Digital Signal Processing Contracts in England

Digital Signal Processing
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Digital Signal Processing skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Digital Signal Processing over the 6 months leading up to 21 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 546 620 781
Rank change year-on-year +74 +161 -132
Contract jobs citing Digital Signal Processing 4 16 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.011% 0.034% 0.009%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.012% 0.038% 0.009%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 6 2
10th Percentile £530 £465 -
25th Percentile £538 £525 £553
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £556
Median % change year-on-year - -1.12% -25.83%
75th Percentile £605 £594 £559
90th Percentile £623 £700 -
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £556
% change year-on-year - -1.12% -25.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £56.25 £54.85 £52.50
Median hourly rate £57.50 £58.91 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -2.39% +7.10% +10.00%
75th Percentile £58.75 £62.96 £61.88
90th Percentile - - £69.75
UK median hourly rate £57.50 £58.91 £55.00
% change year-on-year -2.39% +7.10% +10.00%

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 32,030 42,283 63,775
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.40% 89.90% 90.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,779 29,697 45,496
10th Percentile £300 £325 £338
25th Percentile £413 £440 £435
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £775 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,363 1,526 1,693
10th Percentile £12.79 £10.69 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.01 £15.75 £15.63
Median hourly rate £37.50 £36.00 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +40.19% +14.13%
75th Percentile £61.30 £64.59 £50.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.71 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £37.00 £35.65 £26.00
% change year-on-year +3.79% +37.12% +13.04%

Digital Signal Processing
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Digital Signal Processing in England

Digital Signal Processing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Digital Signal Processing in England.

Daily rate trend for Digital Signal Processing in England

Digital Signal Processing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Digital Signal Processing in England.

Hourly rate trend 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 21 June 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East +11 2 £593 +35.93% 9
West Midlands +15 1 £550 -4.35%
Midlands +14 1 £550 -4.35% 2
East of England +3 1 - - 4
Digital Signal Processing
UK

Digital Signal Processing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 3 (75.00%) Simulink
General
1 1 (25.00%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) FPGA Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) DSP Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Electronics Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Process Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (100.00%) Algorithms
2 3 (75.00%) VHDL
3 2 (50.00%) FPGA
4 1 (25.00%) Embedded Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Signal Processing
2 2 (50.00%) FPGA Design
2 2 (50.00%) Mathematics
2 2 (50.00%) Software Testing
3 1 (25.00%) Computer Science
3 1 (25.00%) Kalman Filter
3 1 (25.00%) Physics
3 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (25.00%) Validation
3 1 (25.00%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) MATLAB
2 2 (50.00%) C
2 2 (50.00%) C++
2 2 (50.00%) Embedded C
2 2 (50.00%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (75.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (50.00%) Degree
3 1 (25.00%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree
System Software
1 3 (75.00%) Firmware
2 1 (25.00%) Embedded Firmware
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Xilinx