Near Field Communication (NFC)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for NFC skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited NFC over the 6 months to 29 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 597 703 849
Rank change year-on-year +106 +146 -173
Contract jobs citing NFC 3 10 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.007% 0.017% 0.008%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.053% 0.14% 0.072%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 8 0
10th Percentile £480 - -
25th Percentile £487 £538 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £521 £575 -
Median % change year-on-year -9.35% - -
75th Percentile £554 £613 -
90th Percentile £560 - -
UK excluding London median daily rate £521 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 5
10th Percentile - - £30.80
25th Percentile - - £31.25
Median hourly rate - - £32.50
75th Percentile - - £33.75
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - £32.50

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

NFC is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 5,643 7,361 9,669
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 12.94% 12.33% 10.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,382 4,789 6,330
10th Percentile £205 £235 £228
25th Percentile £350 £400 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £519 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.53% +3.70% +11.11%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £606
90th Percentile £700 £725 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £438
% change year-on-year - +8.57% +9.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 423 478 360
10th Percentile £13.57 £9.80 £14.87
25th Percentile £17.35 £10.63 £17.00
Median hourly rate £38.50 £19.00 £27.88
Median % change year-on-year +102.63% -31.84% +1.36%
75th Percentile £62.50 £60.00 £50.77
90th Percentile £67.40 £75.00 £66.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.88 £18.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year +148.00% -13.95% -10.42%

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Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing NFC as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for NFC in the UK

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing NFC.

Daily rate trend for NFC in the UK

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing NFC.

Hourly rate trend for NFC in the UK

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Top 7 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing NFC within the UK over the 6 months to 29 April 2024. 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
England +98 3 £521 -9.35% 4
UK excluding London +67 2 £521 - 4
London +99 1 - -
South East +18 1 £500 - 1
North of England - 1 £543 - 2
North West - 1 £543 - 1
Work from Home - 1 £500 - 2

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 1 (33.33%) PPP
1 1 (33.33%) UWB
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Bitbucket
1 1 (33.33%) Eclipse
1 1 (33.33%) Git
1 1 (33.33%) GoogleTest
1 1 (33.33%) Jenkins
1 1 (33.33%) JIRA
1 1 (33.33%) Rational DOORS
1 1 (33.33%) TestRail
1 1 (33.33%) Valgrind
1 1 (33.33%) Visual Studio
General
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Senior
2 1 (33.33%) C++ Software Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Embedded C++ Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Embedded C++ Software Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Embedded Linux Software Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Embedded Software Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Linux Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Project Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Linux Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Project Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Software Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Technical Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Technical Project Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Software Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Technical Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Technical Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) JSON
1 1 (33.33%) REST
1 1 (33.33%) Web Services
1 1 (33.33%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) EMV
1 1 (33.33%) Raspberry Pi
1 1 (33.33%) Self-Motivation
1 1 (33.33%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Embedded Linux
1 1 (33.33%) Linux
1 1 (33.33%) Ubuntu
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
1 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (33.33%) Continuous Integration
1 1 (33.33%) Cryptography
1 1 (33.33%) Front End Development
1 1 (33.33%) Kanban
1 1 (33.33%) Memory Management
1 1 (33.33%) Multithreaded Programming
1 1 (33.33%) Multithreading
1 1 (33.33%) OO
1 1 (33.33%) OOD
1 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (33.33%) Push Notifications
1 1 (33.33%) Scrum
1 1 (33.33%) Software Engineering
1 1 (33.33%) SOLID
1 1 (33.33%) Test Automation
1 1 (33.33%) UML
1 1 (33.33%) Unit Testing
1 1 (33.33%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) C++
2 1 (33.33%) C
2 1 (33.33%) C#
2 1 (33.33%) Java
2 1 (33.33%) JavaScript
2 1 (33.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
1 1 (33.33%) Master's Degree
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Google