Software-Defined Radio Jobs

Software-Defined Radio
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Software-Defined Radio skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Software-Defined Radio over the 6 months leading up to 9 October 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 777 720 1090
Rank change year-on-year -57 +370 -55
Permanent jobs citing Software-Defined Radio 33 56 70
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.042% 0.092% 0.049%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.30% 0.61% 0.38%
Number of salaries quoted 9 51 11
10th Percentile - £47,250 -
25th Percentile £52,500 £50,000 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,000 £85,000 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year -28.24% +183.33% -52.94%
75th Percentile £61,500 - -
90th Percentile £66,500 - £53,998
UK excluding London median annual salary £61,000 £85,000 -
% change year-on-year -28.24% - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 11,007 9,128 18,630
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.96% 14.96% 12.93%
Number of salaries quoted 4,338 6,766 10,980
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £28,522
25th Percentile £37,500 £35,000 £38,386
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £51,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.94% -1.90% +5.00%
75th Percentile £68,750 £70,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +11.11% -5.26% +5.56%

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 9 October 2024.

Salary histogram for Software-Defined Radio in the UK

Software-Defined Radio
Top 8 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 9 October 2024. 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 -55 33 £61,000 -28.24% 17
UK excluding London -63 28 £61,000 -28.24% 17
South East -34 21 £61,000 -28.24% 13
London - 5 £55,000 -
North of England +3 4 - -
Yorkshire - 4 - -
Work from Home -3 3 - - 1
East of England -39 3 - - 3

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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (12.12%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (3.03%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 7 (21.21%) 5G
1 7 (21.21%) Internet
2 5 (15.15%) 3GPP
2 5 (15.15%) Broadband
2 5 (15.15%) Mobile Broadband
2 5 (15.15%) Radio Access Network
3 4 (12.12%) Firewall
3 4 (12.12%) Network Security
3 4 (12.12%) RS-232
3 4 (12.12%) RS-422
4 2 (6.06%) 4G
Development Applications
1 4 (12.12%) JIRA
1 4 (12.12%) LabVIEW
General
1 14 (42.42%) Telecoms
2 4 (12.12%) Aerospace
2 4 (12.12%) Electronics
2 4 (12.12%) Military
Job Titles
1 25 (75.76%) Software Engineer
2 5 (15.15%) RAN Engineer
3 4 (12.12%) Digital Hardware Engineer
3 4 (12.12%) Hardware Engineer
4 3 (9.09%) Radio Specialist
4 3 (9.09%) Technical Specialist
5 2 (6.06%) C Software Engineer
5 2 (6.06%) Telecoms Engineer
5 2 (6.06%) Telecoms Software Engineer
6 1 (3.03%) Design Engineer
6 1 (3.03%) FPGA Design Engineer
6 1 (3.03%) FPGA Engineer
6 1 (3.03%) Senior
6 1 (3.03%) Senior Design Engineer
6 1 (3.03%) Senior FPGA Design Engineer
6 1 (3.03%) Senior FPGA Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 16 (48.48%) FPGA
1 16 (48.48%) VHDL
2 15 (45.45%) Algorithms
3 5 (15.15%) Smartphone
4 4 (12.12%) Data Centre
4 4 (12.12%) Fibre Optics
5 1 (3.03%) Verilog
Operating Systems
1 29 (87.88%) Linux
2 15 (45.45%) Embedded Linux
3 4 (12.12%) Unix
3 4 (12.12%) VMS
3 4 (12.12%) VxWorks
3 4 (12.12%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (78.79%) Digital Signal Processing
1 26 (78.79%) Signal Processing
2 25 (75.76%) Software Engineering
3 15 (45.45%) Continuous Integration
3 15 (45.45%) DevOps
3 15 (45.45%) Open Source
3 15 (45.45%) System Testing
4 12 (36.36%) Agile
5 10 (30.30%) High Availability
6 8 (24.24%) Cybersecurity
7 4 (12.12%) Communications Security
7 4 (12.12%) Security Patching
7 4 (12.12%) Tech Ops
8 1 (3.03%) Artificial Intelligence
8 1 (3.03%) FPGA Design
8 1 (3.03%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 29 (87.88%) C
2 20 (60.61%) MATLAB
3 15 (45.45%) C++
4 4 (12.12%) Java
4 4 (12.12%) Perl
4 4 (12.12%) PowerShell
4 4 (12.12%) Python
Qualifications
1 15 (45.45%) DV Cleared
1 15 (45.45%) SC Cleared
1 15 (45.45%) Security Cleared
2 4 (12.12%) Degree
2 4 (12.12%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (24.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 15 (45.45%) Firmware
Vendors
1 4 (12.12%) Atlassian