VHDL Contracts in England

VHSIC Hardware Description Language (VHDL)
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term VHDL in contract job vacancies in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited VHDL over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 445 476 624
Rank change year-on-year +31 +148 +142
Contract jobs citing VHDL 40 66 29
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.16% 0.18% 0.057%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.48% 0.58% 0.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 5 6
10th Percentile £463 £495 £444
25th Percentile £481 £525 £452
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £550 £494
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% +11.39% -1.25%
75th Percentile £675 £635 £569
90th Percentile - £719 £579
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £500
% change year-on-year - +10.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 57 12
10th Percentile £66.25 - £47.50
25th Percentile £73.44 £53.40 £48.06
Median hourly rate £80.00 £57.35 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +39.49% -4.42% -14.29%
75th Percentile £85.00 £85.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £90.63 - -
UK median hourly rate £80.00 £57.35 £60.00
% change year-on-year +39.49% -4.42% +14.29%

All Generic Skills
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 8,317 11,465 17,000
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 34.15% 30.83% 33.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,436 7,505 11,795
10th Percentile £300 £263 £313
25th Percentile £413 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £548 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -0.36% -4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £695
90th Percentile £788 £800 £800
UK median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 327 827 591
10th Percentile £15.84 £12.25 £9.80
25th Percentile £21.01 £15.17 £10.63
Median hourly rate £33.00 £30.16 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +9.42% +34.04% -16.67%
75th Percentile £64.63 £61.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £84.40 £70.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £32.05 £30.00 £22.49
% change year-on-year +6.83% +33.42% -18.24%

VHDL
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for VHDL in England

VHDL
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing VHDL in England.

Daily rate trend for VHDL in England

VHDL
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing VHDL in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for VHDL in England

VHDL
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing VHDL in England.

Hourly rate trend for VHDL in England

VHDL
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing VHDL in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for VHDL in England

VHDL
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 VHDL within the England region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
East of England +33 20 £475 - 40
South East +15 8 £650 +9.70% 43
London - 7 £675 - 13
Midlands +24 3 £550 - 5
South West +40 2 - - 21
East Midlands - 2 £550 - 3
West Midlands +14 1 - - 2
VHDL
UK

VHDL
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 3 (7.50%) Confluence
Applications
1 13 (32.50%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 1 (2.50%) Azure
1 1 (2.50%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 4 (10.00%) Ethernet
2 3 (7.50%) Software-Defined Radio
2 3 (7.50%) Wireless
3 1 (2.50%) 5G
3 1 (2.50%) RS-232
Development Applications
1 13 (32.50%) Git
2 4 (10.00%) Subversion
3 3 (7.50%) Bitbucket
3 3 (7.50%) Jenkins
3 3 (7.50%) JIRA
General
1 5 (12.50%) Social Skills
2 3 (7.50%) Electronics
2 3 (7.50%) Finance
2 3 (7.50%) Manufacturing
2 3 (7.50%) Marketing
2 3 (7.50%) Public Sector
2 3 (7.50%) Telecoms
3 2 (5.00%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (5.00%) Military
4 1 (2.50%) Aerospace
4 1 (2.50%) Avionics
Job Titles
1 26 (65.00%) FPGA Engineer
2 13 (32.50%) Design Engineer
2 13 (32.50%) FPGA Design Engineer
3 9 (22.50%) Firmware Engineer
4 7 (17.50%) Senior
5 4 (10.00%) Network Engineer
5 4 (10.00%) Senior FPGA Engineer
5 4 (10.00%) Senior Network Engineer
6 3 (7.50%) Developer
6 3 (7.50%) FPGA Developer
6 3 (7.50%) Senior Firmware Engineer
7 2 (5.00%) Embedded Engineer
8 1 (2.50%) Embedded Software Engineer
8 1 (2.50%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 37 (92.50%) FPGA
2 26 (65.00%) Verilog
3 4 (10.00%) Data Centre
3 4 (10.00%) PCIe
4 3 (7.50%) Algorithms
4 3 (7.50%) ASIC
5 1 (2.50%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 3 (7.50%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (60.00%) FPGA Design
2 19 (47.50%) Signal Processing
3 15 (37.50%) UVM
4 5 (12.50%) Test Scripting
5 4 (10.00%) Agile
5 4 (10.00%) Artificial Intelligence
5 4 (10.00%) Machine Learning
5 4 (10.00%) Prototyping
5 4 (10.00%) Risk Analysis
6 3 (7.50%) Business Intelligence
6 3 (7.50%) Digital Marketing
6 3 (7.50%) Digital Signal Processing
6 3 (7.50%) Migration
6 3 (7.50%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (7.50%) Programme Management
6 3 (7.50%) Risk Management
6 3 (7.50%) Scrum
6 3 (7.50%) SysML
6 3 (7.50%) UML
7 2 (5.00%) Test Planning
Programming Languages
1 22 (55.00%) SystemVerilog
2 15 (37.50%) C
2 15 (37.50%) Python
3 14 (35.00%) Tcl
4 4 (10.00%) C++
5 3 (7.50%) Java
6 1 (2.50%) C#
6 1 (2.50%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 17 (42.50%) Degree
2 12 (30.00%) Security Cleared
3 7 (17.50%) SC Cleared
4 2 (5.00%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (5.00%) Master's Degree
4 2 (5.00%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.50%) MIL-STD-1553
System Software
1 13 (32.50%) Firmware
Vendors
1 25 (62.50%) Xilinx
2 21 (52.50%) Intel
3 13 (32.50%) Microsemi
4 3 (7.50%) Algorithmics
4 3 (7.50%) Atlassian
4 3 (7.50%) SAP
5 1 (2.50%) Siemens