Signal Processing Contracts with Work from Home Options

Signal Processing
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for Signal Processing skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Signal Processing over the 6 months to 30 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 322 466 621
Rank change year-on-year +144 +155 -143
Contract jobs citing Signal Processing 23 11 11
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.15% 0.043% 0.025%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.17% 0.047% 0.027%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 5 0
10th Percentile - £235 -
25th Percentile £413 £240 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £436 -
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% - -
75th Percentile £438 £469 -
90th Percentile - £488 -
UK median daily rate £500 £347 £350
% change year-on-year +43.91% -0.73% -30.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 1 6
10th Percentile - - £49.00
25th Percentile £65.00 - £49.25
Median hourly rate £70.00 £72.00 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +37.14% -
75th Percentile £85.00 - £57.50
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £67.75 £65.45 £55.00
% change year-on-year +3.51% +19.00% +10.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Signal Processing is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 13,483 23,229 40,650
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 87.87% 89.84% 91.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,996 16,418 29,502
10th Percentile £325 £363 £360
25th Percentile £425 £450 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +8.81%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £625
90th Percentile £750 £750 £719
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 579 532 548
10th Percentile £15.17 £19.00 £13.50
25th Percentile £25.25 £30.54 £19.98
Median hourly rate £43.00 £55.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.82% +57.14% +34.62%
75th Percentile £60.00 £68.75 £55.00
90th Percentile £75.25 £80.23 £67.50
UK median hourly rate £35.65 £37.30 £25.00
% change year-on-year -4.42% +49.20% -

Signal Processing
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Signal Processing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Signal Processing trend for jobs with a WFH option

Signal Processing
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Signal Processing.

Signal Processing daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Signal Processing
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Signal Processing.

Signal Processing hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Signal Processing
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Signal Processing over the 6 months to 30 April 2024.

Signal Processing hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Signal Processing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 (69.57%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 5 (21.74%) Wireless
2 1 (4.35%) 5G
Development Applications
1 4 (17.39%) Git
1 4 (17.39%) JIRA
1 4 (17.39%) Subversion
General
1 4 (17.39%) Aerospace
1 4 (17.39%) Telecoms
2 1 (4.35%) Law
Job Titles
1 16 (69.57%) Design Engineer
1 16 (69.57%) FPGA Design Engineer
1 16 (69.57%) FPGA Engineer
2 5 (21.74%) Software Engineer
3 4 (17.39%) Embedded Engineer
3 4 (17.39%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 2 (8.70%) Test Engineer
5 1 (4.35%) C++ Software Engineer
5 1 (4.35%) Real Time Engineer
5 1 (4.35%) Real Time Software Engineer
5 1 (4.35%) Wireless Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 17 (73.91%) FPGA
2 16 (69.57%) Verilog
2 16 (69.57%) VHDL
3 4 (17.39%) Algorithms
3 4 (17.39%) Device Driver
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.35%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (69.57%) FPGA Design
1 16 (69.57%) UVM
2 6 (26.09%) Validation
3 5 (21.74%) Software Engineering
4 4 (17.39%) Computer Science
4 4 (17.39%) Defect Tracking
4 4 (17.39%) Software Optimisation
5 2 (8.70%) Data Acquisition
5 2 (8.70%) Data Analysis
5 2 (8.70%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (8.70%) Software Testing
6 1 (4.35%) Multithreading
Programming Languages
1 20 (86.96%) C
2 16 (69.57%) SystemVerilog
3 5 (21.74%) C++
3 5 (21.74%) MATLAB
4 4 (17.39%) Assembly Language
4 4 (17.39%) Python
4 4 (17.39%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 22 (95.65%) Degree
2 4 (17.39%) Master's Degree
2 4 (17.39%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (17.39%) JTAG
System Software
1 4 (17.39%) Embedded Firmware
1 4 (17.39%) Firmware
Vendors
1 16 (69.57%) Intel
1 16 (69.57%) Microsemi
1 16 (69.57%) Xilinx
2 2 (8.70%) Siemens