Senior DSP Engineer Jobs

Senior DSP Engineer
UK

The median Senior DSP Engineer salary in the UK is £67,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 30 April 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 679 874 -
Rank change year-on-year +195 - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior DSP Engineer 5 11 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.010% 0.011% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.011% 0.012% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 8 0
10th Percentile - £77,500 -
25th Percentile £61,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £85,000 -
Median % change year-on-year -20.59% - -
75th Percentile £73,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median annual salary £67,500 £85,000 -
% change year-on-year -20.59% - -

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 46,971 93,051 95,196
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.06% 94.62% 91.53%
Number of salaries quoted 27,308 66,827 59,871
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £38,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £52,750 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.00% -12.08% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,344 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +4.69% -4.76% +5.00%

Senior DSP Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Senior DSP Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Senior DSP Engineer in the UK

Senior DSP Engineer
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Senior DSP Engineer.

Salary trend for Senior DSP Engineer 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 30 April 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
Work from Home - 5 £67,500 - 3
UK excluding London +197 1 £67,500 -20.59% 2
England +179 1 £67,500 -20.59% 3
East of England - 1 £67,500 - 2

Senior DSP Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 30 April 2025, Senior DSP Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Senior DSP Engineer in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) C
1 5 (100.00%) C++
1 5 (100.00%) Linux
1 5 (100.00%) Python
1 5 (100.00%) Git
1 5 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 5 (100.00%) FPGA
1 5 (100.00%) Self-Motivation
2 4 (80.00%) Self-Driving Car
2 4 (80.00%) Tandem
2 4 (80.00%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (80.00%) SD-WAN
2 4 (80.00%) Presentation Skills
2 4 (80.00%) GNSS
2 4 (80.00%) Test Assurance
2 4 (80.00%) MicroBlaze
2 4 (80.00%) Embedded Firmware
2 4 (80.00%) 5G
2 4 (80.00%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (80.00%) Algorithms
2 4 (80.00%) SC Cleared
2 4 (80.00%) Security Cleared
2 4 (80.00%) Software Architecture
2 4 (80.00%) Digital Signal Processing
2 4 (80.00%) Signal Processing
2 4 (80.00%) Open Source
2 4 (80.00%) Subversion
2 4 (80.00%) Degree
2 4 (80.00%) Mathematics
2 4 (80.00%) Unix

Senior DSP Engineer Skill Set
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:

Communications & Networking
1 4 (80.00%) 5G
1 4 (80.00%) DNS
1 4 (80.00%) HTTP
1 4 (80.00%) Internet
1 4 (80.00%) SD-WAN
1 4 (80.00%) SMTP
1 4 (80.00%) TCP/IP
1 4 (80.00%) WAN
2 1 (20.00%) GSM
2 1 (20.00%) LTE
2 1 (20.00%) Radio Access Network
2 1 (20.00%) Software-Defined Radio
2 1 (20.00%) UMTS
Development Applications
1 5 (100.00%) Git
2 4 (80.00%) Subversion
General
1 4 (80.00%) Analytical Skills
1 4 (80.00%) Presentation Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 5 (100.00%) FPGA
1 5 (100.00%) Self-Motivation
2 4 (80.00%) Algorithms
2 4 (80.00%) GNSS
2 4 (80.00%) MicroBlaze
2 4 (80.00%) Self-Driving Car
2 4 (80.00%) Tandem
3 1 (20.00%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 5 (100.00%) Linux
2 4 (80.00%) Unix
2 4 (80.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 4 (80.00%) B2B
2 4 (80.00%) Digital Signal Processing
2 4 (80.00%) Mathematics
2 4 (80.00%) Open Source
2 4 (80.00%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (80.00%) Signal Processing
2 4 (80.00%) Software Architecture
2 4 (80.00%) Test Assurance
3 1 (20.00%) Agile
3 1 (20.00%) Issue Tracking
3 1 (20.00%) Software Testing
3 1 (20.00%) System Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) C
1 5 (100.00%) C++
1 5 (100.00%) Python
2 1 (20.00%) Bash
Qualifications
1 4 (80.00%) Degree
1 4 (80.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (80.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 4 (80.00%) Embedded Firmware
1 4 (80.00%) Firmware