Digital Signal Processing Contract Job Trends in Hampshire

Digital Signal Processing
South East > Hampshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Hampshire requiring Digital Signal Processing skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 89 67 87
Rank change year-on-year -22 +20 +22
Contract jobs citing Digital Signal Processing 3 3 9
As % of all contract jobs in Hampshire 0.22% 0.40% 0.61%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.26% 0.46% 0.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 3 3
10th Percentile £681 - £560
25th Percentile £691 £625 £575
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £718 £650 £600
Median % change year-on-year +10.38% +8.33% -
75th Percentile £726 £675 £643
90th Percentile - - £647
South East median daily rate £718 £650 £600
% change year-on-year +10.38% +8.33% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Hampshire

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 Hampshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,136 647 1,274
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire 82.92% 85.92% 85.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 743 451 684
10th Percentile £313 £356 £388
25th Percentile £450 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +4.66%
75th Percentile £638 £618 £675
90th Percentile £726 £688 £738
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £513
% change year-on-year - -2.44% +2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 113 37 118
10th Percentile £15.02 £19.38 £13.05
25th Percentile £16.17 £27.00 £23.56
Median hourly rate £20.71 £35.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -40.83% -36.36% +33.90%
75th Percentile £30.00 £62.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £48.75 £67.50 £75.16
South East median hourly rate £25.00 £45.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year -44.44% -5.26% +5.56%

Digital Signal Processing
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

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

Digital Signal Processing job vacancy trend in Hampshire

Digital Signal Processing
Daily Rate Trend in Hampshire

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

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

Digital Signal Processing
Hourly Rate Trend in Hampshire

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

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

Digital Signal Processing
Contract Job Locations in Hampshire

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 Hampshire region over the 6 months to 3 February 2026. 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
Southampton - 2 £718 - 2
Farnborough - 1 £698 - 1
Digital Signal Processing
South East

Digital Signal Processing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hampshire 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (33.33%) Confluence
Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) Software-Defined Radio
Development Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Git
2 1 (33.33%) Bitbucket
2 1 (33.33%) JIRA
General
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Software Engineer
2 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
2 2 (66.67%) Senior
2 2 (66.67%) Senior Software Engineer
3 1 (33.33%) C# Software Engineer
3 1 (33.33%) C++ Software Engineer
3 1 (33.33%) Electronics Engineer
3 1 (33.33%) Embedded Engineer
3 1 (33.33%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 1 (33.33%) GUI Software Engineer
3 1 (33.33%) Senior C# Software Engineer
3 1 (33.33%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
3 1 (33.33%) Senior Electronics Engineer
3 1 (33.33%) Senior Embedded Engineer
3 1 (33.33%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) REST
1 1 (33.33%) WebSockets
1 1 (33.33%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Algorithms
1 1 (33.33%) Embedded Systems
1 1 (33.33%) FPGA
1 1 (33.33%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Linux
2 1 (33.33%) Embedded Linux
2 1 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 3 (100.00%) Signal Processing
1 3 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 2 (66.67%) DevOps
3 1 (33.33%) Agile
3 1 (33.33%) BDD
3 1 (33.33%) Change Control
3 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
3 1 (33.33%) Continuous Integration
3 1 (33.33%) Embedded Software Development
3 1 (33.33%) Full-Stack Development
3 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (33.33%) Scrum
3 1 (33.33%) SDLC
3 1 (33.33%) Software Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Static Code Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) System Testing
3 1 (33.33%) TDD
3 1 (33.33%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) C++
2 1 (33.33%) C
2 1 (33.33%) C#
2 1 (33.33%) MATLAB
2 1 (33.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (33.33%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Firmware
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Atlassian