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 4 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 684 618 862
Rank change year-on-year -66 +244 +124
Permanent jobs citing RFID 14 9 2
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.017% 0.022% 0.002%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.14% 0.17% 0.017%
Number of salaries quoted 10 2 2
10th Percentile - £55,125 £39,425
25th Percentile £27,750 £55,313 £43,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £56,250 £49,750
Median % change year-on-year -15.56% +13.07% -17.08%
75th Percentile £53,750 £57,813 £57,063
90th Percentile £66,000 £58,375 £61,075
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £56,250 £49,750
% change year-on-year -15.56% +13.07% -17.08%

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 10,314 5,177 12,115
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 12.82% 12.65% 13.31%
Number of salaries quoted 4,079 3,730 9,454
10th Percentile £26,500 £28,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £29,750 £36,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £52,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -19.05% +10.53% -7.77%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £78,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £37,500 £47,500 £43,461
% change year-on-year -21.05% +9.29% -3.42%

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 4 April 2026.

Salary histogram for RFID in the UK

RFID
Top 12 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 4 April 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 -42 14 £47,500 -15.56% 16
UK excluding London -67 14 £47,500 -15.56% 16
Midlands -38 8 £35,500 -38.26% 1
West Midlands -9 7 £28,500 -50.43% 1
North of England - 4 £60,000 - 5
Work from Home +7 2 £52,500 -4.55% 2
Yorkshire - 2 - - 3
South West -34 1 - - 4
South East -35 1 £95,000 +72.73% 4
North East - 1 - - 1
North West - 1 £60,000 - 1
East Midlands - 1 £42,500 -

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 (7.14%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 1 (7.14%) Oracle Retail
Cloud Services
1 1 (7.14%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 4 (28.57%) DHCP
1 4 (28.57%) DNS
2 3 (21.43%) Bluetooth
3 2 (14.29%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (14.29%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (28.57%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (35.71%) LabVIEW
2 2 (14.29%) Visual Studio
3 1 (7.14%) Balsamiq
General
1 7 (50.00%) Manufacturing
2 5 (35.71%) Retail
3 4 (28.57%) Marketing
3 4 (28.57%) Military
3 4 (28.57%) Telecoms
4 2 (14.29%) Electronics
4 2 (14.29%) Social Skills
5 1 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (7.14%) Finance
5 1 (7.14%) Law
Job Titles
1 4 (28.57%) Analyst
1 4 (28.57%) Field Engineer
1 4 (28.57%) Field Service Engineer
1 4 (28.57%) Help Desk Analyst
1 4 (28.57%) Help Desk Support
1 4 (28.57%) Help Desk Support Analyst
1 4 (28.57%) Installations Engineer
1 4 (28.57%) Support Analyst
2 2 (14.29%) Firmware Engineer
2 2 (14.29%) Linux Engineer
2 2 (14.29%) Senior
2 2 (14.29%) Senior Firmware Engineer
2 2 (14.29%) Senior Linux Engineer
3 1 (7.14%) Architect
3 1 (7.14%) IT Engineer
3 1 (7.14%) Manufacturing Engineer
3 1 (7.14%) Presales Engineer
3 1 (7.14%) Product Owner
3 1 (7.14%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.14%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 4 (28.57%) Management Information System
2 2 (14.29%) Embedded Systems
2 2 (14.29%) FPGA
2 2 (14.29%) Industry 4.0
2 2 (14.29%) PCIe
2 2 (14.29%) Photography
2 2 (14.29%) Raspberry Pi
3 1 (7.14%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (7.14%) Contactless
3 1 (7.14%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (7.14%) IoT
3 1 (7.14%) Product Ownership
3 1 (7.14%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (7.14%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (14.29%) Embedded Linux
1 2 (14.29%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (28.57%) Computer Science
1 4 (28.57%) Customer Service
1 4 (28.57%) Disaster Recovery
1 4 (28.57%) ERP
1 4 (28.57%) ITIL
1 4 (28.57%) Mechatronics
1 4 (28.57%) Preventative Maintenance
1 4 (28.57%) Server Building
2 3 (21.43%) Software Engineering
3 2 (14.29%) DevOps
4 1 (7.14%) Architectural Patterns
4 1 (7.14%) Backlog Management
4 1 (7.14%) Backlog Refinement
4 1 (7.14%) Business Analysis
4 1 (7.14%) Business Case
4 1 (7.14%) Integration Patterns
4 1 (7.14%) Inventory Management
4 1 (7.14%) Microservices
4 1 (7.14%) Roadmaps
4 1 (7.14%) User Experience
Qualifications
1 7 (50.00%) Degree
2 4 (28.57%) HNC
2 4 (28.57%) MCSA
2 4 (28.57%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (28.57%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.14%) QA
System Software
1 6 (42.86%) Firmware
2 4 (28.57%) Active Directory
3 2 (14.29%) Embedded Firmware
Vendors
1 4 (28.57%) Microsoft
1 4 (28.57%) Veeam
1 4 (28.57%) VMware
2 1 (7.14%) Oracle