Digital Signal Processing Contract Job Trends in Portsmouth

Digital Signal Processing
Hampshire > Portsmouth

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Portsmouth requiring Digital Signal Processing skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 25 -
Rank change year-on-year -2 - -
Contract jobs citing Digital Signal Processing 5 3 0
As % of all contract jobs in Portsmouth 2.15% 2.44% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.01% 3.06% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 0
10th Percentile - £575 -
25th Percentile £435 £594 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £440 £650 -
Median % change year-on-year -32.31% - -
75th Percentile £445 £675 -
90th Percentile - - -
Hampshire median daily rate £708 £650 £635
% change year-on-year +8.85% +2.36% +45.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £52.00 - -
25th Percentile £55.00 - -
Median hourly rate £60.00 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
Hampshire median hourly rate £60.00 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Portsmouth

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 Portsmouth.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 166 98 259
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Portsmouth 71.24% 79.67% 88.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 65 57 107
10th Percentile £313 £363 £400
25th Percentile £416 £434 £453
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.82% -4.35% +15.00%
75th Percentile £588 £613 £675
90th Percentile £625 £660 £850
Hampshire median daily rate £550 £550 £589
% change year-on-year - -6.65% +12.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 20 102
10th Percentile £15.72 £43.63 £51.06
25th Percentile £45.90 £50.00 £53.40
Median hourly rate £49.36 £57.63 £59.72
Median % change year-on-year -14.34% -3.51% +2.61%
75th Percentile £65.00 £62.81 £67.02
90th Percentile £68.55 £65.63 £79.69
Hampshire median hourly rate £40.00 £57.50 £57.35
% change year-on-year -30.43% +0.26% +9.24%

Digital Signal Processing
Job Vacancy Trend in Portsmouth

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

Digital Signal Processing job vacancy trend in Portsmouth

Digital Signal Processing
Daily Rate Trend in Portsmouth

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

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

Digital Signal Processing
Hourly Rate Trend in Portsmouth

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

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

Digital Signal Processing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Portsmouth 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 5 (100.00%) Software-Defined Radio
1 5 (100.00%) Wireless
General
1 1 (20.00%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Embedded Engineer
1 4 (80.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
1 4 (80.00%) Software Engineer
2 2 (40.00%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) C++ Developer
3 1 (20.00%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (100.00%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 5 (100.00%) Device Driver
1 5 (100.00%) Embedded Systems
1 5 (100.00%) MicroBlaze
1 5 (100.00%) RISC-V
Operating Systems
1 5 (100.00%) Embedded Linux
1 5 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Agile
1 5 (100.00%) Signal Processing
1 5 (100.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) C
1 5 (100.00%) C++
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (60.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 5 (100.00%) Embedded Firmware
1 5 (100.00%) Firmware