Radio Engineer Jobs

Radio Engineer
UK

The median Radio Engineer salary in the UK is £75,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 30 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 680 858 951
Rank change year-on-year +178 +93 +243
Permanent jobs requiring a Radio Engineer 29 54 11
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.052% 0.052% 0.011%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.058% 0.055% 0.012%
Number of salaries quoted 6 13 0
10th Percentile £52,500 - -
25th Percentile £72,500 £28,750 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £35,000 -
Median % change year-on-year +114.29% - -
75th Percentile £77,500 £60,000 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median annual salary £75,000 £35,000 -
% change year-on-year +114.29% - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 UK with a recognized job title 50,066 97,923 88,829
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.36% 94.81% 91.43%
Number of salaries quoted 26,124 69,761 56,179
10th Percentile £28,750 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,750 £38,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £70,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,000 £50,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year +2.00% -6.54% +6.63%

Radio Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Radio Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Radio Engineer in the UK

Radio Engineer
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Radio Engineer.

Salary trend for Radio Engineer in the UK

Radio Engineer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Radio Engineer over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Radio Engineer in the UK

Radio Engineer
Top 7 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Radio Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 30 May 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
UK excluding London +169 25 £75,000 +114.29% 89
England +142 25 £75,000 +114.29% 79
South East +98 19 - - 18
North of England +43 5 £75,000 - 21
North West +6 5 £75,000 - 9
Work from Home - 5 £75,000 - 4
South West +103 1 £35,000 - 11

Radio Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 30 May 2025, Radio Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Radio Engineer in the job title.

1 28 (96.55%) Signal Processing
2 27 (93.10%) Digital Signal Processing
2 27 (93.10%) Software-Defined Radio
3 23 (79.31%) FPGA
3 23 (79.31%) Physics
4 22 (75.86%) SC Cleared
4 22 (75.86%) Security Cleared
4 22 (75.86%) Innovative Thinking
4 22 (75.86%) Firmware
4 22 (75.86%) MATLAB
4 22 (75.86%) Embedded Firmware
5 6 (20.69%) Xilinx
6 5 (17.24%) Analytical Mindset
6 5 (17.24%) Analytical Skills
6 5 (17.24%) Software Engineering
6 5 (17.24%) Embedded Systems
6 5 (17.24%) Wireless
6 5 (17.24%) Problem-Solving
6 5 (17.24%) Creative Thinking
7 2 (6.90%) Degree
8 1 (3.45%) Mathematics
8 1 (3.45%) Git
8 1 (3.45%) Computer Science
8 1 (3.45%) Wideband
8 1 (3.45%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (3.45%) Agile
8 1 (3.45%) Subversion
8 1 (3.45%) Aerospace
8 1 (3.45%) C
8 1 (3.45%) C++

Radio Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Communications & Networking
1 27 (93.10%) Software-Defined Radio
2 5 (17.24%) Wireless
3 1 (3.45%) Wideband
Development Applications
1 1 (3.45%) Git
1 1 (3.45%) Subversion
General
1 5 (17.24%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (3.45%) Aerospace
2 1 (3.45%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 23 (79.31%) FPGA
2 5 (17.24%) Analytical Mindset
2 5 (17.24%) Embedded Systems
3 1 (3.45%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (96.55%) Signal Processing
2 27 (93.10%) Digital Signal Processing
3 23 (79.31%) Physics
4 22 (75.86%) Innovative Thinking
5 5 (17.24%) Creative Thinking
5 5 (17.24%) Problem-Solving
5 5 (17.24%) Software Engineering
6 1 (3.45%) Agile
6 1 (3.45%) Computer Science
6 1 (3.45%) Mathematics
Programming Languages
1 22 (75.86%) MATLAB
2 1 (3.45%) C
2 1 (3.45%) C++
2 1 (3.45%) Embedded C
2 1 (3.45%) Embedded C++
2 1 (3.45%) Python
2 1 (3.45%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 22 (75.86%) SC Cleared
1 22 (75.86%) Security Cleared
2 2 (6.90%) Degree
3 1 (3.45%) PhD
System Software
1 22 (75.86%) Embedded Firmware
1 22 (75.86%) Firmware
Vendors
1 6 (20.69%) Xilinx