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 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 825 915 1183
Rank change year-on-year +90 +268 -273
Permanent jobs citing RS-232 89 37 54
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.087% 0.038% 0.032%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.66% 0.24% 0.24%
Number of salaries quoted 68 35 36
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 - £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 13,526 15,491 22,250
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.18% 15.91% 13.33%
Number of salaries quoted 9,416 7,761 11,859
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,900 £28,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,715 £87,500 £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 28 May 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 28 May 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 +32 85 £52,500 +70.84% 25
England +107 70 £50,000 +27.83% 30
Work from Home +113 62 £55,000 +92.98% 17
North of England +58 23 £52,500 +10.53% 3
South West -11 17 £40,000 -45.58% 4
Scotland - 17 £60,000 - 4
North West +14 16 £53,750 - 1
Midlands - 10 £55,000 - 10
East of England -2 9 £65,000 +128.07% 2
Yorkshire +81 7 £30,000 +5.26% 2
South East -1 7 £42,500 +8.65% 2
East Midlands - 5 - - 7
West Midlands - 5 £55,000 - 3
London +145 4 £63,500 +10.43% 2
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 (4.49%) Apache
2 1 (1.12%) Confluence
2 1 (1.12%) Jupyter
Applications
1 6 (6.74%) OrCAD
2 5 (5.62%) SOLIDWORKS
3 3 (3.37%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (2.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 13 (14.61%) AWS
2 11 (12.36%) GitHub
3 1 (1.12%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 48 (53.93%) Ethernet
2 32 (35.96%) TCP/IP
3 28 (31.46%) RS-485
4 25 (28.09%) Wireless
5 23 (25.84%) Wi-Fi
6 11 (12.36%) Bluetooth
7 10 (11.24%) ZigBee
8 6 (6.74%) RS-422
9 5 (5.62%) VoIP
10 4 (4.49%) Modbus
10 4 (4.49%) Wireshark
11 2 (2.25%) MQTT
12 1 (1.12%) 4G
12 1 (1.12%) 5G
12 1 (1.12%) Internet
12 1 (1.12%) LoRaWAN
12 1 (1.12%) Network Security
12 1 (1.12%) Profibus
12 1 (1.12%) SAN
12 1 (1.12%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (4.49%) Big Data
2 1 (1.12%) InfluxDB
2 1 (1.12%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 17 (19.10%) Git
2 15 (16.85%) Subversion
3 13 (14.61%) JIRA
4 10 (11.24%) Jenkins
5 6 (6.74%) LabVIEW
5 6 (6.74%) Visual Studio
6 4 (4.49%) Zephyr
7 2 (2.25%) GitLab
8 1 (1.12%) Rational DOORS
General
1 46 (51.69%) Electronics
2 38 (42.70%) Manufacturing
3 11 (12.36%) Aerospace
3 11 (12.36%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (10.11%) Aviation
5 7 (7.87%) Military
6 6 (6.74%) Social Skills
7 5 (5.62%) Automotive
7 5 (5.62%) Pharmaceutical
8 4 (4.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (4.49%) Tech for Good
9 2 (2.25%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (2.25%) Legal
9 2 (2.25%) Public Sector
9 2 (2.25%) Telecoms
10 1 (1.12%) Finance
10 1 (1.12%) Games
10 1 (1.12%) Marketing
10 1 (1.12%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 62 (69.66%) Software Engineer
2 39 (43.82%) Embedded Engineer
2 39 (43.82%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 25 (28.09%) Senior
4 22 (24.72%) Senior Software Engineer
5 18 (20.22%) Senior Embedded Engineer
5 18 (20.22%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
