Software-Defined Radio Contract Job Trends in Southampton

Software-Defined Radio
Hampshire > Southampton

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Southampton requiring Software-Defined Radio skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Software-Defined Radio 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Southampton 1.27% - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 15.38% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £709 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £718 - -
75th Percentile £726 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Hampshire median daily rate £718 £550 £63
% change year-on-year +30.45% +780.00% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Southampton

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 Southampton.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 13 14 24
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Southampton 8.23% 11.48% 14.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 11 16
10th Percentile £350 £237 £205
25th Percentile £500 £435 £295
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £440 £463
Median % change year-on-year +27.84% -4.86% +15.63%
75th Percentile £650 £500 £544
90th Percentile £719 £575 £548
Hampshire median daily rate £500 £525 £450
% change year-on-year -4.76% +16.67% -14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £71.00 - -
Median hourly rate £72.00 - £40.00
Median % change year-on-year - - +122.22%
75th Percentile £73.00 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Hampshire median hourly rate £56.80 £61.50 £62.00
% change year-on-year -7.65% -0.81% +29.17%

Software-Defined Radio
Job Vacancy Trend in Southampton

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

Software-Defined Radio job vacancy trend in Southampton

Software-Defined Radio
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Southampton 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 (100.00%) Git
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Senior
1 2 (100.00%) Senior Software Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) C# Software Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) C++ Software Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Electronics Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Embedded Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) GUI Software Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Senior C# Software Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Senior Electronics Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Senior Embedded Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) REST
1 1 (50.00%) WebSockets
1 1 (50.00%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Algorithms
1 1 (50.00%) Embedded Systems
1 1 (50.00%) FPGA
1 1 (50.00%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Embedded Linux
1 1 (50.00%) Linux
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 2 (100.00%) DevOps
1 2 (100.00%) Digital Signal Processing
1 2 (100.00%) Signal Processing
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Integration
2 1 (50.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 1 (50.00%) System Testing
2 1 (50.00%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) C++
2 1 (50.00%) C
2 1 (50.00%) C#
2 1 (50.00%) MATLAB
2 1 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Firmware