Software-Defined Radio Contract Job Trends in Newcastle upon Tyne

Software-Defined Radio
Tyne and Wear > Newcastle upon Tyne

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne requiring Software-Defined Radio skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 49 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Software-Defined Radio 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne 0.24% - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.86% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
Tyne and Wear median daily rate - - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £50.00 - -
Tyne and Wear median hourly rate £50.00 - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Newcastle upon Tyne

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 Newcastle upon Tyne.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 35 32 35
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne 8.37% 14.55% 17.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 24 24
10th Percentile - £150 £131
25th Percentile £170 £218 £163
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £400 £375
Median % change year-on-year - +6.67% -6.25%
75th Percentile £506 £625 £532
90th Percentile £593 £676 £626
Tyne and Wear median daily rate £225 £350 £375
% change year-on-year -35.71% -6.67% +32.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 5
10th Percentile £22.25 - £18.50
25th Percentile £23.75 - £23.00
Median hourly rate £27.50 - £47.50
75th Percentile £39.38 - £48.75
90th Percentile £45.75 - -
Tyne and Wear median hourly rate £27.50 - £47.50

Software-Defined Radio
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Newcastle upon Tyne 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Wireless
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) C++ Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Device Driver
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Systems
1 1 (100.00%) MicroBlaze
1 1 (100.00%) RISC-V
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Signal Processing
1 1 (100.00%) Signal Processing
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C
1 1 (100.00%) C++
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Firmware
1 1 (100.00%) Firmware