VHDL Job Trends in the West Midlands

VHSIC Hardware Description Language (VHDL)
England > West Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term VHDL in permanent job vacancies in the West Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited VHDL over the 6 months leading up to 15 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 177 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing VHDL 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 0.019% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.051% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £71,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 - -
75th Percentile £83,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £75,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +25.00% +9.09% -21.43%

All Generic Skills
West Midlands

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 in the West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 1,949 1,529 1,318
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 36.75% 36.84% 35.09%
Number of salaries quoted 679 616 1,091
10th Percentile £26,375 £32,500 £27,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £42,004 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -6.54%
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,875 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -7.69%

VHDL
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

VHDL job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

VHDL
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing VHDL.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing VHDL

VHDL
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VHDL within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 15 January 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
Worcestershire - 1 £77,500 -
VHDL
England

VHDL
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Design Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) FPGA Design Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) FPGA Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Principal Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) FPGA
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) FPGA Design