VHDL Contracts in Essex

VHSIC Hardware Description Language (VHDL)
East of England > Essex

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term VHDL in contract job vacancies in Essex. 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 16 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing VHDL 4 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Essex 5.00% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 19.05% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £614 - -
25th Percentile £616 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £638 - -
75th Percentile £666 - -
90th Percentile £671 - -
East of England median daily rate £475 - £463

All Generic Skills
Essex

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 Essex.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 21 60 119
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Essex 26.25% 27.03% 49.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 24 74
10th Percentile £315 £110 £154
25th Percentile £322 £306 £211
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £463 £360
Median % change year-on-year -13.51% +28.47% -20.00%
75th Percentile £513 £588 £525
90th Percentile £608 £668 £600
East of England median daily rate £520 £465 £450
% change year-on-year +11.83% +3.33% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 22 4
10th Percentile £15.48 £12.86 £24.53
25th Percentile £16.44 £14.17 £32.06
Median hourly rate £18.67 £35.65 £40.39
Median % change year-on-year -47.63% -11.74% +42.17%
75th Percentile £21.52 £57.50 £60.41
90th Percentile £22.86 £64.25 £89.00
East of England median hourly rate £66.00 £55.00 £63.00
% change year-on-year +20.00% -12.70% +121.75%

VHDL
Job Vacancy Trend in Essex

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

Job vacancy trend for VHDL in Essex

VHDL
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Essex

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

Daily rate trend for VHDL in Essex

VHDL
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Essex

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

Hourly rate trend for VHDL in Essex

VHDL
Contract Job Locations in Essex

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VHDL within the Essex 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
Chelmsford - 2 £638 - 2
VHDL
East of England

VHDL
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Essex 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:

Development Applications
1 4 (100.00%) Git
General
1 2 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Firmware Engineer
2 2 (50.00%) Senior
2 2 (50.00%) Senior Firmware Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (100.00%) FPGA
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Signal Processing
2 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 4 (100.00%) Firmware
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Xilinx