Signal Processing Contracts in the East of England

Signal Processing
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the East of England requiring Signal Processing skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Signal Processing over the 6 months leading up to 29 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 67 85 113
Rank change year-on-year +18 +28 +27
Contract jobs citing Signal Processing 15 28 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East of England 1.56% 1.46% 0.41%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.73% 1.73% 0.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 4
10th Percentile - - £477
25th Percentile £613 £448 £508
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £465 £550
Median % change year-on-year +34.41% -15.45% -
75th Percentile £638 £483 £631
90th Percentile - - £733
England median daily rate £575 £550 £436
% change year-on-year +4.55% +26.18% -27.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 26 0
10th Percentile £69.00 £52.50 -
25th Percentile £71.25 £56.88 -
Median hourly rate £76.25 £70.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +8.93% - -
75th Percentile £85.00 £85.00 -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £75.00 £70.00 £58.91
% change year-on-year +7.14% +18.84% +7.10%

All Process and Methodology Skills
East of England

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 the East of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 868 1,614 1,706
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 90.42% 84.28% 87.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 459 667 997
10th Percentile £230 £200 £207
25th Percentile £400 £325 £335
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -5.26% -
75th Percentile £600 £575 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £700
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 173 613 325
10th Percentile £14.99 £14.16 £13.41
25th Percentile £16.30 £15.50 £14.25
Median hourly rate £36.00 £40.00 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +81.82% +41.94%
75th Percentile £72.50 £62.50 £64.50
90th Percentile £83.70 £75.00 £70.00
England median hourly rate £28.00 £37.18 £37.32
% change year-on-year -24.69% -0.38% +49.28%

Signal Processing
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Job postings citing Signal Processing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Job vacancy trend for Signal Processing in the East of England

Signal Processing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Signal Processing in the East of England.

Daily rate trend for Signal Processing in the East of England

Signal Processing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Signal Processing in the East of England.

Hourly rate trend for Signal Processing in the East of England

Signal Processing
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

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 East of England region over the 6 months to 29 May 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
Hertfordshire +23 12 - - 11
Essex +11 2 £625 - 22
Bedfordshire - 1 - - 11
Signal Processing
England

Signal Processing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England 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 13 (86.67%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.67%) Ethernet
Development Applications
1 2 (13.33%) Git
1 2 (13.33%) Rational Statemate
General
1 2 (13.33%) Military
2 1 (6.67%) Aerospace
2 1 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (6.67%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 8 (53.33%) Design Engineer
1 8 (53.33%) FPGA Design Engineer
1 8 (53.33%) FPGA Engineer
2 2 (13.33%) Firmware Engineer
2 2 (13.33%) Lead
2 2 (13.33%) Systems Engineer
3 1 (6.67%) Hardware Engineer
3 1 (6.67%) Principal Engineer
3 1 (6.67%) Principal Hardware Engineer
3 1 (6.67%) Senior
3 1 (6.67%) Senior Firmware Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 11 (73.33%) FPGA
2 10 (66.67%) VHDL
3 8 (53.33%) Verilog
4 4 (26.67%) Algorithms
5 1 (6.67%) PCIe
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (53.33%) FPGA Design
1 8 (53.33%) UVM
2 5 (33.33%) Digital Signal Processing
3 2 (13.33%) Application Security
3 2 (13.33%) Continuous Integration
3 2 (13.33%) Data Analysis
3 2 (13.33%) Model Validation
3 2 (13.33%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (13.33%) Risk Management
3 2 (13.33%) Systems Engineering
3 2 (13.33%) Validation
3 2 (13.33%) Verification and Validation
4 1 (6.67%) Customer Requirements
4 1 (6.67%) Physics
Programming Languages
1 8 (53.33%) C
1 8 (53.33%) SystemVerilog
2 5 (33.33%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 9 (60.00%) Degree
2 7 (46.67%) Security Cleared
3 5 (33.33%) SC Cleared
4 2 (13.33%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (6.67%) HNC
5 1 (6.67%) HND
System Software
1 2 (13.33%) Firmware
Vendors
1 10 (66.67%) Xilinx
2 8 (53.33%) Intel
2 8 (53.33%) Microsemi