Radio Engineer Job Trends in the South East

Radio Engineer
England > South East

The median Radio Engineer salary in the South East is £40,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 5 December 2025.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 255 - 275
Rank change year-on-year - - +149
Permanent jobs requiring a Radio Engineer 13 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.13% - 0.014%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.15% - 0.014%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £37,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 - -
75th Percentile £42,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £85,000 £55,000 £38,750
% change year-on-year +54.55% +41.94% -40.38%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the South East. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the South East with a recognized job title 8,935 10,025 6,948
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.45% 94.58% 94.56%
Number of salaries quoted 5,655 5,566 4,997
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £29,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £42,500 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £81,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -

Radio Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Radio Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Radio Engineer job vacancy trend in the South East

Radio Engineer
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for Radio Engineer job vacancies in the South East.

Salary distribution trend for Radio Engineer job vacancies in the South East

Radio Engineer
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Radio Engineer within the South East region over the 6 months to 5 December 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Hampshire - 11 - -
Thames Valley - 2 £40,000 - 4
Berkshire - 2 £40,000 - 4
Radio Engineer
England

Radio Engineer Skill Set
Top 22 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 5 December 2025, Radio Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the South East region featuring Radio Engineer in the job title.

1 11 (84.62%) Digital Signal Processing
1 11 (84.62%) Embedded Firmware
1 11 (84.62%) Firmware
1 11 (84.62%) Innovative Thinking
1 11 (84.62%) MATLAB
1 11 (84.62%) Physics
1 11 (84.62%) SC Cleared
1 11 (84.62%) Security Cleared
1 11 (84.62%) Signal Processing
1 11 (84.62%) Software-Defined Radio
2 2 (15.38%) 4G
2 2 (15.38%) 5G
2 2 (15.38%) GSM
2 2 (15.38%) ITIL
2 2 (15.38%) Microsoft
2 2 (15.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (15.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (15.38%) Network Management
2 2 (15.38%) TETRA
2 2 (15.38%) UMTS
2 2 (15.38%) Wireless
3 1 (7.69%) Linux

Radio Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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:

Applications
1 2 (15.38%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (15.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 11 (84.62%) Software-Defined Radio
2 2 (15.38%) 4G
2 2 (15.38%) 5G
2 2 (15.38%) GSM
2 2 (15.38%) TETRA
2 2 (15.38%) UMTS
2 2 (15.38%) Wireless
Miscellaneous
1 11 (84.62%) FPGA
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.69%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (84.62%) Digital Signal Processing
1 11 (84.62%) Innovative Thinking
1 11 (84.62%) Physics
1 11 (84.62%) Signal Processing
2 2 (15.38%) ITIL
2 2 (15.38%) Network Management
Programming Languages
1 11 (84.62%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 11 (84.62%) SC Cleared
1 11 (84.62%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 11 (84.62%) Embedded Firmware
1 11 (84.62%) Firmware
Vendors
1 2 (15.38%) Microsoft