Digital Signal Processing Contract Job Trends in Edinburgh

Digital Signal Processing
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Edinburgh requiring Digital Signal Processing skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 63 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Digital Signal Processing 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 0.17% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.18% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
Scotland median daily rate - - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £65.00 - -
Scotland median hourly rate £65.00 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Edinburgh

Digital 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 Edinburgh.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 552 591 862
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 92.31% 89.68% 91.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 280 307 528
10th Percentile £225 £205 £212
25th Percentile £411 £381 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% -
75th Percentile £550 £538 £550
90th Percentile £625 £638 £625
Scotland median daily rate £464 £450 £493
% change year-on-year +3.06% -8.63% +3.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 26 9
10th Percentile £16.68 £16.59 £12.95
25th Percentile £17.87 £20.47 £17.72
Median hourly rate £19.19 £23.59 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.67% -32.60% +64.63%
75th Percentile £55.00 £24.18 £53.70
90th Percentile £71.75 - £61.70
Scotland median hourly rate £20.00 £22.94 £19.18
% change year-on-year -12.81% +19.59% +3.68%

Digital Signal Processing
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Digital Signal Processing job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

Digital Signal Processing
Hourly Rate Trend in Edinburgh

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Digital Signal Processing.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Digital Signal Processing

Digital Signal Processing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh 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:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Principal Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Principal Systems Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Systems Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Signal Processing
1 1 (100.00%) Synthetic Environment
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
1 1 (100.00%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared