Signal Processing
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Signal Processing skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Signal Processing over the 6 months to 10 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 687 899 673
Rank change year-on-year +212 -226 +33
Permanent jobs citing Signal Processing 215 81 628
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.22% 0.080% 0.40%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.25% 0.084% 0.42%
Number of salaries quoted 154 53 106
10th Percentile £39,825 £42,900 £37,445
25th Percentile £42,000 £48,750 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% - +8.33%
75th Percentile £79,688 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £84,500 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £56,500 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -13.08% - +11.11%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 84,917 96,578 150,488
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.59% 95.61% 95.67%
Number of salaries quoted 59,883 56,844 82,330
10th Percentile £29,008 £34,000 £33,515
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,190 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.12% +1.98% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

Signal Processing
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Signal Processing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Signal Processing in the UK

Signal Processing
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Signal Processing.

Salary trend for Signal Processing in the UK

Signal Processing
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Signal Processing over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Signal Processing in the UK

Signal Processing
Top 12 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Signal Processing within the UK over the 6 months to 10 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
England +228 207 £58,750 -16.07% 111
UK excluding London +124 204 £56,500 -13.08% 98
South East +62 91 £60,000 -16.08% 48
Work from Home +102 82 £62,500 -3.85% 44
East of England +58 55 £56,500 -13.08% 26
South West +24 50 £50,000 -29.82% 20
London +110 5 £60,000 -2.04% 12
North of England - 4 £51,500 - 2
North West - 4 £51,500 - 2
West Midlands -2 2 - - 8
Midlands -18 2 - - 10
Scotland - 2 £49,000 - 2

Signal Processing
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:

