Senior DSP Engineer Job Trends

Senior DSP Engineer
UK

The median Senior DSP Engineer salary in the UK is £80,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 26 October 2025.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 664 748 -
Rank change year-on-year +84 - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior DSP Engineer 2 7 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.004% 0.010% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.004% 0.011% -
Number of salaries quoted 2 7 0
10th Percentile £71,500 £55,000 -
25th Percentile £73,750 £62,500 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £70,000 -
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% - -
75th Percentile £83,750 - -
90th Percentile £84,500 £76,000 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £80,000 £70,000 -
% change year-on-year +14.29% - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 44,529 65,119 52,818
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.18% 95.27% 95.58%
Number of salaries quoted 26,452 37,047 40,937
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £31,874
25th Percentile £35,000 £42,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £56,988 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.88% -5.02% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £75,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £95,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% -4.76% -

Senior DSP Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Senior DSP Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Senior DSP Engineer job vacancy trend in the UK

Senior DSP Engineer
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for Senior DSP Engineer job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for Senior DSP Engineer job vacancies in the UK

Senior DSP Engineer
Top 4 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior DSP Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 26 October 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 +78 2 £80,000 +14.29% 2
UK excluding London +43 2 £80,000 +14.29% 2
East of England +11 2 £80,000 +33.33% 2
Work from Home +57 1 £75,000 +7.14%

Senior DSP Engineer Skill Set
Top 14 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 26 October 2025, Senior DSP Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Senior DSP Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (50.00%) C
1 1 (50.00%) C++
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) Digital Signal Processing
1 1 (50.00%) Kalman Filter
1 1 (50.00%) Master's Degree
1 1 (50.00%) MATLAB
1 1 (50.00%) Python
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Signal Processing
1 1 (50.00%) Software-Defined Radio
1 1 (50.00%) Telematics
1 1 (50.00%) Validation
1 1 (50.00%) Verification and Validation

Senior DSP Engineer Skill Set
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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Software-Defined Radio
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Algorithms
1 1 (50.00%) FPGA
1 1 (50.00%) GNSS
1 1 (50.00%) Verilog
1 1 (50.00%) VHDL
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Digital Signal Processing
1 1 (50.00%) Kalman Filter
1 1 (50.00%) Signal Processing
1 1 (50.00%) Telematics
1 1 (50.00%) Validation
1 1 (50.00%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) C
1 1 (50.00%) C++
1 1 (50.00%) MATLAB
1 1 (50.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) Master's Degree
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared