Signal Processing Jobs in the UK excluding London

Signal Processing
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for Signal Processing skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Signal Processing over the 6 months to 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 576 692 441
Rank change year-on-year +116 -251 +61
Permanent jobs citing Signal Processing 197 70 501
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.28% 0.11% 0.71%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.33% 0.12% 0.75%
Number of salaries quoted 140 43 86
10th Percentile £39,700 £34,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £41,781 £51,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,500 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.08% - +14.04%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 -
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% - +8.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Signal Processing is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 59,360 58,686 66,792
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 84.34% 95.63% 94.02%
Number of salaries quoted 41,074 30,149 41,547
10th Percentile £27,041 £30,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.57% +2.50% +9.09%

Signal Processing
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Signal Processing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Signal Processing in the UK excluding London

Signal Processing
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Signal Processing in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Signal Processing in the UK excluding London

Signal Processing
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Signal Processing in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Signal Processing in the UK excluding London

Signal Processing
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Signal Processing within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 4 May 2024. 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
South East +65 87 £60,000 -16.08% 48
East of England +60 54 £56,500 -13.08% 30
South West +21 48 £50,000 -29.82% 22
North of England - 4 £51,500 - 3
North West - 4 £51,500 - 1
Midlands +14 2 - - 8
West Midlands +14 2 - - 5
Scotland - 2 £49,000 - 6
Signal Processing
UK

