Software-Defined Radio Contract Job Trends in Portsmouth

Software-Defined Radio
Hampshire > Portsmouth

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

6 months to
6 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 15 18
Rank change year-on-year -10 +3 +20
Contract jobs citing Software-Defined Radio 7 14 28
As % of all contract jobs in Portsmouth 2.93% 11.48% 9.62%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 16.67% 46.67% 29.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £435 £525 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £440 £550 £63
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +780.00% -
75th Percentile £445 £575 -
90th Percentile - - -
Hampshire median daily rate £718 £550 £63
% change year-on-year +30.45% +780.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 12 19
10th Percentile £51.08 £52.79 -
25th Percentile £52.69 £56.03 £51.06
Median hourly rate £56.80 £61.50 £62.00
Median % change year-on-year -7.65% -0.81% +9.73%
75th Percentile £60.90 £64.06 £63.13
90th Percentile - £70.63 £70.00
Hampshire median hourly rate £56.80 £60.50 £62.00
% change year-on-year -6.12% -2.42% +11.71%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Portsmouth

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 Portsmouth.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 42 30 95
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Portsmouth 17.57% 24.59% 32.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 15 19
10th Percentile £313 £391 £380
25th Percentile £405 £431 £484
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £471 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -14.36% +2.33% +21.35%
75th Percentile £581 £606 £583
90th Percentile £625 £625 £688
Hampshire median daily rate £531 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -3.41% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 14 58
10th Percentile £45.56 £50.75 £51.06
25th Percentile £49.66 £55.09 £53.40
Median hourly rate £56.00 £59.13 £57.35
Median % change year-on-year -5.29% +3.10% -1.46%
75th Percentile £58.13 £63.44 £61.30
90th Percentile £60.45 £69.38 £64.13
Hampshire median hourly rate £56.00 £57.75 £57.35
% change year-on-year -3.03% +0.70% -4.42%

Software-Defined Radio
Job Vacancy Trend in Portsmouth

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

Software-Defined Radio job vacancy trend in Portsmouth

Software-Defined Radio
Daily Rate Trend in Portsmouth

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

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

Software-Defined Radio
Hourly Rate Trend in Portsmouth

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

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

Software-Defined Radio
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Portsmouth 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 5 (71.43%) Wireless
General
1 1 (14.29%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 6 (85.71%) Embedded Engineer
1 6 (85.71%) Embedded Software Engineer
1 6 (85.71%) Software Engineer
2 2 (28.57%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) C++ Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (71.43%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 5 (71.43%) Device Driver
1 5 (71.43%) Embedded Systems
1 5 (71.43%) MicroBlaze
1 5 (71.43%) RISC-V
Operating Systems
1 5 (71.43%) Embedded Linux
1 5 (71.43%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 5 (71.43%) Agile
2 5 (71.43%) Digital Signal Processing
2 5 (71.43%) Signal Processing
Programming Languages
1 5 (71.43%) C
1 5 (71.43%) C++
Qualifications
1 3 (42.86%) SC Cleared
1 3 (42.86%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 5 (71.43%) Embedded Firmware
1 5 (71.43%) Firmware