ASIC Contract Job Trends in the East of England

Application-Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC)
England > East of England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term ASIC in contract job vacancies in the East of England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited ASIC over the 6 months leading up to 28 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 98 85 108
Rank change year-on-year -13 +23 +26
Contract jobs citing ASIC 3 5 3
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 0.18% 0.46% 0.17%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.58% 1.21% 0.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 5 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £425 £463 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £600
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -20.83% -
75th Percentile £475 £488 -
90th Percentile - £510 -
England median daily rate £488 £475 £650
% change year-on-year +2.63% -26.92% -8.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £57.50
Median hourly rate - - £60.00
75th Percentile - - £62.50
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate - - £60.00
% change year-on-year - - -7.69%

All Generic Skills
East of England

ASIC 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 of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 518 412 583
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 30.87% 37.52% 32.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 272 203 313
10th Percentile £185 £251 £214
25th Percentile £313 £366 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £452 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year -9.60% +2.56% +8.33%
75th Percentile £623 £613 £563
90th Percentile £711 £700 £695
England median daily rate £512 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -7.00% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 106 53 114
10th Percentile £12.75 £29.36 £15.39
25th Percentile £15.79 £46.31 £21.44
Median hourly rate £22.75 £67.50 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -66.30% +22.73% -8.33%
75th Percentile £67.25 £85.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £95.00 £70.00
England median hourly rate £30.11 £37.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year -19.72% +7.14% +55.66%

ASIC
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

ASIC job vacancy trend in the East of England

ASIC
Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing ASIC.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing ASIC

ASIC
Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing ASIC.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing ASIC

ASIC
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ASIC within the East of England region over the 6 months to 28 January 2026. 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
Hertfordshire -19 3 £450 -5.26% 3
ASIC
England

ASIC
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) SpaceWire
General
1 3 (100.00%) Electronics
2 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
3 1 (33.33%) Aerospace
3 1 (33.33%) Avionics
3 1 (33.33%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Verification Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) FPGA
2 2 (66.67%) Verilog
2 2 (66.67%) VHDL
3 1 (33.33%) CAN bus
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Collaborative Culture
1 2 (66.67%) Computer Science
1 2 (66.67%) Decision-Making
1 2 (66.67%) Mathematics
1 2 (66.67%) Physics
2 1 (33.33%) Supplier Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) C
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) MIL-STD-1553