RF Engineer Jobs in England

Radio Frequency Engineer
UK > England

The median Radio Frequency Engineer salary in England is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 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
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 707 881 1056
Rank change year-on-year +174 +175 -236
Permanent jobs requiring an RF Engineer 156 13 130
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.16% 0.016% 0.090%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.17% 0.017% 0.094%
Number of salaries quoted 75 6 31
10th Percentile £40,800 £39,033 £60,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,563 -
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 £61,563 -
90th Percentile £72,000 £70,625 -
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
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 90,431 74,847 138,483
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.61% 91.19% 95.86%
Number of salaries quoted 65,915 49,353 75,297
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,713 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.53% +1.19% +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

RF Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for RF Engineer in England

RF Engineer
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing RF Engineer in England.

Salary trend for RF Engineer in England

RF Engineer
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing RF Engineer in England over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Salary histogram for RF Engineer in England

RF Engineer
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing RF Engineer within the England region over the 6 months to 12 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 - 12
South West +1 43 £49,000 +5.30% 5
South East -5 29 £55,000 +4.76% 14
London +101 8 £50,000 -35.48% 3
North of England - 5 - - 4
North West - 3 - - 1
Yorkshire - 2 - - 1
Midlands - 2 - - 1
West Midlands - 2 - -
RF Engineer
UK

RF Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 12 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 England region featuring RF Engineer in the job title.

1 46 (29.49%) Degree
2 39 (25.00%) Manufacturing
3 36 (23.08%) Electronics
4 28 (17.95%) Security Cleared
5 26 (16.67%) Software Testing
6 24 (15.38%) Social Skills
7 22 (14.10%) IoT
7 22 (14.10%) Analytical Skills
7 22 (14.10%) Aerospace
7 22 (14.10%) CAD
7 22 (14.10%) TCP/IP
8 20 (12.82%) Problem-Solving
9 17 (10.90%) Firmware
9 17 (10.90%) Test Automation
10 16 (10.26%) Customer Engagement
10 16 (10.26%) WAN
10 16 (10.26%) B2B
10 16 (10.26%) 5G
10 16 (10.26%) Project Delivery
10 16 (10.26%) Requirements Gathering
10 16 (10.26%) SD-WAN
10 16 (10.26%) Test Assurance
11 14 (8.97%) Validation
11 14 (8.97%) BPSS Clearance
12 10 (6.41%) Mentoring
13 9 (5.77%) Verification and Validation
14 8 (5.13%) Schematic Capture
14 8 (5.13%) Embedded Firmware
14 8 (5.13%) Bill of Materials
14 8 (5.13%) Presentation Skills

RF Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (0.64%) LabWindows
Communications & Networking
1 22 (14.10%) TCP/IP
2 16 (10.26%) 5G
2 16 (10.26%) SD-WAN
2 16 (10.26%) WAN
3 4 (2.56%) 4G
3 4 (2.56%) Wireless
4 3 (1.92%) Software-Defined Radio
5 1 (0.64%) Microwave Backhaul
5 1 (0.64%) Mobile Backhaul
Development Applications
1 1 (0.64%) LabVIEW
General
1 39 (25.00%) Manufacturing
2 36 (23.08%) Electronics
3 24 (15.38%) Social Skills
4 22 (14.10%) Aerospace
4 22 (14.10%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (5.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 8 (5.13%) Presentation Skills
6 7 (4.49%) Finance
7 5 (3.21%) Telecoms
8 4 (2.56%) Military
9 3 (1.92%) Aeronautics
10 1 (0.64%) Avionics
Miscellaneous
1 22 (14.10%) IoT
2 8 (5.13%) GNSS
3 4 (2.56%) Algorithms
3 4 (2.56%) FPGA
4 2 (1.28%) Acoustics
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.64%) Linux
1 1 (0.64%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (16.67%) Software Testing
2 22 (14.10%) CAD
3 20 (12.82%) Problem-Solving
4 17 (10.90%) Test Automation
5 16 (10.26%) B2B
5 16 (10.26%) Customer Engagement
5 16 (10.26%) Project Delivery
5 16 (10.26%) Requirements Gathering
5 16 (10.26%) Test Assurance
6 14 (8.97%) Validation
7 10 (6.41%) Mentoring
8 9 (5.77%) Verification and Validation
9 8 (5.13%) Bill of Materials
9 8 (5.13%) Project Planning
9 8 (5.13%) Schematic Capture
10 6 (3.85%) Feasibility Study
10 6 (3.85%) Technical Leadership
11 5 (3.21%) Kalman Filter
12 4 (2.56%) Digital Signal Processing
12 4 (2.56%) Signal Processing
Programming Languages
1 1 (0.64%) C#
1 1 (0.64%) C++
1 1 (0.64%) Java
1 1 (0.64%) Python
Qualifications
1 46 (29.49%) Degree
2 28 (17.95%) Security Cleared
3 14 (8.97%) BPSS Clearance
4 4 (2.56%) DV Cleared
4 4 (2.56%) Master's Degree
System Software
1 17 (10.90%) Firmware
2 8 (5.13%) Embedded Firmware
Vendors
1 8 (5.13%) EMC