Signal Processing Job Trends in the East of England

Signal Processing
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the East of England 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 138 169 129
Rank change year-on-year +31 -40 +89
Permanent jobs citing Signal Processing 21 15 17
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 0.50% 0.43% 0.70%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.68% 0.49% 0.81%
Number of salaries quoted 12 14 12
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £70,000 £47,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +54.55% - +83.33%
75th Percentile £92,500 £58,750 £60,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £65,000 £63,375
England median annual salary £75,900 £62,500 £56,500
% change year-on-year +21.44% +10.62% -19.29%

All Process & Methodology Skills
East of England

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 the East of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,101 3,079 2,100
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 74.17% 87.30% 86.17%
Number of salaries quoted 1,821 1,190 1,578
10th Percentile £27,750 £30,000 £27,000
25th Percentile £34,000 £42,500 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +1.85% -1.82%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £81,750 £83,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Signal Processing
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Signal Processing job vacancy trend in the East of England

Signal Processing
Salary Trend in the East of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Signal Processing.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Signal Processing

Signal Processing
Salary Histogram in the East of England

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

Salary histogram for Signal Processing in the East of England

Signal Processing
Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Signal Processing within the East of England 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
Hertfordshire +17 8 £75,000 +7.14% 17
Essex - 7 £85,000 - 6
Cambridgeshire +15 6 £100,000 +100.00% 13
Signal Processing
England

Signal Processing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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 4 (19.05%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 2 (9.52%) Software-Defined Radio
2 1 (4.76%) Ethernet
2 1 (4.76%) LTE
2 1 (4.76%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (4.76%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 4 (19.05%) Rational DOORS
2 3 (14.29%) Rational Rhapsody
3 1 (4.76%) Git
General
1 5 (23.81%) Telecoms
2 3 (14.29%) Electronics
2 3 (14.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2 (9.52%) Social Skills
4 1 (4.76%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 12 (57.14%) Senior
2 7 (33.33%) Systems Engineer
3 5 (23.81%) Data Scientist
4 4 (19.05%) Data Engineer
4 4 (19.05%) Radio Engineer
4 4 (19.05%) Research Engineer
4 4 (19.05%) Research Scientist
4 4 (19.05%) RF Engineer
4 4 (19.05%) Senior Data Engineer
4 4 (19.05%) Senior Data Scientist
4 4 (19.05%) Senior RF Engineer
4 4 (19.05%) Senior Systems Engineer
5 3 (14.29%) Design Engineer
6 2 (9.52%) FPGA Engineer
7 1 (4.76%) Communications Engineer
7 1 (4.76%) DSP Engineer
7 1 (4.76%) FPGA Designer
7 1 (4.76%) Project Engineer
7 1 (4.76%) Project Leader
7 1 (4.76%) Senior Communications Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (9.52%) PyTorch
2 1 (4.76%) NumPy
2 1 (4.76%) scikit-learn
2 1 (4.76%) SciPy
2 1 (4.76%) TensorFlow
2 1 (4.76%) ZeroMQ
Miscellaneous
1 7 (33.33%) Algorithms
2 4 (19.05%) FPGA
3 3 (14.29%) Verilog
3 3 (14.29%) VHDL
4 1 (4.76%) ASIC
4 1 (4.76%) Embedded Systems
4 1 (4.76%) GNSS
4 1 (4.76%) IoT
4 1 (4.76%) PCIe
4 1 (4.76%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.76%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (57.14%) Digital Signal Processing
2 10 (47.62%) AI
3 8 (38.10%) Physics
3 8 (38.10%) Validation
4 7 (33.33%) Mathematics
4 7 (33.33%) Software Engineering
5 5 (23.81%) Computer Science
5 5 (23.81%) Data Science
5 5 (23.81%) Machine Learning
6 4 (19.05%) Innovative Thinking
6 4 (19.05%) Verification and Validation
7 3 (14.29%) Customer Requirements
7 3 (14.29%) Kalman Filter
7 3 (14.29%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
7 3 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
7 3 (14.29%) SysML
7 3 (14.29%) Systems Engineering
7 3 (14.29%) V-Model
8 2 (9.52%) FPGA Design
9 1 (4.76%) Reinforcement Learning
Programming Languages
1 10 (47.62%) Python
2 6 (28.57%) C
3 5 (23.81%) C++
3 5 (23.81%) MATLAB
4 1 (4.76%) C#
4 1 (4.76%) Rust
4 1 (4.76%) Shell Script
4 1 (4.76%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 12 (57.14%) Degree
2 8 (38.10%) Security Cleared
3 7 (33.33%) SC Cleared
4 4 (19.05%) BPSS Clearance
5 3 (14.29%) PhD
6 1 (4.76%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (4.76%) Master's Degree
System Software
1 5 (23.81%) Firmware
2 1 (4.76%) Docker
Vendors
1 1 (4.76%) Altera
1 1 (4.76%) Microsoft