Signal Processing Contracts

Signal Processing
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 547 661 831
Rank change year-on-year +114 +170 -126
Contract jobs citing Signal Processing 37 36 17
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.085% 0.065% 0.020%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.100% 0.072% 0.022%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 18 4
10th Percentile £310 £228 £411
25th Percentile £448 £233 £502
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £449 £556
Median % change year-on-year +22.44% -19.25% +11.25%
75th Percentile £575 £570 £570
90th Percentile £611 £583 £588
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £481 £556
% change year-on-year +14.29% -13.48% +27.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 1 4
10th Percentile £52.50 - -
25th Percentile £58.75 £54.85 £52.50
Median hourly rate £70.00 £58.91 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +18.84% +7.10% +10.00%
75th Percentile £82.06 £62.96 £61.88
90th Percentile £85.00 - £69.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £70.00 £58.91 £75.00
% change year-on-year +18.84% -21.46% +50.00%

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 contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37,178 49,770 79,013
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.13% 89.61% 90.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,737 34,458 55,587
10th Percentile £300 £325 £350
25th Percentile £413 £438 £436
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £650
90th Percentile £750 £750 £743
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £490
% change year-on-year - +2.04% +8.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,579 1,678 1,852
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.96 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.75 £15.90
Median hourly rate £37.00 £35.65 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year +3.79% +37.12% +13.04%
75th Percentile £61.28 £65.00 £50.15
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.12 £34.90 £21.00
% change year-on-year +9.23% +66.18% -

Signal Processing
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Signal Processing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Signal Processing in the UK

Signal Processing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Signal Processing.

Daily rate trend for Signal Processing in the UK

Signal Processing
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Signal Processing over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Signal Processing in the UK

Signal Processing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Signal Processing.

Hourly rate trend for Signal Processing in the UK

Signal Processing
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Signal Processing over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Signal Processing in the UK

Signal Processing
Top 9 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 12 June 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
England +88 37 £550 +26.18% 82
UK excluding London +34 36 £550 +14.29% 71
East of England +25 28 £465 -15.45% 13
Work from Home +121 22 - - 31
South East +6 6 £593 +146.00% 38
London +80 1 £235 -2.08% 12
West Midlands +15 1 £550 -4.35% 1
Midlands +13 1 £550 -4.35% 5
South West +1 1 - - 9

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 19 (51.35%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 5 (13.51%) Wireless
2 1 (2.70%) Software-Defined Radio
Development Applications
1 8 (21.62%) Git
2 4 (10.81%) JIRA
2 4 (10.81%) Mercurial
2 4 (10.81%) Subversion
General
1 6 (16.22%) Aerospace
2 4 (10.81%) Multimedia
2 4 (10.81%) Telecoms
3 1 (2.70%) Electronics
3 1 (2.70%) Law
3 1 (2.70%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 19 (51.35%) FPGA Engineer
2 16 (43.24%) Design Engineer
2 16 (43.24%) FPGA Design Engineer
3 6 (16.22%) Software Engineer
4 5 (13.51%) Systems Engineer
5 4 (10.81%) Embedded Engineer
5 4 (10.81%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 4 (10.81%) Principal Engineer
5 4 (10.81%) Principal Systems Engineer
6 3 (8.11%) Data Engineer
6 3 (8.11%) Machine Learning Engineer
7 2 (5.41%) Test Engineer
8 1 (2.70%) Audio Visual Engineer
8 1 (2.70%) DSP Engineer
8 1 (2.70%) Electronics Engineer
8 1 (2.70%) IT Engineer
8 1 (2.70%) IT Support Engineer
8 1 (2.70%) MATLAB Engineer
8 1 (2.70%) Process Engineer
8 1 (2.70%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (10.81%) NumPy
1 4 (10.81%) Pandas
1 4 (10.81%) React
1 4 (10.81%) SciPy
Miscellaneous
1 20 (54.05%) VHDL
2 19 (51.35%) FPGA
3 17 (45.95%) Verilog
4 12 (32.43%) Algorithms
5 4 (10.81%) Clustering
5 4 (10.81%) Device Driver
5 4 (10.81%) Social Media
6 1 (2.70%) Acoustics
6 1 (2.70%) Embedded Systems
6 1 (2.70%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 5 (13.51%) Windows
2 1 (2.70%) Mac OS X
2 1 (2.70%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (51.35%) FPGA Design
2 17 (45.95%) UVM
3 10 (27.03%) Software Engineering
4 9 (24.32%) Computer Science
5 7 (18.92%) Validation
6 4 (10.81%) Artificial Intelligence
6 4 (10.81%) Collaborative Working
6 4 (10.81%) Continuous Integration
6 4 (10.81%) Data Collection
6 4 (10.81%) Data Pipeline
6 4 (10.81%) Defect Tracking
6 4 (10.81%) Digital Signal Processing
6 4 (10.81%) Image Processing
6 4 (10.81%) Machine Learning
6 4 (10.81%) Model Validation
6 4 (10.81%) Problem-Solving
6 4 (10.81%) Software Optimisation
6 4 (10.81%) Software Testing
6 4 (10.81%) Systems Engineering
6 4 (10.81%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 22 (59.46%) C
2 17 (45.95%) SystemVerilog
3 13 (35.14%) MATLAB
4 8 (21.62%) Python
5 6 (16.22%) C++
6 4 (10.81%) Assembly Language
6 4 (10.81%) C#
6 4 (10.81%) JavaScript
6 4 (10.81%) Shell Script
7 2 (5.41%) Embedded C
7 2 (5.41%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 32 (86.49%) Degree
2 5 (13.51%) Computer Science Degree
2 5 (13.51%) SC Cleared
2 5 (13.51%) Security Cleared
3 4 (10.81%) Master's Degree
3 4 (10.81%) PhD
4 1 (2.70%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (10.81%) JTAG
2 1 (2.70%) DO-254
2 1 (2.70%) IEC 61508
System Software
1 8 (21.62%) Firmware
2 5 (13.51%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (2.70%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (2.70%) SCCM
Vendors
1 19 (51.35%) Xilinx
2 17 (45.95%) Microsemi
3 16 (43.24%) Intel
4 3 (8.11%) Siemens
5 1 (2.70%) Actel
5 1 (2.70%) Ivanti
5 1 (2.70%) Lattice Semiconductor
5 1 (2.70%) Microsoft
5 1 (2.70%) QinetiQ