Digital Signal Processing Jobs

Digital Signal Processing
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Digital Signal Processing skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Digital Signal Processing over the 6 months leading up to 5 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 662 847 820
Rank change year-on-year +185 -27 +32
Permanent jobs citing Digital Signal Processing 78 67 77
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.13% 0.063% 0.087%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.14% 0.076% 0.091%
Number of salaries quoted 9 39 22
10th Percentile £48,800 £42,000 £43,750
25th Percentile £65,000 £47,250 £61,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £52,000 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year +44.23% -38.82% +41.67%
75th Percentile £77,500 £66,875 -
90th Percentile - £80,000 £107,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £75,000 £51,750 £85,000
% change year-on-year +44.93% -39.12% +75.26%

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 54,056 88,173 84,676
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 90.82% 82.50% 95.28%
Number of salaries quoted 28,040 60,645 53,248
10th Percentile £27,868 £29,750 £33,750
25th Percentile £38,750 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £60,249
Median % change year-on-year - -8.71% +0.42%
75th Percentile £74,813 £72,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +4.76%

Digital Signal Processing
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Digital Signal Processing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Digital Signal Processing in the UK

Digital Signal Processing
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Digital Signal Processing.

Salary trend for Digital Signal Processing in the UK

Digital Signal Processing
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Digital Signal Processing over the 6 months to 5 July 2025.

Salary histogram for Digital Signal Processing in the UK

Digital Signal Processing
Top 8 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 5 July 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 +153 65 £75,000 +44.23% 167
UK excluding London +172 64 £75,000 +44.93% 163
South East +104 54 £75,000 +22.95% 46
Work from Home +135 41 £75,000 +47.06% 133
South West +83 5 £44,000 -10.20% 31
North of England +52 5 £75,000 +45.63% 16
North West +5 5 £75,000 +45.63% 7
London +96 1 £55,000 -26.67% 17

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:

Applications
1 3 (3.85%) Simulink
2 1 (1.28%) OrCAD
Cloud Services
1 1 (1.28%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 65 (83.33%) Software-Defined Radio
2 30 (38.46%) Wireless
3 5 (6.41%) 5G
3 5 (6.41%) HTTP
3 5 (6.41%) SD-WAN
3 5 (6.41%) WAN
4 4 (5.13%) DNS
4 4 (5.13%) Internet
4 4 (5.13%) SMTP
4 4 (5.13%) TCP/IP
5 2 (2.56%) Ethernet
5 2 (2.56%) RS-485
6 1 (1.28%) Bluetooth
6 1 (1.28%) Network Security
6 1 (1.28%) RS-232
Development Applications
1 5 (6.41%) Git
1 5 (6.41%) GitLab
1 5 (6.41%) Subversion
2 1 (1.28%) Eclipse
2 1 (1.28%) Jenkins
2 1 (1.28%) JUnit
2 1 (1.28%) NetBeans
2 1 (1.28%) Visual Studio
General
1 32 (41.03%) Finance
2 12 (15.38%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (8.97%) Electronics
3 7 (8.97%) Manufacturing
4 5 (6.41%) Presentation Skills
5 4 (5.13%) Aerospace
5 4 (5.13%) Automotive
5 4 (5.13%) Marketing
6 3 (3.85%) Public Sector
6 3 (3.85%) Telecoms
7 2 (2.56%) Social Skills
8 1 (1.28%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (1.28%) Law
Job Titles
1 33 (42.31%) Embedded Engineer
1 33 (42.31%) Software Engineer
2 32 (41.03%) Radio Engineer
3 28 (35.90%) Systems Engineer
4 27 (34.62%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 8 (10.26%) DSP Engineer
5 8 (10.26%) Firmware Engineer
5 8 (10.26%) Senior
6 5 (6.41%) Embedded C Engineer
6 5 (6.41%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
7 4 (5.13%) Algorithm Engineer
7 4 (5.13%) C/C++ Firmware Engineer
7 4 (5.13%) Development Engineer
7 4 (5.13%) DSP Algorithm Engineer
7 4 (5.13%) Process Engineer
7 4 (5.13%) Senior Algorithm Engineer
7 4 (5.13%) Senior Development Engineer
7 4 (5.13%) Senior DSP Engineer
7 4 (5.13%) Senior Firmware Engineer
7 4 (5.13%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.56%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 41 (52.56%) FPGA
2 31 (39.74%) Embedded Systems
3 30 (38.46%) MicroBlaze
4 29 (37.18%) e-Learning
5 26 (33.33%) RISC-V
6 9 (11.54%) Algorithms
7 6 (7.69%) Self-Motivation
7 6 (7.69%) VHDL
8 5 (6.41%) GNSS
8 5 (6.41%) Self-Driving Car
9 4 (5.13%) Analytical Mindset
9 4 (5.13%) Tandem
9 4 (5.13%) Verilog
10 1 (1.28%) Device Driver
10 1 (1.28%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 39 (50.00%) Linux
2 26 (33.33%) Embedded Linux
3 4 (5.13%) Unix
3 4 (5.13%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 78 (100.00%) Signal Processing
2 58 (74.36%) Innovative Thinking
3 34 (43.59%) Software Engineering
4 31 (39.74%) Physics
5 26 (33.33%) Agile
6 10 (12.82%) Mathematics
7 9 (11.54%) Creative Thinking
7 9 (11.54%) Problem-Solving
8 6 (7.69%) Validation
9 5 (6.41%) B2B
9 5 (6.41%) Test Assurance
9 5 (6.41%) Test Automation
10 4 (5.13%) Analytical Thinking
10 4 (5.13%) Integration Testing
10 4 (5.13%) Open Source
10 4 (5.13%) Reverse Engineering
10 4 (5.13%) Software Architecture
10 4 (5.13%) Software Testing
11 3 (3.85%) Business Intelligence
11 3 (3.85%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 39 (50.00%) C
1 39 (50.00%) C++
2 31 (39.74%) MATLAB
3 10 (12.82%) Python
4 3 (3.85%) Embedded C
5 2 (2.56%) JavaScript
5 2 (2.56%) TypeScript
6 1 (1.28%) Bash
6 1 (1.28%) Embedded C++
6 1 (1.28%) Java
6 1 (1.28%) Perl
6 1 (1.28%) Rust
Qualifications
1 69 (88.46%) Security Cleared
2 61 (78.21%) SC Cleared
3 11 (14.10%) Degree
4 3 (3.85%) DV Cleared
4 3 (3.85%) PhD
5 2 (2.56%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.28%) PMO
System Software
1 64 (82.05%) Firmware
2 59 (75.64%) Embedded Firmware
Vendors
1 7 (8.97%) Xilinx
2 3 (3.85%) SAP
3 2 (2.56%) EMC
3 2 (2.56%) Freescale
4 1 (1.28%) Altera
4 1 (1.28%) Red Hat