DSP Engineer Contracts in England

DSP Engineer
UK > England

The median DSP Engineer daily rate in England is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 17 July 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 498 557 626
Rank change year-on-year +59 +69 +159
Contract jobs requiring a DSP Engineer 5 3 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.018% 0.008% 0.011%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.020% 0.009% 0.011%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 1
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £525 £300
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% +75.00% -
UK median daily rate £600 £525 £300
% change year-on-year +14.29% +75.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £63.00 - -
25th Percentile £63.75 - -
Median hourly rate £70.00 - -
75th Percentile £81.25 - -
90th Percentile £85.00 - -
UK median hourly rate £70.00 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in England with a recognized job title 25,004 33,616 44,854
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.87% 92.94% 94.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 16,265 22,076 31,771
10th Percentile £293 £300 £310
25th Percentile £404 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +1.85%
75th Percentile £628 £638 £656
90th Percentile £738 £750 £756
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,235 2,327 1,389
10th Percentile £13.75 £13.25 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.87 £17.72 £19.40
Median hourly rate £27.64 £40.00 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year -30.90% -6.98% +70.01%
75th Percentile £57.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £25.30 £40.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -36.75% -5.88% +65.50%

DSP Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured DSP Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for DSP Engineer in England

DSP Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing DSP Engineer in England.

Daily rate trend for DSP Engineer in England

DSP Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing DSP Engineer in England.

Hourly rate trend for DSP Engineer in England

DSP Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing DSP Engineer in England over the 6 months to 17 July 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for DSP Engineer in England

DSP Engineer
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 DSP Engineer within the England region over the 6 months to 17 July 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 +19 5 £600 - 9
DSP Engineer
UK

DSP Engineer Skill Set
Top 9 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 17 July 2025, DSP Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the England region featuring DSP Engineer in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) 3GPP
1 5 (100.00%) Validation
1 5 (100.00%) FPGA
1 5 (100.00%) LTE
1 5 (100.00%) Digital Signal Processing
1 5 (100.00%) Signal Processing
1 5 (100.00%) IoT
1 5 (100.00%) NB-IoT
2 4 (80.00%) Kalman Filter

DSP Engineer Skill Set
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:

Communications & Networking
1 5 (100.00%) 3GPP
1 5 (100.00%) LTE
Miscellaneous
1 5 (100.00%) FPGA
1 5 (100.00%) IoT
1 5 (100.00%) NB-IoT
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Digital Signal Processing
1 5 (100.00%) Signal Processing
1 5 (100.00%) Validation
2 4 (80.00%) Kalman Filter