Verilog Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Verilog
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Verilog in contract job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Verilog over the 6 months leading up to 15 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 382 337 378
Rank change year-on-year -45 +41 +107
Contract jobs citing Verilog 22 22 22
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.12% 0.15% 0.11%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.37% 0.47% 0.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 2 4
10th Percentile £61 £379 £466
25th Percentile £62 £403 £526
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £319 £488 £560
Median % change year-on-year -34.56% -12.95% -
75th Percentile £622 £553 £570
90th Percentile £684 £566 £588
UK median daily rate £319 £500 £560
% change year-on-year -36.20% -10.71% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 18 14
10th Percentile £62.50 £71.63 £60.00
25th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £62.88
Median hourly rate £77.50 £80.00 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year -3.13% +14.29% -2.78%
75th Percentile £91.25 £95.00 -
90th Percentile £95.00 £96.50 -
UK median hourly rate £75.00 £80.00 £70.00
% change year-on-year -6.25% +14.29% +8.53%

All Generic Skills
UK excluding London

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 the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 5,972 4,663 6,232
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 33.23% 31.11% 31.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,694 2,616 3,963
10th Percentile £200 £203 £213
25th Percentile £358 £360 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £669 £688 £700
UK median daily rate £501 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -6.77% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 475 257 374
10th Percentile £12.97 £16.60 £16.25
25th Percentile £16.90 £22.50 £20.50
Median hourly rate £27.21 £32.50 £45.21
Median % change year-on-year -16.28% -28.11% +52.68%
75th Percentile £64.04 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.16 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £27.11 £33.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -17.86% -22.35% +21.43%

Verilog
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Verilog job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Verilog
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

Verilog
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Verilog in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 15 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Verilog in the UK excluding London

Verilog
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

Verilog
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Verilog in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 15 December 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Verilog in the UK excluding London

Verilog
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 Verilog within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 15 December 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 -21 15 £62 - 9
South West - 3 - - 5
Scotland 0 2 - - 2
Midlands - 2 £613 - 2
East Midlands - 1 £650 - 2
West Midlands - 1 £575 -
Verilog
UK

Verilog
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 10 (45.45%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 7 (31.82%) Ethernet
Development Applications
1 1 (4.55%) Git
1 1 (4.55%) Rational DOORS
General
1 9 (40.91%) Electronics
2 7 (31.82%) Social Skills
3 5 (22.73%) Games
4 4 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (9.09%) Aerospace
5 2 (9.09%) Law
5 2 (9.09%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 12 (54.55%) FPGA Engineer
2 7 (31.82%) Firmware Engineer
3 4 (18.18%) Principal Engineer
4 3 (13.64%) Verification Engineer
5 2 (9.09%) Applications Engineer
5 2 (9.09%) Applications Support
5 2 (9.09%) Applications Support Engineer
5 2 (9.09%) Design Engineer
5 2 (9.09%) FPGA Design Engineer
5 2 (9.09%) Senior
5 2 (9.09%) Senior Firmware Engineer
5 2 (9.09%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (9.09%) RESTful
1 2 (9.09%) XML
2 1 (4.55%) NumPy
2 1 (4.55%) SciPy
2 1 (4.55%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 22 (100.00%) FPGA
2 15 (68.18%) VHDL
3 7 (31.82%) PCIe
4 5 (22.73%) Algorithms
5 2 (9.09%) ASIC
5 2 (9.09%) Management Information System
5 2 (9.09%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (4.55%) CPLD
6 1 (4.55%) MicroBlaze
6 1 (4.55%) Raspberry Pi
6 1 (4.55%) RISC-V
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.55%) Embedded Linux
1 1 (4.55%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (54.55%) UVM
2 11 (50.00%) FPGA Design
3 7 (31.82%) Computer Science
3 7 (31.82%) Physics
4 6 (27.27%) AI
5 5 (22.73%) Cryptography
5 5 (22.73%) Machine Learning
6 4 (18.18%) Agile
6 4 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
6 4 (18.18%) Signal Processing
7 3 (13.64%) Validation
8 2 (9.09%) Customer Requirements
8 2 (9.09%) Customer Service
8 2 (9.09%) Decision-Making
8 2 (9.09%) Development Roadmap
8 2 (9.09%) DevOps
8 2 (9.09%) Information Management
8 2 (9.09%) Mathematics
8 2 (9.09%) Roadmaps
8 2 (9.09%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 13 (59.09%) SystemVerilog
2 8 (36.36%) MATLAB
3 7 (31.82%) C
3 7 (31.82%) Tcl
4 6 (27.27%) Python
5 4 (18.18%) C++
6 2 (9.09%) C#
7 1 (4.55%) Assembly Language
7 1 (4.55%) Perl
7 1 (4.55%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 13 (59.09%) Security Cleared
2 12 (54.55%) Degree
3 9 (40.91%) SC Cleared
4 5 (22.73%) HNC
4 5 (22.73%) HND
5 2 (9.09%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (31.82%) DO-254
System Software
1 9 (40.91%) Firmware
2 2 (9.09%) Docker
Vendors
1 15 (68.18%) Xilinx
2 14 (63.64%) Intel
3 10 (45.45%) Microsemi
4 7 (31.82%) Actel
4 7 (31.82%) Altera
5 2 (9.09%) Lattice Semiconductor