Digital Signal Processing
UK
The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Digital Signal Processing skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 18 Sep 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 579 | 730 | 700 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +151 | -30 | +87 |
| Permanent jobs citing Digital Signal Processing | 97 | 66 | 77 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.20% | 0.084% | 0.13% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 0.22% | 0.10% | 0.14% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 7 | 29 | 34 |
| 10th Percentile | £49,550 | £46,550 | £43,750 |
| 25th Percentile | £50,000 | £52,500 | £47,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £61,000 | £76,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -9.84% | -20.26% | +27.50% |
| 75th Percentile | £76,250 | £77,500 | £85,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £78,500 | £90,000 | £125,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £72,500 | £61,000 | £55,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +18.85% | +10.91% | -8.33% |
All Process and 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 | 43,869 | 63,416 | 56,859 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 88.70% | 81.19% | 94.35% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 24,728 | 36,039 | 42,828 |
| 10th Percentile | £28,500 | £32,000 | £32,750 |
| 25th Percentile | £36,250 | £42,500 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £57,500 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.35% | -4.17% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £75,000 | £77,500 | £80,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £96,250 | £95,000 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £47,500 | £52,500 | £54,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -9.52% | -2.78% | +2.86% |
Digital Signal Processing
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing Digital Signal Processing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Digital Signal Processing
Salary Trend
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 18 September 2025.
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 18 September 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | +136 | 89 | £55,000 | -9.84% | 26 |
| UK excluding London | +147 | 86 | £72,500 | +18.85% | 24 |
| South East | +90 | 72 | £70,000 | +14.75% | 10 |
| Work from Home | +112 | 52 | £62,500 | -22.12% | 13 |
| East of England | -4 | 8 | £75,000 | -11.76% | 7 |
| South West | +65 | 5 | £49,250 | -45.28% | 8 |
| London | +60 | 3 | £55,000 | -26.67% | 2 |
| North of England | +23 | 1 | £75,000 | +45.63% | |
| North West | +10 | 1 | £75,000 | +45.63% |
Digital Signal Processing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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: