RFID Contract Job Trends in the North of England

Radio-Frequency Identification (RFID)
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring RFID skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 6 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 195 163 192
Rank change year-on-year -32 +29 -
Contract jobs citing RFID 3 2 1
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 0.067% 0.050% 0.021%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.54% 0.38% 0.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £170 - £106
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £180 - £108
75th Percentile £190 - £109
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £180 - £108
% change year-on-year - - -71.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £18.50 - -
Median hourly rate £19.00 - -
75th Percentile £19.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £19.00 - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
North of England

RFID 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 the North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 554 531 727
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 12.30% 13.29% 15.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 357 287 535
10th Percentile £170 £178 £240
25th Percentile £330 £306 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £486
Median % change year-on-year - -2.26% +8.00%
75th Percentile £550 £564 £590
90th Percentile £671 £675 £663
England median daily rate £490 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -2.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 11 22
10th Percentile - £12.30 £15.72
25th Percentile £15.50 £16.63 £15.75
Median hourly rate £20.00 £47.50 £19.82
Median % change year-on-year -57.89% +139.66% -0.30%
75th Percentile £67.25 £51.45 £40.07
90th Percentile £74.26 £51.91 £47.73
England median hourly rate £32.77 £52.50 £56.45
% change year-on-year -37.58% -6.99% +29.76%

RFID
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing RFID relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

RFID job vacancy trend in the North of England

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Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing RFID.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing RFID

RFID
Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing RFID.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing RFID

RFID
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing RFID within the North of England region over the 6 months to 6 November 2025. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North West - 2 - - 5
Yorkshire -29 1 £180 - 2
RFID
England

RFID
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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 3 (100.00%) NFC
1 3 (100.00%) Wireless
General
1 3 (100.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Electronics Technician
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) IoT