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 have cited VHDL over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 799 857 1105
Rank change year-on-year +58 +248 -274
Permanent jobs citing VHDL 97 113 127
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.099% 0.11% 0.082%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.28% 0.25% 0.17%
Number of salaries quoted 71 60 50
10th Percentile £37,500 £32,500 £28,750
25th Percentile £43,500 £47,188 £32,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,500 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.83% +14.29% +11.70%
75th Percentile £70,000 £81,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £72,500 £91,250 £72,375
UK excluding London median annual salary £56,500 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -1.74% +9.52% +10.53%

All Generic Skills
UK

VHDL is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 34,768 44,861 72,647
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 35.46% 42.86% 47.13%
Number of salaries quoted 22,918 24,128 34,106
10th Percentile £28,000 £35,107 £34,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £46,250 £45,607
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +4.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £86,250 £83,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £107,500 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%

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 27 April 2024.

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 27 April 2024. 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 +93 92 £56,500 -5.83% 110
UK excluding London -2 92 £56,500 -1.74% 105
South East +14 32 £56,500 +7.62% 34
East of England +28 28 £70,000 -6.67% 33
South West +2 25 £50,750 -24.81% 26
Work from Home +83 21 £57,500 -4.17% 44
London +136 5 £50,000 -16.67% 9
Scotland - 3 £56,250 - 4
Wales - 2 £45,000 - 2
North of England +45 1 £51,500 -1.90% 4
North West +6 1 £51,500 -1.90% 2
Midlands -8 1 £40,000 -63.64% 13
East Midlands -26 1 £40,000 -50.00% 7

