Software-Defined Radio Job Trends in the South West

Software-Defined Radio
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South West requiring Software-Defined Radio skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 161 226 195
Rank change year-on-year +65 -31 -
Permanent jobs citing Software-Defined Radio 5 1 23
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 0.14% 0.014% 0.49%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.87% 0.13% 2.68%
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 22
10th Percentile - - £50,000
25th Percentile £39,281 £47,250 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,792 £51,500 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.79% -39.41% -
75th Percentile £42,304 £55,750 -
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £70,000 £58,000 £85,000
% change year-on-year +20.69% -31.76% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
South West

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 the South West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 578 774 857
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 16.23% 10.70% 18.10%
Number of salaries quoted 363 453 624
10th Percentile £26,165 £30,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £33,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,500 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -31.00% +5.26% +2.70%
75th Percentile £52,500 £68,750 £67,178
90th Percentile £63,600 £82,250 £77,542
England median annual salary £40,250 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -19.50% -4.76% -

Software-Defined Radio
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Software-Defined Radio in the South West

Software-Defined Radio
Salary Trend in the South West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Software-Defined Radio.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Software-Defined Radio

Software-Defined Radio
Job Locations in the South West

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 South West region over the 6 months to 27 September 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
Gloucestershire +39 4 - - 6
Wiltshire - 1 £40,792 - 1
Software-Defined Radio
England

Software-Defined Radio
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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:

Development Applications
1 4 (80.00%) GitLab
General
1 5 (100.00%) Electronics
2 4 (80.00%) Aerospace
2 4 (80.00%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (80.00%) Automotive
2 4 (80.00%) Manufacturing
3 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) DSP Engineer
1 4 (80.00%) Process Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Embedded Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (100.00%) Algorithms
2 4 (80.00%) FPGA
2 4 (80.00%) Verilog
2 4 (80.00%) VHDL
3 1 (20.00%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 4 (80.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Digital Signal Processing
1 5 (100.00%) Signal Processing
2 4 (80.00%) Analytical Thinking
2 4 (80.00%) Creative Thinking
2 4 (80.00%) Reverse Engineering
3 1 (20.00%) Embedded Software Development
3 1 (20.00%) Linear Algebra
3 1 (20.00%) Mathematical Modelling
3 1 (20.00%) Mathematics
3 1 (20.00%) Mentoring
3 1 (20.00%) Physics
3 1 (20.00%) Software Engineering
3 1 (20.00%) Systems Engineering
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) C
1 5 (100.00%) C++
2 4 (80.00%) Python
3 1 (20.00%) Rust
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) Degree
2 1 (20.00%) DV Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) Master's Degree
2 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared