IC Design Job Trends in the South East

Integrated Circuit Design (IC Design)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South East requiring IC Design skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 August 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 294 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing IC Design 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.011% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.012% - -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - -
England median annual salary £65,000 £50,000 -
% change year-on-year +30.00% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

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 the South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 8,245 11,182 9,604
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 88.08% 81.02% 94.40%
Number of salaries quoted 4,272 6,732 6,224
10th Percentile £26,750 £30,179 £31,250
25th Percentile £33,750 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £67,250 £67,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £81,250 £82,500 £83,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £57,207 £62,325
% change year-on-year -3.86% -8.21% +3.87%

IC Design
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing IC Design as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for IC Design in the South East

IC Design
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing IC Design.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing IC Design

IC Design
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IC Design within the South East region over the 6 months to 29 August 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
Surrey - 1 - - 6
IC Design
England

IC Design
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Wireless
General
1 1 (100.00%) Electronics
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Design Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Design Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Algorithms
1 1 (100.00%) Analogue Electronics
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Renewable Energy
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Signal Processing
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Signal Processing
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Master's Degree