Software-Defined Radio Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Software-Defined Radio
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent remote or hybrid work 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 3 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 407 566 672
Rank change year-on-year +159 +106 +143
Permanent jobs citing Software-Defined Radio 10 18 5
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.066% 0.053% 0.012%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.40% 0.34% 0.10%
Number of salaries quoted 6 11 4
10th Percentile £66,875 - £74,500
25th Percentile £72,500 £45,000 £81,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £65,000 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.38% -23.53% +183.33%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median annual salary £75,000 £55,750 £72,500
% change year-on-year +34.53% -23.10% +87.10%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 2,518 5,288 4,767
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 16.60% 15.63% 11.20%
Number of salaries quoted 1,614 3,427 3,537
10th Percentile £23,504 £31,250 £31,400
25th Percentile £25,087 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -23.81% -8.70% +0.88%
75th Percentile £62,500 £67,500 £75,294
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £88,750
UK median annual salary £47,500 £48,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -1.04% -4.00% -4.76%

Software-Defined Radio
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Software-Defined Radio as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Software-Defined Radio trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Software-Defined Radio
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Software-Defined Radio.

Software-Defined Radio salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Software-Defined Radio
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 3 (30.00%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 6 (60.00%) Wireless
2 1 (10.00%) GSM
2 1 (10.00%) LTE
2 1 (10.00%) Radio Access Network
2 1 (10.00%) UMTS
Development Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Git
General
1 5 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (40.00%) Finance
3 1 (10.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (60.00%) Senior
1 6 (60.00%) Software Engineer
2 5 (50.00%) Radio Engineer
2 5 (50.00%) Senior Software Engineer
3 3 (30.00%) Firmware Engineer
4 2 (20.00%) Embedded Engineer
5 1 (10.00%) DSP Engineer
5 1 (10.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 1 (10.00%) Senior DSP Engineer
5 1 (10.00%) Senior Embedded Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (60.00%) Embedded Systems
2 5 (50.00%) Analytical Mindset
3 4 (40.00%) e-Learning
3 4 (40.00%) FPGA
4 1 (10.00%) Linux Command Line
4 1 (10.00%) MicroBlaze
4 1 (10.00%) RISC-V
4 1 (10.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (20.00%) Linux
2 1 (10.00%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (90.00%) Digital Signal Processing
1 9 (90.00%) Signal Processing
2 6 (60.00%) Software Engineering
3 5 (50.00%) Creative Thinking
3 5 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (40.00%) Innovative Thinking
4 4 (40.00%) Software Testing
4 4 (40.00%) Validation
5 3 (30.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 3 (30.00%) Integration Testing
5 3 (30.00%) Mathematical Modelling
5 3 (30.00%) Mathematics
5 3 (30.00%) Verification and Validation
6 2 (20.00%) Agile
7 1 (10.00%) Issue Tracking
7 1 (10.00%) System Testing
7 1 (10.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 3 (30.00%) MATLAB
2 2 (20.00%) C
2 2 (20.00%) C++
3 1 (10.00%) Bash
3 1 (10.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (40.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (40.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 4 (40.00%) Firmware
2 1 (10.00%) Embedded Firmware
Vendors
1 8 (80.00%) Xilinx