Radio Frequency Engineer
UK
The median Radio Frequency Engineer salary in the UK is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 May 2025.
The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 16 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
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| Rank | 701 | 767 | 961 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +66 | +194 | +143 |
| Permanent jobs requiring an RF Engineer | 10 | 128 | 18 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.018% | 0.13% | 0.018% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.020% | 0.14% | 0.020% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 2 | 61 | 7 |
| 10th Percentile | £37,000 | - | £39,226 |
| 25th Percentile | £43,750 | £45,000 | £43,125 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £60,000 | £55,000 | £52,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +9.09% | +4.76% | -30.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £78,750 | £60,000 | £60,625 |
| 90th Percentile | £87,000 | £67,500 | £69,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £35,000 | £55,000 | £52,500 |
| % change year-on-year | -36.36% | +4.76% | -30.00% |
All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides 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 | 50,303 | 93,916 | 91,216 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 90.61% | 94.69% | 91.48% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 27,096 | 67,168 | 57,442 |
| 10th Percentile | £29,750 | £28,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £41,250 | £38,500 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £56,000 | £52,500 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +6.67% | -12.50% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £73,886 | £71,250 | £80,559 |
| 90th Percentile | £96,250 | £90,000 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £51,645 | £50,000 | £53,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +3.29% | -5.66% | +5.64% |
RF Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured RF Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
RF Engineer
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing RF Engineer.
RF Engineer
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing RF Engineer over the 6 months to 16 May 2025.
RF Engineer
Top 6 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 16 May 2025. 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 |
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| UK excluding London | +72 | 6 | £35,000 | -36.36% | 45 |
| England | +36 | 6 | £35,000 | -36.36% | 39 |
| South East | +81 | 4 | - | - | 7 |
| Work from Home | +93 | 3 | - | - | 26 |
| South West | +75 | 1 | £35,000 | -36.36% | 11 |
| East of England | -14 | 1 | - | - | 17 |
RF Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 16 May 2025, 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.
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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:
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