Software-Defined Radio Job Trends in Hampshire

Software-Defined Radio
South East > Hampshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Hampshire requiring Software-Defined Radio skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 124 136 156
Rank change year-on-year +12 +20 -14
Permanent jobs citing Software-Defined Radio 4 6 2
As % of all permanent jobs in Hampshire 0.15% 0.26% 0.070%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.33% 1.23% 0.42%
Number of salaries quoted 2 2 1
10th Percentile - £53,375 -
25th Percentile £61,250 £54,688 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £58,750 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.89% -2.08% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £62,188 £67,500
90th Percentile - £63,125 -
South East median annual salary £67,500 £55,000 £55,750
% change year-on-year +22.73% -1.35% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Hampshire

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 Hampshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 300 488 476
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hampshire 11.30% 21.44% 16.75%
Number of salaries quoted 251 318 430
10th Percentile £29,000 £31,250 £27,000
25th Percentile £36,875 £46,250 £32,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +12.24% +8.89%
75th Percentile £68,750 £63,750 £62,300
90th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £72,500
South East median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -18.18% +15.79% +3.83%

Software-Defined Radio
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

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

Software-Defined Radio job vacancy trend in Hampshire

Software-Defined Radio
Salary Trend in Hampshire

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

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

Software-Defined Radio
Job Locations in Hampshire

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 Hampshire region over the 6 months to 14 February 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
Portsmouth - 2 - -
Southampton - 2 £67,500 - 2
Software-Defined Radio
South East

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

Application Platforms
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (25.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (25.00%) GNU Octave
2 1 (25.00%) Windchill
Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (50.00%) Aerospace
2 1 (25.00%) Electronics
2 1 (25.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (25.00%) Military
2 1 (25.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Graduate
1 2 (50.00%) Systems Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Embedded Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Graduate Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Graduate Systems Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Graduate Systems Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Senior
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Systems Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Software Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Systems Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) FPGA
1 2 (50.00%) GNSS
1 2 (50.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (25.00%) Algorithms
2 1 (25.00%) Embedded Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Digital Signal Processing
1 4 (100.00%) Signal Processing
2 3 (75.00%) Systems Engineering
3 2 (50.00%) Agile
3 2 (50.00%) Computer Science
3 2 (50.00%) Innovative Thinking
3 2 (50.00%) Project Management
4 1 (25.00%) Business Development
4 1 (25.00%) Change Management
4 1 (25.00%) Configuration Management
4 1 (25.00%) DevOps
4 1 (25.00%) Mathematics
4 1 (25.00%) Open Source
4 1 (25.00%) Performance Analysis
4 1 (25.00%) Physics
4 1 (25.00%) Project Planning
4 1 (25.00%) Rapid Prototyping
4 1 (25.00%) Software Engineering
4 1 (25.00%) Validation
4 1 (25.00%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) MATLAB
2 2 (50.00%) Python
3 1 (25.00%) C
3 1 (25.00%) C++
3 1 (25.00%) VB
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) Degree
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (50.00%) Master's Degree
2 2 (50.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (25.00%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) PMO
System Software
1 2 (50.00%) Firmware
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (25.00%) ANSYS
2 1 (25.00%) Atlassian
2 1 (25.00%) Keysight
2 1 (25.00%) PTC