Radio Frequency Engineer
UK

The median Radio Frequency Engineer salary in the UK is £55,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

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

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 786 974 1087
Rank change year-on-year +188 +113 -269
Permanent jobs requiring an RF Engineer 118 19 142
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.12% 0.018% 0.091%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% 0.020% 0.094%
Number of salaries quoted 57 8 29
10th Percentile £43,800 £39,420 -
25th Percentile £45,000 £44,688 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -30.00% +30.43%
75th Percentile £57,500 £66,000 -
90th Percentile £67,500 £77,175 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £75,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -30.00% +30.43%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent 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 permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 93,314 94,990 150,394
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.53% 96.09%
Number of salaries quoted 66,914 59,752 85,367
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,508 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.49% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

RF Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for RF Engineer in the UK

RF Engineer
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing RF Engineer.

Salary trend for RF Engineer in the UK

RF Engineer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing RF Engineer over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Salary histogram for RF Engineer in the UK

RF Engineer
Top 12 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing RF Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 3 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
UK excluding London +114 115 £55,000 +4.76% 80
England +182 114 £55,000 +4.76% 87
East of England +65 56 £55,000 - 35
Work from Home - 32 £49,000 - 20
South West +5 31 £49,000 -8.84% 19
South East +25 22 £65,000 +23.81% 20
Scotland - 4 - - 4
London +123 3 £80,000 +3.23% 12
Midlands - 1 - - 1
North West - 1 - - 2
West Midlands - 1 - -
North of England - 1 - - 9

RF Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 3 May 2024, RF Engineer 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 permanent job ads featuring RF Engineer in the job title.

1 48 (40.68%) Degree
2 36 (30.51%) Electronics
3 35 (29.66%) Manufacturing
4 28 (23.73%) Analytical Skills
5 27 (22.88%) Software Testing
6 25 (21.19%) Social Skills
7 24 (20.34%) Aerospace
8 23 (19.49%) CAD
8 23 (19.49%) TCP/IP
8 23 (19.49%) IoT
9 20 (16.95%) Problem-Solving
10 18 (15.25%) Firmware
11 17 (14.41%) Security Cleared
12 15 (12.71%) Test Automation
12 15 (12.71%) B2B
12 15 (12.71%) WAN
12 15 (12.71%) 5G
12 15 (12.71%) SD-WAN
12 15 (12.71%) Test Assurance
13 13 (11.02%) Validation
14 11 (9.32%) Customer Engagement
14 11 (9.32%) Project Delivery
14 11 (9.32%) Requirements Gathering
15 10 (8.47%) Presentation Skills
15 10 (8.47%) Mentoring
16 9 (7.63%) GNSS
17 8 (6.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 8 (6.78%) Embedded Firmware
17 8 (6.78%) Technical Leadership
17 8 (6.78%) EMC

RF 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:

Applications
1 4 (3.39%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 23 (19.49%) TCP/IP
2 15 (12.71%) 5G
2 15 (12.71%) SD-WAN
2 15 (12.71%) WAN
3 4 (3.39%) 4G
3 4 (3.39%) Wireless
4 3 (2.54%) Software-Defined Radio
5 1 (0.85%) Microwave Backhaul
5 1 (0.85%) Mobile Backhaul
Development Applications
1 4 (3.39%) LabVIEW
General
1 36 (30.51%) Electronics
2 35 (29.66%) Manufacturing
3 28 (23.73%) Analytical Skills
4 25 (21.19%) Social Skills
5 24 (20.34%) Aerospace
6 10 (8.47%) Presentation Skills
7 8 (6.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 5 (4.24%) Telecoms
9 4 (3.39%) Finance
9 4 (3.39%) Retail
10 3 (2.54%) Aeronautics
11 2 (1.69%) Military
12 1 (0.85%) Avionics
Miscellaneous
1 23 (19.49%) IoT
2 9 (7.63%) GNSS
3 8 (6.78%) Algorithms
4 4 (3.39%) FPGA
4 4 (3.39%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (1.69%) Acoustics
Operating Systems
1 4 (3.39%) Unix
1 4 (3.39%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (22.88%) Software Testing
2 23 (19.49%) CAD
3 20 (16.95%) Problem-Solving
4 15 (12.71%) B2B
4 15 (12.71%) Test Assurance
4 15 (12.71%) Test Automation
5 13 (11.02%) Validation
6 11 (9.32%) Customer Engagement
6 11 (9.32%) Project Delivery
6 11 (9.32%) Requirements Gathering
7 10 (8.47%) Mentoring
8 8 (6.78%) Kalman Filter
8 8 (6.78%) Project Planning
8 8 (6.78%) Schematic Capture
8 8 (6.78%) Technical Leadership
9 7 (5.93%) Verification and Validation
10 6 (5.08%) Bill of Materials
10 6 (5.08%) Digital Signal Processing
10 6 (5.08%) Feasibility Study
10 6 (5.08%) Signal Processing
Programming Languages
1 4 (3.39%) MATLAB
1 4 (3.39%) Python
Qualifications
1 48 (40.68%) Degree
2 17 (14.41%) Security Cleared
3 7 (5.93%) BPSS Clearance
4 5 (4.24%) Master's Degree
5 4 (3.39%) DV Cleared
5 4 (3.39%) HND
6 1 (0.85%) PhD
System Software
1 18 (15.25%) Firmware
2 8 (6.78%) Embedded Firmware
Vendors
1 8 (6.78%) EMC
2 1 (0.85%) Keysight