RF Engineer Contract Job Trends in Northern Ireland

Radio Frequency Engineer
UK > Northern Ireland

As of 24 January 2026, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Radio Frequency Engineer daily rate in Northern Ireland.

6 months to
24 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 32 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring an RF Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Northern Ireland 0.43% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.49% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
UK median daily rate £475 £265 £415
% change year-on-year +79.25% -36.14% -44.67%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Northern Ireland

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Northern Ireland. 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 contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Northern Ireland with a recognized job title 203 152 160
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 86.38% 93.25% 96.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 100 74 92
10th Percentile £298 £148 £201
25th Percentile £375 £225 £309
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £325 £450
Median % change year-on-year +42.31% -27.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £538 £538 £600
90th Percentile £626 £597 £650
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 18 20
10th Percentile £12.31 £20.38 £11.93
25th Percentile £15.25 £22.92 £12.25
Median hourly rate £24.00 £24.18 £15.82
Median % change year-on-year -0.74% +52.89% +11.49%
75th Percentile £53.75 £41.91 £18.19
90th Percentile - £67.29 £23.54
UK median hourly rate £27.72 £32.50 £38.10
% change year-on-year -14.72% -14.69% +9.53%

RF Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'RF Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland.

RF Engineer job vacancy trend in Northern Ireland

RF Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Northern Ireland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing RF Engineer within the Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 24 January 2026. 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
County Antrim - 1 - -
RF Engineer
UK

RF Engineer Skill Set
Top 5 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northern Ireland

For the 6 months to 24 January 2026, RF Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Northern Ireland region featuring RF Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Git
1 1 (100.00%) MATLAB
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) UVM

RF Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northern Ireland 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:

Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Git
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Algorithms
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) UVM
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) MATLAB
1 1 (100.00%) Python