Digital Signal Processing Jobs

Digital Signal Processing
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Digital Signal Processing skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Digital Signal Processing over the 6 months to 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 822 941 827
Rank change year-on-year +119 -114 +57
Permanent jobs citing Digital Signal Processing 68 36 439
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.068% 0.036% 0.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.080% 0.038% 0.29%
Number of salaries quoted 40 15 26
10th Percentile £42,000 £47,050 £34,423
25th Percentile £47,250 £67,500 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,000 £75,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -30.67% +25.00% +27.66%
75th Percentile £67,813 £97,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £110,000 £75,625
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,000 £75,000 £54,250
% change year-on-year -30.67% +38.25% +16.67%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Digital Signal Processing is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 85,135 94,784 153,905
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.22% 95.58% 95.76%
Number of salaries quoted 59,872 55,911 82,488
10th Percentile £29,089 £34,000 £33,635
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

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 18 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Digital Signal Processing in the UK

Digital Signal Processing
Top 9 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 18 May 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +120 67 £52,000 -30.67% 51
UK excluding London +3 65 £52,000 -30.67% 36
East of England +32 30 £56,500 - 8
Work from Home +81 29 £52,000 -38.82% 26
South West -10 21 £50,000 -31.03% 8
South East -7 12 £51,500 -31.33% 18
North West - 2 £51,500 -
North of England - 2 £51,500 -
London - 2 £70,000 - 9

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 10 (14.71%) Simulink
2 2 (2.94%) GNU Octave
3 1 (1.47%) Microsoft Excel
Communications & Networking
1 14 (20.59%) Wireless
2 13 (19.12%) Software-Defined Radio
3 9 (13.24%) Ethernet
4 8 (11.76%) 5G
5 7 (10.29%) 5G NR
5 7 (10.29%) LTE
6 6 (8.82%) 802.11
7 2 (2.94%) TCP/IP
8 1 (1.47%) 3GPP
8 1 (1.47%) 4G
8 1 (1.47%) Bluetooth
8 1 (1.47%) GSM
8 1 (1.47%) OFDM
8 1 (1.47%) RS-232
8 1 (1.47%) RS-485
8 1 (1.47%) SD-WAN
8 1 (1.47%) UMTS
8 1 (1.47%) WAN
8 1 (1.47%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (1.47%) ZigBee
Development Applications
1 13 (19.12%) Visual Studio
2 5 (7.35%) Rational DOORS
2 5 (7.35%) Rational Rhapsody
3 3 (4.41%) Git
4 2 (2.94%) PetaLinux
5 1 (1.47%) Jenkins
5 1 (1.47%) LabVIEW
5 1 (1.47%) Subversion
5 1 (1.47%) TeamCity
General
1 20 (29.41%) Social Skills
2 15 (22.06%) Marketing
3 7 (10.29%) Electronics
4 6 (8.82%) Manufacturing
5 3 (4.41%) Finance
6 2 (2.94%) Aerospace
6 2 (2.94%) Automotive
6 2 (2.94%) Public Sector
6 2 (2.94%) Retail
6 2 (2.94%) Telecoms
7 1 (1.47%) Avionics
7 1 (1.47%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.47%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 22 (32.35%) Software Engineer
2 17 (25.00%) Senior
3 13 (19.12%) Senior Software Engineer
4 11 (16.18%) Lead
5 10 (14.71%) Embedded Engineer
6 7 (10.29%) Embedded Software Engineer
6 7 (10.29%) Systems Engineer
7 6 (8.82%) RF Engineer
8 5 (7.35%) Radio Specialist
8 5 (7.35%) Technical Specialist
9 4 (5.88%) DSP Engineer
9 4 (5.88%) Team Leader
10 3 (4.41%) Developer
10 3 (4.41%) FPGA Developer
10 3 (4.41%) Principal Engineer
10 3 (4.41%) Senior DSP Engineer
10 3 (4.41%) Senior Embedded Engineer
11 2 (2.94%) FPGA Engineer
11 2 (2.94%) Technical Leader
12 1 (1.47%) DSP Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (8.82%) 802.1X
2 2 (2.94%) POSIX
2 2 (2.94%) Yocto
3 1 (1.47%) Flutter
3 1 (1.47%) PyTorch
3 1 (1.47%) Qt
3 1 (1.47%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 30 (44.12%) Algorithms
2 13 (19.12%) GNSS
3 10 (14.71%) FPGA
4 9 (13.24%) VHDL
5 6 (8.82%) Embedded Systems
5 6 (8.82%) PCIe
6 3 (4.41%) Robotics
6 3 (4.41%) Verilog
7 2 (2.94%) Augmented Reality
7 2 (2.94%) Management Information System
8 1 (1.47%) Acoustics
8 1 (1.47%) Analogue Electronics
8 1 (1.47%) Cyber Defence
8 1 (1.47%) Cybercrime
8 1 (1.47%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 20 (29.41%) Linux
2 2 (2.94%) Android
2 2 (2.94%) FreeRTOS
3 1 (1.47%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (100.00%) Signal Processing
2 30 (44.12%) Software Engineering
3 29 (42.65%) Validation
4 21 (30.88%) Innovative Thinking
5 16 (23.53%) Verification and Validation
6 15 (22.06%) Configuration Management
7 14 (20.59%) Computer Science
7 14 (20.59%) OO
7 14 (20.59%) Project Management
8 13 (19.12%) B2B
8 13 (19.12%) Creative Thinking
8 13 (19.12%) Defect Tracking
8 13 (19.12%) Multithreading
8 13 (19.12%) Product Marketing
8 13 (19.12%) Requirements Analysis
8 13 (19.12%) SDLC
9 11 (16.18%) UML
10 10 (14.71%) Performance Analysis
10 10 (14.71%) Systems Engineering
11 7 (10.29%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 23 (33.82%) Python
2 20 (29.41%) C++
3 17 (25.00%) MATLAB
4 13 (19.12%) Bash
4 13 (19.12%) Perl
5 10 (14.71%) C
6 3 (4.41%) Embedded C
7 2 (2.94%) Assembly Language
7 2 (2.94%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 34 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 31 (45.59%) Degree
3 25 (36.76%) BPSS Clearance
4 14 (20.59%) SC Cleared
5 4 (5.88%) PhD
6 3 (4.41%) DV Cleared
7 1 (1.47%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (1.47%) Master's Degree
7 1 (1.47%) MCAD
7 1 (1.47%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (19.12%) PMO
System Software
1 32 (47.06%) Firmware
2 8 (11.76%) Embedded Firmware
Vendors
1 3 (4.41%) Xilinx
2 2 (2.94%) SAP
3 1 (1.47%) EMC
3 1 (1.47%) Microsoft