Signal Processing Contracts in the UK excluding London

Signal Processing
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Signal Processing skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Signal Processing over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 305 360 433
Rank change year-on-year +55 +73 +70
Contract jobs citing Signal Processing 31 39 29
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.24% 0.19% 0.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.27% 0.22% 0.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 7 13
10th Percentile £458 £429 -
25th Percentile £491 £444 £228
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £500 £436
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% +14.71% +24.54%
75th Percentile £675 £563 £575
90th Percentile - £599 -
UK median daily rate £625 £500 £347
% change year-on-year +25.00% +43.91% -0.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 30 2
10th Percentile £69.75 £52.50 £56.56
25th Percentile £73.13 £58.75 £59.14
Median hourly rate £80.00 £67.75 £65.45
Median % change year-on-year +18.08% +3.51% -12.73%
75th Percentile £85.00 £81.25 £69.74
90th Percentile - £85.00 £71.10
UK median hourly rate £80.00 £67.75 £65.45
% change year-on-year +18.08% +3.51% +19.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding 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 the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 11,543 17,602 21,544
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 90.42% 84.74% 89.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,249 10,520 14,947
10th Percentile £235 £250 £255
25th Percentile £375 £380 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £483 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.50% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £662 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 825 2,048 1,307
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.33 £11.00
25th Percentile £17.30 £15.28 £16.00
Median hourly rate £27.50 £37.34 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.35% +3.72% +80.00%
75th Percentile £64.50 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £72.98
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

Signal Processing
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Signal Processing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Signal Processing in the UK excluding London

Signal Processing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Signal Processing in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Signal Processing in the UK excluding London

Signal Processing
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Signal Processing in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Signal Processing in the UK excluding London

Signal Processing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Signal Processing in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Signal Processing in the UK excluding London

Signal Processing
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
East of England +16 17 £638 +39.34% 89
South East +49 9 £525 -11.39% 125
South West +48 3 £675 - 55
Scotland - 2 - - 20
Signal Processing
UK

Signal Processing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Applications
1 16 (51.61%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 5 (16.13%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.23%) 4G
1 1 (3.23%) LAN
1 1 (3.23%) TCP/IP
1 1 (3.23%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.23%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 4 (12.90%) Git
2 3 (9.68%) Rational Statemate
3 1 (3.23%) JIRA
3 1 (3.23%) Visual Studio
General
1 5 (16.13%) Military
1 5 (16.13%) Social Skills
2 3 (9.68%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (3.23%) Electronics
3 1 (3.23%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 14 (45.16%) FPGA Engineer
2 11 (35.48%) Design Engineer
2 11 (35.48%) FPGA Design Engineer
3 6 (19.35%) Senior
4 5 (16.13%) Architect
5 4 (12.90%) Firmware Engineer
6 3 (9.68%) Developer
6 3 (9.68%) FPGA Developer
6 3 (9.68%) Senior Architect
6 3 (9.68%) Senior Solutions Architect
6 3 (9.68%) Solutions Architect
6 3 (9.68%) Systems Engineer
7 2 (6.45%) C++ Software Engineer
7 2 (6.45%) Performance Engineer
7 2 (6.45%) Senior Firmware Engineer
7 2 (6.45%) Software Engineer
8 1 (3.23%) Data Scientist
8 1 (3.23%) Lead
8 1 (3.23%) Senior Data Scientist
8 1 (3.23%) Windows Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.23%) Kafka
1 1 (3.23%) Middleware
1 1 (3.23%) NumPy
1 1 (3.23%) Pandas
1 1 (3.23%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 18 (58.06%) FPGA
1 18 (58.06%) VHDL
2 14 (45.16%) Verilog
3 13 (41.94%) Algorithms
4 5 (16.13%) Device Driver
4 5 (16.13%) Embedded Systems
4 5 (16.13%) IoT
5 1 (3.23%) CUDA
5 1 (3.23%) Data Centre
5 1 (3.23%) Driving Licence
5 1 (3.23%) Fibre Optics
5 1 (3.23%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 6 (19.35%) Linux
2 2 (6.45%) Windows
3 1 (3.23%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (35.48%) FPGA Design
1 11 (35.48%) UVM
2 8 (25.81%) Digital Signal Processing
3 5 (16.13%) Agile
3 5 (16.13%) Architectural Design
3 5 (16.13%) Artificial Intelligence
3 5 (16.13%) Cloud Enablement
3 5 (16.13%) Decision-Making
3 5 (16.13%) Device Driver Development
3 5 (16.13%) Multithreading
3 5 (16.13%) Project Management
3 5 (16.13%) SDLC
4 4 (12.90%) Application Security
4 4 (12.90%) Risk Management
5 3 (9.68%) Migration
5 3 (9.68%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (9.68%) Validation
6 2 (6.45%) Software Engineering
7 1 (3.23%) Continuous Integration
7 1 (3.23%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 15 (48.39%) C
2 11 (35.48%) SystemVerilog
3 5 (16.13%) C++
3 5 (16.13%) Embedded C
3 5 (16.13%) MATLAB
4 4 (12.90%) Python
5 3 (9.68%) Java
6 1 (3.23%) Fortran
6 1 (3.23%) SQL
Qualifications
1 17 (54.84%) Security Cleared
2 11 (35.48%) Degree
3 10 (32.26%) SC Cleared
4 5 (16.13%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (3.23%) NVQ Level 3
System Software
1 12 (38.71%) Firmware
Vendors
1 15 (48.39%) Intel
1 15 (48.39%) Xilinx
2 11 (35.48%) Microsemi
3 3 (9.68%) Algorithmics
4 1 (3.23%) Cisco
4 1 (3.23%) Nokia