VHSIC Hardware Description Language (VHDL)
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term VHDL in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited VHDL over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 630 797 877
Rank change year-on-year +167 +80 +202
Permanent jobs citing VHDL 62 99 112
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.12% 0.10% 0.11%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.34% 0.28% 0.25%
Number of salaries quoted 45 73 61
10th Percentile - £37,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £42,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% -8.33% +14.29%
75th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £82,500
90th Percentile - £72,250 £91,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,500 £56,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +10.62% -5.83% +14.29%

All Generic Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 18,030 35,099 45,250
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 34.65% 35.64% 43.54%
Number of salaries quoted 9,845 23,059 23,957
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,000 £35,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £38,000 £46,251
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -15.38% +4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £86,250
90th Percentile £110,000 £97,500 £107,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% +4.76%

VHDL
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for VHDL in the UK

VHDL
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for VHDL in the UK

VHDL
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing VHDL over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for VHDL in the UK

VHDL
Top 13 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VHDL within the UK over the 6 months to 1 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 +169 54 £62,500 +10.62% 109
England +133 53 £62,500 +10.62% 111
South East +100 23 £70,000 +23.89% 42
Work from Home +196 22 £45,000 -21.74% 57
East of England +44 15 £45,000 -35.71% 40
South West +91 10 £68,750 +37.50% 17
Scotland +131 2 £68,750 +22.22% 6
North of England +86 2 £37,500 -27.18% 6
Midlands +82 2 £66,250 +65.63% 5
North West +33 2 £37,500 -27.18% 3
London +106 1 £70,000 +40.00% 14
East Midlands +49 1 £57,500 +43.75% 2
West Midlands - 1 £75,000 - 3

VHDL
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 5 (8.06%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (6.45%) Simulink
3 2 (3.23%) OrCAD
Communications & Networking
1 7 (11.29%) Ethernet
2 1 (1.61%) RS-232
2 1 (1.61%) RS-485
2 1 (1.61%) SDH
2 1 (1.61%) SONET
2 1 (1.61%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 9 (14.52%) JIRA
2 4 (6.45%) Git
2 4 (6.45%) Subversion
3 1 (1.61%) PetaLinux
General
1 25 (40.32%) Electronics
2 18 (29.03%) Social Skills
3 8 (12.90%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (11.29%) Manufacturing
5 6 (9.68%) Presentation Skills
6 4 (6.45%) Aerospace
7 2 (3.23%) Telecoms
8 1 (1.61%) Advertising
8 1 (1.61%) Automotive
8 1 (1.61%) Finance
8 1 (1.61%) Law
8 1 (1.61%) Marketing
8 1 (1.61%) Military
8 1 (1.61%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 35 (56.45%) FPGA Engineer
2 23 (37.10%) Senior
3 10 (16.13%) Hardware Engineer
3 10 (16.13%) Senior FPGA Engineer
4 9 (14.52%) Electronics Engineer
4 9 (14.52%) VHDL Engineer
5 8 (12.90%) Senior VHDL Engineer
6 7 (11.29%) Senior Electronics Engineer
7 6 (9.68%) Design Engineer
7 6 (9.68%) Senior Hardware Engineer
8 4 (6.45%) FPGA Design Engineer
9 3 (4.84%) Firmware Engineer
9 3 (4.84%) Lead
10 2 (3.23%) Designer
10 2 (3.23%) Digital Design Engineer
10 2 (3.23%) Embedded Engineer
10 2 (3.23%) FPGA Designer
10 2 (3.23%) Junior
10 2 (3.23%) Software Engineer
11 1 (1.61%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (8.06%) .NET
2 1 (1.61%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 55 (88.71%) FPGA
2 33 (53.23%) Verilog
3 10 (16.13%) Analogue Electronics
4 9 (14.52%) Algorithms
4 9 (14.52%) MicroBlaze
5 8 (12.90%) ASIC
5 8 (12.90%) GNSS
5 8 (12.90%) Satnav
6 6 (9.68%) Life Science
7 3 (4.84%) NVMe
8 2 (3.23%) Device Driver
8 2 (3.23%) Self-Motivation
9 1 (1.61%) CPLD
9 1 (1.61%) Embedded Systems
9 1 (1.61%) VLSI
Operating Systems
1 16 (25.81%) Linux
2 9 (14.52%) Windows
3 3 (4.84%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (3.23%) Embedded Linux
5 1 (1.61%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (56.45%) FPGA Design
2 22 (35.48%) Signal Processing
3 20 (32.26%) Prototyping
4 17 (27.42%) Problem-Solving
5 14 (22.58%) Schematic Capture
6 9 (14.52%) Computer Science
7 8 (12.90%) B2B
7 8 (12.90%) Creative Thinking
7 8 (12.90%) Defect Tracking
7 8 (12.90%) Innovative Thinking
7 8 (12.90%) Requirements Analysis
8 7 (11.29%) Design for Test
9 6 (9.68%) Architectural Design
9 6 (9.68%) CAD
9 6 (9.68%) Issue Tracking
9 6 (9.68%) Product Requirements
9 6 (9.68%) UVM
10 5 (8.06%) Digital Signal Processing
11 4 (6.45%) Validation
12 3 (4.84%) Mathematics
Programming Languages
1 29 (46.77%) C
2 23 (37.10%) C++
3 14 (22.58%) C#
4 11 (17.74%) Tcl
5 10 (16.13%) MATLAB
6 8 (12.90%) Perl
6 8 (12.90%) VB
7 7 (11.29%) Python
7 7 (11.29%) SystemVerilog
8 5 (8.06%) Java
9 2 (3.23%) Embedded C
9 2 (3.23%) Rust
10 1 (1.61%) Embedded C++
10 1 (1.61%) R
Qualifications
1 20 (32.26%) Degree
2 7 (11.29%) Security Cleared
3 3 (4.84%) Master's Degree
3 3 (4.84%) PhD
3 3 (4.84%) SC Cleared
4 1 (1.61%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.61%) DO-254
System Software
1 41 (66.13%) Firmware
2 11 (17.74%) Embedded Firmware
Vendors
1 17 (27.42%) Xilinx
2 9 (14.52%) Altera
3 8 (12.90%) Green Hills
4 7 (11.29%) EMC
5 5 (8.06%) Microsoft
6 4 (6.45%) Intel
7 3 (4.84%) Microsemi
7 3 (4.84%) Red Hat
8 1 (1.61%) Freescale
8 1 (1.61%) SAP