VHDL Engineer Jobs

VHSIC Hardware Description Language Engineer (VHDL Engineer)
UK

The median VHSIC Hardware Description Language Engineer (VHDL Engineer) salary in the UK is £70,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 4 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 692 903 -
Rank change year-on-year +211 - -
Permanent jobs requiring a VHDL Engineer 8 1 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.015% 0.001% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.017% 0.001% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £65,000 £52,500 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £55,000 -
Median % change year-on-year +27.27% - -
75th Percentile £75,000 £57,500 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median annual salary £70,000 £55,000 -
% change year-on-year +27.27% - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 47,541 93,322 94,998
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.35% 94.63% 91.54%
Number of salaries quoted 27,467 66,921 59,760
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,000 £38,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £52,550 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.42% -12.42% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,000 £50,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% -5.66% +6.00%

VHDL Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured VHDL Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for VHDL Engineer in the UK

VHDL Engineer
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing VHDL Engineer.

Salary trend for VHDL Engineer in the UK

VHDL Engineer
Top 5 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VHDL Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 4 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 +206 8 £70,000 +27.27% 2
England - 8 £70,000 - 2
South West - 7 - -
Work from Home +168 1 £70,000 +27.27% 2
South East - 1 £70,000 - 2

VHDL Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 4 May 2025, VHDL Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring VHDL Engineer in the job title.

1 8 (100.00%) Electronics
1 8 (100.00%) VHDL
1 8 (100.00%) FPGA
1 8 (100.00%) Degree
1 8 (100.00%) Altera
1 8 (100.00%) Signal Processing
2 7 (87.50%) Computer Science
2 7 (87.50%) Green Hills
2 7 (87.50%) Xilinx
2 7 (87.50%) Requirements Analysis
2 7 (87.50%) B2B
2 7 (87.50%) Tcl
2 7 (87.50%) Firmware
2 7 (87.50%) MATLAB
2 7 (87.50%) C
2 7 (87.50%) C++
2 7 (87.50%) Perl
2 7 (87.50%) VB
2 7 (87.50%) Windows
2 7 (87.50%) Linux
2 7 (87.50%) Analytical Skills
2 7 (87.50%) Defect Tracking
2 7 (87.50%) FPGA Design
2 7 (87.50%) Creative Thinking
2 7 (87.50%) Innovative Thinking
2 7 (87.50%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (87.50%) Social Skills
2 7 (87.50%) Satnav
2 7 (87.50%) GNSS
2 7 (87.50%) MicroBlaze

VHDL Engineer Skill Set
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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) Ethernet
1 1 (12.50%) RS-485
General
1 8 (100.00%) Electronics
2 7 (87.50%) Analytical Skills
2 7 (87.50%) Social Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Finance
3 1 (12.50%) Manufacturing
3 1 (12.50%) Marketing
3 1 (12.50%) Public Sector
3 1 (12.50%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 8 (100.00%) FPGA
1 8 (100.00%) VHDL
2 7 (87.50%) GNSS
2 7 (87.50%) MicroBlaze
2 7 (87.50%) Satnav
Operating Systems
1 7 (87.50%) Linux
1 7 (87.50%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (100.00%) Signal Processing
2 7 (87.50%) B2B
2 7 (87.50%) Computer Science
2 7 (87.50%) Creative Thinking
2 7 (87.50%) Defect Tracking
2 7 (87.50%) FPGA Design
2 7 (87.50%) Innovative Thinking
2 7 (87.50%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (87.50%) Requirements Analysis
3 1 (12.50%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (12.50%) Design for Manufacturing
3 1 (12.50%) Digital Marketing
3 1 (12.50%) Digital Signal Processing
3 1 (12.50%) Programme Management
3 1 (12.50%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 7 (87.50%) C
1 7 (87.50%) C++
1 7 (87.50%) MATLAB
1 7 (87.50%) Perl
1 7 (87.50%) Tcl
1 7 (87.50%) VB
Qualifications
1 8 (100.00%) Degree
2 1 (12.50%) Master's Degree
System Software
1 7 (87.50%) Embedded Firmware
1 7 (87.50%) Firmware
Vendors
1 8 (100.00%) Altera
2 7 (87.50%) Green Hills
2 7 (87.50%) Xilinx
3 1 (12.50%) EMC
3 1 (12.50%) Freescale
3 1 (12.50%) SAP