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 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 661 808 859
Rank change year-on-year +147 +51 +239
Permanent jobs citing VHDL 48 104 103
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.087% 0.10% 0.11%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.23% 0.29% 0.24%
Number of salaries quoted 42 76 59
10th Percentile £37,500 £37,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £56,875 £41,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,750 £51,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +31.55% -17.60% +19.05%
75th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £77,250 £72,500 £91,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £67,750 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +23.18% -12.00% +19.05%

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 20,604 35,638 42,318
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 37.19% 34.51% 43.55%
Number of salaries quoted 9,493 23,121 22,633
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,000 £35,750
25th Percentile £42,000 £38,084 £46,350
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -15.38% +4.00%
75th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £86,250
90th Percentile £110,000 £97,500 £110,000
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 30 May 2025.

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 30 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 +135 40 £67,750 +23.18% 223
England +99 38 £68,000 +32.04% 202
Work from Home +117 19 £45,000 -18.18% 63
East of England +38 19 £45,000 -35.71% 72
South East +74 14 £70,000 +29.63% 47
Scotland +116 3 £67,500 +22.73% 26
South West +79 3 £77,500 +55.00% 40
London +110 1 £70,000 +40.00% 7
Midlands +81 1 £75,000 +87.50% 24
West Midlands - 1 £75,000 - 10

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 4 (8.33%) Simulink
2 2 (4.17%) OrCAD
3 1 (2.08%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 6 (12.50%) Ethernet
2 3 (6.25%) RS-232
3 1 (2.08%) RS-485
3 1 (2.08%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 9 (18.75%) JIRA
2 3 (6.25%) Git
2 3 (6.25%) Subversion
3 1 (2.08%) PetaLinux
General
1 16 (33.33%) Electronics
2 7 (14.58%) Social Skills
3 4 (8.33%) Aerospace
3 4 (8.33%) Manufacturing
4 3 (6.25%) Presentation Skills
5 2 (4.17%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (2.08%) Advertising
6 1 (2.08%) Automotive
6 1 (2.08%) Finance
6 1 (2.08%) Law
6 1 (2.08%) Marketing
6 1 (2.08%) Military
6 1 (2.08%) Public Sector
6 1 (2.08%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 30 (62.50%) FPGA Engineer
2 15 (31.25%) Senior
3 9 (18.75%) Electronics Engineer
3 9 (18.75%) Senior Electronics Engineer
4 8 (16.67%) Design Engineer
5 7 (14.58%) FPGA Design Engineer
6 5 (10.42%) Senior FPGA Engineer
7 4 (8.33%) Hardware Engineer
7 4 (8.33%) Lead
8 3 (6.25%) Designer
8 3 (6.25%) FPGA Designer
8 3 (6.25%) VHDL Engineer
9 2 (4.17%) Digital Design Engineer
9 2 (4.17%) Senior Designer
9 2 (4.17%) Senior Hardware Engineer
9 2 (4.17%) Senior VHDL Engineer
10 1 (2.08%) C/C++ Developer
10 1 (2.08%) Principal Engineer
10 1 (2.08%) Senior Hardware Design Engineer
10 1 (2.08%) VHDL Design Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.08%) .NET
1 1 (2.08%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 42 (87.50%) FPGA
2 29 (60.42%) Verilog
3 6 (12.50%) Algorithms
4 5 (10.42%) Analogue Electronics
5 3 (6.25%) ASIC
5 3 (6.25%) Device Driver
5 3 (6.25%) NVMe
5 3 (6.25%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (4.17%) GNSS
6 2 (4.17%) Life Science
6 2 (4.17%) MicroBlaze
6 2 (4.17%) Satnav
7 1 (2.08%) Embedded Systems
7 1 (2.08%) VLSI
Operating Systems
1 9 (18.75%) Linux
2 3 (6.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 2 (4.17%) Windows
4 1 (2.08%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (68.75%) FPGA Design
2 14 (29.17%) Problem-Solving
2 14 (29.17%) Prototyping
3 13 (27.08%) Schematic Capture
4 11 (22.92%) Signal Processing
5 6 (12.50%) Design for Test
5 6 (12.50%) Issue Tracking
5 6 (12.50%) Product Requirements
5 6 (12.50%) UVM
6 3 (6.25%) Computer Science
6 3 (6.25%) Device Driver Development
6 3 (6.25%) Kalman Filter
6 3 (6.25%) Mathematics
6 3 (6.25%) Physics
7 2 (4.17%) Agile
7 2 (4.17%) B2B
7 2 (4.17%) Configuration Management
7 2 (4.17%) Mentoring
7 2 (4.17%) Requirements Analysis
7 2 (4.17%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 14 (29.17%) C
2 10 (20.83%) C#
2 10 (20.83%) C++
3 7 (14.58%) SystemVerilog
4 5 (10.42%) Tcl
5 3 (6.25%) MATLAB
6 2 (4.17%) Embedded C
6 2 (4.17%) Embedded C++
6 2 (4.17%) Perl
6 2 (4.17%) Python
6 2 (4.17%) VB
7 1 (2.08%) Java
7 1 (2.08%) Rust
Qualifications
1 13 (27.08%) Degree
2 8 (16.67%) Security Cleared
3 4 (8.33%) PhD
4 3 (6.25%) Master's Degree
4 3 (6.25%) SC Cleared
5 2 (4.17%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.08%) DO-254
System Software
1 31 (64.58%) Firmware
2 6 (12.50%) Embedded Firmware
Vendors
1 9 (18.75%) Xilinx
2 5 (10.42%) EMC
3 3 (6.25%) Altera
3 3 (6.25%) Intel
3 3 (6.25%) Microsemi
3 3 (6.25%) Red Hat
4 2 (4.17%) Green Hills
5 1 (2.08%) Freescale
5 1 (2.08%) Microsoft
5 1 (2.08%) SAP