VHDL Contracts in England

VHSIC Hardware Description Language (VHDL)
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term VHDL in contract job vacancies in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited VHDL over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 481 611 773
Rank change year-on-year +130 +162 -140
Contract jobs citing VHDL 69 25 14
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.18% 0.053% 0.020%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.61% 0.16% 0.059%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 6 7
10th Percentile £438 £444 £461
25th Percentile £488 £452 £478
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £494 £520
Median % change year-on-year +11.39% -5.05% +9.47%
75th Percentile £620 £569 £559
90th Percentile £705 £579 £576
UK median daily rate £550 £500 £520
% change year-on-year +10.00% -3.85% +30.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 58 7 3
10th Percentile - £51.00 £52.00
25th Percentile £53.40 £55.00 £58.75
Median hourly rate £57.35 £60.00 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.42% -14.29% +40.00%
75th Percentile £85.00 £65.00 £72.50
90th Percentile - - £74.00
UK median hourly rate £57.35 £60.00 £70.00
% change year-on-year -4.42% -14.29% +40.00%

All Generic Skills
England

VHDL falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 11,349 15,786 23,854
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 30.26% 33.56% 33.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,319 11,005 17,096
10th Percentile £275 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £565 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.65% +2.73% +10.00%
75th Percentile £675 £698 £675
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
UK median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 850 549 600
10th Percentile £12.25 £9.80 £14.25
25th Percentile £15.39 £10.63 £17.50
Median hourly rate £36.50 £22.49 £26.50
Median % change year-on-year +62.33% -15.15% +6.00%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.04
UK median hourly rate £35.65 £22.26 £27.00
% change year-on-year +60.15% -17.56% +8.00%

VHDL
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing VHDL as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for VHDL in England

VHDL
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for VHDL in England

VHDL
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing VHDL in England over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for VHDL in England

VHDL
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for VHDL in England

VHDL
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing VHDL in England over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for VHDL in England

VHDL
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VHDL within the England region over the 6 months to 12 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
South East +50 40 £593 - 20
East of England +19 20 - - 28
South West +7 8 £400 -30.92% 20
North of England +18 2 - - 5
North West - 2 - - 2
West Midlands +18 1 £550 - 4
Midlands +9 1 £550 +4.76% 7
VHDL
UK

VHDL
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 21 (30.43%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 33 (47.83%) Ethernet
2 1 (1.45%) Software-Defined Radio
Development Applications
1 1 (1.45%) Rational DOORS
General
1 34 (49.28%) Electronics
2 5 (7.25%) Telecoms
3 2 (2.90%) Law
3 2 (2.90%) Public Sector
3 2 (2.90%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 33 (47.83%) Designer
1 33 (47.83%) Digital Designer
1 33 (47.83%) FPGA Designer
1 33 (47.83%) VHDL Designer
2 25 (36.23%) FPGA Engineer
3 18 (26.09%) Design Engineer
3 18 (26.09%) FPGA Design Engineer
4 5 (7.25%) Architect
4 5 (7.25%) Software Architect
5 4 (5.80%) Python Software Architect
6 2 (2.90%) Developer
6 2 (2.90%) DSP Engineer
6 2 (2.90%) Firmware Developer
6 2 (2.90%) Firmware Engineer
6 2 (2.90%) FPGA Developer
7 1 (1.45%) Digital Hardware Engineer
7 1 (1.45%) Electronics Engineer
7 1 (1.45%) Hardware Engineer
7 1 (1.45%) Process Engineer
7 1 (1.45%) VHDL Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (7.25%) RESTful
1 5 (7.25%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 61 (88.41%) FPGA
2 33 (47.83%) CPLD
3 26 (37.68%) Verilog
4 7 (10.14%) Algorithms
5 5 (7.25%) Product Ownership
6 2 (2.90%) GNSS
7 1 (1.45%) Augmented Reality
7 1 (1.45%) Embedded Systems
7 1 (1.45%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (47.83%) Schematic Capture
2 26 (37.68%) FPGA Design
3 20 (28.99%) Signal Processing
3 20 (28.99%) UVM
4 5 (7.25%) Agile
4 5 (7.25%) DevOps
4 5 (7.25%) Software Architecture
4 5 (7.25%) Software Delivery
4 5 (7.25%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (4.35%) Configuration Management
5 3 (4.35%) Digital Signal Processing
5 3 (4.35%) Risk Management
6 2 (2.90%) Mathematics
6 2 (2.90%) Open Source
6 2 (2.90%) Software Testing
6 2 (2.90%) Systems Engineering
6 2 (2.90%) Test Scripting
6 2 (2.90%) Validation
6 2 (2.90%) Verification and Validation
7 1 (1.45%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 29 (42.03%) C
2 20 (28.99%) SystemVerilog
3 11 (15.94%) C++
4 7 (10.14%) Python
5 6 (8.70%) Embedded C
5 6 (8.70%) Embedded C++
6 4 (5.80%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 53 (76.81%) Degree
2 12 (17.39%) Security Cleared
3 8 (11.59%) SC Cleared
4 4 (5.80%) DV Cleared
5 2 (2.90%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (1.45%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.90%) DO-254
2 1 (1.45%) IEC 61508
System Software
1 8 (11.59%) Firmware
2 5 (7.25%) Docker
3 1 (1.45%) Embedded Firmware
Vendors
1 33 (47.83%) EMC
2 27 (39.13%) Xilinx
3 19 (27.54%) Microsemi
4 18 (26.09%) Intel
5 1 (1.45%) Actel
5 1 (1.45%) Lattice Semiconductor
5 1 (1.45%) Mentor Graphics
5 1 (1.45%) Siemens