RS-485
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for RS-485 skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited RS-485 over the 6 months to 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 867 925 1233
Rank change year-on-year +58 +308 -301
Permanent jobs citing RS-485 55 20 48
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.051% 0.021% 0.028%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.40% 0.13% 0.21%
Number of salaries quoted 19 18 10
10th Percentile £41,750 £30,265 £30,075
25th Percentile £47,500 £33,636 £37,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £60,000 £64,375 £59,375
90th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £62,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% +10.00%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

RS-485 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 13,776 15,239 22,877
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 12.70% 16.37% 13.31%
Number of salaries quoted 9,405 7,647 11,856
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 £86,850 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £44,886 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -0.25% -5.26% +5.56%

RS-485
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing RS-485 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for RS-485 in the UK

RS-485
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing RS-485.

Salary trend for RS-485 in the UK

RS-485
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing RS-485 over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Salary histogram for RS-485 in the UK

RS-485
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-485 within the UK over the 6 months to 9 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 -28 53 £55,000 +4.76% 17
England +58 51 £55,000 +4.76% 17
Work from Home +75 23 £55,000 +7.32% 11
North of England +42 19 £52,500 - 3
Yorkshire - 15 £50,000 - 1
South East -4 12 £42,500 +8.65% 2
Midlands -23 10 £55,000 -26.67% 6
West Midlands -7 5 £55,000 -26.67% 1
East of England -10 5 £65,000 -
East Midlands - 5 - - 5
North West -6 4 £55,000 +4.76% 2
South West -27 3 £55,000 - 1
London +67 2 £63,500 - 2
Wales - 2 £45,000 - 1
Scotland - 2 - - 4

