RS-232
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for RS-232 skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited RS-232 over the 6 months to 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 813 909 1209
Rank change year-on-year +96 +300 -275
Permanent jobs citing RS-232 92 37 55
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.087% 0.039% 0.033%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.68% 0.24% 0.24%
Number of salaries quoted 69 35 37
10th Percentile - - £25,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £27,750 £27,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £62,500 £58,125 £65,000
90th Percentile £63,000 £65,000 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £30,730 £50,000
% change year-on-year +70.84% -38.54% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

RS-232 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 13,603 15,428 22,577
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 12.92% 16.28% 13.35%
Number of salaries quoted 9,416 7,727 11,819
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,000 £28,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.94% -3.81% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £87,419 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £44,000 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -2.22% -5.26% +5.56%

RS-232
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing RS-232 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for RS-232 in the UK

RS-232
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing RS-232.

Salary trend for RS-232 in the UK

RS-232
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing RS-232 over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Salary histogram for RS-232 in the UK

RS-232
Top 15 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing RS-232 within the UK over the 6 months to 2 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
UK excluding London +19 88 £52,500 +70.84% 24
England +101 71 £50,000 +27.83% 24
Work from Home +97 65 £55,000 +92.98% 16
North of England +45 24 £52,500 +10.53% 3
Scotland - 19 £60,000 - 5
North West -2 17 £53,750 -2.27% 1
South West -13 17 £40,000 -45.58% 3
Midlands - 10 £55,000 - 9
East of England -3 9 £65,000 +128.07% 2
Yorkshire +63 7 £30,000 +5.26% 2
South East -15 7 £42,500 -10.53% 2
East Midlands - 5 - - 8
West Midlands - 5 £55,000 - 1
London +108 4 £63,500 +10.43% 3
Wales - 2 £45,000 -

