Digital Signal Processing Job Trends in Hampshire

Digital Signal Processing
South East > Hampshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Hampshire requiring Digital Signal Processing skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 118 144 150
Rank change year-on-year +26 +6 +7
Permanent jobs citing Digital Signal Processing 6 7 2
As % of all permanent jobs in Hampshire 0.24% 0.29% 0.072%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.30% 0.35% 0.084%
Number of salaries quoted 2 2 1
10th Percentile - £53,375 -
25th Percentile £61,250 £54,688 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £58,750 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.89% -2.08% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £62,188 £67,500
90th Percentile - £63,125 -
South East median annual salary £51,000 £53,750 £45,750
% change year-on-year -5.12% +17.49% -39.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Hampshire

Digital 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 Hampshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,004 2,001 2,386
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hampshire 78.56% 82.11% 85.92%
Number of salaries quoted 1,418 1,130 1,764
10th Percentile £27,500 £32,750 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £46,250 £36,956
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +15.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £78,750
South East median annual salary £50,000 £58,000 £51,000
% change year-on-year -13.79% +13.73% -7.27%

Digital Signal Processing
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

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

Digital Signal Processing job vacancy trend in Hampshire

Digital Signal Processing
Salary Trend in Hampshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing Digital Signal Processing.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing Digital Signal Processing

Digital Signal Processing
Job Locations in Hampshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Digital Signal Processing within the Hampshire region over the 6 months to 3 February 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
Portsmouth - 4 - -
Southampton - 2 £67,500 - 2
Digital Signal Processing
South East

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

Application Platforms
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (16.67%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (16.67%) GNU Octave
2 1 (16.67%) Windchill
Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 5 (83.33%) Software-Defined Radio
2 2 (33.33%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) JIRA
General
1 2 (33.33%) Aerospace
1 2 (33.33%) Electronics
2 1 (16.67%) Finance
2 1 (16.67%) Manufacturing
2 1 (16.67%) Military
2 1 (16.67%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Embedded Engineer
1 2 (33.33%) Embedded Software Engineer
1 2 (33.33%) Graduate
1 2 (33.33%) Software Engineer
1 2 (33.33%) Systems Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Assistant Project Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Graduate Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Graduate Systems Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Graduate Systems Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) PMO Assistant
2 1 (16.67%) PMO Manager
2 1 (16.67%) PMO Project Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Project Assistant
2 1 (16.67%) Project Management Assistant
2 1 (16.67%) Project Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Project Office Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Senior
2 1 (16.67%) Senior Systems Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Systems Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (16.67%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Embedded Systems
1 2 (33.33%) FPGA
1 2 (33.33%) GNSS
1 2 (33.33%) Management Information System
2 1 (16.67%) Algorithms
2 1 (16.67%) e-Learning
2 1 (16.67%) MicroBlaze
2 1 (16.67%) RISC-V
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Embedded Linux
1 1 (16.67%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Signal Processing
2 4 (66.67%) Innovative Thinking
3 3 (50.00%) Agile
3 3 (50.00%) Project Management
3 3 (50.00%) Systems Engineering
4 2 (33.33%) Computer Science
4 2 (33.33%) Software Engineering
5 1 (16.67%) Business Development
5 1 (16.67%) Change Management
5 1 (16.67%) Configuration Management
5 1 (16.67%) DevOps
5 1 (16.67%) Kalman Filter
5 1 (16.67%) Mathematics
5 1 (16.67%) Open Source
5 1 (16.67%) Performance Analysis
5 1 (16.67%) Physics
5 1 (16.67%) Project Planning
5 1 (16.67%) Rapid Prototyping
5 1 (16.67%) Validation
5 1 (16.67%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 3 (50.00%) MATLAB
2 2 (33.33%) C
2 2 (33.33%) C++
2 2 (33.33%) Python
3 1 (16.67%) VB
Qualifications
1 6 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 5 (83.33%) Degree
3 4 (66.67%) SC Cleared
4 2 (33.33%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (33.33%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) PMO
System Software
1 3 (50.00%) Firmware
2 1 (16.67%) Embedded Firmware
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (16.67%) ANSYS
2 1 (16.67%) Atlassian
2 1 (16.67%) Keysight
2 1 (16.67%) PTC