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 1 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 843 965 1156
Rank change year-on-year +122 +191 -299
Permanent jobs citing Software-Defined Radio 60 18 55
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.061% 0.017% 0.035%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.44% 0.11% 0.26%
Number of salaries quoted 16 13 9
10th Percentile - £42,650 -
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,750 £72,500 £38,750
Median % change year-on-year -23.10% +87.10% -18.42%
75th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £56,750
90th Percentile - - £69,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,750 £72,500 £48,500
% change year-on-year -23.10% +49.48% -0.51%

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 13,635 16,010 20,860
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.84% 15.39% 13.38%
Number of salaries quoted 9,509 8,145 11,813
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,750 £28,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,000 £50,250 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.48% -4.29% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,715 £87,500 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £43,500 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -3.33% - -

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 1 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Software-Defined Radio in the UK

Software-Defined Radio
Top 14 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 1 May 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
UK excluding London +42 56 £55,750 -23.10% 12
England +123 47 £55,750 -23.10% 16
Work from Home +94 18 £65,000 -23.53% 5
East of England - 16 £80,000 - 6
North of England - 14 £51,500 - 1
South West -16 8 £58,250 -18.25% 1
North West - 8 £51,500 - 1
South East +7 6 £55,750 -34.41% 6
Yorkshire - 6 - -
Midlands - 3 - -
Wales - 3 - -
West Midlands - 3 - -
Scotland - 3 - -
Northern Ireland - 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:

Applications
1 1 (1.67%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 12 (20.00%) Wireless
2 7 (11.67%) 5G
2 7 (11.67%) 5G NR
2 7 (11.67%) LTE
3 6 (10.00%) 802.11
3 6 (10.00%) Ethernet
4 1 (1.67%) 3GPP
4 1 (1.67%) 4G
4 1 (1.67%) Bluetooth
4 1 (1.67%) GSM
4 1 (1.67%) OFDM
4 1 (1.67%) UMTS
4 1 (1.67%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (1.67%) ZigBee
Development Applications
1 1 (1.67%) Jenkins
1 1 (1.67%) TeamCity
General
1 38 (63.33%) Finance
2 6 (10.00%) Manufacturing
3 5 (8.33%) Electronics
4 4 (6.67%) Aerospace
5 3 (5.00%) Aeronautics
6 2 (3.33%) Marketing
6 2 (3.33%) Public Sector
6 2 (3.33%) Telecoms
7 1 (1.67%) Automotive
7 1 (1.67%) Avionics
Job Titles
1 37 (61.67%) Systems Engineer
2 35 (58.33%) Lead
3 34 (56.67%) Radio Engineer
4 33 (55.00%) Lead Systems Engineer
5 8 (13.33%) Radio Specialist
5 8 (13.33%) Technical Specialist
6 6 (10.00%) Design Engineer
6 6 (10.00%) Digital Design Engineer
7 5 (8.33%) Embedded Engineer
8 4 (6.67%) FPGA Engineer
9 3 (5.00%) Developer
9 3 (5.00%) FPGA Developer
9 3 (5.00%) Graduate
9 3 (5.00%) Graduate Systems Engineer
9 3 (5.00%) RF Engineer
10 2 (3.33%) Principal Engineer
10 2 (3.33%) Technical Leader
11 1 (1.67%) Communications Engineer
11 1 (1.67%) Principal Software Engineer
11 1 (1.67%) Senior FPGA Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (10.00%) 802.1X
2 1 (1.67%) Flutter
2 1 (1.67%) PyTorch
2 1 (1.67%) Qt
2 1 (1.67%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 13 (21.67%) FPGA
2 12 (20.00%) Embedded Systems
3 6 (10.00%) PCIe
4 5 (8.33%) VHDL
5 3 (5.00%) Algorithms
6 2 (3.33%) Analogue Electronics
6 2 (3.33%) Verilog
7 1 (1.67%) Cyber Defence
7 1 (1.67%) Cybercrime
7 1 (1.67%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 5 (8.33%) Linux
2 1 (1.67%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (21.67%) Digital Signal Processing
1 13 (21.67%) Signal Processing
2 9 (15.00%) FPGA Design
2 9 (15.00%) Problem-Solving
3 8 (13.33%) Software Engineering
4 6 (10.00%) Performance Analysis
4 6 (10.00%) UML
5 5 (8.33%) Image Processing
6 3 (5.00%) Biomedicine
6 3 (5.00%) Mathematics
6 3 (5.00%) Mentoring
6 3 (5.00%) Physics
7 2 (3.33%) Business Intelligence
7 2 (3.33%) Cybersecurity
7 2 (3.33%) Digital Marketing
7 2 (3.33%) Programme Management
8 1 (1.67%) Agile
8 1 (1.67%) Artificial Intelligence
8 1 (1.67%) Neural Network
8 1 (1.67%) OO
Programming Languages
1 5 (8.33%) MATLAB
2 4 (6.67%) C++
2 4 (6.67%) Python
3 3 (5.00%) C
Qualifications
1 48 (80.00%) Security Cleared
2 40 (66.67%) SC Cleared
3 13 (21.67%) Degree
4 8 (13.33%) BPSS Clearance
5 3 (5.00%) PhD
6 1 (1.67%) Master's Degree
System Software
1 12 (20.00%) Firmware
2 6 (10.00%) Embedded Firmware
Vendors
1 6 (10.00%) Xilinx
2 5 (8.33%) Intel
3 2 (3.33%) SAP