RFID Contract Job Trends in the North West

Radio-Frequency Identification (RFID)
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North West requiring RFID skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 131 - 143
Rank change year-on-year - - +38
Contract jobs citing RFID 2 0 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 0.092% - 0.035%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.71% - 0.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £106
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £108
Median % change year-on-year - - -79.52%
75th Percentile - - £109
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £180 - £108
% change year-on-year - - -79.52%
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

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 West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 282 297 449
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 12.98% 12.34% 15.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 170 166 300
10th Percentile £147 £268 £318
25th Percentile £339 £408 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £525 £486
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +8.02% +2.32%
75th Percentile £543 £675 £588
90th Percentile £680 £825 £640
England median daily rate £490 £508 £500
% change year-on-year -3.55% +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 £40.50 £57.35 £56.49
% change year-on-year -29.38% +1.52% +36.12%

RFID
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for RFID in the North West

RFID
Daily Rate Trend in the North West

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

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

RFID
Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

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

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

RFID
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 RFID within the North West region over the 6 months to 20 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 - -
RFID
England

RFID
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%) NFC
1 2 (100.00%) Wireless
General
1 2 (100.00%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) IoT