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 27 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 717 652 882
Rank change year-on-year -65 +230 +20
Permanent jobs citing RFID 20 6 12
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.021% 0.013% 0.011%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.29% 0.087% 0.092%
Number of salaries quoted 16 4 12
10th Percentile £38,125 £44,500 -
25th Percentile £43,750 £45,625 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,750 £52,500 £52,250
Median % change year-on-year +2.38% +0.48% -12.92%
75th Percentile £96,250 £59,375 £55,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £60,500 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £53,750 £52,500 £52,250
% change year-on-year +2.38% +0.48% -12.92%

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 7,006 6,862 13,056
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 7.36% 15.07% 12.37%
Number of salaries quoted 4,500 3,920 9,226
10th Percentile £27,750 £25,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,500 £31,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% -6.86%
75th Percentile £68,910 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £77,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £40,000 £43,742
% change year-on-year +6.25% -8.55% -2.80%

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 27 June 2026.

Salary histogram for RFID in the UK

RFID
Top 14 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 27 June 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 -64 20 £53,750 +2.38% 2
UK excluding London -36 18 £53,750 +2.38% 3
Work from Home +10 7 £52,500 - 1
South East -24 4 £95,000 +100.00% 1
North of England - 4 £60,000 -
Midlands - 4 £47,500 - 1
South West -53 3 £55,000 +4.76%
East of England - 3 £47,500 -
West Midlands - 3 £52,500 - 1
Yorkshire - 2 - -
London -29 1 £35,000 -39.13%
East Midlands - 1 £42,500 -
North East - 1 - -
North West - 1 £60,000 -

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 2 (10.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (15.00%) AutoCAD
1 3 (15.00%) Autodesk Inventor
2 2 (10.00%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (10.00%) Trello
Business Applications
1 5 (25.00%) Oracle Retail
Cloud Services
1 3 (15.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (15.00%) NFC
2 2 (10.00%) Bluetooth
2 2 (10.00%) Wi-Fi
2 2 (10.00%) Wireless
3 1 (5.00%) DHCP
3 1 (5.00%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (10.00%) JIRA
1 2 (10.00%) LabVIEW
1 2 (10.00%) Visual Studio
General
1 12 (60.00%) Retail
2 5 (25.00%) Electronics
2 5 (25.00%) Finance
3 4 (20.00%) Manufacturing
3 4 (20.00%) Marketing
3 4 (20.00%) Military
3 4 (20.00%) Social Skills
3 4 (20.00%) Telecoms
4 1 (5.00%) Law
Job Titles
1 5 (25.00%) Architect
1 5 (25.00%) Solutions Architect
2 4 (20.00%) Field Engineer
2 4 (20.00%) Field Service Engineer
2 4 (20.00%) Installations Engineer
3 3 (15.00%) RF Engineer
4 2 (10.00%) Firmware Engineer
4 2 (10.00%) IT Engineer
4 2 (10.00%) Linux Engineer
4 2 (10.00%) Project Manager
4 2 (10.00%) Senior
4 2 (10.00%) Senior Firmware Engineer
4 2 (10.00%) Senior Linux Engineer
5 1 (5.00%) Analyst
5 1 (5.00%) Help Desk Analyst
5 1 (5.00%) IT Support
5 1 (5.00%) Manufacturing Engineer
5 1 (5.00%) Presales Engineer
5 1 (5.00%) Support Analyst
5 1 (5.00%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.00%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 8 (40.00%) Contactless
2 5 (25.00%) Enterprise Software
3 4 (20.00%) Management Information System
4 3 (15.00%) Smartcard
5 2 (10.00%) Embedded Systems
5 2 (10.00%) EPoS
5 2 (10.00%) FPGA
5 2 (10.00%) Industry 4.0
5 2 (10.00%) PCIe
5 2 (10.00%) Photography
5 2 (10.00%) Raspberry Pi
6 1 (5.00%) Driving Licence
6 1 (5.00%) IoT
6 1 (5.00%) Mobile Computing
Operating Systems
1 2 (10.00%) Embedded Linux
1 2 (10.00%) Linux
2 1 (5.00%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (25.00%) Architectural Patterns
2 5 (25.00%) Containerisation
2 5 (25.00%) Data Migration
2 5 (25.00%) Digital Strategy
2 5 (25.00%) Integration Patterns
2 5 (25.00%) Microservices
2 5 (25.00%) Migration
3 4 (20.00%) Mechatronics
3 4 (20.00%) Preventative Maintenance
4 3 (15.00%) Benchmarking
4 3 (15.00%) ERP
4 3 (15.00%) Physics
4 3 (15.00%) Software Engineering
4 3 (15.00%) Validation
5 2 (10.00%) DevOps
5 2 (10.00%) Presales
5 2 (10.00%) Project Delivery
5 2 (10.00%) Requirements Gathering
5 2 (10.00%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.00%) C#
1 1 (5.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (50.00%) Degree
2 3 (15.00%) Master's Degree
3 1 (5.00%) HNC
3 1 (5.00%) MCSA
3 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.00%) GDPR
System Software
1 6 (30.00%) Firmware
2 2 (10.00%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (5.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 5 (25.00%) Oracle
2 3 (15.00%) Autodesk
2 3 (15.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (5.00%) Veeam
3 1 (5.00%) VMware