Software-Defined Radio Job Trends in the North of England

Software-Defined Radio
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring Software-Defined Radio skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 289 321 307
Rank change year-on-year +32 -14 -
Permanent jobs citing Software-Defined Radio 1 1 7
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 0.011% 0.007% 0.079%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.055% 0.077% 0.44%
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £72,500 £47,250 £47,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £51,500 £51,500
Median % change year-on-year +45.63% - -
75th Percentile £77,500 £55,750 £55,750
90th Percentile - - £58,300
England median annual salary £75,000 £61,000 £85,000
% change year-on-year +22.95% -28.24% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
North of England

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 in the North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,822 1,294 1,608
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 19.35% 9.16% 18.12%
Number of salaries quoted 832 761 1,025
10th Percentile £25,008 £28,750 £28,250
25th Percentile £25,087 £32,500 £33,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,500 £44,274 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -31.11% -6.79% +0.79%
75th Percentile £44,063 £60,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £77,542
England median annual salary £41,355 £50,000 £52,000
% change year-on-year -17.29% -3.85% -0.95%

Software-Defined Radio
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Software-Defined Radio in the North of England

Software-Defined Radio
Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Software-Defined Radio.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Software-Defined Radio

Software-Defined Radio
Job Locations in the North of England

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 North of England region over the 6 months to 19 September 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
North West +9 1 £75,000 +45.63%
Software-Defined Radio
England

Software-Defined Radio
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 1 (100.00%) Wireless
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Radio Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Software Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Creative Thinking
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Signal Processing
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Signal Processing
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Xilinx