Digital Signal Processing Contract Job Trends in England

Digital Signal Processing
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring Digital Signal Processing skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 526 507 546
Rank change year-on-year -19 +39 +168
Contract jobs citing Digital Signal Processing 23 4 11
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.073% 0.014% 0.030%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.082% 0.015% 0.033%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 0 3
10th Percentile £513 - £560
25th Percentile £525 - £575
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - £600
Median % change year-on-year - - +8.47%
75th Percentile £594 - £643
90th Percentile £625 - £647
UK median daily rate £550 - £600
% change year-on-year - - +8.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 1 0
10th Percentile £59.50 - -
25th Percentile £64.38 £63.75 -
Median hourly rate £72.50 £67.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +7.41% - -
75th Percentile £76.25 £71.25 -
90th Percentile £79.63 - -
UK median hourly rate £72.50 £67.50 -
% change year-on-year +7.41% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 27,925 25,808 32,921
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 88.90% 88.45% 88.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,780 15,959 22,396
10th Percentile £300 £310 £313
25th Percentile £406 £418 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £545
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% -3.67% -0.91%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,812 863 1,395
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.62 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.87 £20.30 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +19.30%
75th Percentile £53.75 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.75 £74.97 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £43.84
% change year-on-year -22.62% -25.86% +25.25%

Digital Signal Processing
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Digital Signal Processing job vacancy trend in England

Digital Signal Processing
Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Digital Signal Processing

Digital Signal Processing
Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

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

Digital Signal Processing
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Digital Signal Processing in England over the 6 months to 17 December 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Digital Signal Processing in England

Digital Signal Processing
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Digital Signal Processing within the England region over the 6 months to 17 December 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
East of England 0 15 £600 - 16
Midlands - 6 £550 - 2
West Midlands - 6 £550 -
London -7 1 - -
South West - 1 - - 7
Digital Signal Processing
UK

Digital Signal Processing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 3 (13.04%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 12 (52.17%) 3GPP
1 12 (52.17%) LTE
General
1 2 (8.70%) Aerospace
1 2 (8.70%) Electronics
2 1 (4.35%) Law
Job Titles
1 18 (78.26%) FPGA Engineer
2 6 (26.09%) DSP Engineer
3 3 (13.04%) Software Engineer
4 2 (8.70%) Design Engineer
4 2 (8.70%) Digital Design Engineer
4 2 (8.70%) RF Engineer
5 1 (4.35%) CUDA Engineer
5 1 (4.35%) CUDA Software Engineer
5 1 (4.35%) Field Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (8.70%) Flash
2 1 (4.35%) NumPy
2 1 (4.35%) SciPy
2 1 (4.35%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 20 (86.96%) FPGA
2 12 (52.17%) IoT
2 12 (52.17%) NB-IoT
3 8 (34.78%) VHDL
4 5 (21.74%) Algorithms
5 3 (13.04%) CUDA
6 1 (4.35%) MicroBlaze
6 1 (4.35%) RISC-V
6 1 (4.35%) Verilog
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.35%) Embedded Linux
1 1 (4.35%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (100.00%) Signal Processing
2 13 (56.52%) Validation
3 9 (39.13%) Kalman Filter
4 6 (26.09%) FPGA Design
5 4 (17.39%) Continuous Integration
6 3 (13.04%) Memory Management
6 3 (13.04%) OO
6 3 (13.04%) OOP
6 3 (13.04%) Software Engineering
7 1 (4.35%) Agile
7 1 (4.35%) Architectural Design
7 1 (4.35%) Embedded Software Development
7 1 (4.35%) Scrum
7 1 (4.35%) UVM
7 1 (4.35%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 9 (39.13%) MATLAB
2 6 (26.09%) C
2 6 (26.09%) C++
3 3 (13.04%) Python
4 1 (4.35%) SystemVerilog
Qualifications
1 6 (26.09%) SC Cleared
1 6 (26.09%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 5 (21.74%) Xilinx