Software-Defined Radio Contracts

Software-Defined Radio
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 15 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
15 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 533 691 856
Rank change year-on-year +158 +165 -164
Contract jobs citing Software-Defined Radio 40 9 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.094% 0.016% 0.001%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.74% 0.13% 0.010%
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 excluding London median daily rate £575 £579 £810
% change year-on-year -0.69% -28.52% +90.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 5 0
10th Percentile £51.06 £51.30 -
25th Percentile £58.63 £51.37 -
Median hourly rate £62.50 £57.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% - -
75th Percentile £63.75 £59.28 -
90th Percentile £70.00 £69.30 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £62.50 £57.50 -
% change year-on-year +8.70% - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 5,394 7,082 9,559
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 12.68% 12.40% 10.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,215 4,571 6,235
10th Percentile £205 £235 £232
25th Percentile £350 £400 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £520 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.68% +3.90% +11.11%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £613
90th Percentile £694 £725 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £450
% change year-on-year - +5.56% +12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 417 464 368
10th Percentile £13.50 £9.80 £15.25
25th Percentile £16.30 £10.63 £17.00
Median hourly rate £40.00 £18.50 £28.33
Median % change year-on-year +116.22% -34.70% +6.91%
75th Percentile £63.75 £59.85 £50.77
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £65.54
UK excluding London median hourly rate £46.14 £18.00 £21.50
% change year-on-year +156.31% -16.28% -8.99%

Software-Defined Radio
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Software-Defined Radio as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Software-Defined Radio in the UK

Software-Defined Radio
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Software-Defined Radio.

Daily rate trend for Software-Defined Radio in the UK

Software-Defined Radio
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Software-Defined Radio over the 6 months to 15 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Software-Defined Radio in the UK

Software-Defined Radio
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Software-Defined Radio.

Hourly rate trend for Software-Defined Radio in the UK

Software-Defined Radio
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Software-Defined Radio over the 6 months to 15 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Software-Defined Radio in the UK

Software-Defined Radio
Top 5 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 15 May 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
England +127 40 £575 -0.69% 11
UK excluding London +81 40 £575 -0.69% 9
South East +47 31 £63 - 4
East of England - 9 £575 - 3
Work from Home +121 2 - - 1

Software-Defined Radio
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 15 (37.50%) Confluence
Communications & Networking
1 18 (45.00%) SNMP
2 7 (17.50%) Radio Access Network
3 2 (5.00%) 5G
3 2 (5.00%) 5G NR
3 2 (5.00%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 19 (47.50%) Eclipse
1 19 (47.50%) Git
2 17 (42.50%) GoogleTest
2 17 (42.50%) Robot Framework
3 15 (37.50%) Bitbucket
3 15 (37.50%) JIRA
General
1 9 (22.50%) Aerospace
2 2 (5.00%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 23 (57.50%) Software Engineer
2 14 (35.00%) Embedded Engineer
2 14 (35.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 11 (27.50%) C++ Software Engineer
4 7 (17.50%) Architect
4 7 (17.50%) Java Engineer
4 7 (17.50%) Java Software Engineer
4 7 (17.50%) Software Architect
5 3 (7.50%) Embedded C++ Engineer
5 3 (7.50%) Embedded C++ Software Engineer
6 2 (5.00%) Analyst
6 2 (5.00%) C++ Developer
6 2 (5.00%) Designer
6 2 (5.00%) Developer
6 2 (5.00%) Linux Developer
6 2 (5.00%) Linux Engineer
6 2 (5.00%) Software Test Engineer
6 2 (5.00%) Test Analyst
6 2 (5.00%) Test Engineer
7 1 (2.50%) C Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (40.00%) CSS
1 16 (40.00%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.00%) FPGA
Operating Systems
1 20 (50.00%) Linux
2 10 (25.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (72.50%) Software Engineering
2 22 (55.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 16 (40.00%) SysML
3 16 (40.00%) UML
4 15 (37.50%) Agile
4 15 (37.50%) Prototyping
4 15 (37.50%) Scrum
4 15 (37.50%) Validation
4 15 (37.50%) Verification and Validation
5 4 (10.00%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 20 (50.00%) C++
2 16 (40.00%) JavaScript
3 10 (25.00%) Java
4 3 (7.50%) C
Qualifications
1 6 (15.00%) SC Cleared
1 6 (15.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 25 (62.50%) Firmware
Vendors
1 17 (42.50%) Google
2 15 (37.50%) Atlassian
3 2 (5.00%) Xilinx