NFC Contract Job Trends in Birmingham

Near Field Communication (NFC)
West Midlands > Birmingham

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Birmingham requiring NFC skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 74 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing NFC 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Birmingham 0.13% - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.68% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £206 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £213 - -
75th Percentile £219 - -
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median daily rate £200 - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Birmingham

NFC falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in Birmingham.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 148 67 161
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 19.00% 10.26% 23.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 85 36 74
10th Percentile £203 £161 £200
25th Percentile £263 £205 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £410 £405 £400
Median % change year-on-year +1.23% +1.25% -5.88%
75th Percentile £488 £580 £494
90th Percentile £570 £619 £650
West Midlands median daily rate £400 £425 £425
% change year-on-year -5.88% - -5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 12
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £62.50
Median hourly rate - £60.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year - -7.69% -
75th Percentile - - £69.06
90th Percentile - - £72.61
West Midlands median hourly rate £26.00 £18.13 £65.00
% change year-on-year +43.41% -72.11% +219.02%

NFC
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) RFID
1 1 (100.00%) Wireless
General
1 1 (100.00%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) IoT