Signal Processing Contract Job Trends in London

Signal Processing
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring Signal Processing skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 380 378 398
Rank change year-on-year -2 +20 +160
Contract jobs citing Signal Processing 1 3 5
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.007% 0.020% 0.026%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.008% 0.022% 0.029%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 5
10th Percentile - £348 £264
25th Percentile - £400 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £500 £266
Median % change year-on-year - +87.97% +26.67%
75th Percentile - £600 -
90th Percentile - £653 £279
England median daily rate £550 £638 £425
% change year-on-year -13.73% +50.00% -17.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £52.50 - -
Median hourly rate £55.00 - -
75th Percentile £57.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £71.25 £80.00 £70.00
% change year-on-year -10.94% +14.29% +7.69%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 13,051 13,742 17,096
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 91.50% 89.96% 89.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,604 8,839 12,265
10th Percentile £341 £350 £350
25th Percentile £425 £450 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £550 £565
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% -2.65% -4.24%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £688
90th Percentile £764 £800 £792
England median daily rate £506 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -3.62% -3.67% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 238 165 233
10th Percentile £17.98 £17.70 £18.51
25th Percentile £24.50 £23.80 £21.25
Median hourly rate £29.50 £36.80 £34.00
Median % change year-on-year -19.84% +8.24% -13.38%
75th Percentile £47.94 £53.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £66.80 £80.75 £74.75
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.25
% change year-on-year -28.14% -20.90% +18.63%

Signal Processing
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Signal Processing job vacancy trend in London

Signal Processing
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

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

Signal Processing
Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

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

Signal Processing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) 3GPP
1 1 (100.00%) LTE
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) FPGA Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) FPGA
1 1 (100.00%) IoT
1 1 (100.00%) NB-IoT
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Signal Processing
1 1 (100.00%) Validation