Signal Processing Contracts with Work from Home Options

Signal Processing
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for Signal Processing skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Signal Processing over the 6 months to 12 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 330 451 617
Rank change year-on-year +121 +166 -125
Contract jobs citing Signal Processing 22 15 11
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.15% 0.060% 0.025%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.17% 0.066% 0.027%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 6 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £449 -
UK median daily rate £550 £449 £350
% change year-on-year +22.44% +28.34% -20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 1 6
10th Percentile - - £49.00
25th Percentile £65.00 - £49.25
Median hourly rate £70.00 £72.00 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +37.14% -
75th Percentile £85.00 - £57.50
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £70.00 £65.45 £55.00
% change year-on-year +6.95% +19.00% +10.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Signal Processing is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 13,241 22,603 40,082
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 88.03% 89.73% 91.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,876 15,973 29,084
10th Percentile £325 £363 £363
25th Percentile £425 £450 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +7.69%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £631
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 571 519 538
10th Percentile £15.00 £18.63 £14.18
25th Percentile £25.50 £29.31 £20.56
Median hourly rate £43.00 £53.35 £35.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.40% +50.28% +44.90%
75th Percentile £60.00 £68.75 £57.50
90th Percentile £75.25 £80.00 £70.60
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year +1.39% +40.19% +4.82%

Signal Processing
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Signal Processing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Signal Processing trend for jobs with a WFH option

Signal Processing
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Signal Processing.

Signal Processing daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Signal Processing
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Signal Processing.

Signal Processing hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Signal Processing
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Signal Processing over the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

Signal Processing hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Signal Processing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 16 (72.73%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 4 (18.18%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 4 (18.18%) Git
1 4 (18.18%) JIRA
1 4 (18.18%) Subversion
General
1 4 (18.18%) Aerospace
1 4 (18.18%) Telecoms
2 1 (4.55%) Law
Job Titles
1 16 (72.73%) Design Engineer
1 16 (72.73%) FPGA Design Engineer
1 16 (72.73%) FPGA Engineer
2 4 (18.18%) Embedded Engineer
2 4 (18.18%) Embedded Software Engineer
2 4 (18.18%) Software Engineer
3 2 (9.09%) Test Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 16 (72.73%) FPGA
1 16 (72.73%) Verilog
1 16 (72.73%) VHDL
2 4 (18.18%) Algorithms
2 4 (18.18%) Device Driver
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (72.73%) FPGA Design
1 16 (72.73%) UVM
2 6 (27.27%) Validation
3 4 (18.18%) Computer Science
3 4 (18.18%) Defect Tracking
3 4 (18.18%) Software Engineering
3 4 (18.18%) Software Optimisation
4 2 (9.09%) Data Acquisition
4 2 (9.09%) Data Analysis
4 2 (9.09%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (9.09%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 20 (90.91%) C
2 16 (72.73%) SystemVerilog
3 4 (18.18%) Assembly Language
3 4 (18.18%) C++
3 4 (18.18%) MATLAB
3 4 (18.18%) Python
3 4 (18.18%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 22 (100.00%) Degree
2 4 (18.18%) Master's Degree
2 4 (18.18%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (18.18%) JTAG
System Software
1 4 (18.18%) Embedded Firmware
1 4 (18.18%) Firmware
Vendors
1 16 (72.73%) Intel
1 16 (72.73%) Microsemi
1 16 (72.73%) Xilinx
2 2 (9.09%) Siemens