RFID Job Trends

Radio-Frequency Identification (RFID)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring RFID skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 675 649 825
Rank change year-on-year -26 +176 +190
Permanent jobs citing RFID 10 11 6
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.014% 0.025% 0.007%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.099% 0.19% 0.053%
Number of salaries quoted 9 4 6
10th Percentile - £55,375 £49,125
25th Percentile £27,750 £55,938 £64,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £58,750 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -27.66% -21.67% +25.00%
75th Percentile £53,750 £67,500 £78,438
90th Percentile £55,500 £81,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £56,250 £75,000
% change year-on-year -24.44% -25.00% +25.00%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 10,099 5,914 11,304
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.70% 13.55% 13.47%
Number of salaries quoted 4,020 3,644 9,227
10th Percentile £26,250 £29,075 £26,250
25th Percentile £29,000 £37,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,792 £53,000 £48,500
Median % change year-on-year -23.03% +9.28% -7.62%
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,250 £63,750
90th Percentile £82,570 £87,500 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £35,000 £50,000 £43,208
% change year-on-year -30.00% +15.72% -3.98%

RFID
Job Vacancy Trend

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

RFID job vacancy trend in the UK

RFID
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing RFID.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing RFID

RFID
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing RFID over the 6 months to 13 March 2026.

Salary histogram for RFID in the UK

RFID
Top 9 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing RFID within the UK over the 6 months to 13 March 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
England -8 10 £42,500 -27.66% 14
UK excluding London -26 10 £42,500 -24.44% 14
Midlands -14 8 £35,500 -38.26%
West Midlands +1 7 £28,500 -50.43%
Work from Home +21 2 £52,500 -12.50%
North of England -38 2 £60,000 - 5
Yorkshire -52 1 - - 3
East Midlands - 1 £42,500 -
North West - 1 £60,000 - 1

RFID
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 (10.00%) Sketch
Cloud Services
1 1 (10.00%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 4 (40.00%) DHCP
1 4 (40.00%) DNS
2 3 (30.00%) Bluetooth
3 2 (20.00%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (20.00%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (40.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (50.00%) LabVIEW
2 2 (20.00%) Visual Studio
3 1 (10.00%) Balsamiq
General
1 7 (70.00%) Manufacturing
2 2 (20.00%) Electronics
2 2 (20.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (10.00%) Law
3 1 (10.00%) Marketing
3 1 (10.00%) Military
3 1 (10.00%) Retail
3 1 (10.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (40.00%) Analyst
1 4 (40.00%) Help Desk Analyst
1 4 (40.00%) Help Desk Support
1 4 (40.00%) Help Desk Support Analyst
1 4 (40.00%) Support Analyst
2 2 (20.00%) Firmware Engineer
2 2 (20.00%) Linux Engineer
2 2 (20.00%) Senior
2 2 (20.00%) Senior Firmware Engineer
2 2 (20.00%) Senior Linux Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Field Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Field Service Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Installations Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) IT Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Manufacturing Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Presales Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Product Owner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (10.00%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 2 (20.00%) Embedded Systems
1 2 (20.00%) FPGA
1 2 (20.00%) Industry 4.0
1 2 (20.00%) PCIe
1 2 (20.00%) Photography
1 2 (20.00%) Raspberry Pi
2 1 (10.00%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (10.00%) IoT
2 1 (10.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (10.00%) Product Ownership
2 1 (10.00%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (10.00%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (20.00%) Embedded Linux
1 2 (20.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (40.00%) Computer Science
1 4 (40.00%) Customer Service
1 4 (40.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 4 (40.00%) ERP
1 4 (40.00%) ITIL
1 4 (40.00%) Server Building
2 3 (30.00%) Software Engineering
3 2 (20.00%) DevOps
4 1 (10.00%) Agile
4 1 (10.00%) BDD
4 1 (10.00%) Business Analysis
4 1 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (10.00%) Logistics
4 1 (10.00%) Mechatronics
4 1 (10.00%) Process Improvement
4 1 (10.00%) Scrum
4 1 (10.00%) Test Automation
4 1 (10.00%) User Experience
4 1 (10.00%) User Stories
4 1 (10.00%) UX Design
Qualifications
1 4 (40.00%) Degree
1 4 (40.00%) HNC
1 4 (40.00%) MCSA
1 4 (40.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 4 (40.00%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) QA
System Software
1 4 (40.00%) Active Directory
2 3 (30.00%) Firmware
3 2 (20.00%) Embedded Firmware
Vendors
1 4 (40.00%) Microsoft
1 4 (40.00%) Veeam
1 4 (40.00%) VMware