IC Design Job Trends in England

Integrated Circuit Design (IC Design)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring IC Design skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 6 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 607 - 675
Rank change year-on-year - - +349
Permanent jobs citing IC Design 3 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.006% - 0.002%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.007% - 0.002%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £60,000 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 - -
75th Percentile £70,000 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median annual salary £65,000 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

IC Design falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 40,909 48,885 42,044
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 84.14% 86.89% 93.59%
Number of salaries quoted 25,069 25,461 32,479
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £75,250 £80,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -

IC Design
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing IC Design relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

IC Design job vacancy trend in England

IC Design
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing IC Design.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing IC Design

IC Design
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IC Design within the England region over the 6 months to 6 December 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
East of England - 2 £65,000 -
South East - 1 - - 8
IC Design
UK

IC Design
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) Wireless
General
1 2 (66.67%) Electronics
2 1 (33.33%) Manufacturing
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Design Engineer
2 2 (66.67%) IC Design Engineer
2 2 (66.67%) Senior
2 2 (66.67%) Senior Design Engineer
3 1 (33.33%) Analogue Design Engineer
3 1 (33.33%) Analogue IC Design Engineer
3 1 (33.33%) Analogue IC Engineer
3 1 (33.33%) Senior Analogue Design Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Analogue Electronics
2 1 (33.33%) Algorithms
2 1 (33.33%) ASIC
2 1 (33.33%) Embedded Systems
2 1 (33.33%) Renewable Energy
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Kalman Filter
2 1 (33.33%) Design for Manufacturing
2 1 (33.33%) Digital Signal Processing
2 1 (33.33%) Performance Metrics
2 1 (33.33%) Power Management
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Schematic Capture
2 1 (33.33%) Signal Processing
2 1 (33.33%) Validation
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) Degree
2 2 (66.67%) Master's Degree
3 1 (33.33%) PhD
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Cadence
2 1 (33.33%) Synopsys