RF Engineer Jobs in the UK excluding London

Radio Frequency Engineer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Radio Frequency Engineer salary in the UK excluding London is £55,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 18 May 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
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 637 717 747
Rank change year-on-year +80 +30 -158
Permanent jobs requiring an RF Engineer 125 16 104
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.17% 0.027% 0.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.18% 0.030% 0.15%
Number of salaries quoted 58 6 29
10th Percentile £44,100 £39,033 -
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,563 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -30.00% +30.43%
75th Percentile £57,500 £58,750 -
90th Percentile £62,250 £60,625 -
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £75,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -30.00% +30.43%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. 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 the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 67,926 52,593 68,736
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.85% 89.19% 95.74%
Number of salaries quoted 47,990 30,014 42,465
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

RF Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for RF Engineer in the UK excluding London

RF Engineer
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing RF Engineer in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for RF Engineer in the UK excluding London

RF Engineer
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing RF Engineer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Salary histogram for RF Engineer in the UK excluding London

RF Engineer
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing RF Engineer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 18 May 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 +59 61 £55,000 - 32
South West +6 35 £55,000 +4.76% 14
South East +19 23 £65,000 +23.81% 16
Scotland - 4 - - 4
North of England - 1 - - 14
West Midlands - 1 - - 2
Midlands - 1 - - 4
North West - 1 - - 4
RF Engineer
UK

RF Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 18 May 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 UK excluding London region featuring RF Engineer in the job title.

1 49 (39.20%) Degree
2 37 (29.60%) Electronics
3 35 (28.00%) Manufacturing
4 28 (22.40%) Software Testing
5 27 (21.60%) Analytical Skills
5 27 (21.60%) Social Skills
6 24 (19.20%) CAD
6 24 (19.20%) TCP/IP
6 24 (19.20%) IoT
7 23 (18.40%) Aerospace
8 22 (17.60%) Problem-Solving
9 18 (14.40%) Firmware
10 17 (13.60%) Test Automation
10 17 (13.60%) Security Cleared
10 17 (13.60%) B2B
10 17 (13.60%) WAN
10 17 (13.60%) SD-WAN
10 17 (13.60%) 5G
10 17 (13.60%) Test Assurance
11 15 (12.00%) Validation
11 15 (12.00%) Customer Engagement
11 15 (12.00%) Project Delivery
11 15 (12.00%) Requirements Gathering
12 12 (9.60%) Mentoring
13 10 (8.00%) Presentation Skills
14 9 (7.20%) GNSS
14 9 (7.20%) Verification and Validation
15 8 (6.40%) EMC
15 8 (6.40%) Schematic Capture
15 8 (6.40%) Algorithms

RF Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 2 (1.60%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 24 (19.20%) TCP/IP
2 17 (13.60%) 5G
2 17 (13.60%) SD-WAN
2 17 (13.60%) WAN
3 4 (3.20%) 4G
3 4 (3.20%) Wireless
4 3 (2.40%) Software-Defined Radio
5 1 (0.80%) Microwave Backhaul
5 1 (0.80%) Mobile Backhaul
Development Applications
1 2 (1.60%) LabVIEW
General
1 37 (29.60%) Electronics
2 35 (28.00%) Manufacturing
3 27 (21.60%) Analytical Skills
3 27 (21.60%) Social Skills
4 23 (18.40%) Aerospace
5 10 (8.00%) Presentation Skills
6 8 (6.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 5 (4.00%) Telecoms
8 3 (2.40%) Aeronautics
8 3 (2.40%) Military
9 2 (1.60%) Finance
9 2 (1.60%) Retail
10 1 (0.80%) Avionics
Miscellaneous
1 24 (19.20%) IoT
2 9 (7.20%) GNSS
3 8 (6.40%) Algorithms
4 4 (3.20%) FPGA
5 2 (1.60%) Acoustics
5 2 (1.60%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.60%) Unix
1 2 (1.60%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (22.40%) Software Testing
2 24 (19.20%) CAD
3 22 (17.60%) Problem-Solving
4 17 (13.60%) B2B
4 17 (13.60%) Test Assurance
4 17 (13.60%) Test Automation
5 15 (12.00%) Customer Engagement
5 15 (12.00%) Project Delivery
5 15 (12.00%) Requirements Gathering
5 15 (12.00%) Validation
6 12 (9.60%) Mentoring
7 9 (7.20%) Verification and Validation
8 8 (6.40%) Bill of Materials
8 8 (6.40%) Project Planning
8 8 (6.40%) Schematic Capture
8 8 (6.40%) Technical Leadership
9 6 (4.80%) Digital Signal Processing
9 6 (4.80%) Kalman Filter
9 6 (4.80%) Requirements Management
9 6 (4.80%) Signal Processing
Programming Languages
1 2 (1.60%) MATLAB
1 2 (1.60%) Python
Qualifications
1 49 (39.20%) Degree
2 17 (13.60%) Security Cleared
3 7 (5.60%) BPSS Clearance
4 5 (4.00%) Master's Degree
5 4 (3.20%) DV Cleared
6 2 (1.60%) HND
7 1 (0.80%) PhD
System Software
1 18 (14.40%) Firmware
2 8 (6.40%) Embedded Firmware
Vendors
1 8 (6.40%) EMC
2 1 (0.80%) Keysight