Signal Processing Contracts in England

Signal Processing
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 453 503 621
Rank change year-on-year +50 +118 +148
Contract jobs citing Signal Processing 32 39 32
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.13% 0.10% 0.063%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.14% 0.12% 0.070%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 7 13
10th Percentile £459 £429 -
25th Percentile £500 £444 £228
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £500 £259
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% +93.06% -
75th Percentile £675 £563 £575
90th Percentile £685 £599 -
UK median daily rate £625 £500 £347
% change year-on-year +25.00% +43.91% -0.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 30 2
10th Percentile £69.75 £52.50 £56.56
25th Percentile £73.13 £58.75 £59.14
Median hourly rate £80.00 £67.75 £65.45
Median % change year-on-year +18.08% +3.51% +19.00%
75th Percentile £85.00 £81.25 £69.74
90th Percentile - £85.00 £71.10
UK median hourly rate £80.00 £67.75 £65.45
% change year-on-year +18.08% +3.51% +19.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 22,202 32,193 45,529
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 91.16% 86.56% 90.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,534 21,105 31,969
10th Percentile £310 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £765
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 921 2,246 1,592
10th Percentile £14.42 £12.92 £10.87
25th Percentile £18.20 £16.01 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

Signal Processing
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Signal Processing in England

Signal Processing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Signal Processing in England

Signal Processing
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Signal Processing in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Signal Processing in England

Signal Processing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Signal Processing in England

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 Signal Processing within the England region over the 6 months to 1 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
East of England +16 17 £638 +39.34% 65
South East +49 9 £525 -11.39% 91
South West +48 3 £675 - 37
London - 1 £675 - 32
Signal Processing
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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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (3.13%) SAS
Applications
1 17 (53.13%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 5 (15.63%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.13%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.13%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 5 (15.63%) Git
2 3 (9.38%) Rational Statemate
3 1 (3.13%) JIRA
General
1 6 (18.75%) Social Skills
2 4 (12.50%) Military
3 2 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (6.25%) Electronics
3 2 (6.25%) Finance
3 2 (6.25%) Manufacturing
3 2 (6.25%) Marketing
3 2 (6.25%) Public Sector
3 2 (6.25%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 14 (43.75%) FPGA Engineer
2 11 (34.38%) Design Engineer
2 11 (34.38%) FPGA Design Engineer
3 7 (21.88%) Senior
4 5 (15.63%) Architect
4 5 (15.63%) Firmware Engineer
5 4 (12.50%) Developer
6 3 (9.38%) FPGA Developer
6 3 (9.38%) Senior Architect
6 3 (9.38%) Senior Firmware Engineer
6 3 (9.38%) Senior Solutions Architect
6 3 (9.38%) Solutions Architect
6 3 (9.38%) Systems Engineer
7 2 (6.25%) Performance Engineer
8 1 (3.13%) C++ Software Engineer
8 1 (3.13%) Data Scientist
8 1 (3.13%) Lead
8 1 (3.13%) Research Scientist
8 1 (3.13%) Senior Data Scientist
8 1 (3.13%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.13%) Kafka
1 1 (3.13%) Middleware
1 1 (3.13%) NumPy
1 1 (3.13%) Pandas
1 1 (3.13%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 19 (59.38%) FPGA
1 19 (59.38%) VHDL
2 15 (46.88%) Algorithms
3 14 (43.75%) Verilog
4 5 (15.63%) Device Driver
4 5 (15.63%) Embedded Systems
4 5 (15.63%) IoT
5 2 (6.25%) Acoustics
6 1 (3.13%) CUDA
Operating Systems
1 6 (18.75%) Linux
2 1 (3.13%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (34.38%) FPGA Design
1 11 (34.38%) UVM
2 8 (25.00%) Digital Signal Processing
3 5 (15.63%) Agile
3 5 (15.63%) Architectural Design
3 5 (15.63%) Artificial Intelligence
3 5 (15.63%) Cloud Enablement
3 5 (15.63%) Decision-Making
3 5 (15.63%) Device Driver Development
3 5 (15.63%) Multithreading
3 5 (15.63%) Project Management
3 5 (15.63%) SDLC
4 4 (12.50%) Application Security
4 4 (12.50%) Risk Management
4 4 (12.50%) Validation
5 3 (9.38%) Migration
5 3 (9.38%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (6.25%) Data Analysis
6 2 (6.25%) Digital Marketing
6 2 (6.25%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 17 (53.13%) C
2 11 (34.38%) SystemVerilog
3 7 (21.88%) MATLAB
4 6 (18.75%) C++
4 6 (18.75%) Python
5 5 (15.63%) Embedded C
6 3 (9.38%) Java
7 1 (3.13%) Fortran
7 1 (3.13%) SQL
Qualifications
1 17 (53.13%) Security Cleared
2 13 (40.63%) Degree
3 10 (31.25%) SC Cleared
4 4 (12.50%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (3.13%) Master's Degree
5 1 (3.13%) PhD
System Software
1 13 (40.63%) Firmware
Vendors
1 16 (50.00%) Xilinx
2 15 (46.88%) Intel
3 11 (34.38%) Microsemi
4 3 (9.38%) Algorithmics
5 2 (6.25%) SAP