Signal Processing Contracts in the UK excluding London

Signal Processing
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Signal Processing skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Signal Processing over the 6 months leading up to 31 October 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 362 365 475
Rank change year-on-year +3 +110 +29
Contract jobs citing Signal Processing 7 48 32
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.042% 0.23% 0.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.050% 0.26% 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 20 8
10th Percentile - £233 £509
25th Percentile £663 £413 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 £519 £556
Median % change year-on-year +30.12% -6.74% +33.23%
75th Percentile £688 £655 £559
90th Percentile - £786 £635
UK median daily rate £325 £425 £525
% change year-on-year -23.53% -19.05% +144.19%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 12 8
10th Percentile £59.95 - £50.00
25th Percentile £61.38 - £57.50
Median hourly rate £67.50 £70.00 £63.83
Median % change year-on-year -3.57% +9.66% +2.96%
75th Percentile £72.25 £70.94 £68.63
90th Percentile £72.85 £73.75 £72.00
UK median hourly rate £67.50 £70.00 £63.83
% change year-on-year -3.57% +9.66% +2.96%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Signal Processing falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 14,041 18,439 26,837
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 83.81% 88.33% 89.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,020 12,105 18,694
10th Percentile £250 £250 £260
25th Percentile £381 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +9.89%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £600
90th Percentile £686 £688 £680
UK median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +7.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 897 1,303 1,340
10th Percentile £15.00 £14.25 £12.66
25th Percentile £18.13 £17.72 £15.75
Median hourly rate £35.00 £43.33 £28.90
Median % change year-on-year -19.22% +49.93% +60.56%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £63.38
90th Percentile £72.50 £77.50 £70.30
UK median hourly rate £36.00 £43.86 £35.00
% change year-on-year -17.92% +25.31% +66.67%

Signal Processing
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Signal Processing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Signal Processing in the UK excluding London

Signal Processing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Signal Processing in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Signal Processing in the UK excluding London

Signal Processing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Signal Processing in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Signal Processing in the UK excluding London

Signal Processing
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Signal Processing within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 31 October 2024. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
East of England +5 6 - - 30
South West +25 1 £675 +25.58% 14
Signal Processing
UK

Signal Processing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 2 (28.57%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) 3GPP
1 1 (14.29%) Software-Defined Radio
1 1 (14.29%) TCP/IP
1 1 (14.29%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 2 (28.57%) Git
2 1 (14.29%) Rational Statemate
General
1 2 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Electronics
2 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
2 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Firmware Engineer
1 3 (42.86%) FPGA Engineer
2 2 (28.57%) Embedded Engineer
2 2 (28.57%) Software Engineer
2 2 (28.57%) VHDL Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) C++ Software Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) DSP Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Performance Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Process Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Senior
3 1 (14.29%) Senior Firmware Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Senior FPGA Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Senior VHDL Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (14.29%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) Algorithms
1 3 (42.86%) FPGA
1 3 (42.86%) VHDL
2 1 (14.29%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (14.29%) Verilog
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Linux
1 1 (14.29%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (42.86%) Software Engineering
2 2 (28.57%) Digital Signal Processing
3 1 (14.29%) Agile
3 1 (14.29%) Computer Science
3 1 (14.29%) Data Protection
3 1 (14.29%) Electronic Design Automation
3 1 (14.29%) Embedded Software Development
3 1 (14.29%) FPGA Design
3 1 (14.29%) Machine Learning
3 1 (14.29%) Multithreading
3 1 (14.29%) OO
3 1 (14.29%) OOD
3 1 (14.29%) Requirements Gathering
3 1 (14.29%) Scrum
3 1 (14.29%) SDLC
3 1 (14.29%) Software Architecture
3 1 (14.29%) UML
3 1 (14.29%) UVM
3 1 (14.29%) Value Proposition
Programming Languages
1 3 (42.86%) C++
2 2 (28.57%) C
2 2 (28.57%) MATLAB
3 1 (14.29%) Fortran
3 1 (14.29%) SQL
3 1 (14.29%) SystemVerilog
Qualifications
1 5 (71.43%) SC Cleared
1 5 (71.43%) Security Cleared
2 1 (14.29%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (14.29%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) DO-254
1 1 (14.29%) IEC 61508
System Software
1 3 (42.86%) Firmware
Vendors
1 3 (42.86%) Xilinx
2 1 (14.29%) Actel
2 1 (14.29%) Intel
2 1 (14.29%) Lattice Semiconductor
2 1 (14.29%) Microsemi
2 1 (14.29%) Siemens