VHDL Job Trends in Bedfordshire

VHSIC Hardware Description Language (VHDL)
East of England > Bedfordshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term VHDL in permanent job vacancies in Bedfordshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited VHDL over the 6 months leading up to 5 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 48 - 33
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing VHDL 6 0 2
As % of all permanent jobs in Bedfordshire 0.84% - 0.55%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.39% - 2.00%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £72,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 - £75,000
75th Percentile £77,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median annual salary £77,500 £61,250 £70,000
% change year-on-year +26.53% -12.50% +33.33%

All Generic Skills
Bedfordshire

VHDL falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in Bedfordshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 177 375 100
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bedfordshire 24.89% 71.98% 27.47%
Number of salaries quoted 115 46 74
10th Percentile £30,100 £31,250 £27,075
25th Percentile £34,750 £37,625 £32,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £47,500 £48,585
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% -2.23% -19.03%
75th Percentile £65,000 £55,250 £63,438
90th Percentile £75,000 £66,000 £93,375
East of England median annual salary £50,000 £52,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% -9.09%

VHDL
Job Vacancy Trend in Bedfordshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing VHDL relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Bedfordshire.

VHDL job vacancy trend in Bedfordshire

VHDL
Salary Trend in Bedfordshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bedfordshire citing VHDL.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bedfordshire citing VHDL

VHDL
Job Locations in Bedfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VHDL within the Bedfordshire region over the 6 months to 5 August 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Bedford - 6 £75,000 -
VHDL
East of England

VHDL
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bedfordshire 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:

General
1 6 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (66.67%) Electronics
2 4 (66.67%) Manufacturing
2 4 (66.67%) Swedish Language
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) FPGA Engineer
1 2 (33.33%) Senior
1 2 (33.33%) Senior FPGA Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (100.00%) Verilog
2 4 (66.67%) Robotics
3 2 (33.33%) FPGA
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Prototyping
2 4 (66.67%) AI
2 4 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 4 (66.67%) Programme Management
2 4 (66.67%) Project Management
2 4 (66.67%) Software Engineering
2 4 (66.67%) Software Testing
2 4 (66.67%) Systems Engineering
2 4 (66.67%) Time Management
2 4 (66.67%) Validation
2 4 (66.67%) Verification and Validation
3 2 (33.33%) Agile
3 2 (33.33%) FPGA Design
3 2 (33.33%) Project Planning
Programming Languages
1 4 (66.67%) C
1 4 (66.67%) Embedded C
1 4 (66.67%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (66.67%) SC Cleared
1 4 (66.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (66.67%) DO-254
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Altera
1 2 (33.33%) Intel
1 2 (33.33%) Xilinx