VHDL Jobs in England

VHSIC Hardware Description Language (VHDL)
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term VHDL in permanent job vacancies in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited VHDL over the 6 months leading up to 28 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 644 745 821
Rank change year-on-year +101 +76 +240
Permanent jobs citing VHDL 39 97 100
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.081% 0.11% 0.11%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.21% 0.32% 0.26%
Number of salaries quoted 32 71 58
10th Percentile - - £32,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £37,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,000 £51,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +32.04% -17.60% +19.05%
75th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £72,500 £91,250
UK median annual salary £67,750 £51,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year +31.55% -17.60% +19.05%

All Generic Skills
England

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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 18,271 30,096 38,280
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 37.77% 34.04% 43.95%
Number of salaries quoted 8,369 20,900 20,691
10th Percentile £31,000 £28,000 £35,750
25th Percentile £42,000 £38,000 £46,686
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -15.38% +4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £110,000 £100,000 £110,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -15.38% +4.00%

VHDL
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing VHDL as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for VHDL in England

VHDL
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing VHDL in England.

Salary trend for VHDL in England

VHDL
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing VHDL in England over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.

Salary histogram for VHDL in England

VHDL
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VHDL within the England region over the 6 months to 28 May 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 +34 19 £45,000 -35.71% 78
South East +76 14 £70,000 +29.63% 35
South West +93 4 £77,500 +55.00% 43
London +116 1 £70,000 +40.00% 27
Midlands +55 1 £75,000 +87.50% 9
West Midlands - 1 £75,000 - 4
VHDL
UK

VHDL
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Applications
1 4 (10.26%) Simulink
2 2 (5.13%) OrCAD
3 1 (2.56%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 2 (5.13%) Ethernet
2 1 (2.56%) RS-485
Development Applications
1 6 (15.38%) JIRA
2 1 (2.56%) PetaLinux
General
1 14 (35.90%) Electronics
2 8 (20.51%) Social Skills
3 4 (10.26%) Manufacturing
4 3 (7.69%) Aerospace
4 3 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (7.69%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (2.56%) Advertising
5 1 (2.56%) Automotive
5 1 (2.56%) Finance
5 1 (2.56%) Law
5 1 (2.56%) Marketing
5 1 (2.56%) Military
5 1 (2.56%) Public Sector
5 1 (2.56%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 21 (53.85%) FPGA Engineer
2 13 (33.33%) Senior
3 7 (17.95%) Design Engineer
4 6 (15.38%) Electronics Engineer
4 6 (15.38%) FPGA Design Engineer
4 6 (15.38%) Senior Electronics Engineer
5 4 (10.26%) Hardware Engineer
5 4 (10.26%) Lead
5 4 (10.26%) VHDL Engineer
6 3 (7.69%) Designer
6 3 (7.69%) FPGA Designer
6 3 (7.69%) Senior FPGA Engineer
6 3 (7.69%) Senior VHDL Engineer
7 2 (5.13%) Digital Design Engineer
7 2 (5.13%) Senior Designer
7 2 (5.13%) Senior Hardware Engineer
8 1 (2.56%) C/C++ Developer
8 1 (2.56%) Principal Engineer
8 1 (2.56%) Senior Hardware Design Engineer
8 1 (2.56%) VHDL Design Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.56%) .NET
1 1 (2.56%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 33 (84.62%) FPGA
2 23 (58.97%) Verilog
3 6 (15.38%) Algorithms
4 3 (7.69%) ASIC
4 3 (7.69%) Device Driver
4 3 (7.69%) GNSS
4 3 (7.69%) MicroBlaze
4 3 (7.69%) Satnav
4 3 (7.69%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (5.13%) Analogue Electronics
5 2 (5.13%) Life Science
6 1 (2.56%) Embedded Systems
6 1 (2.56%) VLSI
Operating Systems
1 7 (17.95%) Linux
2 3 (7.69%) Windows
3 1 (2.56%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (61.54%) FPGA Design
2 12 (30.77%) Problem-Solving
2 12 (30.77%) Signal Processing
3 11 (28.21%) Prototyping
4 10 (25.64%) Schematic Capture
5 6 (15.38%) Design for Test
5 6 (15.38%) Issue Tracking
5 6 (15.38%) Product Requirements
6 4 (10.26%) Computer Science
7 3 (7.69%) B2B
7 3 (7.69%) Creative Thinking
7 3 (7.69%) Defect Tracking
7 3 (7.69%) Device Driver Development
7 3 (7.69%) Innovative Thinking
7 3 (7.69%) Kalman Filter
7 3 (7.69%) Mathematics
7 3 (7.69%) Physics
7 3 (7.69%) Requirements Analysis
7 3 (7.69%) UVM
8 2 (5.13%) Digital Signal Processing
Programming Languages
1 15 (38.46%) C
2 11 (28.21%) C++
3 10 (25.64%) C#
4 4 (10.26%) MATLAB
4 4 (10.26%) SystemVerilog
5 3 (7.69%) Perl
5 3 (7.69%) Tcl
5 3 (7.69%) VB
6 2 (5.13%) Embedded C
6 2 (5.13%) Embedded C++
6 2 (5.13%) Python
7 1 (2.56%) Java
7 1 (2.56%) Rust
Qualifications
1 13 (33.33%) Degree
2 5 (12.82%) Security Cleared
3 3 (7.69%) PhD
4 2 (5.13%) DV Cleared
4 2 (5.13%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.56%) DO-254
System Software
1 28 (71.79%) Firmware
2 7 (17.95%) Embedded Firmware
Vendors
1 9 (23.08%) Xilinx
2 4 (10.26%) Altera
3 3 (7.69%) Green Hills
3 3 (7.69%) Intel
3 3 (7.69%) Microsemi
4 2 (5.13%) EMC
5 1 (2.56%) Freescale
5 1 (2.56%) Microsoft
5 1 (2.56%) SAP