Skills and tools
What employers actually ask for, detected in the text of 2968 open postings, with the median advertised pay attached to each.
Python
1299 open · median $151,800
Cadence
521 open · median $153,000
Siemens EDA
518 open · median $161,715
SystemVerilog
456 open · median $165,000
Verilog
427 open · median $150,800
Tcl
389 open · median $157,000
PCIe
369 open · median $180,000
Static Timing Analysis
361 open · median $165,600
Ethernet
337 open · median $175,000
UVM
323 open · median $165,000
Synopsys
306 open · median $165,000
Tape-out
282 open · median $170,000
DDR / HBM
268 open · median $160,000
CMOS process
267 open · median $153,900
Signal Integrity
249 open · median $159,200
Arm
233 open · median $165,000
SerDes
214 open · median $165,000
Scan & DFT
159 open · median $166,000
SPICE / Analog sim
137 open · median $131,285
RISC-V
131 open · median $171,000
PCB layout
104 open · median $142,113
RTOS / Embedded
102 open · median $145,830
VHDL
67 open · median $129,822
Linux kernel
33 open · median $145,830
CUDA / GPU
24 open · median $169,500
C / C++
9 open · median n/a