Digital Signal Processing Job Trends in Southampton

Digital Signal Processing
Hampshire > Southampton

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Southampton 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 45 - 67
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Digital Signal Processing 2 0 2
As % of all permanent jobs in Southampton 0.38% - 0.32%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.49% - 0.36%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £61,250 - £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 - £60,000
75th Percentile £73,750 - £67,500
90th Percentile - - -
Hampshire median annual salary £67,500 £58,750 £60,000
% change year-on-year +14.89% -2.08% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Southampton

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 Southampton.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 408 411 550
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Southampton 78.16% 85.63% 87.16%
Number of salaries quoted 287 288 477
10th Percentile £29,350 £32,750 £27,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - +15.79% -9.52%
75th Percentile £62,500 £65,563 £62,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £75,000 £75,000
Hampshire median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -13.04% +15.00% -9.09%

Digital Signal Processing
Job Vacancy Trend in Southampton

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

Digital Signal Processing job vacancy trend in Southampton

Digital Signal Processing
Salary Trend in Southampton

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Southampton citing Digital Signal Processing

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

Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) Software-Defined Radio
General
1 1 (50.00%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Embedded Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Senior
1 1 (50.00%) Senior Systems Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Software Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) FPGA
1 2 (100.00%) GNSS
2 1 (50.00%) Algorithms
2 1 (50.00%) Embedded Systems
2 1 (50.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 2 (100.00%) Signal Processing
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Business Development
2 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (50.00%) DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) Open Source
2 1 (50.00%) Project Management
2 1 (50.00%) Prototyping
2 1 (50.00%) Rapid Prototyping
2 1 (50.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
2 1 (50.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Systems Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Technical Leadership
2 1 (50.00%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) C
1 1 (50.00%) C++
1 1 (50.00%) MATLAB
1 1 (50.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
1 2 (100.00%) Master's Degree
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Firmware