RS-232
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 4 (4.35%) Apache
2 1 (1.09%) Confluence
2 1 (1.09%) Jupyter
Applications
1 6 (6.52%) OrCAD
2 5 (5.43%) SOLIDWORKS
3 3 (3.26%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (2.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 13 (14.13%) AWS
2 11 (11.96%) GitHub
3 1 (1.09%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 49 (53.26%) Ethernet
2 33 (35.87%) TCP/IP
3 30 (32.61%) RS-485
4 26 (28.26%) Wireless
5 24 (26.09%) Wi-Fi
6 11 (11.96%) Bluetooth
6 11 (11.96%) ZigBee
7 6 (6.52%) RS-422
8 5 (5.43%) VoIP
9 4 (4.35%) Modbus
9 4 (4.35%) Wireshark
10 2 (2.17%) MQTT
11 1 (1.09%) 4G
11 1 (1.09%) 5G
11 1 (1.09%) GPRS
11 1 (1.09%) LAN
11 1 (1.09%) LoRaWAN
11 1 (1.09%) Network Security
11 1 (1.09%) Profibus
11 1 (1.09%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (4.35%) Big Data
2 1 (1.09%) InfluxDB
2 1 (1.09%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 18 (19.57%) Git
2 16 (17.39%) Subversion
3 13 (14.13%) JIRA
4 10 (10.87%) Jenkins
5 6 (6.52%) LabVIEW
5 6 (6.52%) Visual Studio
6 4 (4.35%) Zephyr
7 2 (2.17%) GitLab
8 1 (1.09%) Rational DOORS
General
1 46 (50.00%) Electronics
2 39 (42.39%) Manufacturing
3 11 (11.96%) Aerospace
3 11 (11.96%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (9.78%) Aviation
5 7 (7.61%) Military
6 6 (6.52%) Social Skills
7 5 (5.43%) Automotive
7 5 (5.43%) Pharmaceutical
8 4 (4.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (4.35%) Tech for Good
9 2 (2.17%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (2.17%) Legal
9 2 (2.17%) Public Sector
9 2 (2.17%) Telecoms
10 1 (1.09%) Finance
10 1 (1.09%) Games
10 1 (1.09%) Marketing
10 1 (1.09%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 65 (70.65%) Software Engineer
2 42 (45.65%) Embedded Engineer
2 42 (45.65%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 26 (28.26%) Senior
4 23 (25.00%) Senior Software Engineer
5 19 (20.65%) Senior Embedded Engineer
5 19 (20.65%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
6 10 (10.87%) Hardware Engineer
7 8 (8.70%) Systems Engineer
8 6 (6.52%) Electronics Engineer
9 5 (5.43%) Design Engineer
10 4 (4.35%) Electronics Design Engineer
10 4 (4.35%) Junior
10 4 (4.35%) Junior Embedded Engineer
10 4 (4.35%) Junior Software Engineer
10 4 (4.35%) Lead
10 4 (4.35%) Lead Software Engineer
11 3 (3.26%) Ada Engineer
11 3 (3.26%) Development Engineer
11 3 (3.26%) Software Development Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (22.83%) Yocto
2 17 (18.48%) .NET
3 6 (6.52%) .NET Framework
4 5 (5.43%) AngularJS
4 5 (5.43%) React
5 4 (4.35%) ActiveMQ
5 4 (4.35%) ASP.NET Web API
5 4 (4.35%) CSS
5 4 (4.35%) Django
5 4 (4.35%) HTML
5 4 (4.35%) JSON
5 4 (4.35%) Node.js
5 4 (4.35%) Qt
5 4 (4.35%) RabbitMQ
5 4 (4.35%) WCF
5 4 (4.35%) Web Services
5 4 (4.35%) WebSockets
5 4 (4.35%) WinForms
5 4 (4.35%) XML
5 4 (4.35%) ZeroMQ
Miscellaneous
1 18 (19.57%) Device Driver
1 18 (19.57%) Self-Motivation
2 15 (16.30%) Analogue Electronics
2 15 (16.30%) IoT
3 11 (11.96%) Analytical Mindset
4 10 (10.87%) Embedded Systems
5 7 (7.61%) FPGA
5 7 (7.61%) Robotics
6 6 (6.52%) ARM Cortex
6 6 (6.52%) CAN bus
6 6 (6.52%) Smart Home
7 4 (4.35%) Smart Energy
8 2 (2.17%) Driving Licence
8 2 (2.17%) Mobile App
8 2 (2.17%) PCIe
8 2 (2.17%) VHDL
9 1 (1.09%) Acoustics
9 1 (1.09%) Algorithms
9 1 (1.09%) MPEG
9 1 (1.09%) NB-IoT
Operating Systems
1 49 (53.26%) Linux
2 22 (23.91%) Embedded Linux
3 14 (15.22%) FreeRTOS
4 12 (13.04%) Windows
5 5 (5.43%) ThreadX
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (72.83%) Software Engineering
2 25 (27.17%) Problem-Solving
3 24 (26.09%) Agile
4 21 (22.83%) Computer Science
5 17 (18.48%) OOD
6 15 (16.30%) Customer Requirements
7 14 (15.22%) Software Testing
7 14 (15.22%) Validation
8 13 (14.13%) Continuous Improvement
9 12 (13.04%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 12 (13.04%) Physics
10 11 (11.96%) Coaching
10 11 (11.96%) Commercialisation
10 11 (11.96%) Mentoring
10 11 (11.96%) Project Management
11 10 (10.87%) Cybersecurity
12 9 (9.78%) Software Architecture
13 8 (8.70%) DevOps
13 8 (8.70%) TDD
14 6 (6.52%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 60 (65.22%) C
2 32 (34.78%) Embedded C
3 26 (28.26%) C#
4 18 (19.57%) Python
5 9 (9.78%) C++
6 6 (6.52%) Bash
7 5 (5.43%) JavaScript
7 5 (5.43%) R
7 5 (5.43%) SQL
8 4 (4.35%) Go
9 3 (3.26%) Ada
9 3 (3.26%) Embedded C++
10 2 (2.17%) Shell Script
11 1 (1.09%) Assembly Language
11 1 (1.09%) Rust
11 1 (1.09%) VB
Qualifications
1 36 (39.13%) Degree
2 12 (13.04%) Security Cleared
3 6 (6.52%) SC Cleared
4 5 (5.43%) Chartered Engineer
5 4 (4.35%) Master's Degree
6 3 (3.26%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (3.26%) HNC
6 3 (3.26%) HND
7 1 (1.09%) CCNP
7 1 (1.09%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (1.09%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (1.09%) DV Cleared
7 1 (1.09%) MCAD
7 1 (1.09%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (5.43%) MISRA
2 4 (4.35%) PMO
3 1 (1.09%) GDPR
3 1 (1.09%) JTAG
3 1 (1.09%) QA
System Software
1 19 (20.65%) Firmware
2 9 (9.78%) Docker
3 1 (1.09%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 4 (4.35%) Terraform
Vendors
1 5 (5.43%) EMC
2 4 (4.35%) Microsoft
3 2 (2.17%) Altera
3 2 (2.17%) Cadence
3 2 (2.17%) Lattice Semiconductor
4 1 (1.09%) Atmel
4 1 (1.09%) Cisco
4 1 (1.09%) Freescale
4 1 (1.09%) Rockwell
4 1 (1.09%) SAP
4 1 (1.09%) Siemens
4 1 (1.09%) VMware