VHDL Job Trends in the North of England

VHSIC Hardware Description Language (VHDL)
England > North of England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term VHDL in permanent job vacancies in the North of England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited VHDL over the 6 months leading up to 11 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 254 262 288
Rank change year-on-year +8 +26 +133
Permanent jobs citing VHDL 5 17 3
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.047% 0.19% 0.035%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.12% 0.60% 0.10%
Number of salaries quoted 3 2 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £72,500 £34,750 £47,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £37,500 £51,500
Median % change year-on-year +100.00% -27.18% -1.90%
75th Percentile £77,500 £40,250 £55,750
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £75,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +25.00% +9.09% -21.43%

All Generic Skills
North of 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 the North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 4,087 2,814 2,896
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 38.45% 30.85% 33.90%
Number of salaries quoted 1,608 1,271 2,234
10th Percentile £26,250 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,055 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.11% -8.99% -
75th Percentile £67,500 £66,389 £70,000
90th Percentile £82,318 £80,000 £85,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -7.69%

VHDL
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

VHDL job vacancy trend in the North of England

VHDL
Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing VHDL.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing VHDL

VHDL
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VHDL within the North of England region over the 6 months to 11 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
North West +14 5 £75,000 +100.00% 1
VHDL
England

VHDL
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of 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:

Applications
1 5 (100.00%) Simulink
General
1 2 (40.00%) Avionics
1 2 (40.00%) Influencing Skills
1 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Design Engineer
1 3 (60.00%) FPGA Design Engineer
1 3 (60.00%) FPGA Engineer
2 2 (40.00%) Senior
2 2 (40.00%) Senior Systems Engineer
2 2 (40.00%) Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (100.00%) Verilog
2 3 (60.00%) Embedded Systems
2 3 (60.00%) FPGA
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) FPGA Design
1 3 (60.00%) Signal Processing
1 3 (60.00%) Software Testing
1 3 (60.00%) UVM
2 2 (40.00%) Agile
2 2 (40.00%) Coaching
2 2 (40.00%) Collaborative Working
2 2 (40.00%) Cryptography
2 2 (40.00%) Customer Requirements
2 2 (40.00%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
2 2 (40.00%) Systems Engineering
Programming Languages
1 3 (60.00%) C
1 3 (60.00%) SystemVerilog
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) Degree
2 2 (40.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (40.00%) HNC
2 2 (40.00%) HND
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Intel
1 3 (60.00%) Microsemi
1 3 (60.00%) Xilinx