Signal Processing Job Trends in Cambridgeshire

Signal Processing
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire requiring Signal Processing skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 58 73 65
Rank change year-on-year +15 -8 -
Permanent jobs citing Signal Processing 6 9 7
As % of all permanent jobs in Cambridgeshire 0.68% 1.03% 1.01%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.90% 1.19% 1.15%
Number of salaries quoted 4 8 4
10th Percentile £77,250 - -
25th Percentile £91,875 £47,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £100,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +100.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile - £61,250 £60,938
90th Percentile - £65,000 £62,625
East of England median annual salary £85,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +54.55% - +83.33%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Cambridgeshire

Signal Processing falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Cambridgeshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 665 757 607
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 75.91% 86.51% 87.34%
Number of salaries quoted 472 325 410
10th Percentile £29,000 £32,500 £27,000
25th Percentile £33,500 £47,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - -
75th Percentile £70,000 £73,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £88,625 £82,500 £90,000
East of England median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +1.85% -1.82%

Signal Processing
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Signal Processing relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire.

Signal Processing job vacancy trend in Cambridgeshire

Signal Processing
Salary Trend in Cambridgeshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cambridgeshire citing Signal Processing.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cambridgeshire citing Signal Processing

Signal Processing
Salary Histogram in Cambridgeshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Signal Processing in Cambridgeshire over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Signal Processing in Cambridgeshire

Signal Processing
Job Locations in Cambridgeshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Signal Processing within the Cambridgeshire region over the 6 months to 14 January 2026. 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Cambridge +5 6 £100,000 +100.00% 9
Signal Processing
East of England

Signal Processing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cambridgeshire 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:

Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) Ethernet
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Git
1 1 (16.67%) Rational DOORS
General
1 3 (50.00%) Electronics
2 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 5 (83.33%) Senior
2 3 (50.00%) Data Engineer
2 3 (50.00%) Data Scientist
2 3 (50.00%) Research Engineer
2 3 (50.00%) Research Scientist
2 3 (50.00%) RF Engineer
2 3 (50.00%) Senior Data Engineer
2 3 (50.00%) Senior Data Scientist
2 3 (50.00%) Senior RF Engineer
3 2 (33.33%) FPGA Engineer
4 1 (16.67%) Embedded Engineer
4 1 (16.67%) Lead
4 1 (16.67%) Project Engineer
4 1 (16.67%) Project Leader
4 1 (16.67%) Senior Embedded Engineer
4 1 (16.67%) Senior FPGA Engineer
4 1 (16.67%) Senior Project Leader
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) FPGA
2 1 (16.67%) Algorithms
2 1 (16.67%) ASIC
2 1 (16.67%) IoT
2 1 (16.67%) PCIe
2 1 (16.67%) Robotics
2 1 (16.67%) Verilog
2 1 (16.67%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) AI
2 3 (50.00%) Data Science
2 3 (50.00%) Digital Signal Processing
2 3 (50.00%) Machine Learning
3 1 (16.67%) Computer Science
3 1 (16.67%) Embedded Software Development
3 1 (16.67%) FPGA Design
3 1 (16.67%) Kalman Filter
3 1 (16.67%) Physics
3 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (16.67%) Requirements Management
3 1 (16.67%) Schematic Capture
3 1 (16.67%) SDLC
3 1 (16.67%) Software Testing
3 1 (16.67%) Technical Leadership
3 1 (16.67%) Test Automation
3 1 (16.67%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 3 (50.00%) C++
1 3 (50.00%) Python
2 1 (16.67%) C
2 1 (16.67%) C#
2 1 (16.67%) MATLAB
2 1 (16.67%) Rust
2 1 (16.67%) Shell Script
2 1 (16.67%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 3 (50.00%) Degree
2 2 (33.33%) PhD
3 1 (16.67%) Computer Science Degree
System Software
1 1 (16.67%) Docker
1 1 (16.67%) Firmware
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Altera