Signal Processing Job Trends in the North West

Signal Processing
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North West 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 179 203 179
Rank change year-on-year +24 -24 -
Permanent jobs citing Signal Processing 4 3 8
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 0.065% 0.057% 0.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.077% 0.063% 0.24%
Number of salaries quoted 4 3 5
10th Percentile £58,850 - -
25th Percentile £67,625 £34,750 £47,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £37,500 £51,500
Median % change year-on-year +100.00% -27.18% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £58,875 £68,000
90th Percentile - £70,050 -
England median annual salary £75,900 £62,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +22.42% +12.73% -21.43%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

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 North West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 5,175 4,761 3,358
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 83.64% 90.14% 90.76%
Number of salaries quoted 2,508 2,372 2,557
10th Percentile £28,000 £32,500 £31,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -5.45% +0.22%
75th Percentile £65,000 £66,067 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £82,548
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 North West

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

Signal Processing job vacancy trend in the North West

Signal Processing
Salary Trend in the North West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Signal Processing.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Signal Processing

Signal Processing
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Signal Processing in the North West over the 6 months to 25 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Signal Processing in the North West

Signal Processing
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Signal Processing within the North West 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
Manchester +21 3 £75,000 +100.00% 5
Cheshire - 1 £56,000 - 1
Signal Processing
England

Signal Processing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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 (75.00%) Simulink
General
1 1 (25.00%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Design Engineer
2 3 (75.00%) FPGA Design Engineer
2 3 (75.00%) FPGA Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) Electronics Design Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) Electronics Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) Firmware Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) Senior
3 1 (25.00%) Senior Design Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) Senior Electronics Design Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) Senior Electronics Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) Senior Firmware Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Embedded Systems
1 3 (75.00%) FPGA
1 3 (75.00%) Verilog
1 3 (75.00%) VHDL
2 1 (25.00%) Analogue Electronics
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) FPGA Design
1 3 (75.00%) Software Testing
1 3 (75.00%) UVM
2 1 (25.00%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (25.00%) Digital Signal Processing
2 1 (25.00%) Schematic Capture
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) C
2 3 (75.00%) SystemVerilog
3 1 (25.00%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) Embedded Firmware
1 1 (25.00%) Firmware
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Intel
1 3 (75.00%) Microsemi
1 3 (75.00%) Xilinx