The first table below looks at the demand for the RF Engineer role in IT jobs advertised for the Cambridgeshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited RF Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 17 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 Job Titles advertised for the Cambridgeshire region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Radio Frequency Engineer
Rank 144 136 142
Rank change year-on-year
-8 +6
Permanent jobs requiring an RF Engineer 1 8 13
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 0.038% 0.282% 0.429%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.039% 0.293% 0.451%
Number of salaries quoted 1 7 13
Average salary £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-4.34% +4.54%
UK excluding London average salary £48,750 £47,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year
+2.63% -13.63%
All Job Titles
Cambridgeshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
2534 2728 2880
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 95.41% 96.16% 95.05%
Number of salaries quoted 2259 2299 2561
Average salary £38,000 £38,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.29% +10.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £27,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
RF Engineer
East of England

RF Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing RF Engineer across the Cambridgeshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Cambridgeshire RF Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

RF Engineer
Salary Trend

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

Cambridgeshire RF Engineer Salary Trend

RF Engineer
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing RF Engineer within the Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Cambridge -7 1 £55,000 -4.34%
RF Engineer
East of England

RF Engineer
Top 9 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridgeshire region that cited RF Engineer in their job title 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 with RF Engineer in their job title.

1 4 (80.00%) Bluetooth
1 4 (80.00%) GSM
1 4 (80.00%) Wi-Fi
1 4 (80.00%) Handset
1 4 (80.00%) TETRA
2 2 (40.00%) Wireless
2 2 (40.00%) DECT
3 1 (20.00%) MATLAB
3 1 (20.00%) Manufacturing

RF Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridgeshire region that cited RF Engineer in their job title 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 with RF Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 4 (80.00%) Bluetooth
1 4 (80.00%) GSM
1 4 (80.00%) Wi-Fi
1 4 (80.00%) TETRA
2 2 (40.00%) Wireless
2 2 (40.00%) DECT
General
1 1 (20.00%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 4 (80.00%) Handset
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) MATLAB
Cambs / Essex, East Anglia
Following your good degree in electronics or physics, you will have had at least 2 years of professional experience in RF circuit design and be keen to join...
ECM Selection Ltd
Salary: to £40k + benefits
Posted: 23 April 2013
Cambs / Essex, East Anglia
Think of anything with an antenna and it could be a project in which you will play a key part, from a consumer set top box to a...
ECM Selection Ltd
Salary: to £55k + benefits
Posted: 23 April 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
You will join the Analogue & RF Systems team and will take a leading design role in the development of new ground-breaking wireless systems from initial client meetings...
ENTERPRISE RECRUITMENT LTD
Salary: £50000 to £55000 per annum - excellent benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Familiarity with Altium designer, Matlab and HFSS. Good understanding of RF performance measurement and analysis design for EMC, radio qualification and type approval... Keywords: RF, Electronics, Engineer, EMC,...
MJH Personnel Associates
Salary: Excellent + bens
Posted: 16 May 2013