Software-Defined Radio Contract Job Trends in the South East

Software-Defined Radio
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South East 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 200 139 182
Rank change year-on-year -61 +43 +41
Contract jobs citing Software-Defined Radio 5 16 24
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.094% 0.54% 0.43%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.69% 3.08% 1.81%
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 - - -
England median daily rate £718 £538 £63
% change year-on-year +33.49% +760.00% -
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
England median hourly rate £56.80 £62.50 £62.50
% change year-on-year -9.13% - +16.82%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
South East

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 the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 722 519 1,328
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 13.60% 17.59% 23.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 499 309 647
10th Percentile £256 £206 £205
25th Percentile £400 £350 £348
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £494 £475
Median % change year-on-year +1.21% +4.00% -5.00%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £556
90th Percentile £655 £640 £638
England median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% -9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 27 102
10th Percentile £16.01 £16.78 £13.29
25th Percentile £19.09 £28.00 £22.62
Median hourly rate £42.25 £55.00 £56.88
Median % change year-on-year -23.18% -3.30% +26.39%
75th Percentile £57.13 £62.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £72.80 £72.75 £85.52
England median hourly rate £34.00 £35.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year -2.86% +7.69% +71.69%

Software-Defined Radio
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Software-Defined Radio job vacancy trend in the South East

Software-Defined Radio
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Software-Defined Radio.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Software-Defined Radio

Software-Defined Radio
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Software-Defined Radio.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Software-Defined Radio

Software-Defined Radio
Contract Job Locations in the South East

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 South East 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
Hampshire -37 5 £718 +30.45% 8
Software-Defined Radio
England

Software-Defined Radio
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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