RF Design Engineer Contracts

Radio Frequency Design Engineer
UK

The median Radio Frequency Design Engineer daily rate in the UK is £775 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 572 - 861
Rank change year-on-year - - -167
Contract jobs requiring an RF Design Engineer 6 0 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.014% - 0.007%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.015% - 0.007%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 1
10th Percentile £733 - -
25th Percentile £744 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £775 - £50
Median % change year-on-year - - -88.24%
75th Percentile £803 - -
90th Percentile £831 - -
UK excluding London median daily rate £775 - £50
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £52.50
Median hourly rate - - £55.00
75th Percentile - - £57.50
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - £55.00

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 the UK with a recognized job title 40,246 55,892 84,695
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.74% 94.62% 95.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,216 39,044 59,517
10th Percentile £279 £313 £313
25th Percentile £409 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,676 1,569 2,074
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.25 £15.72
Median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year -18.89% +88.21% +6.27%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £76.00 £64.60
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.16 £19.52
% change year-on-year -5.11% +115.96% +2.74%

RF Design Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured RF Design Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for RF Design Engineer in the UK

RF Design Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing RF Design Engineer.

Daily rate trend for RF Design Engineer in the UK

RF Design Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing RF Design Engineer.

Hourly rate trend for RF Design Engineer in the UK

RF Design Engineer
Top 4 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing RF Design Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 6 May 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 - 6 £775 - 29
UK excluding London - 6 £775 - 29
South East - 5 £775 - 8
South West - 1 £775 - 1

RF Design Engineer Skill Set
Top 10 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 6 May 2024, RF Design Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring RF Design Engineer in the job title.

1 4 (66.67%) Risk Management
1 4 (66.67%) DV Cleared
1 4 (66.67%) Security Cleared
1 4 (66.67%) Performance Optimisation
1 4 (66.67%) Wideband
2 3 (50.00%) Hazard Analysis
2 3 (50.00%) Kalman Filter
3 2 (33.33%) SC Cleared
4 1 (16.67%) Aerospace
4 1 (16.67%) Public Sector

RF Design Engineer Skill Set
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 4 (66.67%) Wideband
General
1 1 (16.67%) Aerospace
1 1 (16.67%) Public Sector
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Performance Optimisation
1 4 (66.67%) Risk Management
2 3 (50.00%) Hazard Analysis
2 3 (50.00%) Kalman Filter
Qualifications
1 4 (66.67%) DV Cleared
1 4 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 2 (33.33%) SC Cleared