RS-485
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 (7.27%) Apache
Applications
1 3 (5.45%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (3.64%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (3.64%) Simulink
3 1 (1.82%) OrCAD
Cloud Services
1 5 (9.09%) GitHub
2 3 (5.45%) Azure
2 3 (5.45%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (1.82%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 32 (58.18%) RS-232
2 28 (50.91%) Wireless
3 26 (47.27%) Wi-Fi
4 20 (36.36%) TCP/IP
5 16 (29.09%) MQTT
6 14 (25.45%) 4G
7 13 (23.64%) 3G
8 12 (21.82%) ZigBee
9 11 (20.00%) Bluetooth
10 8 (14.55%) Ethernet
10 8 (14.55%) Modbus
11 7 (12.73%) RS-422
12 5 (9.09%) VoIP
13 4 (7.27%) Wireshark
14 2 (3.64%) Internet
15 1 (1.82%) DHCP
15 1 (1.82%) DNS
15 1 (1.82%) GPRS
15 1 (1.82%) VLAN
15 1 (1.82%) VPN
Development Applications
1 10 (18.18%) Git
2 9 (16.36%) Subversion
3 6 (10.91%) Jenkins
3 6 (10.91%) JIRA
4 4 (7.27%) Visual Studio
5 2 (3.64%) GitLab
6 1 (1.82%) Rational DOORS
General
1 23 (41.82%) Electronics
2 12 (21.82%) Mandarin Language
3 7 (12.73%) Manufacturing
4 5 (9.09%) Social Skills
5 4 (7.27%) Aviation
5 4 (7.27%) Finance
5 4 (7.27%) Marketing
5 4 (7.27%) Public Sector
5 4 (7.27%) Telecoms
6 2 (3.64%) Aerospace
6 2 (3.64%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.82%) Automotive
7 1 (1.82%) Military
Job Titles
1 46 (83.64%) Software Engineer
2 34 (61.82%) Embedded Engineer
3 33 (60.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 6 (10.91%) Lead
4 6 (10.91%) Lead Software Engineer
5 5 (9.09%) Electronics Engineer
5 5 (9.09%) Senior
6 3 (5.45%) Ada Engineer
6 3 (5.45%) Ada Software Engineer
6 3 (5.45%) Development Engineer
6 3 (5.45%) Software Development Engineer
7 2 (3.64%) Design Engineer
7 2 (3.64%) Electronics Design Engineer
7 2 (3.64%) Hardware Engineer
7 2 (3.64%) Senior Embedded Engineer
7 2 (3.64%) Senior Systems Engineer
7 2 (3.64%) Systems Engineer
8 1 (1.82%) Development Manager
8 1 (1.82%) Integration Engineer
8 1 (1.82%) Product Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (23.64%) REST
2 5 (9.09%) JSON
3 4 (7.27%) .NET
3 4 (7.27%) .NET Framework
3 4 (7.27%) ActiveMQ
3 4 (7.27%) AngularJS
3 4 (7.27%) CSS
3 4 (7.27%) Django
3 4 (7.27%) HTML
3 4 (7.27%) Node.js
3 4 (7.27%) Qt
3 4 (7.27%) RabbitMQ
3 4 (7.27%) React
3 4 (7.27%) WebSockets
3 4 (7.27%) XML
3 4 (7.27%) ZeroMQ
4 3 (5.45%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 20 (36.36%) Self-Motivation
2 12 (21.82%) IoT
3 7 (12.73%) ARM Cortex
3 7 (12.73%) FPGA
4 5 (9.09%) Smart Home
4 5 (9.09%) VHDL
5 4 (7.27%) Robotics
6 3 (5.45%) Analogue Electronics
6 3 (5.45%) CPLD
6 3 (5.45%) Fibre Optics
6 3 (5.45%) Verilog
7 2 (3.64%) CAN bus
7 2 (3.64%) Driving Licence
7 2 (3.64%) PCIe
8 1 (1.82%) Acoustics
8 1 (1.82%) Algorithms
8 1 (1.82%) Distributed Computing
8 1 (1.82%) Embedded Systems
8 1 (1.82%) Management Information System
8 1 (1.82%) NB-IoT
Operating Systems
1 31 (56.36%) Linux
2 17 (30.91%) Embedded Linux
3 9 (16.36%) Windows
4 7 (12.73%) FreeRTOS
5 5 (9.09%) ThreadX
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (85.45%) Software Engineering
2 30 (54.55%) Agile
3 23 (41.82%) Software Testing
4 15 (27.27%) Test Automation
5 13 (23.64%) OO
5 13 (23.64%) OOD
5 13 (23.64%) User Experience
6 10 (18.18%) Customer Requirements
6 10 (18.18%) TDD
7 8 (14.55%) Cybersecurity
7 8 (14.55%) DevOps
8 7 (12.73%) Continuous Integration
8 7 (12.73%) Schematic Capture
8 7 (12.73%) SDLC
9 5 (9.09%) BDD
9 5 (9.09%) Code Quality
9 5 (9.09%) Continuous Improvement
9 5 (9.09%) Kalman Filter
9 5 (9.09%) Pair Programming
9 5 (9.09%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 48 (87.27%) C
2 25 (45.45%) C++
3 17 (30.91%) JavaScript
4 15 (27.27%) Python
5 13 (23.64%) Embedded C
6 6 (10.91%) C#
7 4 (7.27%) Embedded C++
7 4 (7.27%) Go
7 4 (7.27%) SQL
8 3 (5.45%) Ada
9 2 (3.64%) Bash
9 2 (3.64%) MATLAB
9 2 (3.64%) R
9 2 (3.64%) Shell Script
10 1 (1.82%) Assembly Language
Qualifications
1 9 (16.36%) Degree
2 5 (9.09%) Security Cleared
3 3 (5.45%) BPSS Clearance
3 3 (5.45%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (3.64%) HNC
4 2 (3.64%) HND
4 2 (3.64%) Master's Degree
4 2 (3.64%) PhD
5 1 (1.82%) MCAD
5 1 (1.82%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (23.64%) GDPR
2 5 (9.09%) MISRA
3 2 (3.64%) QA
4 1 (1.82%) JTAG
System Software
1 12 (21.82%) Firmware
2 5 (9.09%) Docker
3 1 (1.82%) Embedded Firmware
Vendors
1 5 (9.09%) EMC
2 4 (7.27%) SAP
3 2 (3.64%) Altera
3 2 (3.64%) Cadence
3 2 (3.64%) Lattice Semiconductor
4 1 (1.82%) Atmel
4 1 (1.82%) Freescale
4 1 (1.82%) Microsoft