VHDL Contracts in the West Midlands

VHSIC Hardware Description Language (VHDL)
England > West Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term VHDL in contract job vacancies in the West Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited VHDL over the 6 months leading up to 29 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 117 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing VHDL 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.11% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.30% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £525 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - -
75th Percentile £575 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £550 £500 £481
% change year-on-year +10.00% +3.90% -23.38%

All Generic Skills
West Midlands

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 West Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 656 547 715
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 37.38% 28.71% 33.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 398 338 437
10th Percentile £241 £225 £275
25th Percentile £400 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £588 £662 £618
90th Percentile £639 £750 £731
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 17 31
10th Percentile £18.87 £15.35 £18.25
25th Percentile £20.70 £18.50 £23.50
Median hourly rate £33.91 £30.88 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +9.83% +12.27% +44.74%
75th Percentile £50.00 £50.00 £60.63
90th Percentile - £56.65 £70.00
England median hourly rate £32.05 £52.50 £45.41
% change year-on-year -38.95% +15.61% +74.65%

VHDL
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing VHDL as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for VHDL in the West Midlands

VHDL
Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing VHDL.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing VHDL

VHDL
Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing VHDL.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing VHDL

VHDL
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VHDL within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 29 August 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
Worcestershire - 2 £550 - 3
VHDL
England

VHDL
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:

Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) FPGA Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Algorithms
1 2 (100.00%) FPGA
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Digital Signal Processing
1 2 (100.00%) FPGA Design
1 2 (100.00%) Signal Processing
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Xilinx