IC Design Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Integrated Circuit Design (IC Design)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 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 458 - 387
Rank change year-on-year - - +52
Contract jobs citing IC Design 3 0 4
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.011% - 0.019%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.014% - 0.023%
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
UK excluding London

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 the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 21,611 12,563 17,504
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 81.95% 90.09% 82.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,801 7,695 10,289
10th Percentile £300 £235 £250
25th Percentile £405 £365 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £590 £575 £600
90th Percentile £684 £650 £688
UK median daily rate £515 £505 £525
% change year-on-year +2.08% -3.90% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,278 1,061 2,165
10th Percentile £14.25 £14.20 £12.50
25th Percentile £19.33 £16.95 £15.62
Median hourly rate £43.96 £25.00 £38.12
Median % change year-on-year +75.84% -34.42% +8.91%
75th Percentile £68.00 £53.75 £61.60
90th Percentile £81.05 £72.50 £73.75
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 the UK excluding London

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

IC Design job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

IC Design
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing IC Design.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing IC Design

IC Design
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing IC Design.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing IC Design

IC Design
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London 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 the UK excluding London 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