SystemVerilog Contracts

SystemVerilog
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for SystemVerilog skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited SystemVerilog over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 548 678 831
Rank change year-on-year +130 +153 -112
Contract jobs citing SystemVerilog 27 4 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.063% 0.007% 0.008%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.21% 0.021% 0.022%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 0 5
10th Percentile £463 - £435
25th Percentile £525 - £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 - £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +10.50%
75th Percentile £638 - £550
90th Percentile - - £618
UK excluding London median daily rate £588 - £500
% change year-on-year - - +10.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 0 0
10th Percentile £60.70 - -
25th Percentile £70.00 - -
Median hourly rate £70.25 - -
75th Percentile £85.00 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £70.50 - -

All Programming Languages
UK

SystemVerilog is in the Programming Languages category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for coding skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 12,939 19,124 31,582
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 30.05% 34.12% 36.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,176 13,793 23,095
10th Percentile £350 £388 £388
25th Percentile £425 £461 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £650 £680 £660
90th Percentile £763 £788 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -2.50% - +14.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 522 433 488
10th Percentile £31.25 £26.60 £19.52
25th Percentile £46.25 £50.00 £35.00
Median hourly rate £62.00 £62.50 £51.75
Median % change year-on-year -0.80% +20.77% +17.21%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.00 £61.56
90th Percentile £77.50 £78.95 £71.98
UK excluding London median hourly rate £62.50 £62.50 £52.50
% change year-on-year - +19.05% +28.05%

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Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing SystemVerilog as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for SystemVerilog in the UK

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SystemVerilog.

Daily rate trend for SystemVerilog in the UK

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Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SystemVerilog over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for SystemVerilog in the UK

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SystemVerilog.

Hourly rate trend for SystemVerilog in the UK

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Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing SystemVerilog over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for SystemVerilog in the UK

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Top 7 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SystemVerilog within the UK over the 6 months to 1 June 2024. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +109 27 £588 - 42
UK excluding London +60 26 £588 - 42
East of England +26 25 £625 - 29
Work from Home +129 19 £550 - 14
North West - 1 - -
South West - 1 £400 - 5
North of England - 1 - -

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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 17 (62.96%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.70%) Software-Defined Radio
Development Applications
1 5 (18.52%) Git
2 3 (11.11%) JIRA
2 3 (11.11%) Subversion
General
1 3 (11.11%) Electronics
2 2 (7.41%) Wearables
3 1 (3.70%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (3.70%) Law
3 1 (3.70%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 19 (70.37%) Design Engineer
1 19 (70.37%) FPGA Engineer
2 16 (59.26%) FPGA Design Engineer
3 5 (18.52%) Verification Engineer
4 2 (7.41%) IC Design Engineer
5 1 (3.70%) Analogue Design Engineer
5 1 (3.70%) Analogue IC Design Engineer
5 1 (3.70%) Analogue IC Engineer
5 1 (3.70%) Architect
5 1 (3.70%) Digital Design Engineer
5 1 (3.70%) Digital IC Design Engineer
5 1 (3.70%) Digital IC Engineer
5 1 (3.70%) Firmware Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (14.81%) JSON
1 4 (14.81%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 27 (100.00%) Verilog
2 23 (85.19%) FPGA
3 19 (70.37%) VHDL
4 6 (22.22%) ASIC
5 3 (11.11%) Linux Command Line
6 2 (7.41%) Augmented Reality
6 2 (7.41%) Smartphone
6 2 (7.41%) Virtual Reality
7 1 (3.70%) SystemC
Operating Systems
1 6 (22.22%) Linux
2 4 (14.81%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (88.89%) UVM
2 20 (74.07%) FPGA Design
3 17 (62.96%) Signal Processing
4 5 (18.52%) Validation
5 4 (14.81%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (11.11%) Electronic Design Automation
6 3 (11.11%) OO
6 3 (11.11%) Project Management
6 3 (11.11%) Software Testing
7 2 (7.41%) CI/CD
7 2 (7.41%) IC Design
7 2 (7.41%) Mentoring
7 2 (7.41%) Test Automation
8 1 (3.70%) Prototyping
8 1 (3.70%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 21 (77.78%) C
2 7 (25.93%) Tcl
3 6 (22.22%) Bash
3 6 (22.22%) Python
4 4 (14.81%) C++
4 4 (14.81%) Shell Script
5 3 (11.11%) Assembly Language
6 1 (3.70%) Perl
Qualifications
1 17 (62.96%) Degree
2 1 (3.70%) PhD
2 1 (3.70%) SC Cleared
2 1 (3.70%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.70%) DO-254
1 1 (3.70%) IEC 61508
1 1 (3.70%) JTAG
System Software
1 3 (11.11%) Firmware
2 2 (7.41%) Embedded Firmware
Vendors
1 21 (77.78%) Xilinx
2 18 (66.67%) Microsemi
3 17 (62.96%) Intel
4 4 (14.81%) Cadence
5 3 (11.11%) Synopsys
6 2 (7.41%) Siemens
7 1 (3.70%) Actel
7 1 (3.70%) Lattice Semiconductor
7 1 (3.70%) Mentor Graphics