6 10 (11.24%) Hardware Engineer
7 8 (8.99%) Systems Engineer
8 6 (6.74%) Electronics Engineer
9 5 (5.62%) Design Engineer
10 4 (4.49%) Electronics Design Engineer
10 4 (4.49%) Junior
10 4 (4.49%) Junior Embedded Engineer
10 4 (4.49%) Junior Software Engineer
10 4 (4.49%) Lead
10 4 (4.49%) Lead Software Engineer
11 3 (3.37%) Ada Engineer
11 3 (3.37%) Ada Software Engineer
11 3 (3.37%) Development Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (22.47%) Yocto
2 17 (19.10%) .NET
3 6 (6.74%) .NET Framework
4 5 (5.62%) AngularJS
4 5 (5.62%) React
5 4 (4.49%) ActiveMQ
5 4 (4.49%) ASP.NET Web API
5 4 (4.49%) CSS
5 4 (4.49%) Django
5 4 (4.49%) HTML
5 4 (4.49%) JSON
5 4 (4.49%) Node.js
5 4 (4.49%) Qt
5 4 (4.49%) RabbitMQ
5 4 (4.49%) WCF
5 4 (4.49%) Web Services
5 4 (4.49%) WebSockets
5 4 (4.49%) WinForms
5 4 (4.49%) XML
5 4 (4.49%) ZeroMQ
Miscellaneous
1 18 (20.22%) Self-Motivation
2 17 (19.10%) Device Driver
3 15 (16.85%) Analogue Electronics
4 14 (15.73%) IoT
5 11 (12.36%) Analytical Mindset
6 10 (11.24%) Embedded Systems
7 7 (7.87%) FPGA
7 7 (7.87%) Robotics
8 6 (6.74%) CAN bus
8 6 (6.74%) Smart Home
9 5 (5.62%) ARM Cortex
10 4 (4.49%) Smart Energy
11 2 (2.25%) Driving Licence
11 2 (2.25%) Mobile App
11 2 (2.25%) PCIe
11 2 (2.25%) VHDL
12 1 (1.12%) Acoustics
12 1 (1.12%) Management Information System
12 1 (1.12%) MPEG
12 1 (1.12%) NB-IoT
Operating Systems
1 48 (53.93%) Linux
2 21 (23.60%) Embedded Linux
3 13 (14.61%) FreeRTOS
4 12 (13.48%) Windows
5 5 (5.62%) ThreadX
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (71.91%) Software Engineering
2 25 (28.09%) Problem-Solving
3 24 (26.97%) Agile
4 21 (23.60%) Computer Science
5 17 (19.10%) OOD
6 15 (16.85%) Customer Requirements
7 14 (15.73%) Software Testing
7 14 (15.73%) Validation
8 13 (14.61%) Continuous Improvement
9 12 (13.48%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 12 (13.48%) Physics
10 11 (12.36%) Coaching
10 11 (12.36%) Commercialisation
10 11 (12.36%) Mentoring
10 11 (12.36%) Project Management
11 10 (11.24%) Cybersecurity
12 9 (10.11%) Software Architecture
13 8 (8.99%) DevOps
13 8 (8.99%) TDD
14 6 (6.74%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 58 (65.17%) C
2 30 (33.71%) Embedded C
3 26 (29.21%) C#
4 17 (19.10%) Python
5 6 (6.74%) Bash
5 6 (6.74%) C++
6 5 (5.62%) JavaScript
6 5 (5.62%) SQL
7 4 (4.49%) Go
7 4 (4.49%) R
8 3 (3.37%) Ada
9 2 (2.25%) Shell Script
10 1 (1.12%) Assembly Language
10 1 (1.12%) Rust
10 1 (1.12%) VB
Qualifications
1 36 (40.45%) Degree
2 12 (13.48%) Security Cleared
3 6 (6.74%) SC Cleared
4 5 (5.62%) Chartered Engineer
5 4 (4.49%) Master's Degree
6 3 (3.37%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (3.37%) HNC
6 3 (3.37%) HND
7 1 (1.12%) CCNP
7 1 (1.12%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (1.12%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (1.12%) DV Cleared
7 1 (1.12%) MCAD
7 1 (1.12%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (5.62%) MISRA
2 4 (4.49%) PMO
3 1 (1.12%) GDPR
3 1 (1.12%) JTAG
3 1 (1.12%) QA
System Software
1 18 (20.22%) Firmware
2 9 (10.11%) Docker
3 1 (1.12%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 4 (4.49%) Terraform
Vendors
1 5 (5.62%) EMC
2 4 (4.49%) Microsoft
3 2 (2.25%) Altera
3 2 (2.25%) Cadence
3 2 (2.25%) Lattice Semiconductor
4 1 (1.12%) Atmel
4 1 (1.12%) Cisco
4 1 (1.12%) Freescale
4 1 (1.12%) Rockwell
4 1 (1.12%) SAP
4 1 (1.12%) Siemens
4 1 (1.12%) VMware