Hybrid/Remote IC Design Job Trends

Integrated Circuit Design (IC Design)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring IC Design skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 August 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 467 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing IC Design 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.005% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.005% - -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - -
UK median annual salary £65,000 £50,000 -
% change year-on-year +30.00% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

IC Design falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 18,991 22,925 27,618
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 93.33% 88.41% 95.83%
Number of salaries quoted 9,537 14,336 20,590
10th Percentile £25,250 £35,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £43,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% -4.00% +2.16%
75th Percentile £76,840 £79,600 £81,250
90th Percentile £99,880 £100,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -0.90% -7.50% -

IC Design
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing IC Design as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

IC Design trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

IC Design
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Design Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) IC Design Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) ASIC
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Design for Manufacturing
1 1 (100.00%) Kalman Filter
1 1 (100.00%) Power Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Master's Degree
1 1 (100.00%) PhD
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cadence