Software-Defined Radio Job Trends in Southampton

Software-Defined Radio
Hampshire > Southampton

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Southampton requiring Software-Defined Radio skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 46 - 66
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Software-Defined Radio 2 0 2
As % of all permanent jobs in Southampton 0.38% - 0.31%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.44% - 2.22%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £61,250 - £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 - £60,000
75th Percentile £73,750 - £67,500
90th Percentile - - -
Hampshire median annual salary £67,500 £58,750 £60,000
% change year-on-year +14.89% -2.08% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Southampton

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 Southampton.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 45 87 90
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Southampton 8.49% 19.59% 14.02%
Number of salaries quoted 37 59 82
10th Percentile £31,250 £25,850 £25,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £37,625 £29,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £54,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% +35.00% -15.79%
75th Percentile £77,500 £62,500 £61,250
90th Percentile £86,500 £70,350 £72,500
Hampshire median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £49,000
% change year-on-year -4.55% +12.24% +8.89%

Software-Defined Radio
Job Vacancy Trend in Southampton

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

Software-Defined Radio job vacancy trend in Southampton

Software-Defined Radio
Salary Trend in Southampton

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

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

Software-Defined Radio
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Southampton 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 1 (50.00%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Embedded Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Senior
1 1 (50.00%) Senior Systems Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Software Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) FPGA
1 2 (100.00%) GNSS
2 1 (50.00%) Algorithms
2 1 (50.00%) Embedded Systems
2 1 (50.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 2 (100.00%) Digital Signal Processing
1 2 (100.00%) Signal Processing
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Business Development
2 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (50.00%) DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) Open Source
2 1 (50.00%) Project Management
2 1 (50.00%) Prototyping
2 1 (50.00%) Rapid Prototyping
2 1 (50.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
2 1 (50.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Systems Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Technical Leadership
2 1 (50.00%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) C
1 1 (50.00%) C++
1 1 (50.00%) MATLAB
1 1 (50.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
1 2 (100.00%) Master's Degree
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Firmware