NFC Contract Job Trends in the North West

Near Field Communication (NFC)
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North West requiring NFC skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 128 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing NFC 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 0.092% - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.70% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
England median daily rate £475 - £475
% change year-on-year - - +2.15%
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 West

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 the North West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 285 293 443
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 13.05% 12.20% 15.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 171 167 295
10th Percentile £147 £269 £317
25th Percentile £333 £409 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £525 £486
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +8.02% +2.32%
75th Percentile £541 £675 £588
90th Percentile £680 £825 £639
England median daily rate £488 £508 £500
% change year-on-year -3.94% +1.50% -1.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 10 10
10th Percentile £15.50 £25.43 £15.72
25th Percentile £17.75 £37.55 £15.75
Median hourly rate £20.00 £48.56 £16.68
Median % change year-on-year -58.81% +191.13% -44.93%
75th Percentile £48.27 £51.91 £46.88
90th Percentile £67.25 £57.65 £49.35
England median hourly rate £41.50 £57.35 £56.49
% change year-on-year -27.64% +1.52% +34.50%

NFC
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing NFC as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for NFC in the North West

NFC
Daily Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing NFC.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing NFC

NFC
Contract Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing NFC within the North West region over the 6 months to 19 September 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
Manchester - 2 - -
NFC
England

NFC
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) RFID
1 2 (100.00%) Wireless
General
1 2 (100.00%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) IoT