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 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 782 873 1107
Rank change year-on-year +91 +234 -263
Permanent jobs citing VHDL 102 102 135
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.10% 0.10% 0.083%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.29% 0.24% 0.17%
Number of salaries quoted 74 59 49
10th Percentile £37,500 £32,500 £28,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,250 £62,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.80% +19.05% +5.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £82,500 £62,500
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 35,155 42,392 77,992
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 35.18% 42.62% 47.91%
Number of salaries quoted 23,026 23,184 34,267
10th Percentile £28,000 £35,483 £34,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £46,250 £45,625
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 £86,250 £83,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £109,865 £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 20 May 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 20 May 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 -9 97 £55,000 -12.00% 118
England +81 96 £53,250 -14.80% 122
East of England +28 29 £70,000 -17.65% 43
South West -10 29 £50,000 -25.93% 33
South East -12 28 £54,000 -13.60% 29
Work from Home +81 21 £57,500 -32.35% 43
London - 5 £50,000 - 8
Midlands -17 4 £40,000 -63.64% 11
East Midlands -24 4 £40,000 -50.00% 4
Scotland -61 4 £56,250 - 4
Wales - 2 £45,000 - 3
North of England +30 1 £51,500 -1.90% 3
North West -7 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 (14.71%) Simulink
2 10 (9.80%) GNU Octave
3 2 (1.96%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (1.96%) OrCAD
4 1 (0.98%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 3 (2.94%) Azure
1 3 (2.94%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 9 (8.82%) 5G
2 8 (7.84%) Ethernet
2 8 (7.84%) OFDM
2 8 (7.84%) SD-WAN
2 8 (7.84%) WAN
2 8 (7.84%) Wireless
3 5 (4.90%) RS-485
3 5 (4.90%) Software-Defined Radio
4 4 (3.92%) DVB
5 2 (1.96%) 4G
5 2 (1.96%) RS-232
5 2 (1.96%) RS-422
6 1 (0.98%) 3G
6 1 (0.98%) 3GPP
6 1 (0.98%) 5G NR
6 1 (0.98%) GPRS
6 1 (0.98%) GSM
6 1 (0.98%) LTE
6 1 (0.98%) Modbus
6 1 (0.98%) UMTS
Development Applications
1 14 (13.73%) Git
2 11 (10.78%) Subversion
3 3 (2.94%) Jenkins
4 2 (1.96%) JUnit
4 2 (1.96%) PetaLinux
5 1 (0.98%) Eclipse
5 1 (0.98%) JIRA
5 1 (0.98%) TeamCity
General
1 53 (51.96%) Electronics
2 28 (27.45%) Analytical Skills
3 23 (22.55%) Manufacturing
3 23 (22.55%) Social Skills
4 19 (18.63%) Aerospace
4 19 (18.63%) Automotive
5 10 (9.80%) Telecoms
6 9 (8.82%) Finance
6 9 (8.82%) Marketing
6 9 (8.82%) Public Sector
7 2 (1.96%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (0.98%) Law
8 1 (0.98%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (0.98%) Retail
Job Titles
1 19 (18.63%) Embedded Engineer
2 17 (16.67%) Electronics Engineer
2 17 (16.67%) Lead
2 17 (16.67%) Software Engineer
3 16 (15.69%) Lead Systems Engineer
3 16 (15.69%) Systems Engineer
4 13 (12.75%) Developer
4 13 (12.75%) FPGA Developer
5 12 (11.76%) Hardware Engineer
6 10 (9.80%) Design Engineer
6 10 (9.80%) Designer
6 10 (9.80%) FPGA Designer
6 10 (9.80%) Graduate
7 8 (7.84%) DSP Engineer
7 8 (7.84%) FPGA Engineer
8 7 (6.86%) Senior
9 5 (4.90%) Architect
9 5 (4.90%) Graduate Hardware Engineer
9 5 (4.90%) Graduate Software Engineer
9 5 (4.90%) Senior Electronics Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.92%) PyTorch
1 4 (3.92%) TensorFlow
2 2 (1.96%) OpenMP
2 2 (1.96%) POSIX
2 2 (1.96%) Yocto
3 1 (0.98%) Flash
3 1 (0.98%) RESTful
3 1 (0.98%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 92 (90.20%) FPGA
2 44 (43.14%) Verilog
3 32 (31.37%) Algorithms
4 12 (11.76%) Analogue Electronics
5 11 (10.78%) Analytical Mindset
5 11 (10.78%) Greenfield Project
6 9 (8.82%) Embedded Systems
7 8 (7.84%) GNSS
7 8 (7.84%) MicroBlaze
8 7 (6.86%) PCIe
9 6 (5.88%) Self-Motivation
10 5 (4.90%) ASIC
11 3 (2.94%) CPLD
11 3 (2.94%) Fibre Optics
11 3 (2.94%) Robotics
12 2 (1.96%) Driving Licence
12 2 (1.96%) Management Information System
12 2 (1.96%) VLSI
13 1 (0.98%) IoT
13 1 (0.98%) SystemC
Operating Systems
1 33 (32.35%) Linux
2 9 (8.82%) Windows
3 6 (5.88%) FreeRTOS
4 5 (4.90%) Embedded Linux
5 2 (1.96%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (42.16%) Signal Processing
2 34 (33.33%) Computer Science
2 34 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 30 (29.41%) FPGA Design
4 22 (21.57%) Schematic Capture
4 22 (21.57%) Software Engineering
5 17 (16.67%) Mathematics
6 16 (15.69%) Customer Service
6 16 (15.69%) Physics
7 9 (8.82%) Business Intelligence
7 9 (8.82%) Digital Marketing
7 9 (8.82%) Digital Signal Processing
7 9 (8.82%) Programme Management
7 9 (8.82%) Project Management
8 8 (7.84%) B2B
8 8 (7.84%) Creative Thinking
8 8 (7.84%) Defect Tracking
8 8 (7.84%) Requirements Analysis
8 8 (7.84%) Test Assurance
8 8 (7.84%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 73 (71.57%) C
2 52 (50.98%) C++
3 29 (28.43%) Python
4 27 (26.47%) MATLAB
5 14 (13.73%) Java
6 12 (11.76%) Perl
7 9 (8.82%) Tcl
8 8 (7.84%) VB
9 7 (6.86%) Embedded C
10 6 (5.88%) Bash
11 4 (3.92%) Ruby
11 4 (3.92%) Shell Script
11 4 (3.92%) SystemVerilog
12 2 (1.96%) Assembly Language
13 1 (0.98%) C#
13 1 (0.98%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 77 (75.49%) Degree
2 27 (26.47%) Security Cleared
3 18 (17.65%) PhD
4 17 (16.67%) SC Cleared
5 11 (10.78%) DV Cleared
6 10 (9.80%) BPSS Clearance
7 3 (2.94%) HNC
7 3 (2.94%) HND
8 1 (0.98%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (0.98%) IEC 61131
1 1 (0.98%) JTAG
System Software
1 31 (30.39%) Firmware
2 12 (11.76%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (0.98%) Docker
Vendors
1 18 (17.65%) Xilinx
2 12 (11.76%) Altera
2 12 (11.76%) EMC
3 9 (8.82%) SAP
4 8 (7.84%) Green Hills
4 8 (7.84%) Motorola
5 6 (5.88%) Intel
6 4 (3.92%) Microsemi
7 3 (2.94%) Lattice Semiconductor
8 2 (1.96%) Cadence
9 1 (0.98%) Autodesk
9 1 (0.98%) CA
9 1 (0.98%) Microsoft
9 1 (0.98%) NCR