Software-Defined Radio Contracts

Software-Defined Radio
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Software-Defined Radio skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Software-Defined Radio over the 6 months to 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 558 683 854
Rank change year-on-year +125 +171 -133
Contract jobs citing Software-Defined Radio 44 12 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.10% 0.022% 0.002%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.81% 0.17% 0.020%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 1
10th Percentile £163 - -
25th Percentile £313 - £785
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £579 £810
Median % change year-on-year -0.69% -28.52% +90.59%
75th Percentile £588 - £835
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median daily rate £575 £579 £810
% change year-on-year -0.69% -28.52% +90.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 7 1
10th Percentile £51.06 £51.25 -
25th Percentile £60.63 £51.31 £52.50
Median hourly rate £62.50 £57.50 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% +4.55% -2.65%
75th Percentile £70.00 £59.01 £57.50
90th Percentile - £65.96 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £62.50 £57.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year +8.70% +4.55% -2.65%

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 contract job vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 5,412 7,077 9,825
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 12.49% 12.74% 11.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,208 4,557 6,456
10th Percentile £206 £240 £240
25th Percentile £350 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £498 £513 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.93% +2.50% +11.11%
75th Percentile £600 £630 £613
90th Percentile £688 £719 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £485 £475 £450
% change year-on-year +2.11% +5.56% +9.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 420 446 370
10th Percentile £13.50 £9.80 £15.25
25th Percentile £16.30 £10.63 £16.63
Median hourly rate £40.00 £18.72 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year +113.73% -28.02% +6.12%
75th Percentile £63.75 £59.95 £50.77
90th Percentile £70.66 £75.00 £65.54
UK excluding London median hourly rate £47.50 £18.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year +156.76% -13.95% -2.27%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Software-Defined Radio in the UK

Software-Defined Radio
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Software-Defined Radio over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Software-Defined Radio in the UK

Software-Defined Radio
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Software-Defined Radio in the UK

Software-Defined Radio
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Software-Defined Radio over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Software-Defined Radio in the UK

Software-Defined Radio
Top 5 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Software-Defined Radio within the UK over the 6 months to 9 June 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +127 44 £575 -0.69% 10
UK excluding London +75 44 £575 -0.69% 9
South East +42 34 £63 - 6
East of England - 10 £575 - 2
Work from Home +104 1 - - 2

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 17 (38.64%) Confluence
Communications & Networking
1 20 (45.45%) SNMP
2 7 (15.91%) Radio Access Network
3 2 (4.55%) 5G
3 2 (4.55%) 5G NR
3 2 (4.55%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 21 (47.73%) Eclipse
1 21 (47.73%) Git
2 19 (43.18%) GoogleTest
2 19 (43.18%) Robot Framework
3 17 (38.64%) Bitbucket
3 17 (38.64%) JIRA
General
1 10 (22.73%) Aerospace
2 3 (6.82%) Electronics
3 1 (2.27%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 28 (63.64%) Software Engineer
2 19 (43.18%) Embedded Engineer
2 19 (43.18%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 15 (34.09%) C++ Software Engineer
4 7 (15.91%) Architect
4 7 (15.91%) Embedded C++ Engineer
4 7 (15.91%) Embedded C++ Software Engineer
4 7 (15.91%) Java Engineer
4 7 (15.91%) Java Software Engineer
4 7 (15.91%) Software Architect
5 2 (4.55%) Analyst
5 2 (4.55%) Designer
5 2 (4.55%) Linux Engineer
5 2 (4.55%) Software Test Engineer
5 2 (4.55%) Test Analyst
5 2 (4.55%) Test Engineer
6 1 (2.27%) C Software Engineer
6 1 (2.27%) FPGA Engineer
6 1 (2.27%) SC Cleared Test Analyst
6 1 (2.27%) Software Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (40.91%) CSS
1 18 (40.91%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (6.82%) FPGA
2 1 (2.27%) Verilog
2 1 (2.27%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 22 (50.00%) Linux
2 9 (20.45%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (75.00%) Software Engineering
2 23 (52.27%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 18 (40.91%) SysML
3 18 (40.91%) UML
4 17 (38.64%) Agile
4 17 (38.64%) Scrum
5 13 (29.55%) Prototyping
5 13 (29.55%) Validation
5 13 (29.55%) Verification and Validation
6 4 (9.09%) Software Testing
7 1 (2.27%) Electronic Design Automation
7 1 (2.27%) FPGA Design
7 1 (2.27%) Signal Processing
7 1 (2.27%) UVM
Programming Languages
1 22 (50.00%) C++
2 18 (40.91%) JavaScript
3 9 (20.45%) Java
4 3 (6.82%) C
5 1 (2.27%) SystemVerilog
Qualifications
1 5 (11.36%) SC Cleared
1 5 (11.36%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.27%) DO-254
1 1 (2.27%) IEC 61508
System Software
1 27 (61.36%) Firmware
Vendors
1 19 (43.18%) Google
2 17 (38.64%) Atlassian
3 3 (6.82%) Xilinx
4 1 (2.27%) Actel
4 1 (2.27%) Lattice Semiconductor
4 1 (2.27%) Microsemi
4 1 (2.27%) Siemens