Signal Processing Contract Job Trends in Gloucestershire

Signal Processing
South West > Gloucestershire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Gloucestershire requiring Signal Processing skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 44 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Signal Processing 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Gloucestershire 0.95% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.07% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - -
South West median daily rate £550 - £538
% change year-on-year - - +2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Median hourly rate £75.00 - -
South West median hourly rate £75.00 - £85.00
% change year-on-year - - +39.34%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Gloucestershire

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 Gloucestershire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 280 388 429
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 88.89% 88.18% 88.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 191 194 262
10th Percentile £238 £387 £360
25th Percentile £378 £481 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £591 £550
Median % change year-on-year -15.33% +7.36% +4.76%
75th Percentile £660 £676 £675
90th Percentile £725 £746 £738
South West median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 31 52
10th Percentile £19.14 £22.50 £33.20
25th Percentile £26.96 £29.00 £48.72
Median hourly rate £35.17 £40.00 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year -12.08% -42.86% +54.87%
75th Percentile £68.00 £71.50 £78.09
90th Percentile £71.50 £73.75 £83.40
South West median hourly rate £25.15 £67.50 £60.00
% change year-on-year -62.74% +12.50% -

Signal Processing
Job Vacancy Trend in Gloucestershire

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

Signal Processing job vacancy trend in Gloucestershire

Signal Processing
Daily Rate Trend in Gloucestershire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Gloucestershire citing Signal Processing

Signal Processing
Hourly Rate Trend in Gloucestershire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Gloucestershire citing Signal Processing

Signal Processing
Contract Job Locations in Gloucestershire

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 Gloucestershire region over the 6 months to 11 October 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
Cheltenham - 1 £550 - 1
Signal Processing
South West

Signal Processing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Gloucestershire 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 2 (66.67%) Simulink
Development Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Rational Statemate
General
1 2 (66.67%) Military
2 1 (33.33%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Performance Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) Systems Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Machine Learning Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) PyTorch
1 1 (33.33%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Algorithms
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Validation
2 2 (66.67%) Application Security
2 2 (66.67%) Digital Signal Processing
3 1 (33.33%) AI
3 1 (33.33%) Analytics
3 1 (33.33%) Computer Vision
3 1 (33.33%) Data Science
3 1 (33.33%) Edge Computing
3 1 (33.33%) Machine Learning
3 1 (33.33%) MLOps
3 1 (33.33%) Natural Language Processing
3 1 (33.33%) Predictive Analytics
3 1 (33.33%) Software Engineering
3 1 (33.33%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) MATLAB
2 1 (33.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) BPSS Clearance
1 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) Degree