Software-Defined Radio Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Software-Defined Radio
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work 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 299 342 468
Rank change year-on-year +43 +126 +163
Contract jobs citing Software-Defined Radio 5 3 9
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.050% 0.020% 0.035%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.48% 0.19% 0.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £579
Median % change year-on-year - - -28.52%
UK median daily rate £538 £575 £579
% change year-on-year -6.52% -0.69% -28.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 2 5
10th Percentile £56.00 £56.50 £51.30
25th Percentile £61.25 £58.75 £51.37
Median hourly rate £62.50 £65.00 £55.32
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +17.50% -
75th Percentile £75.00 £68.75 £58.75
90th Percentile - £69.50 £59.07
UK median hourly rate £61.50 £62.50 £55.41
% change year-on-year -1.60% +12.80% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,043 1,610 2,954
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 10.53% 10.49% 11.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 667 1,029 1,967
10th Percentile £325 £300 £350
25th Percentile £400 £410 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £505 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.99% -3.81% +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £615 £650
90th Percentile £700 £703 £725
UK median daily rate £488 £495 £519
% change year-on-year -1.52% -4.53% +3.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 77 101
10th Percentile £13.78 £12.75 £24.50
25th Percentile £14.20 £14.27 £42.50
Median hourly rate £41.00 £24.50 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +67.35% -59.17% +23.51%
75th Percentile £64.38 £65.00 £71.50
90th Percentile £73.75 £87.46 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £40.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year -27.50% +110.53% -32.74%

Software-Defined Radio
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Software-Defined Radio as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Software-Defined Radio trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Software-Defined Radio
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Software-Defined Radio.

Software-Defined Radio daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Software-Defined Radio
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Software-Defined Radio.

Software-Defined Radio hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Software-Defined Radio
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Software-Defined Radio over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Software-Defined Radio hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Software-Defined Radio
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 3 (60.00%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) npm
Communications & Networking
1 3 (60.00%) SNMP
2 1 (20.00%) HTTP
Development Applications
1 3 (60.00%) Bitbucket
1 3 (60.00%) Git
1 3 (60.00%) GoogleTest
1 3 (60.00%) JIRA
1 3 (60.00%) Robot Framework
2 2 (40.00%) Eclipse
3 1 (20.00%) Jenkins
General
1 1 (20.00%) Electronics
1 1 (20.00%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Software Test Engineer
1 3 (60.00%) Test Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Designer
2 1 (20.00%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (60.00%) CSS
1 3 (60.00%) HTML
2 1 (20.00%) Node.js
Operating Systems
1 3 (60.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) SysML
1 4 (80.00%) UML
2 3 (60.00%) Agile
2 3 (60.00%) Prototyping
2 3 (60.00%) Scrum
2 3 (60.00%) Software Testing
2 3 (60.00%) Validation
2 3 (60.00%) Verification and Validation
3 2 (40.00%) Software Engineering
4 1 (20.00%) Collaborative Working
4 1 (20.00%) Customer Requirements
4 1 (20.00%) Integration Testing
4 1 (20.00%) Kalman Filter
4 1 (20.00%) Requirements Management
4 1 (20.00%) Test Automation
4 1 (20.00%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 3 (60.00%) C++
1 3 (60.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (20.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (80.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (80.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) Firmware
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Atlassian
1 3 (60.00%) Google
2 1 (20.00%) EMC