Digital Signal Processing Contract Job Trends in Southampton

Digital Signal Processing
Hampshire > Southampton

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Southampton requiring Digital Signal Processing skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Digital Signal Processing 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Southampton 1.27% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.47% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £709 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £718 - -
75th Percentile £726 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Hampshire median daily rate £718 £650 £600
% change year-on-year +10.38% +8.33% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Southampton

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 Southampton.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 136 94 126
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Southampton 86.08% 77.05% 74.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 85 58 99
10th Percentile £170 £318 £314
25th Percentile £231 £356 £439
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £488 £535
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% -8.88% +4.39%
75th Percentile £545 £575 £643
90th Percentile £660 £638 £688
Hampshire median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +3.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 0 2
10th Percentile £12.97 - £31.48
25th Percentile £22.50 - £31.81
Median hourly rate £30.00 - £33.25
Median % change year-on-year - - +81.05%
75th Percentile £72.25 - £34.31
90th Percentile £74.87 - £34.43
Hampshire median hourly rate £20.71 £35.00 £59.44
% change year-on-year -40.83% -41.12% +40.14%

Digital Signal Processing
Job Vacancy Trend in Southampton

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

Digital Signal Processing job vacancy trend in Southampton

Digital Signal Processing
Hourly Rate Trend in Southampton

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

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

Digital Signal Processing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Southampton 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 2 (100.00%) Software-Defined Radio
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Git
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Senior
1 2 (100.00%) Senior Software Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) C# Software Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) C++ Software Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Electronics Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Embedded Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) GUI Software Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Senior C# Software Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Senior Electronics Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Senior Embedded Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) REST
1 1 (50.00%) WebSockets
1 1 (50.00%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Algorithms
1 1 (50.00%) Embedded Systems
1 1 (50.00%) FPGA
1 1 (50.00%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Embedded Linux
1 1 (50.00%) Linux
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 2 (100.00%) DevOps
1 2 (100.00%) Signal Processing
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Integration
2 1 (50.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 1 (50.00%) System Testing
2 1 (50.00%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) C++
2 1 (50.00%) C
2 1 (50.00%) C#
2 1 (50.00%) MATLAB
2 1 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Firmware