Signal Processing Contract Job Trends in Hampshire

Signal Processing
South East > Hampshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Hampshire requiring Signal Processing skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 90 62 83
Rank change year-on-year -28 +21 +17
Contract jobs citing Signal Processing 4 8 14
As % of all contract jobs in Hampshire 0.28% 1.09% 0.93%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.34% 1.24% 1.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 8 8
10th Percentile £681 £446 £575
25th Percentile £691 £461 £585
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £718 £513 £623
Median % change year-on-year +40.00% -17.67% +164.89%
75th Percentile £726 £675 £688
90th Percentile - - £787
South East median daily rate £718 £513 £620
% change year-on-year +40.00% -17.34% +163.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £64.00 - -
Median hourly rate £69.34 - -
75th Percentile £74.67 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £69.34 - £65.00

All Process & Methodology Skills
Hampshire

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 1,180 647 1,291
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire 82.34% 88.51% 86.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 775 458 692
10th Percentile £325 £354 £371
25th Percentile £463 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 £550 £564
Median % change year-on-year -3.18% -2.44% +7.38%
75th Percentile £650 £616 £670
90th Percentile £738 £675 £738
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £500
Number of hourly rates quoted 106 34 119
10th Percentile £14.50 £20.01 £13.04
25th Percentile £16.17 £27.13 £18.32
Median hourly rate £20.71 £40.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -48.23% -27.27% +26.44%
75th Percentile £37.00 £62.50 £64.38
90th Percentile £53.17 £75.00 £75.63
South East median hourly rate £25.15 £42.69 £45.21
% change year-on-year -41.09% -5.57% +0.47%

Signal Processing
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

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

Signal Processing job vacancy trend in Hampshire

Signal Processing
Daily Rate Trend in Hampshire

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

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

Signal Processing
Hourly Rate Trend in Hampshire

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

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

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 Signal Processing within the Hampshire region over the 6 months to 27 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 -3 3 £718 +51.05% 3
Farnborough - 1 £698 - 1
Signal Processing
South East

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 (25.00%) Confluence
Communications & Networking
1 2 (50.00%) Software-Defined Radio
Development Applications
1 2 (50.00%) Git
2 1 (25.00%) Bitbucket
2 1 (25.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (25.00%) Military
1 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Software Engineer
2 2 (50.00%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
2 2 (50.00%) Senior
2 2 (50.00%) Senior Software Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) C# Software Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) C++ Software Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) Electronics Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) Embedded Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) GUI Software Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) Principal Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) Principal Systems Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) Senior C# Software Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) Senior Electronics Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) Senior Embedded Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) REST
1 1 (25.00%) WebSockets
1 1 (25.00%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Algorithms
1 1 (25.00%) Embedded Systems
1 1 (25.00%) FPGA
1 1 (25.00%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 2 (50.00%) Linux
2 1 (25.00%) Embedded Linux
2 1 (25.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) CI/CD
1 3 (75.00%) Digital Signal Processing
1 3 (75.00%) Software Engineering
2 2 (50.00%) DevOps
3 1 (25.00%) Agile
3 1 (25.00%) BDD
3 1 (25.00%) Change Control
3 1 (25.00%) Computer Science
3 1 (25.00%) Continuous Integration
3 1 (25.00%) Embedded Software Development
3 1 (25.00%) Full-Stack Development
3 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (25.00%) Scrum
3 1 (25.00%) SDLC
3 1 (25.00%) Software Testing
3 1 (25.00%) Static Code Analysis
3 1 (25.00%) System Testing
3 1 (25.00%) TDD
3 1 (25.00%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) C++
2 1 (25.00%) C
2 1 (25.00%) C#
2 1 (25.00%) MATLAB
2 1 (25.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (75.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (25.00%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) Firmware
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Atlassian