IC Design Contract Job Trends

Integrated Circuit Design (IC Design)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring IC Design skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 August 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank - 549 -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing IC Design 0 8 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK - 0.021% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - 0.024% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £500 -
UK excluding London median daily rate - £500 -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 0
Median hourly rate - £57.50 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £57.50 -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 29,844 32,922 45,180
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 90.45% 85.44% 89.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,561 20,751 30,877
10th Percentile £300 £310 £319
25th Percentile £402 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £545
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -3.67% -0.91%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,769 1,620 1,522
10th Percentile £14.20 £14.16 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.30 £18.50 £18.76
Median hourly rate £25.15 £42.03 £41.65
Median % change year-on-year -40.16% +0.91% +51.45%
75th Percentile £47.12 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £67.05 £75.00 £77.49
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.63 £43.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -47.37% +14.67% +66.67%

IC Design
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing IC Design as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for IC Design in the UK

IC Design
Daily Rate Trend

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

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

IC Design
Hourly Rate Trend

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

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