RF Engineer Contracts in Hampshire

Radio Frequency Engineer
South East > Hampshire

The median Radio Frequency Engineer daily rate in Hampshire is £750 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 15 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
15 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 87 108 129
Rank change year-on-year +21 +21 -40
Contract jobs requiring an RF Engineer 12 2 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hampshire 0.75% 0.13% 0.23%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.84% 0.14% 0.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £59 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £750 - -
75th Percentile £788 - -
90th Percentile £825 - -
South East median daily rate £750 - £400
% change year-on-year - - +900.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 2 5
10th Percentile - - £30.80
25th Percentile £59.00 £51.25 £31.25
Median hourly rate £59.44 £52.50 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year +13.22% +61.54% -18.75%
75th Percentile - £53.75 £33.75
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £59.44 £52.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year +13.22% +61.54% -18.75%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Hampshire

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Hampshire. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Hampshire with a recognized job title 1,436 1,412 2,030
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.97% 94.07% 94.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 816 917 1,221
10th Percentile £363 £228 £263
25th Percentile £450 £413 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year +9.52% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £675 £624 £600
90th Percentile £738 £701 £688
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £488
% change year-on-year - +2.56% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 165 115 158
10th Percentile £13.13 £18.25 £13.50
25th Percentile £33.75 £20.49 £16.30
Median hourly rate £57.35 £50.00 £22.25
Median % change year-on-year +14.70% +124.72% -22.61%
75th Percentile £62.50 £67.31 £43.95
90th Percentile £76.86 £72.01 £60.23
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £45.00 £21.00
% change year-on-year +5.56% +114.29% -16.00%

RF Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

Job postings that featured RF Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Hampshire.

Job vacancy trend for RF Engineer in Hampshire

RF Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Hampshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing RF Engineer in Hampshire.

Daily rate trend for RF Engineer in Hampshire

RF Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in Hampshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing RF Engineer in Hampshire over the 6 months to 15 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for RF Engineer in Hampshire

RF Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Hampshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing RF Engineer in Hampshire.

Hourly rate trend for RF Engineer in Hampshire

RF Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Hampshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing RF Engineer within the Hampshire region over the 6 months to 15 April 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
Portsmouth +5 7 £59 -
Romsey - 3 £775 - 1
Southampton - 1 - - 1
RF Engineer
South East

RF Engineer Skill Set
Top 21 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hampshire

For the 6 months to 15 April 2024, RF Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Hampshire region featuring RF Engineer in the job title.

1 7 (58.33%) Software Engineering
2 4 (33.33%) Risk Management
3 3 (25.00%) Aerospace
3 3 (25.00%) DV Cleared
3 3 (25.00%) Security Cleared
3 3 (25.00%) Hazard Analysis
3 3 (25.00%) Performance Optimisation
3 3 (25.00%) Wideband
4 2 (16.67%) Architectural Design
4 2 (16.67%) Kalman Filter
4 2 (16.67%) RS-232
4 2 (16.67%) Software Testing
4 2 (16.67%) Data Management
4 2 (16.67%) Manufacturing
4 2 (16.67%) Validation
4 2 (16.67%) LabVIEW
4 2 (16.67%) Change Management
4 2 (16.67%) C
4 2 (16.67%) C++
5 1 (8.33%) SC Cleared
5 1 (8.33%) Public Sector

RF Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hampshire 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 3 (25.00%) Wideband
2 2 (16.67%) RS-232
Development Applications
1 2 (16.67%) LabVIEW
General
1 3 (25.00%) Aerospace
2 2 (16.67%) Manufacturing
3 1 (8.33%) Public Sector
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (58.33%) Software Engineering
2 4 (33.33%) Risk Management
3 3 (25.00%) Hazard Analysis
3 3 (25.00%) Performance Optimisation
4 2 (16.67%) Architectural Design
4 2 (16.67%) Change Management
4 2 (16.67%) Data Management
4 2 (16.67%) Kalman Filter
4 2 (16.67%) Software Testing
4 2 (16.67%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 2 (16.67%) C
1 2 (16.67%) C++
Qualifications
1 3 (25.00%) DV Cleared
1 3 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (8.33%) SC Cleared