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 permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 501 - 557
Rank change year-on-year - - +248
Permanent jobs citing IC Design 3 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.008% - 0.003%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.009% - 0.004%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £60,000 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 - -
75th Percentile £70,000 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median annual salary £65,000 - -

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 32,488 36,200 27,265
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 81.80% 84.59% 93.81%
Number of salaries quoted 18,839 17,533 20,384
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £40,625 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% +4.76% -1.87%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £81,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -0.83%

IC Design
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing IC Design relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

IC Design job vacancy trend 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 7 December 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 - 2 £65,000 - 1
South East - 1 - - 8
IC Design
UK

IC Design
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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%) 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