RS-422
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for RS-422 skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited RS-422 over the 6 months to 10 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 546 681 834
Rank change year-on-year +135 +153 -152
Contract jobs citing RS-422 36 22 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.084% 0.038% 0.006%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.66% 0.31% 0.053%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
UK excluding London median daily rate - - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 10 0
10th Percentile - £55.50 -
25th Percentile £61.25 £61.25 -
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - £70.63 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

RS-422 is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 5,473 7,157 9,509
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 12.73% 12.36% 10.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,274 4,628 6,201
10th Percentile £205 £240 £230
25th Percentile £350 £400 £386
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £518 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.44% +3.60% +11.11%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £610
90th Percentile £700 £724 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £445
% change year-on-year - +6.86% +11.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 418 472 359
10th Percentile £13.50 £9.80 £14.98
25th Percentile £16.44 £10.63 £17.00
Median hourly rate £40.00 £18.50 £28.25
Median % change year-on-year +116.22% -34.51% +4.63%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £50.39
90th Percentile £70.00 £74.95 £65.63
UK excluding London median hourly rate £46.14 £18.47 £21.50
% change year-on-year +149.85% -14.12% -10.42%

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Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing RS-422 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for RS-422 in the UK

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing RS-422.

Daily rate trend for RS-422 in the UK

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing RS-422.

Hourly rate trend for RS-422 in the UK

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Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing RS-422 over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for RS-422 in the UK

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Top 5 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing RS-422 within the UK over the 6 months to 10 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +111 36 - - 8
UK excluding London +71 36 - - 8
East of England +28 35 - - 1
North West - 1 - -
North of England - 1 - -

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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:

Applications
1 1 (2.78%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (2.78%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (2.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (2.78%) Teamcenter
Communications & Networking
1 35 (97.22%) Modbus
1 35 (97.22%) RS-485
General
1 35 (97.22%) Electronics
2 28 (77.78%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 36 (100.00%) Software Engineer
2 26 (72.22%) C++ Software Engineer
3 7 (19.44%) C Software Engineer
3 7 (19.44%) C/C++ Software Engineer
4 1 (2.78%) Senior
4 1 (2.78%) Senior Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 28 (77.78%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (2.78%) Embedded Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 35 (97.22%) Agile
2 35 (97.22%) Continuous Improvement
2 35 (97.22%) Continuous Integration
2 35 (97.22%) Customer Requirements
2 35 (97.22%) DevOps
2 35 (97.22%) Pair Programming
2 35 (97.22%) Software Testing
2 35 (97.22%) TDD
2 35 (97.22%) Unit Testing
3 7 (19.44%) Scrum
4 1 (2.78%) ERP
4 1 (2.78%) PLM
4 1 (2.78%) SDLC
4 1 (2.78%) Systems Engineering
4 1 (2.78%) V-Model
Programming Languages
1 36 (100.00%) C
1 36 (100.00%) C#
2 35 (97.22%) C++
3 1 (2.78%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 1 (2.78%) SC Cleared
1 1 (2.78%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (2.78%) Microsoft
1 1 (2.78%) SAP