VHDL Job Trends in Surrey

VHSIC Hardware Description Language (VHDL)
South East > Surrey

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term VHDL in permanent job vacancies in Surrey. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited VHDL over the 6 months leading up to 4 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 121 91 108
Rank change year-on-year -30 +17 -13
Permanent jobs citing VHDL 3 10 21
As % of all permanent jobs in Surrey 0.13% 0.85% 1.12%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.52% 2.26% 2.77%
Number of salaries quoted 3 10 17
10th Percentile - £64,750 -
25th Percentile £51,250 £65,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £70,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.86% +27.27% +4.27%
75th Percentile £70,625 £75,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £74,750 £75,250 £69,250
South East median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £58,250
% change year-on-year - +20.17% +9.39%

All Generic Skills
Surrey

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 Surrey.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 582 442 758
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Surrey 25.17% 37.75% 40.30%
Number of salaries quoted 441 254 367
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,750 £24,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% -10.00% -16.67%
75th Percentile £70,000 £62,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £91,250 £77,500 £77,500
South East median annual salary £55,000 £45,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +22.22% -14.29% -8.70%

VHDL
Job Vacancy Trend in Surrey

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

VHDL job vacancy trend in Surrey

VHDL
Salary Trend in Surrey

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Surrey citing VHDL.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Surrey citing VHDL

VHDL
Salary Histogram in Surrey

Salary distribution for jobs citing VHDL in Surrey over the 6 months to 4 September 2026.

Salary histogram for VHDL in Surrey

VHDL
Job Locations in Surrey

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VHDL within the Surrey region over the 6 months to 4 September 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
Guildford -22 2 £57,500 -11.54% 3
VHDL
South East

VHDL
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Surrey 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%) Ethernet
1 1 (33.33%) RS-232
1 1 (33.33%) RS-485
1 1 (33.33%) TCP/IP
General
1 2 (66.67%) Electronics
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Design Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) Electronics Design Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) Electronics Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) Senior
1 2 (66.67%) Senior Design Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) Senior Electronics Design Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) Senior Electronics Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) FPGA Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) VHDL Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) FPGA
2 2 (66.67%) Device Driver
2 2 (66.67%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (33.33%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (66.67%) Device Driver Development
1 2 (66.67%) Image Processing
1 2 (66.67%) Kalman Filter
1 2 (66.67%) Mentoring
2 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) Digital Signal Processing
2 1 (33.33%) FPGA Design
2 1 (33.33%) Schematic Capture
2 1 (33.33%) Signal Processing
2 1 (33.33%) Validation
2 1 (33.33%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) C
1 2 (66.67%) C++
1 2 (66.67%) Embedded C
2 1 (33.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) Degree
2 2 (66.67%) PhD
2 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Firmware
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Lattice Semiconductor
1 1 (33.33%) Xilinx