VHDL Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

VHSIC Hardware Description Language (VHDL)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term VHDL in contract job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited VHDL over the 6 months leading up to 20 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 345 324 389
Rank change year-on-year -21 +65 +105
Contract jobs citing VHDL 25 50 34
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.16% 0.28% 0.16%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.47% 0.96% 0.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 4 12
10th Percentile £341 £406 -
25th Percentile £525 £414 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £469 £481
Median % change year-on-year +17.33% -2.60% -31.25%
75th Percentile £575 £538 £557
90th Percentile £635 £560 £579
UK median daily rate £550 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +10.00% - -28.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 42 6
10th Percentile - - £60.71
25th Percentile £52.00 £53.40 -
Median hourly rate £65.00 £57.35 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year +13.34% -18.07% +7.69%
75th Percentile £83.75 £85.00 -
90th Percentile £95.00 £89.50 -
UK median hourly rate £70.00 £57.35 £70.00
% change year-on-year +22.06% -18.07% +21.74%

All Generic Skills
UK excluding London

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 the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 5,348 5,191 6,744
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 34.63% 28.95% 31.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,198 2,936 4,403
10th Percentile £220 £213 £221
25th Percentile £363 £375 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £663 £700 £700
UK median daily rate £515 £540 £550
% change year-on-year -4.63% -1.82% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 425 383 350
10th Percentile £14.37 £13.91 £16.25
25th Percentile £18.22 £20.97 £21.00
Median hourly rate £30.00 £57.35 £48.37
Median % change year-on-year -47.69% +18.58% +122.06%
75th Percentile £58.00 £70.00 £67.50
90th Percentile £74.50 £75.16 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £50.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -40.00% +12.36% +71.15%

VHDL
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing VHDL as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for VHDL in the UK excluding London

VHDL
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

VHDL
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing VHDL in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 20 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for VHDL in the UK excluding London

VHDL
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

VHDL
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing VHDL in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 20 September 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for VHDL in the UK excluding London

VHDL
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 VHDL within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 20 September 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 +2 13 - - 20
Midlands - 6 £550 - 4
West Midlands - 5 £550 - 2
Scotland +2 3 £65 - 9
South West +22 2 - - 6
South East -14 1 - - 15
East Midlands - 1 £650 - 2
VHDL
UK

VHDL
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Applications
1 3 (12.00%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 3 (12.00%) Ethernet
Development Applications
1 1 (4.00%) Git
1 1 (4.00%) JIRA
1 1 (4.00%) Rational DOORS
1 1 (4.00%) Redmine
1 1 (4.00%) Subversion
General
1 8 (32.00%) Electronics
2 4 (16.00%) Aerospace
2 4 (16.00%) Law
2 4 (16.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (8.00%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (8.00%) Telecoms
4 1 (4.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 17 (68.00%) FPGA Engineer
2 8 (32.00%) Design Engineer
3 5 (20.00%) Digital Design Engineer
4 4 (16.00%) Firmware Engineer
4 4 (16.00%) Senior
5 3 (12.00%) FPGA Design Engineer
5 3 (12.00%) Senior Firmware Engineer
6 2 (8.00%) Applications Engineer
6 2 (8.00%) Applications Support
6 2 (8.00%) Applications Support Engineer
6 2 (8.00%) Support Engineer
7 1 (4.00%) Digital Hardware Engineer
7 1 (4.00%) Hardware Engineer
7 1 (4.00%) Senior FPGA Engineer
7 1 (4.00%) Senior Hardware Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (20.00%) Flash
2 2 (8.00%) RESTful
2 2 (8.00%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 25 (100.00%) FPGA
2 10 (40.00%) Verilog
3 5 (20.00%) Algorithms
3 5 (20.00%) Analogue Electronics
4 3 (12.00%) PCIe
5 2 (8.00%) Life Science
5 2 (8.00%) Management Information System
5 2 (8.00%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (4.00%) ASIC
6 1 (4.00%) State Machine
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (64.00%) FPGA Design
2 10 (40.00%) Signal Processing
3 5 (20.00%) Artificial Intelligence
3 5 (20.00%) Digital Signal Processing
3 5 (20.00%) Sensor Fusion
4 4 (16.00%) UVM
5 3 (12.00%) Agile
6 2 (8.00%) Customer Service
6 2 (8.00%) Development Roadmap
6 2 (8.00%) DevOps
6 2 (8.00%) Information Management
6 2 (8.00%) OpenUP
6 2 (8.00%) Physics
6 2 (8.00%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (8.00%) Roadmaps
7 1 (4.00%) CI/CD
7 1 (4.00%) Customer Requirements
7 1 (4.00%) Strategic Roadmap
7 1 (4.00%) Test Automation
7 1 (4.00%) Test Planning
Programming Languages
1 9 (36.00%) Python
2 8 (32.00%) MATLAB
3 7 (28.00%) C
3 7 (28.00%) C++
4 4 (16.00%) SystemVerilog
5 2 (8.00%) C#
Qualifications
1 17 (68.00%) Security Cleared
2 14 (56.00%) SC Cleared
3 4 (16.00%) Degree
4 2 (8.00%) DV Cleared
5 1 (4.00%) Master's Degree
5 1 (4.00%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (16.00%) DO-254
2 1 (4.00%) ECSS
System Software
1 10 (40.00%) Firmware
2 2 (8.00%) Docker
Vendors
1 13 (52.00%) Xilinx
2 5 (20.00%) Intel
3 4 (16.00%) Lattice Semiconductor
4 3 (12.00%) Altera
5 2 (8.00%) Microsemi
6 1 (4.00%) Actel
6 1 (4.00%) Siemens