The first table below looks at the demand for RFID skills in IT jobs advertised for the Bedfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited RFID over the 3 months to 22 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Communications & Networking category for the Bedfordshire region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Radio-Frequency Identification (RFID)
Rank - 80 -
Permanent jobs citing RFID 0 5 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedfordshire - 0.514% -
As % of the Communications & Networking category - 2.110% -
Number of salaries quoted 0 5 0
Average salary - £35,000 -
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £45,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year
- -25.00%
All Communications & Networking
Bedfordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
274 237 103
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 25.16% 24.38% 12.19%
Number of salaries quoted 248 190 96
Average salary £50,000 £45,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+11.11% -
90% offered a salary of more than £29,900 £34,030 £32,500
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £55,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
RFID
East of England

RFID
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing RFID across the Bedfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Bedfordshire RFID Jobs Demand Trend

RFID
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing RFID across the Bedfordshire region.

Bedfordshire RFID Salary Trend

RFID
Top 14 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bedfordshire region citing RFID also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited RFID.

1 1 (100.00%) C
1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) GSM
1 1 (100.00%) Ethernet
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (100.00%) Smartcard
1 1 (100.00%) Device Driver
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 14443
1 1 (100.00%) Atmel
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Systems

RFID
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bedfordshire region citing RFID also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited RFID. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) GSM
1 1 (100.00%) Ethernet
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Smartcard
1 1 (100.00%) Device Driver
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C
1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 14443
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Atmel