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 have cited VHDL over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 802 845 1119
Rank change year-on-year +43 +274 -282
Permanent jobs citing VHDL 105 102 142
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.10% 0.11% 0.084%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.29% 0.25% 0.17%
Number of salaries quoted 76 60 50
10th Percentile £37,500 £32,500 £28,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £47,500 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,500 £62,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -17.60% +19.05% +5.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £82,875 £70,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £91,250 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -12.00% +19.05% +5.00%

All Generic Skills
UK

VHDL is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 35,820 40,772 81,789
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 34.13% 43.08% 48.47%
Number of salaries quoted 23,199 22,412 34,284
10th Percentile £28,000 £35,750 £34,500
25th Percentile £38,084 £46,350 £45,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +4.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £85,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £110,000 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%

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 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for VHDL in the UK

VHDL
Top 13 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 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
UK excluding London -30 100 £55,000 -12.00% 88
England +33 97 £51,500 -17.60% 92
South West -15 29 £50,000 -28.57% 23
East of England +22 28 £70,000 -17.65% 29
South East -33 28 £54,000 -13.60% 23
Work from Home +42 22 £55,000 -35.29% 31
Midlands -21 6 £40,000 -63.64% 9
East Midlands -22 6 £40,000 -50.00% 4
Scotland -60 6 £55,000 - 3
London - 5 £50,000 - 6
Wales - 2 £45,000 - 4
North of England +29 1 £51,500 -1.90% 2
North West -8 1 £51,500 -1.90% 1

