RFID Contract Job Trends in the West Midlands

Radio-Frequency Identification (RFID)
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring RFID skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 115 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing RFID 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.11% - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.78% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £170 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £180 - -
75th Percentile £190 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £180 £613 £108
% change year-on-year -70.61% +469.77% -79.02%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 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
West Midlands

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 West Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 257 265 431
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 14.65% 13.92% 20.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 156 165 240
10th Percentile £253 £200 £212
25th Percentile £347 £300 £309
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £425
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +17.65% -2.86%
75th Percentile £570 £640 £589
90th Percentile £644 £750 £731
England median daily rate £490 £505 £500
% change year-on-year -2.97% +1.00% -1.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 3 16
10th Percentile £16.14 £13.40 £18.00
25th Percentile £24.25 £13.63 £22.88
Median hourly rate £30.00 £14.00 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +114.29% -49.09% +61.76%
75th Percentile £35.88 £18.88 £67.50
90th Percentile £43.78 £21.80 £68.13
England median hourly rate £42.50 £57.35 £56.49
% change year-on-year -25.89% +1.52% +41.85%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for RFID in the West Midlands

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Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

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

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Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

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

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Electronics Technician
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) IoT