Digital Signal Processing Contract Job Trends in Worcestershire

Digital Signal Processing
West Midlands > Worcestershire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Worcestershire requiring Digital Signal Processing skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 28 - 17
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Digital Signal Processing 5 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Worcestershire 3.85% - 1.25%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.67% - 1.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £525 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - -
75th Percentile £575 - -
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median daily rate £550 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Worcestershire

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 Worcestershire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 107 69 67
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Worcestershire 82.31% 87.34% 83.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 91 44 48
10th Percentile £375 £215 £189
25th Percentile £525 £338 £422
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -4.35% +15.00%
75th Percentile £700 £594 £650
90th Percentile £750 £653 £675
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £524 £500
% change year-on-year -4.58% +4.80% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 6 8
10th Percentile £16.55 £17.10 £16.35
25th Percentile £17.14 £19.30 £16.54
Median hourly rate £18.23 £21.59 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year -15.59% +21.84% +0.11%
75th Percentile £19.31 £23.86 £33.81
90th Percentile £20.99 £29.59 £77.50
West Midlands median hourly rate £22.01 £22.80 £25.00
% change year-on-year -3.49% -8.80% +41.24%

Digital Signal Processing
Job Vacancy Trend in Worcestershire

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

Digital Signal Processing job vacancy trend in Worcestershire

Digital Signal Processing
Daily Rate Trend in Worcestershire

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

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

Digital Signal Processing
Contract Job Locations in Worcestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Digital Signal Processing within the Worcestershire region over the 6 months to 26 November 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
Malvern - 1 £550 - 1
Digital Signal Processing
West Midlands

Digital Signal Processing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Worcestershire 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:

Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) FPGA Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (100.00%) Algorithms
1 5 (100.00%) FPGA
1 5 (100.00%) VHDL
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) FPGA Design
1 5 (100.00%) Signal Processing
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 5 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Xilinx