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 21 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 638 703 685
Rank change year-on-year +65 -18 +337
Permanent jobs citing RFID 6 21 6
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.010% 0.037% 0.012%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.062% 0.28% 0.080%
Number of salaries quoted 6 8 6
10th Percentile £27,750 £51,525 £54,375
25th Percentile £31,750 £53,250 £64,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £56,250 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.56% -25.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £53,125 £63,125 £78,438
90th Percentile £61,875 £77,750 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £54,500 £75,000
% change year-on-year -12.84% -27.33% +17.65%

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 9,685 7,397 7,506
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 16.40% 13.14% 15.49%
Number of salaries quoted 4,028 3,921 6,097
10th Percentile £25,087 £30,750 £26,500
25th Percentile £28,250 £38,000 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,000 £54,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -29.63% +8.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £61,008 £71,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £34,000 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -32.00% +11.11% -

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 21 December 2025.

Salary histogram for RFID in the UK

RFID
Top 8 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 21 December 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
England +70 6 £47,500 -15.56% 5
UK excluding London +50 6 £47,500 -12.84% 3
West Midlands +33 4 £38,000 -29.30% 2
Midlands +17 4 £38,000 -29.30% 2
Work from Home +57 3 £47,500 -20.83% 1
South East +30 1 £47,500 -12.84%
North of England +16 1 £70,000 - 1
Yorkshire -6 1 £70,000 -

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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (16.67%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (16.67%) MS Visio
1 1 (16.67%) Sketch
Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 2 (33.33%) DHCP
1 2 (33.33%) DNS
2 1 (16.67%) Bluetooth
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (33.33%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (33.33%) LabVIEW
1 2 (33.33%) Postman
2 1 (16.67%) Balsamiq
2 1 (16.67%) JIRA
General
1 2 (33.33%) Banking
1 2 (33.33%) Manufacturing
2 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Finance
2 1 (16.67%) Retail
2 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Analyst
2 2 (33.33%) Help Desk Analyst
2 2 (33.33%) Help Desk Support
2 2 (33.33%) Help Desk Support Analyst
2 2 (33.33%) QA Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) Support Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Business Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Business Systems Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Product Owner
3 1 (16.67%) Retail Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (33.33%) XML
2 1 (16.67%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Mobile App
2 1 (16.67%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (16.67%) Product Ownership
2 1 (16.67%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (16.67%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Agile
1 3 (50.00%) BDD
1 3 (50.00%) ERP
1 3 (50.00%) Logistics
1 3 (50.00%) Test Automation
2 2 (33.33%) Agile Testing
2 2 (33.33%) Business Analysis
2 2 (33.33%) Computer Science
2 2 (33.33%) Customer Service
2 2 (33.33%) Disaster Recovery
2 2 (33.33%) Exploratory Testing
2 2 (33.33%) Inventory Management
2 2 (33.33%) ITIL
2 2 (33.33%) Project Management
2 2 (33.33%) Scenario Testing
2 2 (33.33%) Server Building
2 2 (33.33%) User Stories
3 1 (16.67%) Roadmaps
3 1 (16.67%) Use Case
3 1 (16.67%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (33.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) HNC
1 2 (33.33%) ISTQB
1 2 (33.33%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
1 2 (33.33%) MCP
1 2 (33.33%) MCSA
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (50.00%) QA
System Software
1 2 (33.33%) Active Directory
1 2 (33.33%) Firmware
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (33.33%) Veeam
2 2 (33.33%) VMware
3 1 (16.67%) Oracle
3 1 (16.67%) SAP