VHDL Job Trends

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 16 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 666 562 759
Rank change year-on-year -104 +197 +136
Permanent jobs citing VHDL 23 89 76
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.031% 0.21% 0.090%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.10% 0.53% 0.25%
Number of salaries quoted 11 31 59
10th Percentile £41,250 £34,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £55,000 £44,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +4.17% -
75th Percentile £71,250 £73,750 £70,000
90th Percentile - £75,000 £73,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £67,500 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.00% +4.17% -

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 22,953 16,827 30,676
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 30.76% 39.02% 36.21%
Number of salaries quoted 11,654 8,923 21,737
10th Percentile £28,750 £32,500 £28,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.83% +9.09% -15.38%
75th Percentile £78,750 £82,500 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,500 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -9.09%

VHDL
Job Vacancy Trend

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

VHDL job vacancy trend in the UK

VHDL
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing VHDL.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing VHDL

VHDL
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing VHDL over the 6 months to 16 March 2026.

Salary histogram for VHDL in the UK

VHDL
Top 10 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 16 March 2026. 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 -106 18 £67,500 +8.00% 51
England -97 17 £50,000 -20.00% 51
South East -34 9 £60,000 -4.00% 14
Scotland -12 4 £67,500 -3.57% 3
Work from Home -21 4 £67,500 +80.00% 8
London +6 3 £47,500 -32.14% 5
North West -29 2 - - 1
South West -43 2 £50,000 -27.27% 15
North of England -57 2 - - 2
East of England -25 1 - - 10

VHDL
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 2 (8.70%) OrCAD
1 2 (8.70%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 7 (30.43%) Towers Watson Igloo
Cloud Services
1 1 (4.35%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 4 (17.39%) Ethernet
1 4 (17.39%) RS-232
2 1 (4.35%) Software-Defined Radio
Development Applications
1 7 (30.43%) Rational DOORS
2 1 (4.35%) Git
General
1 11 (47.83%) Electronics
2 4 (17.39%) Social Skills
3 2 (8.70%) Aerospace
3 2 (8.70%) Avionics
3 2 (8.70%) Influencing Skills
3 2 (8.70%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (4.35%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (4.35%) Legal
4 1 (4.35%) Manufacturing
4 1 (4.35%) Swedish Language
Job Titles
1 14 (60.87%) FPGA Engineer
2 11 (47.83%) Senior
3 5 (21.74%) Development Engineer
3 5 (21.74%) Electronics Engineer
3 5 (21.74%) Senior Electronics Engineer
3 5 (21.74%) Senior FPGA Engineer
4 4 (17.39%) Design Engineer
4 4 (17.39%) FPGA Design Engineer
5 2 (8.70%) Graduate
5 2 (8.70%) Hardware Engineer
5 2 (8.70%) Senior Systems Engineer
5 2 (8.70%) Senior Verification Engineer
5 2 (8.70%) Systems Engineer
5 2 (8.70%) Verification Engineer
6 1 (4.35%) Consultant
6 1 (4.35%) DSP Engineer
6 1 (4.35%) Process Engineer
6 1 (4.35%) Radar Engineer
6 1 (4.35%) Senior Consultant
6 1 (4.35%) Senior Design Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 18 (78.26%) FPGA
2 10 (43.48%) Algorithms
3 7 (30.43%) NVMe
3 7 (30.43%) PCIe
3 7 (30.43%) Verilog
4 3 (13.04%) Device Driver
4 3 (13.04%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (8.70%) RISC-V
6 1 (4.35%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 5 (21.74%) Linux
2 2 (8.70%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (60.87%) FPGA Design
2 7 (30.43%) Configuration Management
2 7 (30.43%) Information Assurance
2 7 (30.43%) Requirements Analysis
2 7 (30.43%) Roadmaps
2 7 (30.43%) System Testing
2 7 (30.43%) Technology Roadmap
2 7 (30.43%) UVM
3 6 (26.09%) Schematic Capture
4 5 (21.74%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (17.39%) Systems Engineering
5 4 (17.39%) Validation
6 3 (13.04%) AI
6 3 (13.04%) Device Driver Development
6 3 (13.04%) Kalman Filter
6 3 (13.04%) Mentoring
6 3 (13.04%) Signal Processing
7 2 (8.70%) Coaching
7 2 (8.70%) Digital Signal Processing
7 2 (8.70%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 12 (52.17%) C
2 11 (47.83%) C++
3 7 (30.43%) Assembly Language
4 4 (17.39%) Embedded C
4 4 (17.39%) Python
5 3 (13.04%) SystemVerilog
6 2 (8.70%) Bash
6 2 (8.70%) Embedded C++
6 2 (8.70%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 7 (30.43%) Degree
2 4 (17.39%) PhD
3 3 (13.04%) Master's Degree
4 2 (8.70%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (8.70%) HNC
4 2 (8.70%) HND
4 2 (8.70%) Security Cleared
5 1 (4.35%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.35%) DO-254
System Software
1 11 (47.83%) Firmware
2 7 (30.43%) Embedded Firmware
Vendors
1 9 (39.13%) Xilinx
2 7 (30.43%) Altera
3 5 (21.74%) EMC