Software-Defined Radio Contracts in England

Software-Defined Radio
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Software-Defined Radio skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Software-Defined Radio over the 6 months leading up to 22 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 451 501 628
Rank change year-on-year +50 +127 +143
Contract jobs citing Software-Defined Radio 16 41 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.067% 0.11% 0.025%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.51% 0.86% 0.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 3 1
10th Percentile - £163 -
25th Percentile £519 £313 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £575 £579
Median % change year-on-year -6.52% -0.69% -28.52%
75th Percentile £556 £588 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £538 £575 £579
% change year-on-year -6.52% -0.69% -28.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 28 7
10th Percentile £51.06 £51.06 £51.25
25th Percentile £53.94 £59.31 £51.31
Median hourly rate £57.75 £62.50 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year -7.60% +8.70% -
75th Percentile £63.13 £63.75 £59.01
90th Percentile £65.00 £70.00 £65.96
UK median hourly rate £57.75 £62.50 £57.50
% change year-on-year -7.60% +8.70% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
England

Software-Defined Radio falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 3,114 4,786 5,880
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 12.98% 13.17% 12.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,935 2,876 3,845
10th Percentile £214 £210 £232
25th Percentile £361 £350 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £493 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.52% -6.19% +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £650
90th Percentile £675 £700 £738
UK median daily rate £481 £488 £518
% change year-on-year -1.44% -5.93% +3.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 120 389 419
10th Percentile £13.81 £13.50 £9.80
25th Percentile £14.99 £16.30 £10.63
Median hourly rate £31.41 £40.00 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.48% +122.22% -24.72%
75th Percentile £63.75 £63.75 £58.13
90th Percentile £81.05 £70.13 £74.60
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £40.00 £18.50
% change year-on-year -6.25% +116.22% -32.73%

Software-Defined Radio
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Software-Defined Radio as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Software-Defined Radio in England

Software-Defined Radio
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Software-Defined Radio in England.

Daily rate trend for Software-Defined Radio in England

Software-Defined Radio
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Software-Defined Radio in England.

Hourly rate trend for Software-Defined Radio in England

Software-Defined Radio
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Software-Defined Radio in England over the 6 months to 22 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Software-Defined Radio in England

Software-Defined Radio
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Software-Defined Radio within the England region over the 6 months to 22 May 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East +28 12 - - 17
East of England +20 4 £538 -6.52% 23
Software-Defined Radio
UK

Software-Defined Radio
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Application Platforms
1 7 (43.75%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 1 (6.25%) npm
Communications & Networking
1 8 (50.00%) SNMP
2 4 (25.00%) 5G
2 4 (25.00%) 5G NR
2 4 (25.00%) Wireless
3 3 (18.75%) HTTP
Development Applications
1 9 (56.25%) Git
1 9 (56.25%) JIRA
1 9 (56.25%) Robot Framework
2 8 (50.00%) GoogleTest
3 7 (43.75%) Bitbucket
4 5 (31.25%) Eclipse
5 4 (25.00%) Jenkins
General
1 2 (12.50%) Aerospace
2 1 (6.25%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 8 (50.00%) Software Test Engineer
1 8 (50.00%) Test Engineer
2 2 (12.50%) Embedded Engineer
2 2 (12.50%) Systems Engineer
3 1 (6.25%) C++ Software Engineer
3 1 (6.25%) Firmware Engineer
3 1 (6.25%) RF Engineer
3 1 (6.25%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (50.00%) CSS
1 8 (50.00%) HTML
2 3 (18.75%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 4 (25.00%) Embedded Systems
1 4 (25.00%) FPGA
2 2 (12.50%) Linux Command Line
3 1 (6.25%) Verilog
3 1 (6.25%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 10 (62.50%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (68.75%) SysML
1 11 (68.75%) UML
2 10 (62.50%) Agile
3 9 (56.25%) Scrum
3 9 (56.25%) Software Testing
4 8 (50.00%) Validation
4 8 (50.00%) Verification and Validation
5 6 (37.50%) Prototyping
5 6 (37.50%) Software Engineering
6 4 (25.00%) Integration Testing
7 3 (18.75%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 3 (18.75%) Test Automation
8 2 (12.50%) Customer Requirements
8 2 (12.50%) Requirements Management
8 2 (12.50%) Test Strategy
9 1 (6.25%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 7 (43.75%) C++
2 6 (37.50%) JavaScript
3 4 (25.00%) Python
4 1 (6.25%) SystemVerilog
4 1 (6.25%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 8 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 8 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (6.25%) HND
System Software
1 6 (37.50%) Firmware
Vendors
1 7 (43.75%) Atlassian
2 6 (37.50%) Google
3 1 (6.25%) Twitter
3 1 (6.25%) Xilinx