VHSIC Hardware Description Language (VHDL)
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term VHDL in contract job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited VHDL over the 6 months to 16 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 506 649 832
Rank change year-on-year +143 +183 -198
Contract jobs citing VHDL 70 35 17
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.16% 0.061% 0.019%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.54% 0.18% 0.059%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 12 5
10th Percentile £495 - £457
25th Percentile £525 £400 £468
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - +25.00%
75th Percentile £635 £600 £550
90th Percentile £719 - £580
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £513 £500
% change year-on-year +7.32% +2.50% +25.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 61 12 5
10th Percentile - £47.50 -
25th Percentile £53.40 £48.06 £47.50
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 £75.00
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £57.35 £60.00 £75.00
% change year-on-year -4.42% -20.00% +50.00%

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 contract job vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 12,877 18,959 28,967
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 30.26% 33.28% 33.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,295 13,044 20,250
10th Percentile £268 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £450 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £668 £676 £660
90th Percentile £800 £800 £763
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +9.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 892 627 718
10th Percentile £12.25 £9.80 £14.25
25th Percentile £15.13 £10.63 £17.19
Median hourly rate £31.38 £22.49 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +39.54% -18.24% +4.05%
75th Percentile £61.30 £63.75 £50.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £66.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £29.25 £22.00 £21.13
% change year-on-year +32.95% +4.14% -11.98%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for VHDL in the UK

VHDL
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing VHDL over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for VHDL in the UK

VHDL
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for VHDL in the UK

VHDL
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing VHDL over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for VHDL in the UK

VHDL
Top 12 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VHDL within the UK over the 6 months to 16 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
UK excluding London +95 70 £550 +7.32% 100
England +150 65 £550 +11.39% 103
South East +48 39 £593 - 27
Work from Home +126 20 - - 42
East of England +21 17 - - 34
South West +14 8 - - 26
Scotland +38 4 - - 4
North of England +26 1 - - 3
West Midlands +23 1 £550 - 6
Wales +18 1 - - 2
Midlands +16 1 £550 +4.76% 11
North West - 1 - - 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 19 (27.14%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 33 (47.14%) Ethernet
2 4 (5.71%) Internet
General
1 37 (52.86%) Electronics
2 5 (7.14%) Telecoms
3 2 (2.86%) Law
4 1 (1.43%) Public Sector
4 1 (1.43%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 33 (47.14%) Designer
1 33 (47.14%) Digital Designer
1 33 (47.14%) FPGA Designer
1 33 (47.14%) VHDL Designer
2 23 (32.86%) FPGA Engineer
3 18 (25.71%) Design Engineer
3 18 (25.71%) FPGA Design Engineer
4 5 (7.14%) Architect
4 5 (7.14%) Software Architect
5 4 (5.71%) Embedded Engineer
5 4 (5.71%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 4 (5.71%) Python Software Architect
5 4 (5.71%) Software Engineer
6 3 (4.29%) Developer
6 3 (4.29%) Firmware Developer
7 2 (2.86%) DSP Engineer
7 2 (2.86%) FPGA Developer
8 1 (1.43%) Electronics Engineer
8 1 (1.43%) Process Engineer
8 1 (1.43%) VHDL Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (7.14%) RESTful
1 5 (7.14%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 59 (84.29%) FPGA
2 33 (47.14%) CPLD
3 26 (37.14%) Verilog
4 6 (8.57%) Algorithms
5 5 (7.14%) Product Ownership
6 4 (5.71%) Device Driver
6 4 (5.71%) IoT
6 4 (5.71%) PCIe
7 2 (2.86%) GNSS
8 1 (1.43%) Embedded Systems
8 1 (1.43%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 4 (5.71%) Embedded Linux
1 4 (5.71%) Linux
1 4 (5.71%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (47.14%) Schematic Capture
2 23 (32.86%) FPGA Design
3 19 (27.14%) Signal Processing
4 17 (24.29%) UVM
5 9 (12.86%) Agile
6 7 (10.00%) Configuration Management
7 5 (7.14%) DevOps
7 5 (7.14%) Software Architecture
7 5 (7.14%) Software Delivery
7 5 (7.14%) Stakeholder Management
8 4 (5.71%) CI/CD
8 4 (5.71%) Code Optimisation
8 4 (5.71%) Continuous Deployment
8 4 (5.71%) Continuous Integration
8 4 (5.71%) Defect Tracking
8 4 (5.71%) Device Driver Development
8 4 (5.71%) Memory Management
8 4 (5.71%) Requirements Management
8 4 (5.71%) Software Engineering
9 3 (4.29%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 32 (45.71%) C
2 17 (24.29%) SystemVerilog
3 11 (15.71%) C++
4 10 (14.29%) Embedded C
5 7 (10.00%) Python
6 6 (8.57%) Embedded C++
7 3 (4.29%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 52 (74.29%) Degree
2 12 (17.14%) Security Cleared
3 8 (11.43%) SC Cleared
4 4 (5.71%) DV Cleared
5 2 (2.86%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (1.43%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.71%) MISRA
1 4 (5.71%) MISRA C
System Software
1 11 (15.71%) Firmware
2 5 (7.14%) Docker
3 1 (1.43%) Embedded Firmware
Vendors
1 33 (47.14%) EMC
2 26 (37.14%) Xilinx
3 21 (30.00%) Intel
4 18 (25.71%) Microsemi
5 4 (5.71%) Atlassian
6 1 (1.43%) Altera