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

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 662 806 862
Rank change year-on-year +144 +56 +238
Permanent jobs citing VHDL 49 104 102
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.090% 0.10% 0.10%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.24% 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 20,320 35,437 42,555
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 37.16% 34.69% 43.46%
Number of salaries quoted 9,321 23,080 22,873
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,000 £35,647
25th Percentile £42,000 £38,043 £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 28 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 28 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 +136 41 £67,750 +23.18% 307
England +101 39 £68,000 +32.04% 293
Work from Home +119 19 £45,000 -18.18% 109
East of England +34 19 £45,000 -35.71% 96
South East +76 14 £70,000 +29.63% 57
South West +93 4 £77,500 +55.00% 58
Scotland +122 3 £67,500 +22.73% 43
London +116 1 £70,000 +40.00% 31
Midlands +55 1 £75,000 +87.50% 27
West Midlands - 1 £75,000 - 11

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 (8.16%) Simulink
2 2 (4.08%) OrCAD
3 1 (2.04%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 6 (12.24%) Ethernet
2 3 (6.12%) RS-232
3 1 (2.04%) RS-485
3 1 (2.04%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 9 (18.37%) JIRA
2 3 (6.12%) Git
2 3 (6.12%) Subversion
3 1 (2.04%) PetaLinux
General
1 17 (34.69%) Electronics
2 8 (16.33%) Social Skills
3 4 (8.16%) Aerospace
3 4 (8.16%) Manufacturing
4 3 (6.12%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (6.12%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (2.04%) Advertising
5 1 (2.04%) Automotive
5 1 (2.04%) Finance
5 1 (2.04%) Law
5 1 (2.04%) Marketing
5 1 (2.04%) Military
5 1 (2.04%) Public Sector
5 1 (2.04%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 31 (63.27%) FPGA Engineer
2 16 (32.65%) Senior
3 9 (18.37%) Electronics Engineer
3 9 (18.37%) Senior Electronics Engineer
4 8 (16.33%) Design Engineer
5 7 (14.29%) FPGA Design Engineer
6 6 (12.24%) Senior FPGA Engineer
7 4 (8.16%) Hardware Engineer
7 4 (8.16%) Lead
7 4 (8.16%) VHDL Engineer
8 3 (6.12%) Designer
8 3 (6.12%) FPGA Designer
8 3 (6.12%) Senior VHDL Engineer
9 2 (4.08%) Digital Design Engineer
9 2 (4.08%) Senior Designer
9 2 (4.08%) Senior Hardware Engineer
10 1 (2.04%) Digital Hardware Engineer
10 1 (2.04%) FPGA Developer
10 1 (2.04%) Principal Engineer
10 1 (2.04%) Senior Design Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.04%) .NET
1 1 (2.04%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 43 (87.76%) FPGA
2 29 (59.18%) Verilog
3 6 (12.24%) Algorithms
4 5 (10.20%) Analogue Electronics
5 3 (6.12%) ASIC
5 3 (6.12%) Device Driver
5 3 (6.12%) GNSS
5 3 (6.12%) MicroBlaze
5 3 (6.12%) NVMe
5 3 (6.12%) Satnav
5 3 (6.12%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (4.08%) Life Science
7 1 (2.04%) Embedded Systems
7 1 (2.04%) VLSI
Operating Systems
1 10 (20.41%) Linux
2 3 (6.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 3 (6.12%) Windows
3 1 (2.04%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (69.39%) FPGA Design
2 15 (30.61%) Problem-Solving
3 14 (28.57%) Prototyping
4 13 (26.53%) Schematic Capture
5 12 (24.49%) Signal Processing
6 6 (12.24%) Design for Test
6 6 (12.24%) Issue Tracking
6 6 (12.24%) Product Requirements
6 6 (12.24%) UVM
7 4 (8.16%) Computer Science
8 3 (6.12%) B2B
8 3 (6.12%) Creative Thinking
8 3 (6.12%) Defect Tracking
8 3 (6.12%) Device Driver Development
8 3 (6.12%) Innovative Thinking
8 3 (6.12%) Kalman Filter
8 3 (6.12%) Mathematics
8 3 (6.12%) Physics
8 3 (6.12%) Requirements Analysis
9 2 (4.08%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 15 (30.61%) C
2 11 (22.45%) C++
3 10 (20.41%) C#
4 7 (14.29%) SystemVerilog
5 6 (12.24%) Tcl
6 4 (8.16%) MATLAB
7 3 (6.12%) Perl
7 3 (6.12%) VB
8 2 (4.08%) Embedded C
8 2 (4.08%) Embedded C++
8 2 (4.08%) Python
9 1 (2.04%) Java
9 1 (2.04%) Rust
Qualifications
1 14 (28.57%) Degree
2 8 (16.33%) Security Cleared
3 4 (8.16%) PhD
4 3 (6.12%) Master's Degree
4 3 (6.12%) SC Cleared
5 2 (4.08%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.04%) DO-254
System Software
1 32 (65.31%) Firmware
2 7 (14.29%) Embedded Firmware
Vendors
1 10 (20.41%) Xilinx
2 5 (10.20%) EMC
3 4 (8.16%) Altera
4 3 (6.12%) Green Hills
4 3 (6.12%) Intel
4 3 (6.12%) Microsemi
4 3 (6.12%) Red Hat
5 1 (2.04%) Freescale
5 1 (2.04%) Microsoft
5 1 (2.04%) SAP