IC Design Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Integrated Circuit Design (IC Design)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 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 557 663 -
Rank change year-on-year +106 - -
Permanent jobs citing IC Design 3 3 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.008% 0.005% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.009% 0.006% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 3 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £60,000 £47,500 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £50,000 -
Median % change year-on-year +30.00% - -
75th Percentile £70,000 £52,500 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median annual salary £65,000 £50,000 -
% change year-on-year +30.00% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 32,789 47,198 39,520
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 84.87% 78.79% 95.22%
Number of salaries quoted 17,574 27,266 24,556
10th Percentile £25,087 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £31,000 £38,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,404 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.72% -8.36% +4.76%
75th Percentile £63,750 £65,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £78,750 £80,000 £81,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -0.90% -7.50% -

IC Design
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing IC Design as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for IC Design in the UK excluding London

IC Design
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing IC Design.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing IC Design

IC Design
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IC Design within the UK excluding London 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
East of England -26 2 £65,000 +30.00% 15
South East - 1 - - 10
IC Design
UK

IC Design
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 (33.33%) Wireless
General
1 2 (66.67%) Electronics
2 1 (33.33%) Manufacturing
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Design Engineer
2 2 (66.67%) IC Design Engineer
2 2 (66.67%) Senior
2 2 (66.67%) Senior Design Engineer
3 1 (33.33%) Analogue Design Engineer
3 1 (33.33%) Analogue IC Design Engineer
3 1 (33.33%) Analogue IC Engineer
3 1 (33.33%) Senior Analogue Design Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Analogue Electronics
2 1 (33.33%) Algorithms
2 1 (33.33%) ASIC
2 1 (33.33%) Embedded Systems
2 1 (33.33%) Renewable Energy
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Kalman Filter
2 1 (33.33%) Design for Manufacturing
2 1 (33.33%) Digital Signal Processing
2 1 (33.33%) Performance Metrics
2 1 (33.33%) Power Management
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Schematic Capture
2 1 (33.33%) Signal Processing
2 1 (33.33%) Validation
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) Degree
2 2 (66.67%) Master's Degree
3 1 (33.33%) PhD
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Cadence
2 1 (33.33%) Synopsys