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 15 (14.29%) Simulink
2 10 (9.52%) GNU Octave
3 2 (1.90%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (1.90%) OrCAD
4 1 (0.95%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 3 (2.86%) Azure
1 3 (2.86%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 9 (8.57%) 5G
2 8 (7.62%) Ethernet
2 8 (7.62%) OFDM
2 8 (7.62%) SD-WAN
2 8 (7.62%) WAN
2 8 (7.62%) Wireless
3 6 (5.71%) DVB
4 5 (4.76%) RS-485
4 5 (4.76%) Software-Defined Radio
5 2 (1.90%) 4G
5 2 (1.90%) RS-232
5 2 (1.90%) RS-422
6 1 (0.95%) 3G
6 1 (0.95%) 3GPP
6 1 (0.95%) 5G NR
6 1 (0.95%) GPRS
6 1 (0.95%) GSM
6 1 (0.95%) LTE
6 1 (0.95%) Modbus
6 1 (0.95%) UMTS
Development Applications
1 14 (13.33%) Git
2 11 (10.48%) Subversion
3 3 (2.86%) Jenkins
4 2 (1.90%) JUnit
4 2 (1.90%) PetaLinux
5 1 (0.95%) Eclipse
5 1 (0.95%) JIRA
5 1 (0.95%) TeamCity
General
1 54 (51.43%) Electronics
2 28 (26.67%) Analytical Skills
3 25 (23.81%) Manufacturing
3 25 (23.81%) Social Skills
4 19 (18.10%) Aerospace
4 19 (18.10%) Automotive
5 10 (9.52%) Telecoms
6 9 (8.57%) Finance
6 9 (8.57%) Marketing
6 9 (8.57%) Public Sector
7 2 (1.90%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (0.95%) Law
8 1 (0.95%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (0.95%) Retail
Job Titles
1 21 (20.00%) Embedded Engineer
2 18 (17.14%) Lead
3 17 (16.19%) Software Engineer
4 16 (15.24%) Electronics Engineer
4 16 (15.24%) Lead Systems Engineer
4 16 (15.24%) Systems Engineer
5 13 (12.38%) Developer
5 13 (12.38%) FPGA Developer
6 12 (11.43%) Design Engineer
7 11 (10.48%) Hardware Engineer
8 10 (9.52%) Designer
8 10 (9.52%) FPGA Designer
8 10 (9.52%) FPGA Engineer
8 10 (9.52%) Graduate
9 9 (8.57%) Senior
10 8 (7.62%) DSP Engineer
11 5 (4.76%) Architect
11 5 (4.76%) Graduate Software Engineer
11 5 (4.76%) Senior Electronics Engineer
12 4 (3.81%) Junior Hardware Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.81%) PyTorch
1 4 (3.81%) TensorFlow
2 2 (1.90%) OpenMP
2 2 (1.90%) POSIX
2 2 (1.90%) Yocto
3 1 (0.95%) Flash
3 1 (0.95%) RESTful
3 1 (0.95%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 96 (91.43%) FPGA
2 44 (41.90%) Verilog
3 32 (30.48%) Algorithms
4 12 (11.43%) Analogue Electronics
4 12 (11.43%) Analytical Mindset
4 12 (11.43%) Greenfield Project
5 9 (8.57%) Embedded Systems
6 8 (7.62%) GNSS
6 8 (7.62%) MicroBlaze
6 8 (7.62%) Self-Motivation
7 7 (6.67%) PCIe
8 5 (4.76%) ASIC
9 3 (2.86%) CPLD
9 3 (2.86%) Fibre Optics
9 3 (2.86%) Robotics
10 2 (1.90%) Driving Licence
10 2 (1.90%) Management Information System
10 2 (1.90%) VLSI
11 1 (0.95%) IoT
11 1 (0.95%) SystemC
Operating Systems
1 34 (32.38%) Linux
2 9 (8.57%) Windows
3 7 (6.67%) Embedded Linux
4 6 (5.71%) FreeRTOS
5 2 (1.90%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (40.95%) Signal Processing
2 35 (33.33%) Computer Science
3 34 (32.38%) Problem-Solving
4 30 (28.57%) FPGA Design
5 22 (20.95%) Schematic Capture
5 22 (20.95%) Software Engineering
6 17 (16.19%) Mathematics
7 16 (15.24%) Customer Service
7 16 (15.24%) Physics
8 9 (8.57%) Business Intelligence
8 9 (8.57%) Digital Marketing
8 9 (8.57%) Digital Signal Processing
8 9 (8.57%) Programme Management
8 9 (8.57%) Project Management
9 8 (7.62%) B2B
9 8 (7.62%) Defect Tracking
9 8 (7.62%) Requirements Analysis
9 8 (7.62%) Software Testing
9 8 (7.62%) Test Assurance
9 8 (7.62%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 74 (70.48%) C
2 54 (51.43%) C++
3 31 (29.52%) Python
4 27 (25.71%) MATLAB
5 14 (13.33%) Java
6 12 (11.43%) Perl
7 11 (10.48%) Tcl
8 9 (8.57%) Embedded C
9 8 (7.62%) VB
10 6 (5.71%) Bash
11 4 (3.81%) Ruby
11 4 (3.81%) Shell Script
11 4 (3.81%) SystemVerilog
12 1 (0.95%) Assembly Language
12 1 (0.95%) C#
12 1 (0.95%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 78 (74.29%) Degree
2 27 (25.71%) Security Cleared
3 18 (17.14%) PhD
3 18 (17.14%) SC Cleared
4 12 (11.43%) DV Cleared
5 10 (9.52%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (2.86%) HNC
6 3 (2.86%) HND
7 1 (0.95%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (0.95%) IEC 61131
1 1 (0.95%) JTAG
System Software
1 33 (31.43%) Firmware
2 12 (11.43%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (0.95%) Docker
Vendors
1 20 (19.05%) Xilinx
2 14 (13.33%) Altera
3 11 (10.48%) EMC
4 9 (8.57%) SAP
5 8 (7.62%) Green Hills
5 8 (7.62%) Intel
5 8 (7.62%) Motorola
6 4 (3.81%) Microsemi
7 3 (2.86%) Lattice Semiconductor
8 2 (1.90%) Cadence
9 1 (0.95%) Autodesk
9 1 (0.95%) CA
9 1 (0.95%) Microsoft
9 1 (0.95%) NCR