Radio Engineer Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Radio Engineer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Radio Engineer daily rate in the UK excluding London is £360, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 3 April 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 438 330 387
Rank change year-on-year -108 +57 +68
Contract jobs requiring a Radio Engineer 3 6 4
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.013% 0.047% 0.019%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.014% 0.051% 0.021%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 4
10th Percentile - - £386
25th Percentile - - £401
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £360 £400 £420
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -4.76% +3.19%
75th Percentile - - £430
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £360 £400 £420
% change year-on-year -10.00% -4.76% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 0
10th Percentile £58.87 - -
25th Percentile £60.72 £59.00 -
Median hourly rate £65.88 £62.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% - -
75th Percentile £68.97 £65.00 -
90th Percentile £69.59 - -
UK median hourly rate £65.88 £62.00 -
% change year-on-year +6.25% - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 20,780 11,684 19,446
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.99% 92.44% 92.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,332 7,621 12,049
10th Percentile £263 £213 £213
25th Percentile £400 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £486 £475 £489
Median % change year-on-year +2.37% -2.86% -2.20%
75th Percentile £585 £586 £598
90th Percentile £675 £656 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% -3.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,260 747 2,110
10th Percentile £14.43 £14.84 £12.50
25th Percentile £19.25 £18.95 £15.50
Median hourly rate £40.16 £31.64 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year +26.91% -4.12% -21.43%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £76.25 £71.90
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £32.50 £33.00
% change year-on-year +23.08% -1.52% -25.00%

Radio Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Radio Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Radio Engineer job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Radio Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Radio Engineer job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Radio Engineer job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Radio Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Radio Engineer job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Radio Engineer job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Radio Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Radio Engineer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 3 April 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
East of England -37 2 - -
Scotland - 1 £360 -
Radio Engineer
UK

Radio Engineer Skill Set
Top 26 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 3 April 2026, Radio Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring Radio Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (66.67%) Software Engineering
1 2 (66.67%) Software-Defined Radio
2 1 (33.33%) C
2 1 (33.33%) Cisco
2 1 (33.33%) Cost Reduction
2 1 (33.33%) Customer Service
2 1 (33.33%) Digital Signal Processing
2 1 (33.33%) Ethernet
2 1 (33.33%) FreeRTOS
2 1 (33.33%) HNC
2 1 (33.33%) Java RMI
2 1 (33.33%) LAN
2 1 (33.33%) Nokia
2 1 (33.33%) Performance Optimisation
2 1 (33.33%) Project Delivery
2 1 (33.33%) Rational DOORS
2 1 (33.33%) SDH
2 1 (33.33%) Signal Processing
2 1 (33.33%) SLA
2 1 (33.33%) Software Testing
2 1 (33.33%) SysML
2 1 (33.33%) Technical Leadership
2 1 (33.33%) Test Scripting
2 1 (33.33%) UML
2 1 (33.33%) WAN
2 1 (33.33%) Wireless

Radio Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 2 (66.67%) Software-Defined Radio
2 1 (33.33%) Ethernet
2 1 (33.33%) LAN
2 1 (33.33%) SDH
2 1 (33.33%) WAN
2 1 (33.33%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Rational DOORS
General
1 1 (33.33%) Aerospace
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) Java RMI
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Embedded Systems
1 1 (33.33%) FPGA
1 1 (33.33%) PCIe
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Software Engineering
2 1 (33.33%) Cost Reduction
2 1 (33.33%) Customer Service
2 1 (33.33%) Digital Signal Processing
2 1 (33.33%) Performance Optimisation
2 1 (33.33%) Project Delivery
2 1 (33.33%) Signal Processing
2 1 (33.33%) Software Testing
2 1 (33.33%) SysML
2 1 (33.33%) Technical Leadership
2 1 (33.33%) Test Scripting
2 1 (33.33%) UML
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) C
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) SLA
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Cisco
1 1 (33.33%) Nokia