Application Platforms
1 6 (2.79%) Confluence
Applications
1 46 (21.40%) Simulink
2 17 (7.91%) GNU Octave
3 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 14 (6.51%) AWS
1 14 (6.51%) Azure
2 8 (3.72%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 26 (12.09%) Wireless
2 25 (11.63%) 5G
3 13 (6.05%) SD-WAN
3 13 (6.05%) Software-Defined Radio
3 13 (6.05%) WAN
4 11 (5.12%) OFDM
5 9 (4.19%) Ethernet
6 8 (3.72%) PPP
7 7 (3.26%) 5G NR
7 7 (3.26%) LTE
8 6 (2.79%) 802.11
8 6 (2.79%) Bluetooth
9 5 (2.33%) 3GPP
10 2 (0.93%) TCP/IP
10 2 (0.93%) ZigBee
11 1 (0.47%) 4G
11 1 (0.47%) Modbus
11 1 (0.47%) MQTT
11 1 (0.47%) RS-232
11 1 (0.47%) RS-485
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (6.51%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 30 (13.95%) Git
2 14 (6.51%) Vagrant
3 13 (6.05%) Visual Studio
4 7 (3.26%) JIRA
5 6 (2.79%) Rational DOORS
5 6 (2.79%) Rational Rhapsody
6 2 (0.93%) Jenkins
6 2 (0.93%) PetaLinux
7 1 (0.47%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.47%) Subversion
7 1 (0.47%) TeamCity
General
1 63 (29.30%) Social Skills
2 51 (23.72%) Electronics
3 31 (14.42%) Analytical Skills
4 19 (8.84%) Marketing
5 14 (6.51%) Aerospace
6 8 (3.72%) Aviation
7 7 (3.26%) Manufacturing
7 7 (3.26%) Retail
7 7 (3.26%) Telecoms
8 5 (2.33%) Finance
8 5 (2.33%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (1.86%) Pharmaceutical
9 4 (1.86%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (1.40%) Italian Language
10 3 (1.40%) Military
10 3 (1.40%) Public Sector
11 2 (0.93%) Automotive
11 2 (0.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (0.47%) Avionics
12 1 (0.47%) Law
Job Titles
1 77 (35.81%) Software Engineer
2 40 (18.60%) Developer
3 35 (16.28%) Senior
4 26 (12.09%) Embedded Engineer
5 23 (10.70%) Senior Software Engineer
6 21 (9.77%) Lead
7 16 (7.44%) Software Developer
8 15 (6.98%) Electronics Engineer
9 14 (6.51%) DSP Engineer
9 14 (6.51%) Embedded Developer
9 14 (6.51%) Embedded Software Developer
9 14 (6.51%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
10 13 (6.05%) Embedded Software Engineer
11 11 (5.12%) FPGA Developer
11 11 (5.12%) Python Developer
12 10 (4.65%) Graduate
13 9 (4.19%) Senior Embedded Engineer
14 8 (3.72%) Algorithm Engineer
14 8 (3.72%) Systems Engineer
15 6 (2.79%) Principal Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (6.51%) Middleware
2 8 (3.72%) NumPy
3 6 (2.79%) 802.1X
4 3 (1.40%) Yocto
5 2 (0.93%) POSIX
5 2 (0.93%) PyTorch
6 1 (0.47%) Flutter
6 1 (0.47%) Qt
6 1 (0.47%) STL
6 1 (0.47%) TensorFlow
6 1 (0.47%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 87 (40.47%) Algorithms
2 55 (25.58%) FPGA
3 43 (20.00%) VHDL
4 33 (15.35%) GNSS
5 14 (6.51%) Analogue Electronics
6 13 (6.05%) Greenfield Project
7 12 (5.58%) Analytical Mindset
8 10 (4.65%) Acoustics
8 10 (4.65%) Device Driver
9 9 (4.19%) Verilog
10 8 (3.72%) Embedded Systems
10 8 (3.72%) MicroBlaze
11 7 (3.26%) PCIe
11 7 (3.26%) Robotics
12 6 (2.79%) SIMD
13 5 (2.33%) Fibre Optics
13 5 (2.33%) Linux Command Line
14 4 (1.86%) Self-Motivation
15 3 (1.40%) Ray Tracing
16 2 (0.93%) Cyber Defence
Operating Systems
1 83 (38.60%) Linux
2 28 (13.02%) Embedded Linux
3 17 (7.91%) Ubuntu
4 16 (7.44%) Android
4 16 (7.44%) CentOS
4 16 (7.44%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 9 (4.19%) Windows
6 2 (0.93%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 103 (47.91%) Software Engineering
2 67 (31.16%) Digital Signal Processing
3 66 (30.70%) Computer Science
4 58 (26.98%) Problem-Solving
5 49 (22.79%) Mathematics
6 47 (21.86%) Machine Learning
7 42 (19.53%) Artificial Intelligence
8 39 (18.14%) Validation
9 33 (15.35%) Collaborative Working
10 31 (14.42%) Physics
11 25 (11.63%) Requirements Analysis
12 24 (11.16%) B2B
12 24 (11.16%) Creative Thinking
12 24 (11.16%) Defect Tracking
12 24 (11.16%) Innovative Thinking
13 21 (9.77%) FPGA Design
14 20 (9.30%) Embedded Software Development
15 19 (8.84%) Continuous Integration
15 19 (8.84%) Project Management
16 17 (7.91%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 98 (45.58%) C++
2 83 (38.60%) Python
3 74 (34.42%) C
4 68 (31.63%) MATLAB
5 46 (21.40%) Java
6 22 (10.23%) Perl
7 15 (6.98%) SQL
8 14 (6.51%) Bash
8 14 (6.51%) JavaScript
8 14 (6.51%) Kotlin
9 10 (4.65%) Tcl
10 8 (3.72%) Embedded C
10 8 (3.72%) VB
11 7 (3.26%) Assembly Language
12 5 (2.33%) Fortran
13 4 (1.86%) SystemVerilog
14 2 (0.93%) Shell Script
15 1 (0.47%) Embedded C++
15 1 (0.47%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 123 (57.21%) Degree
2 98 (45.58%) Security Cleared
3 46 (21.40%) SC Cleared
4 32 (14.88%) Computer Science Degree
5 31 (14.42%) BPSS Clearance
6 29 (13.49%) DV Cleared
7 20 (9.30%) PhD
8 7 (3.26%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.47%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.47%) MCAD
9 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (7.44%) PMO
2 3 (1.40%) JTAG
3 1 (0.47%) MISRA
3 1 (0.47%) MISRA C
3 1 (0.47%) SLA
System Software
1 41 (19.07%) Firmware
2 16 (7.44%) Embedded Firmware
3 7 (3.26%) Docker
Systems Management
1 14 (6.51%) Ansible
1 14 (6.51%) Terraform
Vendors
1 48 (22.33%) Xilinx
2 8 (3.72%) Altera
2 8 (3.72%) Green Hills
2 8 (3.72%) Motorola
3 6 (2.79%) Intel
3 6 (2.79%) Microsoft
4 4 (1.86%) Microsemi
5 2 (0.93%) SAP
6 1 (0.47%) Atlassian
6 1 (0.47%) EMC
6 1 (0.47%) QinetiQ
6 1 (0.47%) Renesas
6 1 (0.47%) ServiceNow
6 1 (0.47%) Thales