Signal Processing Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Signal Processing
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Signal Processing skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 401 398 500
Rank change year-on-year -3 +102 +191
Permanent jobs citing Signal Processing 105 156 60
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.25% 0.43% 0.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.32% 0.49% 0.20%
Number of salaries quoted 50 102 45
10th Percentile £39,281 £40,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £70,000 £50,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,900 £62,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +21.44% +13.64% -21.43%
75th Percentile £85,700 £85,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £100,000 - £81,500
UK median annual salary £75,900 £62,500 £56,500
% change year-on-year +21.44% +10.62% -19.29%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 32,958 31,987 30,742
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 78.54% 88.93% 88.63%
Number of salaries quoted 18,919 14,386 22,914
10th Percentile £27,750 £31,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £33,500 £41,250 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +5.77% -5.45%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Signal Processing
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Signal Processing job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Signal Processing
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Signal Processing.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Signal Processing

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 12 January 2026.

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 12 January 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
South East -20 46 £85,700 +37.12% 51
East of England +28 20 £85,000 +54.55% 42
South West +13 18 £40,792 -54.68% 25
Scotland -5 8 £75,900 +21.44% 6
North of England +15 7 £75,000 +33.33% 15
North West +34 4 £75,000 +33.33% 7
Midlands +18 4 £75,900 +10.00% 15
East Midlands - 4 £75,900 - 11
Yorkshire - 3 £75,900 - 5
Wales -1 2 £75,900 +29.74% 5
Signal Processing
UK

Signal Processing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 (1.90%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.95%) Confluence
Applications
1 7 (6.67%) Simulink
2 2 (1.90%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.95%) GNU Octave
3 1 (0.95%) Windchill
Cloud Services
1 1 (0.95%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 23 (21.90%) Software-Defined Radio
2 18 (17.14%) Wireless
3 1 (0.95%) LTE
3 1 (0.95%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 37 (35.24%) Rational DOORS
2 3 (2.86%) Rational Rhapsody
3 1 (0.95%) Git
3 1 (0.95%) JIRA
General
1 49 (46.67%) Electronics
2 11 (10.48%) Finance
3 10 (9.52%) Social Skills
4 7 (6.67%) Telecoms
5 3 (2.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (1.90%) Aerospace
7 1 (0.95%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (0.95%) Banking
7 1 (0.95%) Manufacturing
7 1 (0.95%) Marketing
7 1 (0.95%) Military
7 1 (0.95%) Multimedia
7 1 (0.95%) Public Sector
7 1 (0.95%) Retail
Job Titles
1 44 (41.90%) Systems Engineer
2 31 (29.52%) Principal Engineer
3 30 (28.57%) Principal Systems Engineer
4 28 (26.67%) Software Engineer
5 16 (15.24%) Embedded Engineer
5 16 (15.24%) Senior
6 15 (14.29%) Embedded Software Engineer
7 10 (9.52%) Lead
8 9 (8.57%) C++ Software Engineer
9 8 (7.62%) Design Engineer
9 8 (7.62%) Radio Engineer
10 6 (5.71%) Senior Systems Engineer
11 5 (4.76%) Data Scientist
12 4 (3.81%) Data Engineer
12 4 (3.81%) FPGA Engineer
12 4 (3.81%) Research Engineer
12 4 (3.81%) Research Scientist
12 4 (3.81%) RF Engineer
12 4 (3.81%) Senior Data Scientist
12 4 (3.81%) Senior RF Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (8.57%) Qt
2 2 (1.90%) PyTorch
3 1 (0.95%) HEVC
3 1 (0.95%) NumPy
3 1 (0.95%) scikit-learn
3 1 (0.95%) SciPy
3 1 (0.95%) TensorFlow
3 1 (0.95%) ZeroMQ
Miscellaneous
1 45 (42.86%) Algorithms
2 20 (19.05%) Embedded Systems
3 11 (10.48%) e-Learning
3 11 (10.48%) MicroBlaze
3 11 (10.48%) RISC-V
4 10 (9.52%) FPGA
5 6 (5.71%) Verilog
5 6 (5.71%) VHDL
6 2 (1.90%) Analogue Electronics
6 2 (1.90%) Driving Licence
7 1 (0.95%) ASIC
7 1 (0.95%) GNSS
7 1 (0.95%) IoT
7 1 (0.95%) Management Information System
7 1 (0.95%) Renewable Energy
7 1 (0.95%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 21 (20.00%) Linux
2 11 (10.48%) Embedded Linux
3 1 (0.95%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (45.71%) Digital Signal Processing
2 42 (40.00%) Systems Engineering
3 35 (33.33%) Software Engineering
4 33 (31.43%) Technical Leadership
5 30 (28.57%) Test Planning
6 25 (23.81%) Physics
7 22 (20.95%) Innovative Thinking
8 13 (12.38%) Mathematics
9 12 (11.43%) Agile
10 11 (10.48%) Validation
11 10 (9.52%) AI
11 10 (9.52%) Data Analysis
12 5 (4.76%) Computer Science
12 5 (4.76%) Data Science
12 5 (4.76%) FPGA Design
12 5 (4.76%) Machine Learning
12 5 (4.76%) Mentoring
12 5 (4.76%) Verification and Validation
13 4 (3.81%) Embedded Software Development
13 4 (3.81%) Linear Algebra
Programming Languages
1 28 (26.67%) C++
2 24 (22.86%) C
3 20 (19.05%) MATLAB
4 10 (9.52%) Python
5 9 (8.57%) Embedded C++
6 5 (4.76%) Rust
7 3 (2.86%) SystemVerilog
8 1 (0.95%) Embedded C
8 1 (0.95%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.95%) Tcl
8 1 (0.95%) VB
Qualifications
1 47 (44.76%) BPSS Clearance
2 39 (37.14%) Degree
3 30 (28.57%) Security Cleared
4 27 (25.71%) SC Cleared
5 6 (5.71%) Master's Degree
6 4 (3.81%) DV Cleared
7 2 (1.90%) PhD
8 1 (0.95%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (31.43%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 2 (1.90%) PMO
System Software
1 20 (19.05%) Firmware
2 16 (15.24%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (0.95%) Docker
Vendors
1 33 (31.43%) IBM
2 3 (2.86%) Intel
2 3 (2.86%) Microsemi
2 3 (2.86%) Microsoft
2 3 (2.86%) Xilinx
3 1 (0.95%) ANSYS
3 1 (0.95%) Atlassian
3 1 (0.95%) Keysight
3 1 (0.95%) PTC