VHDL Jobs in the South East

VHSIC Hardware Description Language (VHDL)
England > South East

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term VHDL in permanent job vacancies in the South East. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited VHDL over the 6 months leading up to 19 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 280 368 349
Rank change year-on-year +88 -19 +85
Permanent jobs citing VHDL 21 28 51
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.22% 0.17% 0.36%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.58% 0.48% 0.84%
Number of salaries quoted 16 26 38
10th Percentile - £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £58,750 £37,500 £40,404
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £54,000 £58,750
Median % change year-on-year +29.63% -8.09% +11.90%
75th Percentile £75,000 £65,000 £82,188
90th Percentile - £69,375 £85,000
England median annual salary £63,750 £53,250 £62,500
% change year-on-year +19.72% -14.80% +19.05%

All Generic Skills
South East

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 South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 3,598 5,791 6,106
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 37.49% 34.29% 42.76%
Number of salaries quoted 1,832 3,741 3,143
10th Percentile £30,275 £26,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £38,875 £34,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £49,000 £56,500
Median % change year-on-year +12.24% -13.27% +2.73%
75th Percentile £67,625 £63,750 £73,963
90th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £88,750
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -15.38% +4.00%

VHDL
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for VHDL in the South East

VHDL
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing VHDL in the South East.

Salary trend for VHDL in the South East

VHDL
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing VHDL in the South East over the 6 months to 19 May 2025.

Salary histogram for VHDL in the South East

VHDL
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 VHDL within the South East region over the 6 months to 19 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
Surrey +39 9 £70,000 +35.92% 7
Thames Valley +57 6 £62,500 +10.62% 16
Oxfordshire +42 6 £62,500 +10.62% 8
Kent - 6 £62,500 - 3
VHDL
England

VHDL
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:

Applications
1 4 (19.05%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (14.29%) OrCAD
Communications & Networking
1 3 (14.29%) Ethernet
2 1 (4.76%) RS-485
Development Applications
1 6 (28.57%) JIRA
General
1 13 (61.90%) Electronics
2 6 (28.57%) Presentation Skills
3 5 (23.81%) Social Skills
4 3 (14.29%) Manufacturing
5 1 (4.76%) Finance
5 1 (4.76%) Marketing
5 1 (4.76%) Public Sector
5 1 (4.76%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 11 (52.38%) Senior
2 8 (38.10%) Hardware Engineer
3 7 (33.33%) Electronics Engineer
4 6 (28.57%) Senior Electronics Engineer
5 5 (23.81%) FPGA Engineer
5 5 (23.81%) Senior Hardware Engineer
6 3 (14.29%) Lead
7 2 (9.52%) Design Engineer
7 2 (9.52%) Digital Design Engineer
7 2 (9.52%) Firmware Engineer
8 1 (4.76%) C Developer
8 1 (4.76%) C++ Developer
8 1 (4.76%) Developer
8 1 (4.76%) Digital Hardware Engineer
8 1 (4.76%) Embedded Software Engineer
8 1 (4.76%) Hardware Design Engineer
8 1 (4.76%) Lead Developer
8 1 (4.76%) Senior Design Engineer
8 1 (4.76%) Senior Firmware Engineer
8 1 (4.76%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (19.05%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 15 (71.43%) FPGA
2 8 (38.10%) Algorithms
3 6 (28.57%) Analogue Electronics
3 6 (28.57%) Verilog
4 5 (23.81%) Life Science
5 4 (19.05%) ASIC
6 3 (14.29%) Device Driver
6 3 (14.29%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 4 (19.05%) Linux
2 1 (4.76%) Embedded Linux
2 1 (4.76%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (61.90%) Schematic Capture
2 7 (33.33%) Design for Test
2 7 (33.33%) Signal Processing
3 6 (28.57%) Issue Tracking
3 6 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (28.57%) Product Requirements
4 5 (23.81%) Architectural Design
4 5 (23.81%) CAD
5 4 (19.05%) Kalman Filter
5 4 (19.05%) Mathematics
5 4 (19.05%) Prototyping
6 3 (14.29%) Device Driver Development
6 3 (14.29%) Digital Signal Processing
6 3 (14.29%) Mentoring
6 3 (14.29%) Physics
7 2 (9.52%) Design for Manufacturing
8 1 (4.76%) Digital Marketing
8 1 (4.76%) Motion Capture
8 1 (4.76%) Regulatory Compliance
8 1 (4.76%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 13 (61.90%) C
2 12 (57.14%) C++
3 4 (19.05%) C#
3 4 (19.05%) Java
3 4 (19.05%) Python
4 2 (9.52%) Embedded C
4 2 (9.52%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 6 (28.57%) Degree
2 3 (14.29%) PhD
2 3 (14.29%) Security Cleared
3 2 (9.52%) DV Cleared
3 2 (9.52%) Master's Degree
System Software
1 15 (71.43%) Firmware
2 1 (4.76%) Embedded Firmware
Vendors
1 5 (23.81%) EMC
2 4 (19.05%) Microsoft
3 1 (4.76%) Altera
3 1 (4.76%) Freescale
3 1 (4.76%) SAP