Software-Defined Radio Contract Job Trends in Hampshire

Software-Defined Radio
South East > Hampshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Hampshire requiring Software-Defined Radio skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 90 53 78
Rank change year-on-year -37 +25 +19
Contract jobs citing Software-Defined Radio 5 16 23
As % of all contract jobs in Hampshire 0.33% 2.23% 1.49%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.70% 10.60% 5.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £709 £525 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £718 £550 £63
Median % change year-on-year +30.45% +780.00% -
75th Percentile £726 £575 -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £718 £550 £63
% change year-on-year +30.45% +780.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 14 15
10th Percentile - £52.36 £51.14
25th Percentile £52.69 £59.94 £58.13
Median hourly rate £56.80 £62.50 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year -9.13% - +17.92%
75th Percentile £60.90 £64.69 £64.38
90th Percentile - £73.88 £70.00
South East median hourly rate £56.80 £62.50 £62.50
% change year-on-year -9.13% - +17.92%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Hampshire

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 Hampshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 185 151 432
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire 12.03% 21.09% 28.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 142 105 139
10th Percentile £448 £327 £205
25th Percentile £500 £440 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £525
75th Percentile £650 £625 £625
90th Percentile £758 £650 £638
South East median daily rate £500 £494 £475
% change year-on-year +1.21% +4.00% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 17 47
10th Percentile £45.69 £35.00 £7.43
25th Percentile £49.38 £51.06 £21.38
Median hourly rate £55.00 £62.50 £57.35
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +8.98% +7.20%
75th Percentile £59.20 £63.75 £62.50
90th Percentile £60.90 £72.75 £65.00
South East median hourly rate £42.25 £55.00 £56.88
% change year-on-year -23.18% -3.30% +26.39%

Software-Defined Radio
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Software-Defined Radio relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire.

Software-Defined Radio job vacancy trend in Hampshire

Software-Defined Radio
Daily Rate Trend in Hampshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing Software-Defined Radio.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing Software-Defined Radio

Software-Defined Radio
Hourly Rate Trend in Hampshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing Software-Defined Radio.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing Software-Defined Radio

Software-Defined Radio
Contract Job Locations in Hampshire

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 Hampshire region over the 6 months to 19 March 2026. 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
Portsmouth -14 2 - - 5
Southampton - 2 £718 - 1
Romsey - 1 - -
Software-Defined Radio
South East

Software-Defined Radio
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hampshire 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:

Development Applications
1 2 (40.00%) Git
General
1 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) Software Engineer
2 3 (60.00%) Embedded Engineer
2 3 (60.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 2 (40.00%) GUI Software Engineer
3 2 (40.00%) Senior
3 2 (40.00%) Senior Software Engineer
4 1 (20.00%) C# Software Engineer
4 1 (20.00%) C++ Software Engineer
4 1 (20.00%) Electronics Engineer
4 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
4 1 (20.00%) Senior C# Software Engineer
4 1 (20.00%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
4 1 (20.00%) Senior Electronics Engineer
4 1 (20.00%) Senior Embedded Engineer
4 1 (20.00%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (40.00%) REST
1 2 (40.00%) WebSockets
1 2 (40.00%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Algorithms
1 1 (20.00%) Embedded Systems
1 1 (20.00%) FPGA
1 1 (20.00%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Embedded Linux
1 1 (20.00%) Linux
1 1 (20.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 3 (60.00%) DevOps
3 2 (40.00%) CI/CD
3 2 (40.00%) Continuous Integration
3 2 (40.00%) Digital Signal Processing
3 2 (40.00%) Signal Processing
3 2 (40.00%) System Testing
4 1 (20.00%) Full-Stack Development
4 1 (20.00%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 3 (60.00%) C++
2 2 (40.00%) C#
2 2 (40.00%) SQL
3 1 (20.00%) C
3 1 (20.00%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (60.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) Firmware