VHDL Contract Job Trends in the East Midlands

VHSIC Hardware Description Language (VHDL)
England > East Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term VHDL in contract job vacancies in the East Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited VHDL over the 6 months leading up to 18 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 72 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing VHDL 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 0.11% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.34% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £575 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 - -
75th Percentile £725 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £550 £488 £600
% change year-on-year +12.82% -18.75% -14.29%

All Generic Skills
East Midlands

VHDL falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in the East Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 297 159 157
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 33.87% 26.68% 21.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 197 80 114
10th Percentile £188 £180 £250
25th Percentile £358 £321 £373
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £450 £498
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% -9.55% +10.56%
75th Percentile £525 £550 £572
90th Percentile £625 £613 £693
England median daily rate £515 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -6.37% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 4 11
10th Percentile £16.25 £13.57 £16.66
25th Percentile £17.50 £14.56 £17.20
Median hourly rate £21.25 £23.43 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year -9.30% +11.57% +19.59%
75th Percentile £25.15 £37.57 £39.86
90th Percentile £25.83 £48.03 £93.75
England median hourly rate £29.00 £37.00 £43.84
% change year-on-year -21.62% -15.60% +25.16%

VHDL
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing VHDL relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands.

VHDL job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

VHDL
Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing VHDL.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing VHDL

VHDL
Hourly Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing VHDL.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing VHDL

VHDL
Contract Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VHDL within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 18 December 2025. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Derbyshire - 1 £650 - 2
VHDL
England

VHDL
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Git
1 1 (100.00%) Rational DOORS
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Design Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) FPGA Design Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) FPGA Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) FPGA
1 1 (100.00%) Verilog
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) FPGA Design
1 1 (100.00%) Process Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Firmware
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Xilinx