Software-Defined Radio Contract Job Trends in Tyne and Wear

Software-Defined Radio
North East > Tyne and Wear

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear 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 48 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Software-Defined Radio 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Tyne and Wear 0.22% - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.50% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
North East median daily rate - - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £50.00 - -
North East median hourly rate £50.00 - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Tyne and Wear

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 Tyne and Wear.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 40 33 41
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear 8.75% 13.64% 17.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 25 29
10th Percentile - £150 £131
25th Percentile £170 £220 £163
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £225 £350 £375
Median % change year-on-year -35.71% -6.67% +32.16%
75th Percentile £475 £625 £530
90th Percentile £577 £673 £608
North East median daily rate £415 £325 £408
% change year-on-year +27.69% -20.25% +23.48%
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 - -
North East median hourly rate £38.75 - £47.50

Software-Defined Radio
Contract Job Locations in Tyne and Wear

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 Tyne and Wear region over the 6 months to 25 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
Newcastle upon Tyne - 1 - -
Software-Defined Radio
North East

Software-Defined Radio
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Tyne and Wear 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