The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term VHDL in IT jobs advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited VHDL over the 3 months to 24 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 West Midlands region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
VHSIC Hardware Description Language (VHDL)
Rank 201 182 174
Rank change year-on-year
-19 -8
Permanent jobs citing VHDL 3 3 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.060% 0.066% 0.048%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.233% 0.260% 0.202%
Number of salaries quoted 3 3 2
Average salary £35,000 £42,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-17.64% +13.33%
UK excluding London average salary £43,000 £38,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year
+11.68% -3.75%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
West Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
1287 1152 992
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 25.60% 25.27% 23.78%
Number of salaries quoted 1064 982 809
Average salary £38,000 £37,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.33% +7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £24,500 £23,775
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £39,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-2.50% +6.66%
VHDL
England

VHDL
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands VHDL Salary Trend

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 West Midlands region over the 3 months to 24 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
Worcestershire +5 2 £37,500 -
VHDL
England

VHDL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands 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 5 (100.00%) C
1 5 (100.00%) C++
1 5 (100.00%) Electronics
1 5 (100.00%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
2 3 (60.00%) Degree
2 3 (60.00%) Verilog
3 2 (40.00%) Aerospace
3 2 (40.00%) Firmware
3 2 (40.00%) ASIC
4 1 (20.00%) Requirements Management
4 1 (20.00%) Marketing
4 1 (20.00%) Computer Science
4 1 (20.00%) JTAG
4 1 (20.00%) IEC 61508
4 1 (20.00%) Rational DOORS
4 1 (20.00%) Digital Signal Processing
4 1 (20.00%) Signal Processing
4 1 (20.00%) Change Control
4 1 (20.00%) MATLAB
4 1 (20.00%) Simulink
4 1 (20.00%) CMMI
4 1 (20.00%) Management Information System
4 1 (20.00%) UML
4 1 (20.00%) ISO 9000
4 1 (20.00%) Embedded C
4 1 (20.00%) Embedded C++
4 1 (20.00%) RequisitePro
4 1 (20.00%) Six Sigma
4 1 (20.00%) Validation
4 1 (20.00%) Software Engineering

VHDL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands 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.

Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Simulink
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Rational DOORS
1 1 (20.00%) RequisitePro
General
1 5 (100.00%) Electronics
2 2 (40.00%) Aerospace
3 1 (20.00%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Design Engineer
1 3 (60.00%) Electronics Engineer
2 2 (40.00%) Senior Design Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Digital Design Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Requirements Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Firmware Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (100.00%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
2 3 (60.00%) Verilog
3 2 (40.00%) Firmware
3 2 (40.00%) ASIC
4 1 (20.00%) Computer Science
4 1 (20.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (20.00%) Requirements Management
1 1 (20.00%) Digital Signal Processing
1 1 (20.00%) Signal Processing
1 1 (20.00%) Change Control
1 1 (20.00%) CMMI
1 1 (20.00%) UML
1 1 (20.00%) Six Sigma
1 1 (20.00%) Validation
1 1 (20.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) C
1 5 (100.00%) C++
2 1 (20.00%) MATLAB
2 1 (20.00%) Embedded C
2 1 (20.00%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) JTAG
1 1 (20.00%) IEC 61508
1 1 (20.00%) ISO 9000
Worcestershire
Essen tail skills include: FPGA VHDL Coding Simulation (ModelSim or ISIM) Embedded processor design (ARM) Firmware C or C++ JTAG DSP Bachelors degree of equivalent qualifications This is...
Roc Search
Salary: £30000 - £45000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 22 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
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: 23 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: 24 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: 23 May 2013
Warwick, West Midlands
This organisation is looking for a bright and innovative electronic design engineer to join their product development.
JAM
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + Pension & Bonus
Posted: 22 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands
As well as using new technologies, you'll also get a chance to work with older electronics on legacy product with specific modifications to bring in to the...
JAM
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + Pension & Bonus
Posted: 22 May 2013