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 contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 609 - 549
Rank change year-on-year - - +84
Contract jobs citing IC Design 3 0 4
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.007% - 0.011%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.008% - 0.013%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £475 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - -
75th Percentile £525 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £500 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £51.25
Median hourly rate - - £57.50
75th Percentile - - £66.56
90th Percentile - - £71.63
UK median hourly rate - - £57.50

All Process & 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 37,451 23,541 31,946
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.35% 91.15% 85.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,583 15,155 20,721
10th Percentile £325 £300 £305
25th Percentile £419 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £515 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.97% -1.90% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £729 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £515 £505 £525
% change year-on-year +2.08% -3.90% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,352 1,173 2,326
10th Percentile £15.26 £14.20 £12.79
25th Percentile £20.79 £17.88 £16.06
Median hourly rate £46.62 £25.15 £38.12
Median % change year-on-year +85.35% -34.02% +1.65%
75th Percentile £68.50 £55.00 £61.60
90th Percentile £82.25 £72.50 £73.07
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £37.50
% change year-on-year +74.79% -32.93% +3.45%

IC Design
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

IC Design job vacancy trend 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

IC Design
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IC Design within the England region over the 6 months to 2 July 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
South East - 2 - - 3
East of England - 1 £500 -
IC Design
UK

IC Design
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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:

Applications
1 1 (33.33%) OrCAD
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) LabVIEW
General
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Design Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Analogue Design Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Analogue IC Design Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Analogue IC Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) IC Design Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Senior
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Design Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Data Analysis
1 1 (33.33%) Power Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) MATLAB
1 1 (33.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) Degree
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Cadence