Signal Processing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 6 (3.05%) Confluence
Applications
1 41 (20.81%) Simulink
2 10 (5.08%) GNU Octave
3 1 (0.51%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 12 (6.09%) AWS
1 12 (6.09%) Azure
2 2 (1.02%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 26 (13.20%) Wireless
2 23 (11.68%) 5G
3 13 (6.60%) Software-Defined Radio
4 11 (5.58%) SD-WAN
4 11 (5.58%) WAN
5 10 (5.08%) OFDM
6 9 (4.57%) Ethernet
7 8 (4.06%) PPP
8 7 (3.55%) 5G NR
8 7 (3.55%) LTE
9 6 (3.05%) 802.11
9 6 (3.05%) Bluetooth
10 5 (2.54%) 3GPP
11 2 (1.02%) TCP/IP
11 2 (1.02%) ZigBee
12 1 (0.51%) 4G
12 1 (0.51%) Modbus
12 1 (0.51%) MQTT
12 1 (0.51%) RS-232
12 1 (0.51%) RS-485
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (6.09%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 22 (11.17%) Git
2 12 (6.09%) Vagrant
3 10 (5.08%) Visual Studio
4 7 (3.55%) JIRA
5 6 (3.05%) Rational DOORS
5 6 (3.05%) Rational Rhapsody
6 2 (1.02%) Jenkins
6 2 (1.02%) PetaLinux
7 1 (0.51%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.51%) Subversion
7 1 (0.51%) TeamCity
General
1 59 (29.95%) Social Skills
2 50 (25.38%) Electronics
3 31 (15.74%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (8.12%) Marketing
5 7 (3.55%) Manufacturing
6 6 (3.05%) Aerospace
6 6 (3.05%) Telecoms
7 4 (2.03%) Pharmaceutical
7 4 (2.03%) Presentation Skills
7 4 (2.03%) Retail
8 3 (1.52%) Finance
8 3 (1.52%) Italian Language
8 3 (1.52%) Military
8 3 (1.52%) Organisational Skills
8 3 (1.52%) Public Sector
9 2 (1.02%) Automotive
9 2 (1.02%) Aviation
9 2 (1.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.51%) Avionics
10 1 (0.51%) Law
Job Titles
1 73 (37.06%) Software Engineer
2 32 (16.24%) Developer
2 32 (16.24%) Senior
3 25 (12.69%) Embedded Engineer
4 21 (10.66%) Lead
5 20 (10.15%) Senior Software Engineer
6 14 (7.11%) Software Developer
7 13 (6.60%) DSP Engineer
7 13 (6.60%) Electronics Engineer
7 13 (6.60%) Embedded Software Engineer
8 12 (6.09%) Embedded Developer
8 12 (6.09%) Embedded Software Developer
8 12 (6.09%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
9 11 (5.58%) FPGA Developer
10 10 (5.08%) Graduate
11 9 (4.57%) Senior Embedded Engineer
12 8 (4.06%) Systems Engineer
13 7 (3.55%) Algorithm Engineer
14 6 (3.05%) RF Engineer
14 6 (3.05%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (6.09%) Middleware
2 6 (3.05%) 802.1X
3 3 (1.52%) Yocto
4 2 (1.02%) NumPy
4 2 (1.02%) POSIX
4 2 (1.02%) PyTorch
5 1 (0.51%) Flutter
5 1 (0.51%) Qt
5 1 (0.51%) STL
5 1 (0.51%) TensorFlow
5 1 (0.51%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 85 (43.15%) Algorithms
2 53 (26.90%) FPGA
3 41 (20.81%) VHDL
4 30 (15.23%) GNSS
5 15 (7.61%) Analogue Electronics
6 14 (7.11%) Greenfield Project
7 13 (6.60%) Analytical Mindset
8 10 (5.08%) Acoustics
8 10 (5.08%) Device Driver
9 8 (4.06%) MicroBlaze
10 7 (3.55%) Embedded Systems
10 7 (3.55%) PCIe
10 7 (3.55%) Robotics
10 7 (3.55%) Verilog
11 6 (3.05%) SIMD
12 5 (2.54%) Fibre Optics
13 4 (2.03%) Self-Motivation
14 3 (1.52%) Ray Tracing
15 2 (1.02%) Augmented Reality
15 2 (1.02%) State Machine
Operating Systems
1 70 (35.53%) Linux
2 26 (13.20%) Embedded Linux
3 15 (7.61%) Ubuntu
4 14 (7.11%) Android
4 14 (7.11%) CentOS
4 14 (7.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 9 (4.57%) Windows
6 2 (1.02%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 95 (48.22%) Software Engineering
2 62 (31.47%) Digital Signal Processing
3 58 (29.44%) Computer Science
4 54 (27.41%) Problem-Solving
5 43 (21.83%) Mathematics
6 42 (21.32%) Machine Learning
7 37 (18.78%) Artificial Intelligence
8 35 (17.77%) Validation
9 32 (16.24%) Physics
10 29 (14.72%) Collaborative Working
11 22 (11.17%) Requirements Analysis
12 21 (10.66%) B2B
12 21 (10.66%) Creative Thinking
12 21 (10.66%) Defect Tracking
12 21 (10.66%) Innovative Thinking
13 20 (10.15%) FPGA Design
14 18 (9.14%) Embedded Software Development
15 17 (8.63%) Continuous Integration
15 17 (8.63%) Data Analysis
16 16 (8.12%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 90 (45.69%) C++
2 71 (36.04%) C
3 68 (34.52%) Python
4 60 (30.46%) MATLAB
5 42 (21.32%) Java
6 19 (9.64%) Perl
7 13 (6.60%) SQL
8 12 (6.09%) JavaScript
8 12 (6.09%) Kotlin
9 11 (5.58%) Bash
10 10 (5.08%) Tcl
11 8 (4.06%) VB
12 7 (3.55%) Assembly Language
12 7 (3.55%) Embedded C
13 5 (2.54%) Fortran
14 4 (2.03%) SystemVerilog
15 2 (1.02%) Shell Script
16 1 (0.51%) Embedded C++
16 1 (0.51%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 115 (58.38%) Degree
2 94 (47.72%) Security Cleared
3 44 (22.34%) SC Cleared
4 31 (15.74%) BPSS Clearance
5 28 (14.21%) DV Cleared
6 27 (13.71%) Computer Science Degree
7 21 (10.66%) PhD
8 7 (3.55%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.51%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.51%) MCAD
9 1 (0.51%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (6.60%) PMO
2 3 (1.52%) JTAG
3 1 (0.51%) MISRA
3 1 (0.51%) MISRA C
System Software
1 39 (19.80%) Firmware
2 16 (8.12%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (0.51%) Docker
Systems Management
1 12 (6.09%) Ansible
1 12 (6.09%) Terraform
Vendors
1 43 (21.83%) Xilinx
2 8 (4.06%) Altera
2 8 (4.06%) Green Hills
2 8 (4.06%) Motorola
3 6 (3.05%) Intel
3 6 (3.05%) Microsoft
4 4 (2.03%) Microsemi
5 2 (1.02%) SAP
6 1 (0.51%) Atlassian
6 1 (0.51%) EMC
6 1 (0.51%) QinetiQ
6 1 (0.51%) Renesas
6 1 (0.51%) Thales