Software-Defined Radio Contracts in the UK excluding London

Software-Defined Radio
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for Software-Defined Radio skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Software-Defined Radio over the 6 months to 29 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 355 446 508
Rank change year-on-year +91 +62 -90
Contract jobs citing Software-Defined Radio 38 13 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.18% 0.054% 0.003%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.10% 0.36% 0.024%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 1
10th Percentile £163 - -
25th Percentile £313 - £785
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £579 £810
Median % change year-on-year -0.69% -28.52% +90.59%
75th Percentile £588 - £835
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £575 £579 £810
% change year-on-year -0.69% -28.52% +90.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 8 0
10th Percentile £51.06 £51.33 -
25th Percentile £55.00 £51.84 -
Median hourly rate £62.50 £55.41 -
Median % change year-on-year +12.80% - -
75th Percentile £63.75 £58.88 -
90th Percentile £64.50 £64.29 -
UK median hourly rate £62.50 £55.41 -
% change year-on-year +12.80% - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK excluding London

Software-Defined Radio is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 3,460 3,605 4,101
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 16.64% 14.97% 13.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,989 2,287 2,646
10th Percentile £205 £207 £185
25th Percentile £350 £350 £306
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £438
Median % change year-on-year - +8.57% +9.38%
75th Percentile £600 £586 £540
90th Percentile £675 £690 £638
UK median daily rate £495 £519 £500
% change year-on-year -4.53% +3.70% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 357 328 235
10th Percentile £13.50 - £13.25
25th Percentile £16.30 £9.80 £15.44
Median hourly rate £45.88 £18.50 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year +148.00% -13.95% -10.42%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £47.45
90th Percentile £70.66 £74.50 £59.50
UK median hourly rate £38.50 £19.00 £27.88
% change year-on-year +102.63% -31.84% +1.36%

Software-Defined Radio
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Software-Defined Radio as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Software-Defined Radio in the UK excluding London

Software-Defined Radio
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Software-Defined Radio in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Software-Defined Radio in the UK excluding London

Software-Defined Radio
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Software-Defined Radio in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Software-Defined Radio in the UK excluding London

Software-Defined Radio
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Software-Defined Radio in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Software-Defined Radio in the UK excluding London

Software-Defined Radio
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Software-Defined Radio in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Software-Defined Radio in the UK excluding London

Software-Defined Radio
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 Software-Defined Radio within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 29 April 2024. 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
South East +39 29 £63 - 7
East of England - 9 £575 - 5
Software-Defined Radio
UK

Software-Defined Radio
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 13 (34.21%) Confluence
Communications & Networking
1 16 (42.11%) SNMP
2 7 (18.42%) Radio Access Network
3 2 (5.26%) 5G
3 2 (5.26%) 5G NR
3 2 (5.26%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 17 (44.74%) Eclipse
1 17 (44.74%) Git
2 15 (39.47%) GoogleTest
2 15 (39.47%) Robot Framework
3 13 (34.21%) Bitbucket
3 13 (34.21%) JIRA
General
1 6 (15.79%) Aerospace
2 2 (5.26%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 21 (55.26%) Software Engineer
2 12 (31.58%) Embedded Engineer
2 12 (31.58%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 8 (21.05%) C++ Software Engineer
4 7 (18.42%) Architect
4 7 (18.42%) Java Engineer
4 7 (18.42%) Java Software Engineer
4 7 (18.42%) Software Architect
5 2 (5.26%) Analyst
5 2 (5.26%) C++ Developer
5 2 (5.26%) Designer
5 2 (5.26%) Developer
5 2 (5.26%) Linux Developer
5 2 (5.26%) Linux Engineer
5 2 (5.26%) Software Test Engineer
5 2 (5.26%) Test Analyst
5 2 (5.26%) Test Engineer
6 1 (2.63%) C Software Engineer
6 1 (2.63%) Software Analyst
6 1 (2.63%) Software Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (36.84%) CSS
1 14 (36.84%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.26%) FPGA
Operating Systems
1 18 (47.37%) Linux
2 10 (26.32%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (71.05%) Software Engineering
2 20 (52.63%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 16 (42.11%) Prototyping
3 16 (42.11%) Validation
3 16 (42.11%) Verification and Validation
4 14 (36.84%) SysML
4 14 (36.84%) UML
5 13 (34.21%) Agile
5 13 (34.21%) Scrum
6 4 (10.53%) Software Testing
7 1 (2.63%) OOD
Programming Languages
1 18 (47.37%) C++
2 14 (36.84%) JavaScript
3 10 (26.32%) Java
4 3 (7.89%) C
5 1 (2.63%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (15.79%) SC Cleared
1 6 (15.79%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 23 (60.53%) Firmware
Vendors
1 15 (39.47%) Google
2 13 (34.21%) Atlassian
3 2 (5.26%) Xilinx