RF Engineer Jobs in England

Radio Frequency Engineer
UK > England

The median Radio Frequency Engineer salary in England is £55,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 23 April 2024.

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

6 months to
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 726 933 992
Rank change year-on-year +207 +59 -229
Permanent jobs requiring an RF Engineer 110 17 141
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.13% 0.018% 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% 0.020% 0.11%
Number of salaries quoted 56 6 31
10th Percentile £43,500 £39,033 £60,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £41,875 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £53,750 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.33% -28.33% +30.43%
75th Percentile £58,125 £73,000 -
90th Percentile £67,500 £77,625 -
UK median annual salary £55,000 £53,750 £75,000
% change year-on-year +2.33% -28.33% +30.43%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in England with a recognized job title 79,927 86,214 125,478
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.48% 91.56% 96.07%
Number of salaries quoted 59,989 54,425 75,776
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,084 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £60,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.74% +0.83% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,433 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £91,250 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £53,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.67% - +9.09%

RF Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for RF Engineer in England

RF Engineer
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing RF Engineer in England.

Salary trend for RF Engineer in England

RF Engineer
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing RF Engineer in England over the 6 months to 23 April 2024.

Salary histogram for RF Engineer in England

RF Engineer
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing RF Engineer within the England region over the 6 months to 23 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
East of England +82 56 £55,000 - 29
South West +14 30 £49,000 -8.84% 14
South East +32 19 £65,000 +62.50% 17
London +134 3 £80,000 +3.23% 6
Midlands - 1 - - 1
North West - 1 - - 2
West Midlands - 1 - -
North of England - 1 - - 7
RF Engineer
UK

RF Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 23 April 2024, RF Engineer 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 permanent job ads across the England region featuring RF Engineer in the job title.

1 48 (43.64%) Degree
2 37 (33.64%) Electronics
3 34 (30.91%) Manufacturing
4 30 (27.27%) Analytical Skills
5 27 (24.55%) Software Testing
6 24 (21.82%) Aerospace
6 24 (21.82%) CAD
6 24 (21.82%) TCP/IP
6 24 (21.82%) IoT
7 23 (20.91%) Social Skills
8 17 (15.45%) Firmware
8 17 (15.45%) Security Cleared
8 17 (15.45%) Problem-Solving
9 14 (12.73%) B2B
9 14 (12.73%) WAN
9 14 (12.73%) Test Automation
9 14 (12.73%) 5G
9 14 (12.73%) SD-WAN
9 14 (12.73%) Test Assurance
10 11 (10.00%) Validation
11 10 (9.09%) Presentation Skills
11 10 (9.09%) GNSS
12 9 (8.18%) Kalman Filter
13 8 (7.27%) EMC
13 8 (7.27%) Mentoring
13 8 (7.27%) Schematic Capture
13 8 (7.27%) Customer Engagement
13 8 (7.27%) Project Planning
13 8 (7.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 8 (7.27%) Technical Leadership

RF Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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:

Applications
1 6 (5.45%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 24 (21.82%) TCP/IP
2 14 (12.73%) 5G
2 14 (12.73%) SD-WAN
2 14 (12.73%) WAN
3 3 (2.73%) 4G
3 3 (2.73%) Software-Defined Radio
3 3 (2.73%) Wireless
4 1 (0.91%) Microwave Backhaul
4 1 (0.91%) Mobile Backhaul
Development Applications
1 6 (5.45%) LabVIEW
General
1 37 (33.64%) Electronics
2 34 (30.91%) Manufacturing
3 30 (27.27%) Analytical Skills
4 24 (21.82%) Aerospace
5 23 (20.91%) Social Skills
6 10 (9.09%) Presentation Skills
7 8 (7.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 6 (5.45%) Finance
8 6 (5.45%) Retail
9 4 (3.64%) Telecoms
10 3 (2.73%) Aeronautics
11 1 (0.91%) Avionics
Miscellaneous
1 24 (21.82%) IoT
2 10 (9.09%) GNSS
3 6 (5.45%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (3.64%) Algorithms
5 3 (2.73%) FPGA
6 2 (1.82%) Acoustics
Operating Systems
1 6 (5.45%) Unix
1 6 (5.45%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (24.55%) Software Testing
2 24 (21.82%) CAD
3 17 (15.45%) Problem-Solving
4 14 (12.73%) B2B
4 14 (12.73%) Test Assurance
4 14 (12.73%) Test Automation
5 11 (10.00%) Validation
6 9 (8.18%) Kalman Filter
7 8 (7.27%) Customer Engagement
7 8 (7.27%) Mentoring
7 8 (7.27%) Project Delivery
7 8 (7.27%) Project Planning
7 8 (7.27%) Requirements Gathering
7 8 (7.27%) Schematic Capture
7 8 (7.27%) Technical Leadership
8 7 (6.36%) Verification and Validation
9 6 (5.45%) Collaborative Culture
9 6 (5.45%) Cybersecurity
9 6 (5.45%) Digital Signal Processing
9 6 (5.45%) Signal Processing
Programming Languages
1 6 (5.45%) MATLAB
1 6 (5.45%) Python
Qualifications
1 48 (43.64%) Degree
2 17 (15.45%) Security Cleared
3 7 (6.36%) BPSS Clearance
4 6 (5.45%) HND
5 4 (3.64%) DV Cleared
6 3 (2.73%) Master's Degree
System Software
1 17 (15.45%) Firmware
2 8 (7.27%) Embedded Firmware
Vendors
1 8 (7.27%) EMC