Signal Processing Job Trends

Signal Processing
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Signal Processing skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 521 548 605
Rank change year-on-year +27 +57 +265
Permanent jobs citing Signal Processing 133 198 105
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.24% 0.32% 0.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.28% 0.37% 0.22%
Number of salaries quoted 59 131 53
10th Percentile £39,281 £40,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £57,500 £48,125 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,900 £62,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +21.44% +13.64% -15.49%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £85,700 - £125,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £75,900 £61,750 £51,500
% change year-on-year +22.91% +19.90% -20.77%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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 47,424 53,892 47,309
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 84.09% 86.75% 93.74%
Number of salaries quoted 28,060 28,022 36,472
10th Percentile £28,250 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -0.83%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £98,750 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -13.64% +4.76% -1.87%

Signal Processing
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Signal Processing job vacancy trend in the UK

Signal Processing
Salary Trend

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Signal Processing

Signal Processing
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Signal Processing over the 6 months to 7 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Signal Processing in the UK

Signal Processing
Top 14 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Signal Processing within the UK over the 6 months to 7 December 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 +50 122 £75,900 +24.43% 111
UK excluding London +30 122 £75,900 +22.91% 111
South East -11 64 £75,900 +21.44% 34
Work from Home +54 59 £75,900 +16.77% 46
South West +27 20 £40,792 -54.04% 26
East of England +28 17 £80,450 +46.27% 36
London +69 9 £100,000 +33.33% 4
North of England +35 7 £75,000 +100.00% 13
Scotland -7 6 £75,900 +21.44% 3
Midlands +34 5 £75,900 +12.44% 7
East Midlands +18 5 £75,900 +32.00% 2
North West +45 4 £75,000 +100.00% 9
Wales +6 3 £80,800 +46.91% 1
Yorkshire -3 3 £75,900 - 3

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 (1.50%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.75%) Confluence
Applications
1 8 (6.02%) Simulink
2 5 (3.76%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.75%) GNU Octave
3 1 (0.75%) Mathcad
3 1 (0.75%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.75%) Windchill
Cloud Services
1 1 (0.75%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 38 (28.57%) Software-Defined Radio
2 19 (14.29%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.75%) KDB
Development Applications
1 39 (29.32%) Rational DOORS
2 3 (2.26%) GitLab
2 3 (2.26%) Rational Rhapsody
3 1 (0.75%) JIRA
General
1 61 (45.86%) Electronics
2 21 (15.79%) Finance
3 10 (7.52%) Telecoms
4 9 (6.77%) Social Skills
5 7 (5.26%) Manufacturing
6 6 (4.51%) Aerospace
7 4 (3.01%) Marketing
7 4 (3.01%) Public Sector
8 3 (2.26%) Analytical Skills
8 3 (2.26%) Automotive
8 3 (2.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (2.26%) Law
9 2 (1.50%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.75%) Banking
10 1 (0.75%) Front Office
10 1 (0.75%) Military
10 1 (0.75%) Multimedia
10 1 (0.75%) Retail
Job Titles
1 55 (41.35%) Systems Engineer
2 31 (23.31%) Software Engineer
3 30 (22.56%) Principal Engineer
4 29 (21.80%) Principal Systems Engineer
5 22 (16.54%) Embedded Engineer
5 22 (16.54%) Embedded Software Engineer
6 17 (12.78%) Senior
7 15 (11.28%) Radio Engineer
8 12 (9.02%) Lead
9 11 (8.27%) Senior Systems Engineer
10 9 (6.77%) C++ Software Engineer
11 8 (6.02%) Design Engineer
12 5 (3.76%) Electronics Engineer
12 5 (3.76%) Research Manager
13 4 (3.01%) DSP Engineer
13 4 (3.01%) FPGA Engineer
13 4 (3.01%) Process Engineer
14 3 (2.26%) Firmware Engineer
14 3 (2.26%) FPGA Design Engineer
14 3 (2.26%) Senior Electronics Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (6.77%) Qt
2 2 (1.50%) PyTorch
2 2 (1.50%) TensorFlow
3 1 (0.75%) HEVC
3 1 (0.75%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 53 (39.85%) Algorithms
2 30 (22.56%) Embedded Systems
3 22 (16.54%) FPGA
4 17 (12.78%) e-Learning
4 17 (12.78%) MicroBlaze
4 17 (12.78%) RISC-V
5 10 (7.52%) VHDL
6 9 (6.77%) Verilog
7 5 (3.76%) Cloud Native
8 4 (3.01%) Driving Licence
9 3 (2.26%) Self-Motivation
10 2 (1.50%) Analogue Electronics
11 1 (0.75%) ASIC
11 1 (0.75%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 1 (0.75%) GNSS
11 1 (0.75%) IoT
11 1 (0.75%) Management Information System
11 1 (0.75%) Renewable Energy
11 1 (0.75%) Robotics
11 1 (0.75%) Synthetic Data
Operating Systems
1 30 (22.56%) Linux
2 17 (12.78%) Embedded Linux
3 1 (0.75%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (47.37%) Digital Signal Processing
2 45 (33.83%) Systems Engineering
3 41 (30.83%) Software Engineering
4 35 (26.32%) Innovative Thinking
4 35 (26.32%) Technical Leadership
5 34 (25.56%) Physics
6 29 (21.80%) Test Planning
7 18 (13.53%) Agile
8 15 (11.28%) Mathematics
9 13 (9.77%) Validation
10 12 (9.02%) AI
11 11 (8.27%) Data Analysis
12 6 (4.51%) Low Latency
12 6 (4.51%) Mentoring
12 6 (4.51%) Verification and Validation
13 5 (3.76%) Embedded Software Development
13 5 (3.76%) FPGA Design
13 5 (3.76%) Mathematical Modelling
14 4 (3.01%) Computer Science
14 4 (3.01%) Linear Algebra
Programming Languages
1 40 (30.08%) C++
2 34 (25.56%) C
3 30 (22.56%) MATLAB
4 13 (9.77%) Python
5 9 (6.77%) Embedded C++
6 5 (3.76%) Embedded C
7 4 (3.01%) Rust
8 3 (2.26%) SystemVerilog
9 1 (0.75%) Java
9 1 (0.75%) Tcl
9 1 (0.75%) VB
Qualifications
1 52 (39.10%) BPSS Clearance
2 50 (37.59%) Security Cleared
3 44 (33.08%) Degree
4 40 (30.08%) SC Cleared
5 6 (4.51%) Master's Degree
6 4 (3.01%) DV Cleared
7 3 (2.26%) PhD
8 2 (1.50%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (27.07%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 2 (1.50%) PMO
System Software
1 39 (29.32%) Firmware
2 31 (23.31%) Embedded Firmware
Vendors
1 35 (26.32%) IBM
2 5 (3.76%) Microsoft
3 3 (2.26%) Intel
3 3 (2.26%) Microsemi
3 3 (2.26%) SAP
3 3 (2.26%) Xilinx
4 1 (0.75%) ANSYS
4 1 (0.75%) Atlassian
4 1 (0.75%) Keysight
4 1 (0.75%) MathWorks
4 1 (0.75%) PTC