Signal Processing Job Trends in Hertfordshire

Signal Processing
East of England > Hertfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Hertfordshire requiring Signal Processing skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 79 102 63
Rank change year-on-year +23 -39 +56
Permanent jobs citing Signal Processing 8 1 5
As % of all permanent jobs in Hertfordshire 0.50% 0.078% 0.74%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.70% 0.085% 0.82%
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £70,000 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% +100.00% -
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 -
90th Percentile - - £48,500
East of England median annual salary £85,000 £55,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +54.55% +22.22% +50.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,142 1,179 607
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 70.98% 91.97% 90.06%
Number of salaries quoted 641 469 454
10th Percentile £27,750 £35,000 £31,625
25th Percentile £35,340 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +4.55% -
75th Percentile £64,250 £75,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £87,750 £79,850
East of England median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -13.64% - -

Signal Processing
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Signal Processing job vacancy trend in Hertfordshire

Signal Processing
Salary Trend in Hertfordshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing Signal Processing.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing Signal Processing

Signal Processing
Job Locations in Hertfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Signal Processing within the Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 25 December 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Stevenage +3 5 £75,000 +7.14% 15
Signal Processing
East of England

Signal Processing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hertfordshire 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 3 (37.50%) Simulink
Development Applications
1 3 (37.50%) Rational DOORS
1 3 (37.50%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 4 (50.00%) Telecoms
2 3 (37.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) Design Engineer
1 3 (37.50%) Systems Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Designer
2 1 (12.50%) FPGA Designer
2 1 (12.50%) Senior
2 1 (12.50%) Senior Designer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (50.00%) Algorithms
2 1 (12.50%) Embedded Systems
2 1 (12.50%) FPGA
2 1 (12.50%) Verilog
2 1 (12.50%) VHDL
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (87.50%) Digital Signal Processing
1 7 (87.50%) Mathematics
1 7 (87.50%) Physics
1 7 (87.50%) Software Engineering
1 7 (87.50%) Validation
2 4 (50.00%) AI
2 4 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 4 (50.00%) Innovative Thinking
3 3 (37.50%) Customer Requirements
3 3 (37.50%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
3 3 (37.50%) SysML
3 3 (37.50%) Systems Engineering
3 3 (37.50%) Verification and Validation
3 3 (37.50%) V-Model
4 1 (12.50%) Collaborative Engineering
4 1 (12.50%) FPGA Design
4 1 (12.50%) Performance Optimisation
4 1 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 4 (50.00%) C
1 4 (50.00%) Python
2 3 (37.50%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 7 (87.50%) Degree
1 7 (87.50%) SC Cleared
1 7 (87.50%) Security Cleared
2 4 (50.00%) BPSS Clearance
System Software
1 4 (50.00%) Firmware