VHDL Job Trends in Cambridgeshire

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

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term VHDL in permanent job vacancies in Cambridgeshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited VHDL over the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 61 72 65
Rank change year-on-year +11 -7 +47
Permanent jobs citing VHDL 3 10 5
As % of all permanent jobs in Cambridgeshire 0.34% 1.14% 0.71%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.04% 2.92% 1.47%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 4
10th Percentile £76,000 - -
25th Percentile £77,500 - £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 - £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -21.43%
75th Percentile £92,500 - £61,250
90th Percentile £94,000 - £63,500
East of England median annual salary £75,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +36.36% - -21.43%

All Generic Skills
Cambridgeshire

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 Cambridgeshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 288 343 339
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 33.10% 39.24% 48.36%
Number of salaries quoted 182 146 184
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,500 £29,000
25th Percentile £34,872 £42,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
75th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £78,750 £80,250
East of England median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -13.64% +4.76% -4.55%

VHDL
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

VHDL job vacancy trend in Cambridgeshire

VHDL
Salary Trend in Cambridgeshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cambridgeshire citing VHDL.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cambridgeshire citing VHDL

VHDL
Job Locations in Cambridgeshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VHDL within the Cambridgeshire region over the 6 months to 13 January 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
Cambridge 0 2 £80,000 - 3
VHDL
East of England

VHDL
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cambridgeshire 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 (33.33%) Rational DOORS
General
1 2 (66.67%) Electronics
2 1 (33.33%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Design Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) Senior
2 1 (33.33%) Digital Design Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Electronics Design Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Electronics Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) FPGA Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Lead
2 1 (33.33%) Principal Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Project Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Project Leader
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Design Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Senior FPGA Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Project Leader
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Verilog
2 2 (66.67%) FPGA
3 1 (33.33%) ASIC
3 1 (33.33%) IoT
3 1 (33.33%) Life Science
3 1 (33.33%) Robotics
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) AI
1 2 (66.67%) FPGA Design
2 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
2 1 (33.33%) Low Latency
2 1 (33.33%) Machine Learning
2 1 (33.33%) Physics
2 1 (33.33%) Requirements Management
2 1 (33.33%) Signal Processing
2 1 (33.33%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) C++
2 2 (66.67%) C
2 2 (66.67%) Python
3 1 (33.33%) SystemVerilog
3 1 (33.33%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) Degree
2 1 (33.33%) PhD
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Firmware