Signal Processing Jobs in the UK excluding London

Signal Processing
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Signal Processing skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Signal Processing over the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 198 546 671
Rank change year-on-year +348 +125 -236
Permanent jobs citing Signal Processing 605 221 77
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.52% 0.30% 0.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.65% 0.36% 0.14%
Number of salaries quoted 508 160 49
10th Percentile - £39,225 £39,464
25th Percentile £62,000 £41,125 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,600 £56,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +24.96% -13.08% -
75th Percentile - £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £75,750 £85,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £70,600 £58,750 £65,000
% change year-on-year +20.17% -9.62% -

All Process and 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 36,721 61,614 54,758
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 92.53% 82.28% 95.52%
Number of salaries quoted 17,560 42,296 28,644
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,250 £30,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,564 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.13% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £82,500
UK median annual salary £57,000 £55,000 £60,899
% change year-on-year +3.64% -9.69% +1.50%

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 31 May 2025.

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 31 May 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
South East +242 508 £70,600 +17.67% 45
Wales - 77 £70,600 - 2
East of England +2 8 £66,250 +17.26% 27
North of England +40 6 £75,000 +45.63% 25
North West +4 6 £75,000 +45.63% 14
South West +63 4 £39,500 -21.00% 21
Scotland +121 1 £62,500 +27.55% 11
Midlands +64 1 £65,000 - 18
East Midlands - 1 £65,000 - 7
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:

Applications
1 19 (3.14%) Simulink
2 14 (2.31%) Mathcad
3 2 (0.33%) GNU Octave
4 1 (0.17%) OrCAD
Communications & Networking
1 45 (7.44%) Software-Defined Radio
2 23 (3.80%) Wireless
3 4 (0.66%) RS-485
4 3 (0.50%) Ethernet
5 2 (0.33%) RS-232
6 1 (0.17%) Bluetooth
6 1 (0.17%) GPRS
6 1 (0.17%) GSM
6 1 (0.17%) HTTP
6 1 (0.17%) Network Security
6 1 (0.17%) Wideband
Development Applications
1 417 (68.93%) Rational DOORS
2 2 (0.33%) Subversion
3 1 (0.17%) Eclipse
3 1 (0.17%) Git
3 1 (0.17%) GitLab
3 1 (0.17%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.17%) JUnit
3 1 (0.17%) NetBeans
3 1 (0.17%) PetaLinux
General
1 531 (87.77%) Electronics
2 24 (3.97%) Finance
3 11 (1.82%) Social Skills
4 8 (1.32%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (0.83%) Manufacturing
6 3 (0.50%) Marketing
6 3 (0.50%) Public Sector
6 3 (0.50%) Telecoms
7 1 (0.17%) Aerospace
7 1 (0.17%) Aviation
7 1 (0.17%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (0.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (0.17%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 436 (72.07%) Systems Engineer
2 240 (39.67%) Principal Engineer
2 240 (39.67%) Principal Systems Engineer
3 190 (31.40%) Senior
4 177 (29.26%) Senior Systems Engineer
5 52 (8.60%) Lead
6 38 (6.28%) Radar Engineer
7 25 (4.13%) Radio Engineer
7 25 (4.13%) Software Engineer
8 21 (3.47%) Embedded Engineer
9 19 (3.14%) Embedded Software Engineer
10 14 (2.31%) Mathematical Modeller
11 6 (0.99%) FPGA Engineer
11 6 (0.99%) Senior Software Engineer
12 4 (0.66%) Design Engineer
12 4 (0.66%) Electronics Engineer
12 4 (0.66%) Firmware Engineer
13 3 (0.50%) Designer
13 3 (0.50%) FPGA Designer
13 3 (0.50%) Senior Electronics Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.33%) HTML
2 1 (0.17%) REST
2 1 (0.17%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 497 (82.15%) Algorithms
2 38 (6.28%) FPGA
3 24 (3.97%) Embedded Systems
4 20 (3.31%) e-Learning
5 19 (3.14%) MicroBlaze
6 17 (2.81%) RISC-V
7 11 (1.82%) VHDL
8 9 (1.49%) Verilog
9 5 (0.83%) Analytical Mindset
10 4 (0.66%) Self-Motivation
11 3 (0.50%) GNSS
11 3 (0.50%) Life Science
12 2 (0.33%) ASIC
12 2 (0.33%) Satnav
13 1 (0.17%) Acoustics
13 1 (0.17%) Analogue Electronics
13 1 (0.17%) Device Driver
13 1 (0.17%) Lidar
13 1 (0.17%) Robotics
13 1 (0.17%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 26 (4.30%) Linux
2 19 (3.14%) Embedded Linux
3 2 (0.33%) Windows
4 1 (0.17%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 487 (80.50%) Systems Engineering
2 473 (78.18%) Technical Leadership
3 240 (39.67%) Test Planning
4 121 (20.00%) Mentoring
5 118 (19.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 74 (12.23%) Physics
7 56 (9.26%) Architectural Design
8 53 (8.76%) Digital Signal Processing
9 49 (8.10%) Data Analysis
10 41 (6.78%) Innovative Thinking
11 27 (4.46%) Software Engineering
12 26 (4.30%) Problem-Solving
13 22 (3.64%) Mathematics
14 20 (3.31%) Validation
15 19 (3.14%) Agile
16 18 (2.98%) Verification and Validation
17 17 (2.81%) Mathematical Modelling
18 14 (2.31%) Performance Analysis
19 7 (1.16%) Business Continuity
19 7 (1.16%) Line Management
Programming Languages
1 118 (19.50%) R
2 90 (14.88%) MATLAB
3 36 (5.95%) C
4 32 (5.29%) C++
5 20 (3.31%) Python
6 4 (0.66%) Embedded C
7 3 (0.50%) Embedded C++
7 3 (0.50%) SystemVerilog
7 3 (0.50%) Tcl
8 2 (0.33%) JavaScript
8 2 (0.33%) Perl
8 2 (0.33%) Rust
8 2 (0.33%) TypeScript
8 2 (0.33%) VB
9 1 (0.17%) Java
Qualifications
1 536 (88.60%) BPSS Clearance
2 66 (10.91%) Degree
3 46 (7.60%) Security Cleared
4 41 (6.78%) SC Cleared
5 4 (0.66%) PhD
6 3 (0.50%) DV Cleared
7 2 (0.33%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 487 (80.50%) ISO/IEC 15288
System Software
1 46 (7.60%) Firmware
2 41 (6.78%) Embedded Firmware
Vendors
1 417 (68.93%) IBM
2 14 (2.31%) MathWorks
2 14 (2.31%) Xilinx
3 6 (0.99%) EMC
4 3 (0.50%) Altera
4 3 (0.50%) SAP
5 2 (0.33%) Freescale
5 2 (0.33%) Green Hills
5 2 (0.33%) Intel
5 2 (0.33%) Microsemi
6 1 (0.17%) Red Hat