Radio-Frequency Identification (RFID)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for RFID skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited RFID over the 6 months to 24 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 890 978 1184
Rank change year-on-year +88 +206 -299
Permanent jobs citing RFID 4 7 20
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.004% 0.007% 0.013%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.029% 0.043% 0.097%
Number of salaries quoted 4 6 16
10th Percentile £41,875 - £40,000
25th Percentile £49,188 £57,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,500 £60,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.17% +20.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £57,750 £71,875 £57,500
90th Percentile £61,350 £75,000 £68,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £54,500 £60,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.17% +20.00% +11.73%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

RFID is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 13,616 16,119 20,630
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.90% 15.28% 13.40%
Number of salaries quoted 9,527 8,302 11,842
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,750 £28,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £36,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £51,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.86% -2.86% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,715 £87,500 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £43,500 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -3.33% - -

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

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing RFID.

Salary trend for RFID in the UK

RFID
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing RFID over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Salary histogram for RFID in the UK

RFID
Top 3 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 24 April 2024. 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 +122 4 £54,500 -9.17% 9
UK excluding London +20 4 £54,500 -9.17% 10
South East +20 4 £54,500 -9.17% 2

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 2 (50.00%) Kinematics
Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 3 (75.00%) SaaS
2 1 (25.00%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 3 (75.00%) Internet
2 1 (25.00%) Bluetooth
2 1 (25.00%) DECT
2 1 (25.00%) LAN
2 1 (25.00%) Unified Communications
2 1 (25.00%) WAN
2 1 (25.00%) Wireless
2 1 (25.00%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) Big Data
General
1 4 (100.00%) Electronics
2 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Fire and Rescue
2 1 (25.00%) Marketing
2 1 (25.00%) Police
2 1 (25.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (25.00%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Systems Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Design Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Electronics Design Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Electronics Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Product Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Senior
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Design Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Electronics Design Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Electronics Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (50.00%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) IoT
2 2 (50.00%) GNSS
3 1 (25.00%) Embedded Systems
3 1 (25.00%) NHS
3 1 (25.00%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Analytics
1 2 (50.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
1 2 (50.00%) Customer Requirements
1 2 (50.00%) Data Management
1 2 (50.00%) Design for Manufacturing
1 2 (50.00%) FMEA
1 2 (50.00%) Machine Learning
1 2 (50.00%) Predictive Analytics
1 2 (50.00%) Project Management
1 2 (50.00%) Regulatory Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) Technical Analysis
1 2 (50.00%) UML
1 2 (50.00%) Validation
2 1 (25.00%) Business Case
2 1 (25.00%) Data Privacy
2 1 (25.00%) Marketing Strategy
2 1 (25.00%) Product Roadmap
2 1 (25.00%) Prototyping
2 1 (25.00%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) C
1 2 (50.00%) C#
1 2 (50.00%) C++
1 2 (50.00%) XAML
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) Degree
2 1 (25.00%) Project+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) QA
2 1 (25.00%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 3 (75.00%) Firmware
2 1 (25.00%) Embedded Firmware