ASIC Job Trends in Cambridge

Application-Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC)
Cambridgeshire > Cambridge

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term ASIC in permanent job vacancies in Cambridge. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited ASIC over the 6 months leading up to 15 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 55 52 58
Rank change year-on-year -3 +6 +41
Permanent jobs citing ASIC 1 7 3
As % of all permanent jobs in Cambridge 0.19% 1.50% 0.63%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.57% 3.54% 1.22%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - -
Cambridgeshire median annual salary - - -

All Generic Skills
Cambridge

ASIC 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 Cambridge.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 174 198 246
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridge 33.40% 42.49% 51.25%
Number of salaries quoted 104 95 138
10th Percentile £33,250 £38,750 £29,000
25th Percentile £41,813 £48,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
75th Percentile £71,250 £72,500 £67,250
90th Percentile £95,500 £80,000 £81,250
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000

ASIC
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridge

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

ASIC job vacancy trend in Cambridge

ASIC
Salary Trend in Cambridge

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cambridge citing ASIC.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cambridge citing ASIC

ASIC
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cambridge 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:

Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Rational DOORS
General
1 1 (100.00%) Electronics
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) FPGA Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Lead
1 1 (100.00%) Project Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Project Leader
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior FPGA Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Project Leader
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) FPGA
1 1 (100.00%) IoT
1 1 (100.00%) Robotics
1 1 (100.00%) Verilog
1 1 (100.00%) VHDL
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) FPGA Design
1 1 (100.00%) Physics
1 1 (100.00%) Requirements Management
1 1 (100.00%) Signal Processing
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) PhD