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 15 (15.46%) Simulink
2 7 (7.22%) GNU Octave
3 2 (2.06%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (2.06%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (1.03%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (1.03%) OrCAD
Cloud Services
1 3 (3.09%) Azure
1 3 (3.09%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 8 (8.25%) 5G
1 8 (8.25%) Ethernet
1 8 (8.25%) Wireless
2 7 (7.22%) SD-WAN
2 7 (7.22%) WAN
3 5 (5.15%) OFDM
3 5 (5.15%) RS-485
3 5 (5.15%) Software-Defined Radio
4 2 (2.06%) 4G
4 2 (2.06%) RS-232
4 2 (2.06%) RS-422
5 1 (1.03%) 3G
5 1 (1.03%) 3GPP
5 1 (1.03%) 5G NR
5 1 (1.03%) DVB
5 1 (1.03%) GPRS
5 1 (1.03%) GSM
5 1 (1.03%) LTE
5 1 (1.03%) Modbus
5 1 (1.03%) UMTS
Development Applications
1 14 (14.43%) Git
2 11 (11.34%) Subversion
3 3 (3.09%) Jenkins
4 2 (2.06%) JUnit
4 2 (2.06%) PetaLinux
5 1 (1.03%) Eclipse
5 1 (1.03%) JIRA
5 1 (1.03%) TeamCity
General
1 50 (51.55%) Electronics
2 27 (27.84%) Analytical Skills
3 19 (19.59%) Aerospace
3 19 (19.59%) Automotive
3 19 (19.59%) Manufacturing
4 16 (16.49%) Social Skills
5 10 (10.31%) Telecoms
6 9 (9.28%) Finance
6 9 (9.28%) Marketing
6 9 (9.28%) Public Sector
7 2 (2.06%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (1.03%) Law
8 1 (1.03%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (1.03%) Retail
Job Titles
1 20 (20.62%) Software Engineer
2 17 (17.53%) Lead
3 16 (16.49%) Lead Systems Engineer
3 16 (16.49%) Systems Engineer
4 14 (14.43%) Electronics Engineer
5 13 (13.40%) Embedded Engineer
6 12 (12.37%) Developer
6 12 (12.37%) FPGA Developer
6 12 (12.37%) Hardware Engineer
7 11 (11.34%) Graduate
8 9 (9.28%) Designer
8 9 (9.28%) FPGA Designer
9 8 (8.25%) FPGA Engineer
10 7 (7.22%) Senior
11 6 (6.19%) Design Engineer
11 6 (6.19%) Graduate Hardware Engineer
12 5 (5.15%) Architect
12 5 (5.15%) DSP Engineer
12 5 (5.15%) Graduate Software Engineer
12 5 (5.15%) Senior Electronics Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (4.12%) PyTorch
1 4 (4.12%) TensorFlow
2 2 (2.06%) OpenMP
2 2 (2.06%) POSIX
2 2 (2.06%) Yocto
3 1 (1.03%) Flash
3 1 (1.03%) RESTful
3 1 (1.03%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 87 (89.69%) FPGA
2 43 (44.33%) Verilog
3 33 (34.02%) Algorithms
4 16 (16.49%) Analogue Electronics
5 14 (14.43%) Analytical Mindset
5 14 (14.43%) Greenfield Project
6 9 (9.28%) Embedded Systems
7 7 (7.22%) GNSS
7 7 (7.22%) MicroBlaze
7 7 (7.22%) PCIe
8 5 (5.15%) ASIC
9 3 (3.09%) CPLD
9 3 (3.09%) Fibre Optics
9 3 (3.09%) Robotics
9 3 (3.09%) Self-Motivation
10 2 (2.06%) Driving Licence
10 2 (2.06%) Management Information System
10 2 (2.06%) VLSI
11 1 (1.03%) IoT
11 1 (1.03%) SystemC
Operating Systems
1 28 (28.87%) Linux
2 8 (8.25%) Windows
3 6 (6.19%) FreeRTOS
4 2 (2.06%) Android
4 2 (2.06%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (43.30%) Signal Processing
2 32 (32.99%) Problem-Solving
3 30 (30.93%) Computer Science
4 28 (28.87%) FPGA Design
5 26 (26.80%) Software Engineering
6 25 (25.77%) Schematic Capture
7 21 (21.65%) Mathematics
8 20 (20.62%) Physics
9 16 (16.49%) Customer Service
10 9 (9.28%) Business Intelligence
10 9 (9.28%) Digital Marketing
10 9 (9.28%) Digital Signal Processing
10 9 (9.28%) Programme Management
10 9 (9.28%) Project Management
11 7 (7.22%) Artificial Intelligence
11 7 (7.22%) B2B
11 7 (7.22%) Defect Tracking
11 7 (7.22%) Machine Learning
11 7 (7.22%) Requirements Analysis
11 7 (7.22%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 70 (72.16%) C
2 49 (50.52%) C++
3 29 (29.90%) Python
4 23 (23.71%) MATLAB
5 18 (18.56%) Java
6 11 (11.34%) Perl
7 8 (8.25%) Tcl
8 7 (7.22%) VB
9 6 (6.19%) Bash
10 4 (4.12%) Embedded C
10 4 (4.12%) Ruby
10 4 (4.12%) Shell Script
10 4 (4.12%) SystemVerilog
11 2 (2.06%) Assembly Language
12 1 (1.03%) C#
12 1 (1.03%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 76 (78.35%) Degree
2 31 (31.96%) Security Cleared
3 22 (22.68%) PhD
4 20 (20.62%) SC Cleared
5 14 (14.43%) DV Cleared
6 10 (10.31%) BPSS Clearance
7 3 (3.09%) HNC
7 3 (3.09%) HND
8 2 (2.06%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.03%) IEC 61131
1 1 (1.03%) JTAG
System Software
1 26 (26.80%) Firmware
2 11 (11.34%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (1.03%) Docker
Vendors
1 17 (17.53%) Xilinx
2 11 (11.34%) EMC
3 10 (10.31%) Altera
4 9 (9.28%) SAP
5 7 (7.22%) Green Hills
5 7 (7.22%) Motorola
6 6 (6.19%) Intel
7 4 (4.12%) Microsemi
8 2 (2.06%) Cadence
8 2 (2.06%) Lattice Semiconductor
9 1 (1.03%) Autodesk
9 1 (1.03%) CA
9 1 (1.03%) Microsoft
9 1 (1.03%) NCR