Signal Processing Contract Job Trends in Derbyshire

Signal Processing
East Midlands > Derbyshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Derbyshire requiring Signal Processing skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 24 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Signal Processing 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Derbyshire 1.36% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.60% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
East Midlands median daily rate - - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Derbyshire

Signal Processing falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Derbyshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 125 129 130
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Derbyshire 85.03% 77.25% 83.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 64 56 87
10th Percentile £145 £250 £160
25th Percentile £288 £322 £338
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year - - +11.76%
75th Percentile £650 £588 £617
90th Percentile £768 £641 £664
East Midlands median daily rate £420 £445 £480
% change year-on-year -5.62% -7.29% +1.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 14 14
10th Percentile £16.13 - £15.99
25th Percentile £17.84 £17.00 £17.72
Median hourly rate £25.08 £24.18 £23.75
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% +1.81% +53.23%
75th Percentile £25.15 £50.00 £53.75
90th Percentile - - £54.00
East Midlands median hourly rate £18.87 £23.25 £22.50
% change year-on-year -18.84% +3.33% +33.69%

Signal Processing
Job Vacancy Trend in Derbyshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Signal Processing relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Derbyshire.

Signal Processing job vacancy trend in Derbyshire

Signal Processing
Daily Rate Trend in Derbyshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Derbyshire citing Signal Processing.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Derbyshire citing Signal Processing

Signal Processing
Contract Job Locations in Derbyshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Signal Processing within the Derbyshire region over the 6 months to 8 November 2025. 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
Derby - 2 - - 1
Signal Processing
East Midlands

Signal Processing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Derbyshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Simulink
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Systems Engineer
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) MATLAB