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 21 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 365 399 493
Rank change year-on-year +34 +94 -66
Contract jobs citing Signal Processing 36 31 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.17% 0.14% 0.036%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.20% 0.15% 0.041%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 16 3
10th Percentile £471 £228 £391
25th Percentile £506 £230 £452
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £481 £556
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -13.48% +27.14%
75th Percentile £590 £575 £559
90th Percentile £617 £588 -
UK median daily rate £550 £449 £556
% change year-on-year +22.44% -19.25% +11.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 1 1
10th Percentile £52.50 - -
25th Percentile £58.75 £54.85 -
Median hourly rate £70.00 £58.91 £75.00
Median % change year-on-year +18.84% -21.46% +50.00%
75th Percentile £82.06 £62.96 -
90th Percentile £85.00 - -
UK median hourly rate £70.00 £58.91 £55.00
% change year-on-year +18.84% +7.10% +10.00%

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 17,630 20,207 27,140
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 82.67% 89.05% 89.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,358 13,864 18,970
10th Percentile £250 £260 £246
25th Percentile £375 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £490
Median % change year-on-year - +2.04% +8.89%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £586
90th Percentile £688 £694 £663
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,185 1,244 1,334
10th Percentile £12.50 £10.90 £12.49
25th Percentile £15.48 £15.21 £14.25
Median hourly rate £38.12 £34.90 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +9.23% +66.18% -
75th Percentile £61.30 £63.75 £47.96
90th Percentile £72.90 £75.00 £63.60
UK median hourly rate £37.00 £35.65 £26.00
% change year-on-year +3.79% +37.12% +13.04%

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 21 June 2024.

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
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Signal Processing in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 21 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram 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 21 June 2024. 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 +25 28 £465 -15.45% 11
South East +6 6 £593 +146.00% 24
West Midlands +15 1 £550 -4.35%
Midlands +13 1 £550 -4.35% 1
South West +1 1 - - 9
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 19 (52.78%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 4 (11.11%) Wireless
2 1 (2.78%) Software-Defined Radio
Development Applications
1 8 (22.22%) Git
2 4 (11.11%) JIRA
2 4 (11.11%) Mercurial
2 4 (11.11%) Subversion
General
1 6 (16.67%) Aerospace
2 4 (11.11%) Multimedia
2 4 (11.11%) Telecoms
3 1 (2.78%) Electronics
3 1 (2.78%) Law
3 1 (2.78%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 19 (52.78%) FPGA Engineer
2 16 (44.44%) Design Engineer
2 16 (44.44%) FPGA Design Engineer
3 6 (16.67%) Software Engineer
4 5 (13.89%) Systems Engineer
5 4 (11.11%) Embedded Engineer
5 4 (11.11%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 4 (11.11%) Principal Engineer
5 4 (11.11%) Principal Systems Engineer
6 3 (8.33%) Data Engineer
6 3 (8.33%) Machine Learning Engineer
7 2 (5.56%) Test Engineer
8 1 (2.78%) DSP Engineer
8 1 (2.78%) Electronics Engineer
8 1 (2.78%) Firmware Engineer
8 1 (2.78%) MATLAB Engineer
8 1 (2.78%) Process Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (11.11%) NumPy
1 4 (11.11%) Pandas
1 4 (11.11%) React
1 4 (11.11%) SciPy
Miscellaneous
1 20 (55.56%) VHDL
2 19 (52.78%) FPGA
3 17 (47.22%) Verilog
4 12 (33.33%) Algorithms
5 4 (11.11%) Clustering
5 4 (11.11%) Device Driver
5 4 (11.11%) Social Media
6 1 (2.78%) Acoustics
6 1 (2.78%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 4 (11.11%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (52.78%) FPGA Design
2 17 (47.22%) UVM
3 10 (27.78%) Software Engineering
4 9 (25.00%) Computer Science
5 7 (19.44%) Validation
6 4 (11.11%) Artificial Intelligence
6 4 (11.11%) Code Quality
6 4 (11.11%) Collaborative Working
6 4 (11.11%) Continuous Integration
6 4 (11.11%) Data Collection
6 4 (11.11%) Data Pipeline
6 4 (11.11%) Digital Signal Processing
6 4 (11.11%) Image Processing
6 4 (11.11%) Machine Learning
6 4 (11.11%) Model Validation
6 4 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
6 4 (11.11%) Software Optimisation
6 4 (11.11%) Software Testing
6 4 (11.11%) Systems Engineering
6 4 (11.11%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 22 (61.11%) C
2 17 (47.22%) SystemVerilog
3 13 (36.11%) MATLAB
4 8 (22.22%) Python
5 6 (16.67%) C++
6 4 (11.11%) Assembly Language
6 4 (11.11%) C#
6 4 (11.11%) JavaScript
6 4 (11.11%) Shell Script
7 2 (5.56%) Embedded C
7 2 (5.56%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 32 (88.89%) Degree
2 5 (13.89%) Computer Science Degree
2 5 (13.89%) SC Cleared
2 5 (13.89%) Security Cleared
3 4 (11.11%) Master's Degree
3 4 (11.11%) PhD
4 1 (2.78%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (11.11%) JTAG
2 1 (2.78%) DO-254
2 1 (2.78%) IEC 61508
System Software
1 8 (22.22%) Firmware
2 5 (13.89%) Embedded Firmware
Vendors
1 19 (52.78%) Xilinx
2 17 (47.22%) Microsemi
3 16 (44.44%) Intel
4 3 (8.33%) Siemens
5 1 (2.78%) Actel
5 1 (2.78%) Lattice Semiconductor
5 1 (2.78%) QinetiQ