Software-Defined Radio Job Trends in Gloucestershire

Software-Defined Radio
South West > Gloucestershire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Gloucestershire requiring Software-Defined Radio skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 89 60 124
Rank change year-on-year -29 +64 -25
Permanent jobs citing Software-Defined Radio 9 4 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Gloucestershire 0.55% 0.79% 0.058%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 8.18% 7.69% 0.36%
Number of salaries quoted 9 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £65,000 - £47,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 - £51,500
Median % change year-on-year - - +3.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 - £55,750
90th Percentile £81,250 - -
South West median annual salary £70,000 - £58,250
% change year-on-year - - -31.47%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Gloucestershire

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 permanent job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in Gloucestershire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 110 52 277
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 6.70% 10.28% 16.03%
Number of salaries quoted 72 27 222
10th Percentile £31,400 £28,200 £27,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £31,875 £31,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% +20.48%
75th Percentile £70,000 £58,750 £60,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £70,000
South West median annual salary £41,500 £41,500 £48,500
% change year-on-year - -14.43% +7.78%

Software-Defined Radio
Job Vacancy Trend in Gloucestershire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Software-Defined Radio relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Gloucestershire.

Software-Defined Radio job vacancy trend in Gloucestershire

Software-Defined Radio
Salary Trend in Gloucestershire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Gloucestershire citing Software-Defined Radio.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Gloucestershire citing Software-Defined Radio

Software-Defined Radio
Job Locations in Gloucestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software-Defined Radio within the Gloucestershire region over the 6 months to 2 July 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Gloucester - 5 £70,000 - 1
Cheltenham - 4 £76,250 - 1
Software-Defined Radio
South West

Software-Defined Radio
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Gloucestershire 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:

General
1 4 (44.44%) Finance
Job Titles
1 5 (55.56%) FPGA Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) Python Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (55.56%) Embedded Systems
1 5 (55.56%) FPGA
1 5 (55.56%) Verilog
1 5 (55.56%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 5 (55.56%) Embedded Linux
1 5 (55.56%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (55.56%) Signal Processing
2 3 (33.33%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 4 (44.44%) C++
2 1 (11.11%) C
2 1 (11.11%) Python
Qualifications
1 9 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 9 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 6 (66.67%) DV Cleared
System Software
1 5 (55.56%) Firmware