Verilog Contract Job Trends in England

Verilog
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Verilog in contract job vacancies in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Verilog over the 6 months leading up to 22 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 556 426 511
Rank change year-on-year -130 +85 +118
Contract jobs citing Verilog 22 41 31
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.053% 0.17% 0.085%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.17% 0.50% 0.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 16 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £563 - £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £600 £625
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% -4.00% +28.21%
75th Percentile £588 - £638
90th Percentile - £675 -
UK median daily rate £575 £600 £625
% change year-on-year -4.17% -4.00% +25.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 19 25
10th Percentile £66.20 £67.15 £68.65
25th Percentile £71.00 £75.00 £70.00
Median hourly rate £75.00 £80.00 £80.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% - +45.45%
75th Percentile £85.00 £87.13 £85.00
90th Percentile £88.00 £93.00 -
UK median hourly rate £75.00 £80.00 £77.50
% change year-on-year -6.25% +3.23% +40.91%

All Generic Skills
England

Verilog 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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 13,228 8,200 11,179
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 32.03% 34.20% 30.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,350 5,365 7,328
10th Percentile £313 £300 £268
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £518 £537 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.63% -2.36% -3.51%
75th Percentile £630 £671 £675
90th Percentile £750 £788 £800
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -2.38% -2.42% -2.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 674 328 818
10th Percentile £16.01 £16.03 £12.25
25th Percentile £21.00 £20.59 £15.17
Median hourly rate £44.94 £33.91 £34.11
Median % change year-on-year +32.51% -0.57% +51.68%
75th Percentile £70.00 £64.50 £61.30
90th Percentile £85.47 £84.15 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £41.94 £31.91 £31.50
% change year-on-year +31.45% +1.29% +41.51%

Verilog
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Verilog job vacancy trend in England

Verilog
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Verilog.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Verilog

Verilog
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Verilog.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Verilog

Verilog
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Verilog in England over the 6 months to 22 May 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Verilog in England

Verilog
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 Verilog within the England region over the 6 months to 22 May 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
East of England -36 10 - - 29
South East -69 5 - - 6
South West - 4 - - 11
West Midlands - 2 £575 -
Midlands - 2 £575 -
Verilog
UK

Verilog
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (4.55%) Confluence
Applications
1 12 (54.55%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 2 (9.09%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 6 (27.27%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.55%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (4.55%) Atlassian Bamboo
1 1 (4.55%) Git
1 1 (4.55%) PetaLinux
General
1 6 (27.27%) Aerospace
2 2 (9.09%) Electronics
2 2 (9.09%) Finance
2 2 (9.09%) Games
2 2 (9.09%) Law
2 2 (9.09%) Marketing
2 2 (9.09%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 14 (63.64%) FPGA Engineer
2 6 (27.27%) Senior
2 6 (27.27%) Senior FPGA Engineer
3 4 (18.18%) Firmware Engineer
4 3 (13.64%) Design Engineer
4 3 (13.64%) FPGA Design Engineer
4 3 (13.64%) Principal Engineer
5 1 (4.55%) Embedded Engineer
5 1 (4.55%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 1 (4.55%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
5 1 (4.55%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.55%) NumPy
1 1 (4.55%) PostGIS
1 1 (4.55%) SciPy
1 1 (4.55%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 22 (100.00%) FPGA
2 20 (90.91%) VHDL
3 6 (27.27%) PCIe
4 3 (13.64%) Embedded Systems
5 2 (9.09%) Algorithms
6 1 (4.55%) MicroBlaze
6 1 (4.55%) RISC-V
Operating Systems
1 5 (22.73%) Embedded Linux
1 5 (22.73%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (77.27%) UVM
2 13 (59.09%) FPGA Design
3 10 (45.45%) Signal Processing
4 9 (40.91%) Customer Requirements
5 4 (18.18%) Digital Signal Processing
5 4 (18.18%) Software Engineering
6 3 (13.64%) Acceptance Criteria
6 3 (13.64%) Customer Engagement
6 3 (13.64%) Regression Testing
6 3 (13.64%) Test Assurance
6 3 (13.64%) Test Automation
6 3 (13.64%) Trade-off Analysis
7 2 (9.09%) AI
7 2 (9.09%) Configuration Management
7 2 (9.09%) Cryptography
7 2 (9.09%) Decision-Making
7 2 (9.09%) Embedded Software Development
7 2 (9.09%) Image Processing
7 2 (9.09%) Machine Learning
7 2 (9.09%) Requirements Management
Programming Languages
1 18 (81.82%) SystemVerilog
2 11 (50.00%) C
3 7 (31.82%) MATLAB
4 5 (22.73%) C++
5 3 (13.64%) Embedded C
5 3 (13.64%) Embedded C++
5 3 (13.64%) Tcl
6 2 (9.09%) Python
Qualifications
1 12 (54.55%) Security Cleared
2 9 (40.91%) SC Cleared
3 8 (36.36%) Degree
4 3 (13.64%) DV Cleared
5 2 (9.09%) HNC
5 2 (9.09%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (45.45%) DO-254
System Software
1 9 (40.91%) Firmware
2 2 (9.09%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (4.55%) Docker
Vendors
1 21 (95.45%) Xilinx
2 16 (72.73%) Microsemi
3 14 (63.64%) Intel
4 9 (40.91%) Altera
5 6 (27.27%) Actel
6 3 (13.64%) SAP
7 2 (9.09%) Lattice Semiconductor
7 2 (9.09%) Mentor Graphics
7 2 (9.09%) Siemens