Software-Defined Radio Contracts in the UK excluding London

Software-Defined Radio
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Software-Defined Radio skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Software-Defined Radio over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 316 361 449
Rank change year-on-year +45 +88 +62
Contract jobs citing Software-Defined Radio 20 38 13
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.16% 0.18% 0.054%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.02% 1.10% 0.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 3 1
10th Percentile - £163 -
25th Percentile £519 £313 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £575 £579
Median % change year-on-year -6.52% -0.69% -28.52%
75th Percentile £556 £588 -
90th Percentile £568 - -
UK median daily rate £538 £575 £579
% change year-on-year -6.52% -0.69% -28.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 25 8
10th Percentile £51.49 £51.06 £51.33
25th Percentile £55.59 £55.00 £51.84
Median hourly rate £61.50 £62.50 £55.41
Median % change year-on-year -1.60% +12.80% -
75th Percentile £64.69 £63.75 £58.88
90th Percentile £73.88 £64.50 £64.29
UK median hourly rate £61.50 £62.50 £55.41
% change year-on-year -1.60% +12.80% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,965 3,454 3,605
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 15.39% 16.63% 14.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,202 1,982 2,287
10th Percentile £200 £204 £207
25th Percentile £301 £350 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £481 £475
Median % change year-on-year -3.38% +1.32% +8.57%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £586
90th Percentile £638 £675 £690
UK median daily rate £488 £495 £519
% change year-on-year -1.52% -4.53% +3.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 139 358 328
10th Percentile £13.81 £13.50 -
25th Percentile £15.44 £16.48 £9.80
Median hourly rate £24.18 £45.88 £18.50
Median % change year-on-year -47.30% +148.00% -13.95%
75th Percentile £62.38 £63.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £76.20 £70.66 £74.50
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £40.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year -27.50% +110.53% -32.74%

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
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 1 May 2025.

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 1 May 2025. 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 +32 15 £550 +780.00% 17
East of England +26 5 £538 -6.52% 11
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 10 (50.00%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 1 (5.00%) npm
Communications & Networking
1 9 (45.00%) SNMP
2 4 (20.00%) 5G
2 4 (20.00%) 5G NR
2 4 (20.00%) Wireless
3 3 (15.00%) HTTP
Development Applications
1 12 (60.00%) Git
1 12 (60.00%) JIRA
2 10 (50.00%) Bitbucket
2 10 (50.00%) Robot Framework
3 9 (45.00%) GoogleTest
4 6 (30.00%) Eclipse
4 6 (30.00%) Jenkins
General
1 2 (10.00%) Aerospace
2 1 (5.00%) Aviation
2 1 (5.00%) Electronics
2 1 (5.00%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (40.00%) Software Test Engineer
1 8 (40.00%) Test Engineer
2 3 (15.00%) Firmware Engineer
3 2 (10.00%) Embedded Engineer
3 2 (10.00%) Systems Engineer
4 1 (5.00%) Analyst
4 1 (5.00%) C++ Software Engineer
4 1 (5.00%) Designer
4 1 (5.00%) RF Engineer
4 1 (5.00%) Software Engineer
4 1 (5.00%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (45.00%) CSS
1 9 (45.00%) HTML
2 3 (15.00%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 4 (20.00%) Embedded Systems
1 4 (20.00%) FPGA
2 3 (15.00%) Verilog
2 3 (15.00%) VHDL
3 2 (10.00%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 13 (65.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (70.00%) SysML
1 14 (70.00%) UML
2 13 (65.00%) Agile
3 12 (60.00%) Scrum
4 10 (50.00%) Software Testing
5 9 (45.00%) Validation
5 9 (45.00%) Verification and Validation
6 7 (35.00%) Prototyping
6 7 (35.00%) Software Engineering
7 4 (20.00%) Integration Testing
8 3 (15.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 3 (15.00%) Test Automation
9 2 (10.00%) Customer Requirements
9 2 (10.00%) Requirements Management
9 2 (10.00%) Test Strategy
10 1 (5.00%) Collaborative Working
10 1 (5.00%) Continuous Improvement
10 1 (5.00%) Kalman Filter
Programming Languages
1 8 (40.00%) C++
2 7 (35.00%) JavaScript
3 6 (30.00%) Python
4 3 (15.00%) SystemVerilog
4 3 (15.00%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 11 (55.00%) SC Cleared
1 11 (55.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (5.00%) Degree
2 1 (5.00%) HND
System Software
1 9 (45.00%) Firmware
Vendors
1 10 (50.00%) Atlassian
2 7 (35.00%) Google
3 3 (15.00%) Xilinx
4 1 (5.00%) EMC
4 1 (5.00%) Twitter