Signal Processing Contract Job Trends in Worcestershire

Signal Processing
West Midlands > Worcestershire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Worcestershire requiring Signal Processing skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 19 - 13
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Signal Processing 2 0 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Worcestershire 2.78% - 5.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.03% - 5.88%
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
West Midlands median daily rate £550 - £575

All Process and Methodology Skills
Worcestershire

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 66 72 68
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Worcestershire 91.67% 85.71% 89.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 55 56 53
10th Percentile £518 £278 £215
25th Percentile £525 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £538 £500
Median % change year-on-year +11.63% +7.50% +5.26%
75th Percentile £700 £588 £600
90th Percentile £788 £648 £621
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £513 £500
% change year-on-year -2.44% +2.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 7 2
10th Percentile - - £23.23
25th Percentile - £10.50 £31.44
Median hourly rate £82.00 £18.97 £46.75
Median % change year-on-year +332.26% -59.42% +233.93%
75th Percentile - £28.94 £62.94
90th Percentile - £51.00 £71.68
West Midlands median hourly rate £24.34 £22.05 £27.50
% change year-on-year +10.41% -19.84% +62.60%

Signal Processing
Job Vacancy Trend in Worcestershire

Job postings citing Signal Processing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Worcestershire.

Job vacancy trend for Signal Processing in Worcestershire

Signal Processing
Daily Rate Trend in Worcestershire

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

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

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

Signal Processing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Worcestershire 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