Application-Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC)
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term ASIC in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited ASIC over the 6 months leading up to 28 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 707 900 920
Rank change year-on-year +193 +20 +220
Permanent jobs citing ASIC 4 10 44
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.007% 0.010% 0.045%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.020% 0.028% 0.10%
Number of salaries quoted 4 8 9
10th Percentile - £50,375 -
25th Percentile £58,750 £56,563 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,750 £65,000 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.77% +85.71% +7.69%
75th Percentile £87,500 £75,625 £37,500
90th Percentile £105,500 £85,000 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £68,750 £65,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year +5.77% +85.71% +7.69%

All Generic Skills
UK

ASIC 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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 20,320 35,437 42,555
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 37.16% 34.69% 43.46%
Number of salaries quoted 9,321 23,080 22,873
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,000 £35,647
25th Percentile £42,000 £38,043 £46,350
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -15.38% +4.00%
75th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £86,250
90th Percentile £110,000 £97,500 £110,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% +4.76%

ASIC
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing ASIC as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for ASIC in the UK

ASIC
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing ASIC.

Salary trend for ASIC in the UK

ASIC
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing ASIC over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.

Salary histogram for ASIC in the UK

ASIC
Top 6 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing ASIC within the UK over the 6 months to 28 May 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
UK excluding London +191 4 £68,750 +5.77% 93
England +154 4 £68,750 +5.77% 106
South East +91 3 £62,500 -21.88% 13
Work from Home +120 1 £75,000 - 52
West Midlands - 1 £75,000 - 2
Midlands - 1 £75,000 - 4

ASIC
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 1 (25.00%) Simulink
General
1 1 (25.00%) Advertising
1 1 (25.00%) Aerospace
1 1 (25.00%) Electronics
1 1 (25.00%) Military
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) FPGA Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Engineering Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Verification Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) FPGA
1 3 (75.00%) VHDL
2 2 (50.00%) Algorithms
2 2 (50.00%) Verilog
3 1 (25.00%) ASIC Verification
3 1 (25.00%) Data Centre
3 1 (25.00%) NVMe
3 1 (25.00%) PCIe
3 1 (25.00%) VLSI
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Signal Processing
2 1 (25.00%) Agile
2 1 (25.00%) Code Coverage
2 1 (25.00%) Configuration Management
2 1 (25.00%) Electronic Design Automation
2 1 (25.00%) FPGA Design
2 1 (25.00%) Kanban
2 1 (25.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (25.00%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
2 1 (25.00%) Prototyping
2 1 (25.00%) Scrum
2 1 (25.00%) SysML
2 1 (25.00%) Test Planning
2 1 (25.00%) UVM
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) C
1 2 (50.00%) C++
2 1 (25.00%) MATLAB
2 1 (25.00%) Perl
2 1 (25.00%) Python
2 1 (25.00%) SystemVerilog
2 1 (25.00%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (25.00%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) DO-254
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) Firmware
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Cadence
1 1 (25.00%) Siemens
1 1 (25.00%) Synopsys
1 1 (25.00%) Xilinx