VHDL Jobs in the UK excluding London

VHSIC Hardware Description Language (VHDL)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term VHDL in permanent job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited VHDL over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 542 670 627
Rank change year-on-year +128 -43 +95
Permanent jobs citing VHDL 43 105 92
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.11% 0.13% 0.17%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.32% 0.41% 0.39%
Number of salaries quoted 37 75 59
10th Percentile £37,500 - £32,500
25th Percentile £56,250 £37,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,000 £51,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +32.04% -17.60% +19.05%
75th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £72,500 £91,250
UK median annual salary £68,000 £51,500 £63,750
% change year-on-year +32.04% -19.22% +21.43%

All Generic Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 13,578 25,502 23,765
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 34.39% 31.97% 42.84%
Number of salaries quoted 6,004 15,539 10,845
10th Percentile £28,000 £26,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £35,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.00% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £67,500 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £85,000
UK 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 UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for VHDL in the UK excluding London

VHDL
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing VHDL in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for VHDL in the UK excluding London

VHDL
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing VHDL in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 12 June 2025.

Salary histogram for VHDL in the UK excluding London

VHDL
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 VHDL within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 12 June 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 +36 21 £53,750 -23.21% 53
South East +82 14 £70,000 +53.01% 37
South West +91 4 £77,500 +55.00% 56
Scotland +106 3 £67,500 +22.73% 32
Midlands +81 1 £75,000 +87.50% 12
West Midlands - 1 £75,000 - 4
VHDL
UK

VHDL
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:

Applications
1 3 (6.98%) Simulink
2 2 (4.65%) OrCAD
Communications & Networking
1 5 (11.63%) Ethernet
2 3 (6.98%) RS-232
3 2 (4.65%) Software-Defined Radio
4 1 (2.33%) RS-485
Development Applications
1 8 (18.60%) JIRA
2 2 (4.65%) GitLab
3 1 (2.33%) PetaLinux
General
1 18 (41.86%) Electronics
2 6 (13.95%) Manufacturing
3 5 (11.63%) Aerospace
3 5 (11.63%) Social Skills
4 3 (6.98%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (6.98%) Automotive
5 2 (4.65%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (2.33%) Advertising
6 1 (2.33%) Finance
6 1 (2.33%) Law
6 1 (2.33%) Marketing
6 1 (2.33%) Military
6 1 (2.33%) Public Sector
6 1 (2.33%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 23 (53.49%) FPGA Engineer
2 15 (34.88%) Senior
3 11 (25.58%) Electronics Engineer
3 11 (25.58%) Senior Electronics Engineer
4 9 (20.93%) Design Engineer
5 8 (18.60%) FPGA Design Engineer
6 4 (9.30%) Senior FPGA Engineer
7 3 (6.98%) Designer
7 3 (6.98%) FPGA Designer
7 3 (6.98%) Hardware Engineer
7 3 (6.98%) Lead
8 2 (4.65%) Digital Design Engineer
8 2 (4.65%) DSP Engineer
8 2 (4.65%) Process Engineer
8 2 (4.65%) Senior Designer
8 2 (4.65%) VHDL Engineer
9 1 (2.33%) C/C++ Developer
9 1 (2.33%) Senior Hardware Design Engineer
9 1 (2.33%) Senior VHDL Engineer
9 1 (2.33%) VHDL Design Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.33%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 35 (81.40%) FPGA
2 25 (58.14%) Verilog
3 7 (16.28%) Algorithms
4 3 (6.98%) Device Driver
4 3 (6.98%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (4.65%) ASIC
6 1 (2.33%) Analogue Electronics
6 1 (2.33%) Embedded Systems
6 1 (2.33%) GNSS
6 1 (2.33%) Life Science
6 1 (2.33%) MicroBlaze
6 1 (2.33%) Satnav
6 1 (2.33%) VLSI
Operating Systems
1 7 (16.28%) Linux
2 1 (2.33%) Embedded Linux
2 1 (2.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (60.47%) FPGA Design
2 14 (32.56%) Problem-Solving
2 14 (32.56%) Schematic Capture
3 11 (25.58%) Signal Processing
4 10 (23.26%) Prototyping
5 8 (18.60%) Design for Test
5 8 (18.60%) Issue Tracking
5 8 (18.60%) Product Requirements
6 4 (9.30%) Digital Signal Processing
7 3 (6.98%) Creative Thinking
7 3 (6.98%) Device Driver Development
7 3 (6.98%) Kalman Filter
7 3 (6.98%) Mathematics
7 3 (6.98%) Physics
8 2 (4.65%) Agile
8 2 (4.65%) Analytical Thinking
8 2 (4.65%) Computer Science
8 2 (4.65%) Mentoring
8 2 (4.65%) Reverse Engineering
8 2 (4.65%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 12 (27.91%) C
2 9 (20.93%) C#
2 9 (20.93%) C++
3 3 (6.98%) Python
3 3 (6.98%) SystemVerilog
4 2 (4.65%) Embedded C
4 2 (4.65%) Embedded C++
4 2 (4.65%) MATLAB
5 1 (2.33%) Perl
5 1 (2.33%) Rust
5 1 (2.33%) Tcl
5 1 (2.33%) VB
Qualifications
1 11 (25.58%) Degree
2 6 (13.95%) Security Cleared
3 3 (6.98%) PhD
4 2 (4.65%) DV Cleared
4 2 (4.65%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.33%) DO-254
System Software
1 29 (67.44%) Firmware
2 7 (16.28%) Embedded Firmware
Vendors
1 6 (13.95%) Xilinx
2 4 (9.30%) EMC
3 2 (4.65%) Altera
3 2 (4.65%) Intel
3 2 (4.65%) Microsemi
4 1 (2.33%) Freescale
4 1 (2.33%) Green Hills
4 1 (2.33%) SAP