RFID Job Trends

Radio-Frequency Identification (RFID)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring RFID skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 665 771 773
Rank change year-on-year +106 +2 +423
Permanent jobs citing RFID 8 21 1
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.016% 0.027% 0.002%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.11% 0.23% 0.010%
Number of salaries quoted 6 13 1
10th Percentile £43,750 - -
25th Percentile £44,375 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £54,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.67% +9.00% -
75th Percentile £60,625 £55,750 £52,500
90th Percentile £65,625 - -
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £54,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -3.67% +9.00% -

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 7,158 9,321 9,857
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 14.53% 11.99% 16.02%
Number of salaries quoted 3,986 4,891 6,940
10th Percentile £25,087 £29,369 £27,500
25th Percentile £29,000 £36,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £50,000 £50,985
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% -1.93% -2.89%
75th Percentile £61,250 £67,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £35,000 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -26.32% +5.56% -5.26%

RFID
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing RFID as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for RFID 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 16 September 2025.

Salary histogram for RFID in the UK

RFID
Top 10 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 16 September 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 +95 6 £52,500 -3.67% 10
UK excluding London +83 5 £52,500 -3.67% 9
Work from Home +68 4 £52,500 +5.00% 4
South West - 2 £52,500 -
Midlands +60 1 £47,500 -5.00% 4
London +59 1 £57,500 -11.54% 3
North of England +52 1 £70,000 - 1
West Midlands +51 1 £47,500 -5.00% 2
South East +36 1 £47,500 -12.84% 3
Yorkshire +17 1 £70,000 -

RFID
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (12.50%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (12.50%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Payment Gateway
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 2 (25.00%) Postman
2 1 (12.50%) JIRA
General
1 3 (37.50%) Finance
2 2 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Banking
2 2 (25.00%) Electronics
2 2 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Marketing
3 1 (12.50%) Retail
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) Senior
2 2 (25.00%) Design Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Electronics Design Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Electronics Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Field Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Field Service Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) QA Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Senior Design Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Senior Electronics Design Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Senior Electronics Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Business Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Business Systems Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Developer
3 1 (12.50%) PHP Developer
3 1 (12.50%) Retail Business Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Senior Developer
3 1 (12.50%) Senior PHP Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (25.00%) XML
2 1 (12.50%) Laravel
2 1 (12.50%) REST
2 1 (12.50%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Driving Licence
1 2 (25.00%) Mobile App
2 1 (12.50%) Legacy Code
Operating Systems
1 2 (25.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (37.50%) Agile
2 2 (25.00%) Agile Testing
2 2 (25.00%) BDD
2 2 (25.00%) Exploratory Testing
2 2 (25.00%) Logistics
2 2 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (25.00%) Scenario Testing
2 2 (25.00%) Test Automation
3 1 (12.50%) Actionable Insight
3 1 (12.50%) Business Analysis
3 1 (12.50%) Business Process Mapping
3 1 (12.50%) Clean Code
3 1 (12.50%) Data Migration
3 1 (12.50%) Inventory Management
3 1 (12.50%) Requirements Gathering
3 1 (12.50%) System Testing
3 1 (12.50%) Use Case
3 1 (12.50%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (12.50%) User Stories
3 1 (12.50%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 2 (25.00%) SQL
2 1 (12.50%) PHP
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) ISTQB
1 2 (25.00%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (25.00%) QA
1 2 (25.00%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (50.00%) Firmware
Vendors
1 3 (37.50%) Microsoft
1 3 (37.50%) Oracle
2 2 (25.00%) EMC
3 1 (12.50%) SAP