RF Engineer Jobs in the UK excluding London

Radio Frequency Engineer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Radio Frequency Engineer salary in the UK excluding London is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 June 2024.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 625 716 764
Rank change year-on-year +91 +48 -150
Permanent jobs requiring an RF Engineer 155 12 110
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.19% 0.022% 0.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.20% 0.024% 0.15%
Number of salaries quoted 67 5 31
10th Percentile £40,000 £38,840 £60,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,000 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -30.00% +30.43%
75th Percentile £60,000 £58,750 -
90th Percentile £67,500 £61,000 -
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £75,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -30.00% +30.43%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 75,991 49,070 72,896
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.87% 88.81% 95.46%
Number of salaries quoted 53,059 29,227 42,783
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,519 £50,296
Median % change year-on-year -6.58% +6.41% +5.89%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

RF Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured RF Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for RF Engineer in the UK excluding London

RF Engineer
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing RF Engineer in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for RF Engineer in the UK excluding London

RF Engineer
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing RF Engineer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 14 June 2024.

Salary histogram for RF Engineer in the UK excluding London

RF Engineer
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing RF Engineer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 14 June 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
East of England +56 69 £55,000 - 17
South West +1 43 £49,000 +5.30% 7
South East -5 29 £55,000 +4.76% 14
Scotland - 5 - - 4
North of England - 5 - - 8
North West - 3 - - 3
Yorkshire - 2 - - 3
Midlands - 2 - - 1
West Midlands - 2 - -
Wales - 1 - - 1
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 1
RF Engineer
UK

RF Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 14 June 2024, RF Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring RF Engineer in the job title.

1 46 (29.68%) Degree
2 39 (25.16%) Manufacturing
3 35 (22.58%) Electronics
4 31 (20.00%) Security Cleared
5 26 (16.77%) Software Testing
6 24 (15.48%) Social Skills
7 23 (14.84%) Analytical Skills
8 22 (14.19%) IoT
8 22 (14.19%) Aerospace
8 22 (14.19%) TCP/IP
8 22 (14.19%) CAD
9 21 (13.55%) Problem-Solving
10 17 (10.97%) BPSS Clearance
11 16 (10.32%) 5G
11 16 (10.32%) Test Automation
11 16 (10.32%) Customer Engagement
11 16 (10.32%) WAN
11 16 (10.32%) Firmware
11 16 (10.32%) B2B
11 16 (10.32%) Project Delivery
11 16 (10.32%) Requirements Gathering
11 16 (10.32%) SD-WAN
11 16 (10.32%) Test Assurance
12 15 (9.68%) Validation
13 10 (6.45%) Finance
13 10 (6.45%) Mentoring
14 9 (5.81%) Verification and Validation
15 8 (5.16%) Bill of Materials
15 8 (5.16%) Presentation Skills
15 8 (5.16%) Inclusion and Diversity

RF Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Communications & Networking
1 22 (14.19%) TCP/IP
2 16 (10.32%) 5G
2 16 (10.32%) SD-WAN
2 16 (10.32%) WAN
3 4 (2.58%) 4G
3 4 (2.58%) Wireless
4 3 (1.94%) Software-Defined Radio
5 1 (0.65%) Microwave Backhaul
5 1 (0.65%) Mobile Backhaul
General
1 39 (25.16%) Manufacturing
2 35 (22.58%) Electronics
3 24 (15.48%) Social Skills
4 23 (14.84%) Analytical Skills
5 22 (14.19%) Aerospace
6 10 (6.45%) Finance
7 8 (5.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 8 (5.16%) Presentation Skills
8 5 (3.23%) Telecoms
9 4 (2.58%) Military
10 3 (1.94%) Aeronautics
11 1 (0.65%) Avionics
Miscellaneous
1 22 (14.19%) IoT
2 8 (5.16%) Algorithms
2 8 (5.16%) GNSS
3 4 (2.58%) FPGA
4 2 (1.29%) Acoustics
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (16.77%) Software Testing
2 22 (14.19%) CAD
3 21 (13.55%) Problem-Solving
4 16 (10.32%) B2B
4 16 (10.32%) Customer Engagement
4 16 (10.32%) Project Delivery
4 16 (10.32%) Requirements Gathering
4 16 (10.32%) Test Assurance
4 16 (10.32%) Test Automation
5 15 (9.68%) Validation
6 10 (6.45%) Mentoring
7 9 (5.81%) Verification and Validation
8 8 (5.16%) Bill of Materials
8 8 (5.16%) Project Planning
8 8 (5.16%) Schematic Capture
9 6 (3.87%) Feasibility Study
9 6 (3.87%) Technical Leadership
10 4 (2.58%) Digital Signal Processing
10 4 (2.58%) Innovative Thinking
10 4 (2.58%) Requirements Management
Qualifications
1 46 (29.68%) Degree
2 31 (20.00%) Security Cleared
3 17 (10.97%) BPSS Clearance
4 5 (3.23%) Master's Degree
5 4 (2.58%) DV Cleared
6 1 (0.65%) PhD
System Software
1 16 (10.32%) Firmware
2 8 (5.16%) Embedded Firmware
Vendors
1 8 (5.16%) EMC
2 1 (0.65%) Keysight