SystemVerilog Job Trends

SystemVerilog
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring SystemVerilog skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 643 694 701
Rank change year-on-year +51 +7 +291
Permanent jobs citing SystemVerilog 10 31 8
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.017% 0.055% 0.016%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.086% 0.16% 0.040%
Number of salaries quoted 8 1 7
10th Percentile £41,250 - -
25th Percentile £59,063 £53,750 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £62,500 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% +78.57% -58.82%
75th Percentile £79,375 £71,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £88,000 - £67,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £75,000 £62,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year +20.00% +78.57% -58.82%

All Programming Languages
UK

SystemVerilog falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring coding skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 11,638 19,244 19,991
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 19.76% 33.87% 40.97%
Number of salaries quoted 8,571 11,486 16,350
10th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £39,654
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £48,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% - -
75th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £110,000 £106,289
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000

SystemVerilog
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing SystemVerilog relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

SystemVerilog job vacancy trend in the UK

SystemVerilog
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing SystemVerilog.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing SystemVerilog

SystemVerilog
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing SystemVerilog over the 6 months to 19 December 2025.

Salary histogram for SystemVerilog in the UK

SystemVerilog
Top 9 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SystemVerilog within the UK over the 6 months to 19 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
England +72 10 £75,000 +20.00% 17
UK excluding London +39 8 £75,000 +20.00% 24
Work from Home +43 3 £80,000 +28.00% 16
North West +20 3 £75,000 - 1
East of England +16 3 £80,000 +28.00% 8
North of England +16 3 £75,000 - 1
London - 2 £47,500 - 1
South East - 1 £90,000 - 7
South West - 1 £65,000 - 1

SystemVerilog
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 5 (50.00%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 1 (10.00%) 4G
1 1 (10.00%) 5G
1 1 (10.00%) Internet
General
1 2 (20.00%) Electronics
2 1 (10.00%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (10.00%) Finance
2 1 (10.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 6 (60.00%) Design Engineer
1 6 (60.00%) FPGA Engineer
2 5 (50.00%) FPGA Design Engineer
3 4 (40.00%) Senior
4 3 (30.00%) Verification Engineer
5 2 (20.00%) Graduate
5 2 (20.00%) Lead
5 2 (20.00%) Senior Verification Engineer
6 1 (10.00%) Development Engineer
6 1 (10.00%) Digital Design Engineer
6 1 (10.00%) Senior Design Engineer
6 1 (10.00%) Senior FPGA Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 8 (80.00%) VHDL
2 7 (70.00%) FPGA
2 7 (70.00%) Verilog
3 3 (30.00%) Embedded Systems
4 2 (20.00%) RISC-V
5 1 (10.00%) IoT
5 1 (10.00%) PCIe
5 1 (10.00%) Smart City
Operating Systems
1 2 (20.00%) Linux
1 2 (20.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (60.00%) FPGA Design
1 6 (60.00%) UVM
2 3 (30.00%) AI
2 3 (30.00%) Machine Learning
2 3 (30.00%) Signal Processing
2 3 (30.00%) Software Testing
3 2 (20.00%) Mathematics
3 2 (20.00%) Physics
3 2 (20.00%) Project Delivery
4 1 (10.00%) Low Latency
Programming Languages
1 6 (60.00%) C
2 4 (40.00%) Python
3 2 (20.00%) Bash
3 2 (20.00%) Tcl
4 1 (10.00%) C++
4 1 (10.00%) Perl
Qualifications
1 5 (50.00%) Degree
2 2 (20.00%) Master's Degree
2 2 (20.00%) PhD
Vendors
1 5 (50.00%) Intel
1 5 (50.00%) Microsemi
1 5 (50.00%) Xilinx
2 2 (20.00%) Mentor Graphics