VHDL Job Trends 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 31 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 492 453 486
Rank change year-on-year -39 +33 +194
Permanent jobs citing VHDL 23 114 55
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.055% 0.30% 0.18%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.17% 0.90% 0.50%
Number of salaries quoted 18 43 42
10th Percentile £61,725 £35,300 £35,000
25th Percentile £63,750 £52,500 £47,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £71,250 £61,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.80% +10.91% -21.43%
75th Percentile £80,000 £66,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £88,000 £70,000 £67,500
UK median annual salary £67,500 £61,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.66% +10.91% -15.38%

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 13,809 12,723 10,919
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 32.91% 34.00% 35.65%
Number of salaries quoted 6,365 5,601 7,795
10th Percentile £26,375 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £31,500 £41,250 £39,085
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,750 £54,250 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.82% -1.36% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,114 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £82,500 £83,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -7.69%

VHDL
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

VHDL job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

VHDL
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing VHDL

VHDL
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing VHDL in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 31 December 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 31 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 +9 9 £75,000 +36.36% 14
Scotland +13 7 £67,500 -3.57% 12
North West +15 5 £75,000 +100.00%
North of England +1 5 £75,000 +100.00% 2
Midlands +22 1 £77,500 +93.75% 10
South West +7 1 £95,000 +58.33% 5
West Midlands - 1 £77,500 - 3
VHDL
UK

VHDL
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:

Applications
1 6 (26.09%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 7 (30.43%) Ethernet
1 7 (30.43%) RS-232
2 1 (4.35%) Software-Defined Radio
Development Applications
1 1 (4.35%) JIRA
1 1 (4.35%) Rational DOORS
1 1 (4.35%) Redmine
1 1 (4.35%) Subversion
General
1 12 (52.17%) Electronics
2 2 (8.70%) Avionics
2 2 (8.70%) Influencing Skills
2 2 (8.70%) Social Skills
3 1 (4.35%) Aerospace
3 1 (4.35%) Finance
3 1 (4.35%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 15 (65.22%) FPGA Engineer
1 15 (65.22%) Senior
2 9 (39.13%) Electronics Engineer
2 9 (39.13%) Senior FPGA Engineer
3 8 (34.78%) Design Engineer
3 8 (34.78%) Senior Electronics Engineer
4 5 (21.74%) FPGA Design Engineer
5 3 (13.04%) Principal Engineer
5 3 (13.04%) Systems Engineer
6 2 (8.70%) Electronics Design Engineer
6 2 (8.70%) Lead
6 2 (8.70%) Senior Design Engineer
6 2 (8.70%) Senior Systems Engineer
7 1 (4.35%) Designer
7 1 (4.35%) Electronics Hardware Engineer
7 1 (4.35%) Senior Designer
7 1 (4.35%) Senior DSP Engineer
7 1 (4.35%) Senior Electronics Design Engineer
7 1 (4.35%) Senior Hardware Design Engineer
7 1 (4.35%) Senior Project Leader
Miscellaneous
1 19 (82.61%) FPGA
2 11 (47.83%) Verilog
3 4 (17.39%) Embedded Systems
4 1 (4.35%) Algorithms
4 1 (4.35%) ASIC
4 1 (4.35%) GNSS
4 1 (4.35%) IoT
4 1 (4.35%) Life Science
4 1 (4.35%) Robotics
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (78.26%) FPGA Design
2 8 (34.78%) Problem-Solving
2 8 (34.78%) Schematic Capture
3 6 (26.09%) Signal Processing
4 4 (17.39%) UVM
5 3 (13.04%) Software Testing
5 3 (13.04%) Validation
6 2 (8.70%) Agile
6 2 (8.70%) AI
6 2 (8.70%) Coaching
6 2 (8.70%) Collaborative Working
6 2 (8.70%) Cryptography
6 2 (8.70%) Customer Requirements
6 2 (8.70%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
6 2 (8.70%) Requirements Management
6 2 (8.70%) Systems Engineering
6 2 (8.70%) Verification and Validation
7 1 (4.35%) Issue Tracking
7 1 (4.35%) Performance Optimisation
7 1 (4.35%) Power Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (30.43%) C
2 5 (21.74%) SystemVerilog
3 4 (17.39%) C++
4 3 (13.04%) Python
5 1 (4.35%) MATLAB
5 1 (4.35%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 9 (39.13%) Degree
2 2 (8.70%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (8.70%) HNC
2 2 (8.70%) HND
2 2 (8.70%) Master's Degree
3 1 (4.35%) PhD
3 1 (4.35%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.35%) ECSS
1 1 (4.35%) QA
System Software
1 2 (8.70%) Firmware
Vendors
1 8 (34.78%) EMC
2 5 (21.74%) Xilinx
3 4 (17.39%) Intel
3 4 (17.39%) Microsemi
4 1 (4.35%) Mentor Graphics