Digital Signal Processing Job Trends

Digital Signal Processing
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Digital Signal Processing skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 617 645 712
Rank change year-on-year +28 +67 +246
Permanent jobs citing Digital Signal Processing 40 62 46
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.064% 0.12% 0.070%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.080% 0.13% 0.079%
Number of salaries quoted 15 31 32
10th Percentile £35,662 £43,750 £42,975
25th Percentile £39,281 £51,875 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £62,500 £55,750
Median % change year-on-year -10.40% +12.11% -32.42%
75th Percentile £85,000 £74,125 £74,375
90th Percentile £100,000 £90,000 £121,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £61,750 £62,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -1.20% +13.64% -25.42%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 50,274 48,415 58,346
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 80.40% 91.16% 89.08%
Number of salaries quoted 29,681 23,366 44,999
10th Percentile £28,571 £35,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -8.00%
75th Percentile £75,246 £80,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -9.09%

Digital Signal Processing
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Digital Signal Processing job vacancy trend in the UK

Digital Signal Processing
Salary Trend

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Digital Signal Processing

Digital Signal Processing
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Digital Signal Processing over the 6 months to 24 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Digital Signal Processing in the UK

Digital Signal Processing
Top 9 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Digital Signal Processing within the UK over the 6 months to 24 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
England +58 40 £56,000 -7.44% 29
UK excluding London +18 38 £61,750 -1.20% 29
Work from Home +61 13 £75,000 +3.09% 10
South East +19 13 £51,000 -5.12% 11
South West +13 13 £40,792 -54.68% 7
East of England +34 11 £100,000 - 8
London +48 2 £55,000 -
North West +16 1 £56,000 -25.33% 2
North of England +9 1 £56,000 -25.33% 2

Digital Signal Processing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 (5.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (2.50%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (5.00%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (5.00%) Simulink
2 1 (2.50%) GNU Octave
2 1 (2.50%) Windchill
Cloud Services
1 1 (2.50%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 15 (37.50%) Software-Defined Radio
2 8 (20.00%) Wireless
3 1 (2.50%) LTE
3 1 (2.50%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 2 (5.00%) Rational DOORS
1 2 (5.00%) Rational Rhapsody
2 1 (2.50%) JIRA
General
1 8 (20.00%) Electronics
1 8 (20.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (12.50%) Finance
2 5 (12.50%) Telecoms
3 2 (5.00%) Aerospace
3 2 (5.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (2.50%) Law
4 1 (2.50%) Manufacturing
4 1 (2.50%) Military
Job Titles
1 19 (47.50%) Software Engineer
2 10 (25.00%) Embedded Engineer
2 10 (25.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 9 (22.50%) C++ Software Engineer
4 8 (20.00%) Senior
5 5 (12.50%) Design Engineer
6 4 (10.00%) Data Engineer
6 4 (10.00%) Data Scientist
6 4 (10.00%) Research Engineer
6 4 (10.00%) Research Scientist
6 4 (10.00%) RF Engineer
6 4 (10.00%) Senior Data Engineer
6 4 (10.00%) Senior Data Scientist
6 4 (10.00%) Senior RF Engineer
6 4 (10.00%) Systems Engineer
7 2 (5.00%) Audio Visual Engineer
7 2 (5.00%) Firmware Engineer
7 2 (5.00%) Graduate
7 2 (5.00%) Senior Design Engineer
8 1 (2.50%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (22.50%) Qt
2 1 (2.50%) Middleware
2 1 (2.50%) NumPy
2 1 (2.50%) PyTorch
2 1 (2.50%) SciPy
2 1 (2.50%) ZeroMQ
Miscellaneous
1 11 (27.50%) Algorithms
1 11 (27.50%) Embedded Systems
2 5 (12.50%) e-Learning
2 5 (12.50%) MicroBlaze
2 5 (12.50%) RISC-V
3 4 (10.00%) FPGA
4 3 (7.50%) GNSS
5 2 (5.00%) Analogue Electronics
5 2 (5.00%) Driving Licence
5 2 (5.00%) Management Information System
5 2 (5.00%) VHDL
6 1 (2.50%) Renewable Energy
6 1 (2.50%) Verilog
Operating Systems
1 14 (35.00%) Linux
2 5 (12.50%) Embedded Linux
3 1 (2.50%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (100.00%) Signal Processing
2 26 (65.00%) Software Engineering
3 12 (30.00%) Innovative Thinking
4 11 (27.50%) Mathematics
4 11 (27.50%) Physics
5 9 (22.50%) Systems Engineering
6 8 (20.00%) AI
6 8 (20.00%) Validation
7 7 (17.50%) Agile
8 6 (15.00%) Computer Science
9 4 (10.00%) Data Science
9 4 (10.00%) Embedded Software Development
9 4 (10.00%) Linear Algebra
9 4 (10.00%) Machine Learning
9 4 (10.00%) Mathematical Modelling
9 4 (10.00%) Mentoring
10 3 (7.50%) Collaborative Working
10 3 (7.50%) Kalman Filter
10 3 (7.50%) Project Management
10 3 (7.50%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 22 (55.00%) C++
2 16 (40.00%) C
3 9 (22.50%) Embedded C++
4 8 (20.00%) Python
5 6 (15.00%) MATLAB
6 4 (10.00%) Rust
7 2 (5.00%) Embedded C
8 1 (2.50%) VB
Qualifications
1 27 (67.50%) Degree
2 21 (52.50%) Security Cleared
3 18 (45.00%) SC Cleared
4 9 (22.50%) Master's Degree
5 6 (15.00%) BPSS Clearance
6 4 (10.00%) DV Cleared
7 1 (2.50%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.00%) PMO
System Software
1 14 (35.00%) Firmware
2 7 (17.50%) Embedded Firmware
Vendors
1 3 (7.50%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.50%) ANSYS
2 1 (2.50%) Atlassian
2 1 (2.50%) Keysight
2 1 (2.50%) PTC