Signal Processing Contract Job Trends in the West Midlands

Signal Processing
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring Signal Processing skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 115 - 120
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Signal Processing 2 0 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.11% - 0.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.13% - 0.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile - - £533
25th Percentile £525 - £544
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - £575
75th Percentile £575 - £594
90th Percentile - - £598
England median daily rate £550 £393 £271
% change year-on-year +40.13% +45.10% -50.82%

All Process and Methodology Skills
West Midlands

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 West Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,548 1,552 1,820
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 88.26% 81.51% 85.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 987 1,014 1,237
10th Percentile £250 £250 £263
25th Percentile £400 £380 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% +2.50% -
75th Percentile £588 £625 £600
90th Percentile £650 £725 £725
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 102 50 47
10th Percentile £12.62 £13.14 £14.27
25th Percentile £15.34 £14.78 £20.24
Median hourly rate £24.34 £22.05 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +10.41% -19.84% +62.60%
75th Percentile £35.45 £35.00 £38.66
90th Percentile £50.00 £55.03 £67.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £42.19
% change year-on-year -41.51% +1.92% +49.35%

Signal Processing
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing Signal Processing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Signal Processing in the West Midlands

Signal Processing
Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Signal Processing.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Signal Processing

Signal Processing
Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Signal Processing.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Signal Processing

Signal Processing
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

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 West Midlands region over the 6 months to 1 September 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
Worcestershire - 2 £550 - 1
Signal Processing
England

Signal Processing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:

Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) FPGA Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Algorithms
1 2 (100.00%) FPGA
1 2 (100.00%) VHDL
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Digital Signal Processing
1 2 (100.00%) FPGA Design
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Xilinx