RFID Job Trends in the Midlands

Radio-Frequency Identification (RFID)
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring RFID skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 216 241 -
Rank change year-on-year +25 - -
Permanent jobs citing RFID 5 1 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.064% 0.015% -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.31% 0.10% -
Number of salaries quoted 5 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £27,750 £56,250 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £28,500 £57,500 -
Median % change year-on-year -50.43% - -
75th Percentile £51,250 £58,750 -
90th Percentile £52,750 - -
England median annual salary £38,000 £60,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -36.67% -20.00% +17.65%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Midlands

RFID falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,605 986 961
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 20.57% 14.80% 19.18%
Number of salaries quoted 436 408 838
10th Percentile £25,750 £30,500 £26,500
25th Percentile £27,900 £36,250 £29,850
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,500 £48,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -34.38% +6.67% -5.26%
75th Percentile £52,500 £60,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £66,500 £72,500 £70,000
England median annual salary £40,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -27.27% +10.00% -4.76%

RFID
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing RFID relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

RFID job vacancy trend in the Midlands

RFID
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing RFID.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing RFID

RFID
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing RFID in the Midlands over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

Salary histogram for RFID in the Midlands

RFID
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing RFID within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 1 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
West Midlands +22 5 £28,500 -50.43% 1
RFID
England

RFID
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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:

Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Sketch
Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 3 (60.00%) DHCP
1 3 (60.00%) DNS
2 1 (20.00%) Bluetooth
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (60.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (60.00%) LabVIEW
2 1 (20.00%) Balsamiq
2 1 (20.00%) Postman
General
1 3 (60.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Banking
2 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Analyst
1 3 (60.00%) Help Desk Analyst
1 3 (60.00%) Help Desk Support
1 3 (60.00%) Help Desk Support Analyst
1 3 (60.00%) Support Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Product Owner
2 1 (20.00%) QA Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) EDI
1 1 (20.00%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (20.00%) Mobile App
1 1 (20.00%) Product Ownership
1 1 (20.00%) Self-Motivation
1 1 (20.00%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Computer Science
1 3 (60.00%) Customer Service
1 3 (60.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 3 (60.00%) ERP
1 3 (60.00%) ITIL
1 3 (60.00%) Server Building
2 2 (40.00%) Agile
2 2 (40.00%) BDD
2 2 (40.00%) Logistics
2 2 (40.00%) Test Automation
3 1 (20.00%) Agile Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Business Analysis
3 1 (20.00%) Product Roadmap
3 1 (20.00%) Project Management
3 1 (20.00%) Prototyping
3 1 (20.00%) Scrum
3 1 (20.00%) User Experience
3 1 (20.00%) User Stories
3 1 (20.00%) UX Design
3 1 (20.00%) Wireframes
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) HNC
1 3 (60.00%) MCP
1 3 (60.00%) MCSA
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (20.00%) ISTQB
2 1 (20.00%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) QA
System Software
1 3 (60.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (20.00%) Firmware
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (60.00%) Veeam
1 3 (60.00%) VMware