IC Design Contract Job Trends in England

Integrated Circuit Design (IC Design)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring IC Design skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 August 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank - 525 -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing IC Design 0 8 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England - 0.024% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - 0.028% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £500 -
UK median daily rate - £500 -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 0
Median hourly rate - £57.50 -
UK median hourly rate - £57.50 -

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

IC Design falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 25,042 28,353 38,569
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 90.78% 85.86% 89.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,940 18,160 26,873
10th Percentile £300 £313 £325
25th Percentile £404 £425 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £625 £650 £663
90th Percentile £738 £756 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -4.76% -3.67% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,470 1,457 1,373
10th Percentile £14.20 £14.16 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.61 £18.50 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -41.51% +1.18% +53.90%
75th Percentile £50.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.75 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £42.03 £41.90
% change year-on-year -40.16% +0.31% +52.36%

IC Design
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing IC Design as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for IC Design in England

IC Design
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing IC Design.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing IC Design

IC Design
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing IC Design.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing IC Design