analogue Electronics
5 13 (12.87%) Analytical Mindset
5 13 (12.87%) Greenfield Project
6 9 (8.91%) Embedded Systems
7 8 (7.92%) GNSS
7 8 (7.92%) MicroBlaze
8 7 (6.93%) PCIe
9 5 (4.95%) ASIC
9 5 (4.95%) Self-Motivation
10 3 (2.97%) CPLD
10 3 (2.97%) Fibre Optics
10 3 (2.97%) Robotics
11 2 (1.98%) Driving Licence
11 2 (1.98%) Management Information System
11 2 (1.98%) VLSI
12 1 (0.99%) IoT
12 1 (0.99%) SystemC
Operating Systems
1 32 (31.68%) Linux
2 9 (8.91%) Windows
3 6 (5.94%) FreeRTOS
4 4 (3.96%) Embedded Linux
5 2 (1.98%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (42.57%) Signal Processing
2 34 (33.66%) Problem-Solving
3 33 (32.67%) Computer Science
4 29 (28.71%) FPGA Design
5 24 (23.76%) Schematic Capture
5 24 (23.76%) Software Engineering
6 19 (18.81%) Mathematics
7 18 (17.82%) Physics
8 16 (15.84%) Customer Service
9 9 (8.91%) Business Intelligence
9 9 (8.91%) Digital Marketing
9 9 (8.91%) Digital Signal Processing
9 9 (8.91%) Programme Management
9 9 (8.91%) Project Management
10 8 (7.92%) B2B
10 8 (7.92%) Creative Thinking
10 8 (7.92%) Defect Tracking
10 8 (7.92%) Requirements Analysis
10 8 (7.92%) Test Assurance
10 8 (7.92%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 73 (72.28%) C
2 52 (51.49%) C++
3 29 (28.71%) Python
4 26 (25.74%) MATLAB
5 16 (15.84%) Java
6 12 (11.88%) Perl
7 9 (8.91%) Tcl
8 8 (7.92%) VB
9 6 (5.94%) Bash
9 6 (5.94%) Embedded C
10 4 (3.96%) Ruby
10 4 (3.96%) Shell Script
10 4 (3.96%) SystemVerilog
11 2 (1.98%) Assembly Language
12 1 (0.99%) C#
12 1 (0.99%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 77 (76.24%) Degree
2 29 (28.71%) Security Cleared
3 20 (19.80%) PhD
4 19 (18.81%) SC Cleared
5 13 (12.87%) DV Cleared
6 10 (9.90%) BPSS Clearance
7 3 (2.97%) HNC
7 3 (2.97%) HND
8 1 (0.99%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (0.99%) IEC 61131
1 1 (0.99%) JTAG
System Software
1 30 (29.70%) Firmware
2 12 (11.88%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (0.99%) Docker
Vendors
1 18 (17.82%) Xilinx
2 12 (11.88%) Altera
2 12 (11.88%) EMC
3 9 (8.91%) SAP
4 8 (7.92%) Green Hills
4 8 (7.92%) Motorola
5 6 (5.94%) Intel
6 4 (3.96%) Microsemi
7 3 (2.97%) Lattice Semiconductor
8 2 (1.98%) Cadence
9 1 (0.99%) Autodesk
9 1 (0.99%) CA
9 1 (0.99%) Microsoft
9 1 (0.99%) NCR