Software-Defined Radio
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Software-Defined Radio skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Software-Defined Radio over the 6 months to 4 December 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 705 1007 1072
Rank change year-on-year +302 +65 -345
Permanent jobs citing Software-Defined Radio 36 69 26
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.068% 0.056% 0.020%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.45% 0.45% 0.16%
Number of salaries quoted 31 6 5
10th Percentile £47,250 - -
25th Percentile £50,000 - £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £30,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +100.00% -45.45% +12.82%
75th Percentile £85,000 £47,998 £71,250
90th Percentile - £53,998 £85,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 - £55,000
% change year-on-year - - +12.82%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

Software-Defined Radio is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 8,066 15,350 16,547
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 15.15% 12.38% 12.90%
Number of salaries quoted 6,330 10,317 11,453
10th Percentile £26,750 £28,750 £27,500
25th Percentile £34,000 £37,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £68,000 £72,500 £69,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £88,750 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £47,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -4.26% +4.44% -

Software-Defined Radio
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Software-Defined Radio in the UK

Software-Defined Radio
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Software-Defined Radio in the UK

Software-Defined Radio
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software-Defined Radio over the 6 months to 4 December 2023.

Salary histogram for Software-Defined Radio in the UK

Software-Defined Radio
Top 10 Job Locations

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 UK over the 6 months to 4 December 2023. 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
England +306 36 £60,000 - 23
UK excluding London +216 36 £60,000 - 18
South West - 19 £85,000 - 3
Work from Home +201 15 £85,000 +183.33% 3
North of England - 7 £51,500 - 1
North West - 7 £51,500 - 1
East of England - 5 £55,000 - 4
South East +109 3 £51,500 - 10
Midlands +122 2 £50,000 -
East Midlands - 2 £50,000 -

Software-Defined Radio
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:

Applications
1 5 (13.89%) Microsoft Office
1 5 (13.89%) OrCAD
Communications & Networking
1 18 (50.00%) Wireless
2 5 (13.89%) 5G
3 4 (11.11%) 3GPP
3 4 (11.11%) 4G
3 4 (11.11%) 5G NR
3 4 (11.11%) LTE
3 4 (11.11%) Network Security
4 3 (8.33%) GSM
4 3 (8.33%) UMTS
5 1 (2.78%) Wireshark
Development Applications
1 5 (13.89%) Rational DOORS
2 4 (11.11%) Jenkins
2 4 (11.11%) TeamCity
3 1 (2.78%) IDA Disassembler
General
1 14 (38.89%) Military
1 14 (38.89%) Social Skills
2 11 (30.56%) Electronics
2 11 (30.56%) Manufacturing
3 7 (19.44%) Finance
4 6 (16.67%) Marketing
4 6 (16.67%) Public Sector
4 6 (16.67%) Telecoms
5 4 (11.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 8 (22.22%) Senior
2 7 (19.44%) Developer
2 7 (19.44%) Systems Engineer
3 6 (16.67%) Embedded Engineer
4 5 (13.89%) Engineering Specialist
4 5 (13.89%) FPGA Developer
4 5 (13.89%) FPGA Engineer
4 5 (13.89%) Lead
4 5 (13.89%) Lead Systems Engineer
4 5 (13.89%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
5 4 (11.11%) Design Engineer
5 4 (11.11%) Digital Design Engineer
5 4 (11.11%) FPGA Design Engineer
6 3 (8.33%) Firmware Engineer
6 3 (8.33%) Principal Engineer
6 3 (8.33%) Senior Design Engineer
6 3 (8.33%) Senior FPGA Design Engineer
6 3 (8.33%) Senior FPGA Engineer
7 1 (2.78%) Research Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 27 (75.00%) Embedded Systems
2 22 (61.11%) FPGA
2 22 (61.11%) VHDL
3 10 (27.78%) Algorithms
4 5 (13.89%) Verilog
5 4 (11.11%) Management Information System
6 2 (5.56%) Arduino
6 2 (5.56%) Driving Licence
6 2 (5.56%) Raspberry Pi
7 1 (2.78%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 20 (55.56%) Linux
2 6 (16.67%) Windows
3 1 (2.78%) Android
3 1 (2.78%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (69.44%) Signal Processing
2 21 (58.33%) Digital Signal Processing
3 15 (41.67%) FPGA Design
4 13 (36.11%) Systems Engineering
5 11 (30.56%) Mentoring
5 11 (30.56%) Software Engineering
6 10 (27.78%) Configuration Management
6 10 (27.78%) Mathematics
6 10 (27.78%) Physics
6 10 (27.78%) Problem-Solving
6 10 (27.78%) UML
7 9 (25.00%) Requirements Management
7 9 (25.00%) Software Testing
7 9 (25.00%) SysML
8 8 (22.22%) Coaching
9 6 (16.67%) Agile
9 6 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
9 6 (16.67%) Digital Marketing
9 6 (16.67%) Programme Management
10 5 (13.89%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 21 (58.33%) C++
2 19 (52.78%) MATLAB
3 17 (47.22%) Python
4 11 (30.56%) C
5 4 (11.11%) Embedded C
5 4 (11.11%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 28 (77.78%) Degree
2 26 (72.22%) Security Cleared
3 22 (61.11%) SC Cleared
4 10 (27.78%) PhD
5 9 (25.00%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.78%) JTAG
System Software
1 3 (8.33%) Firmware
Vendors
1 6 (16.67%) SAP
2 5 (13.89%) Cadence
2 5 (13.89%) Microsoft
2 5 (13.89%) Xilinx
3 4 (11.11%) Atlassian