RS-232 Contract Job Trends in the East of England

RS-232
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring RS-232 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 101 - 108
Rank change year-on-year - - +12
Contract jobs citing RS-232 9 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 0.49% - 0.052%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.00% - 0.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £605 - -
25th Percentile £613 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 - -
75th Percentile £626 - -
90th Percentile £626 - -
England median daily rate £550 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £20.75 - -
Median hourly rate £23.50 - -
75th Percentile £43.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £23.50 - £47.50
% change year-on-year - - -5.00%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
East of England

RS-232 falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in the East of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 225 234 315
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 12.20% 22.05% 16.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 113 128 167
10th Percentile £175 £225 £235
25th Percentile £213 £316 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £475 £430
Median % change year-on-year -13.16% +10.47% -4.44%
75th Percentile £518 £588 £488
90th Percentile £591 £625 £599
England median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% -9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 49 37 85
10th Percentile £13.25 £15.44 £14.65
25th Percentile £16.00 £21.46 £20.00
Median hourly rate £23.50 £35.00 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year -32.86% -44.00% +19.05%
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £69.40 £77.41 -
England median hourly rate £35.50 £35.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year +1.43% -22.22% +133.16%

RS-232
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing RS-232 relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

RS-232 job vacancy trend in the East of England

RS-232
Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing RS-232.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing RS-232

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Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing RS-232.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing RS-232

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the East of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing RS-232 in the East of England over the 6 months to 28 February 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for RS-232 in the East of England

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Contract Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing RS-232 within the East of England region over the 6 months to 28 February 2026. 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
Hertfordshire - 5 £625 -
Norfolk - 4 - - 1
RS-232
England

RS-232
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Communications & Networking
1 4 (44.44%) LAN
1 4 (44.44%) TCP/IP
1 4 (44.44%) X.400
2 3 (33.33%) Ethernet
2 3 (33.33%) Modbus
2 3 (33.33%) RS-422
2 3 (33.33%) RS-485
3 2 (22.22%) SpaceWire
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (44.44%) SQL Server
General
1 3 (33.33%) Electronics
2 2 (22.22%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (44.44%) Analyst
1 4 (44.44%) Technical Analyst
2 2 (22.22%) Support Analyst
2 2 (22.22%) Technical Support
2 2 (22.22%) Technical Support Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Platform Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Software Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Software Test Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Test Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) CAN bus
2 1 (11.11%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 9 (100.00%) Windows
2 3 (33.33%) Windows Server
2 3 (33.33%) Windows Server 2003
2 3 (33.33%) Windows Server 2012
3 2 (22.22%) AIX
3 2 (22.22%) Linux
3 2 (22.22%) Windows 10
3 2 (22.22%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (33.33%) Agile
1 3 (33.33%) Continuous Integration
1 3 (33.33%) DevOps
1 3 (33.33%) Software Engineering
1 3 (33.33%) Software Testing
1 3 (33.33%) TDD
1 3 (33.33%) Test Automation
1 3 (33.33%) Unit Testing
2 2 (22.22%) Proactive Monitoring
2 2 (22.22%) Validation
3 1 (11.11%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 5 (55.56%) C
2 3 (33.33%) C#
2 3 (33.33%) C++
3 2 (22.22%) Bash
3 2 (22.22%) Java
3 2 (22.22%) Python
3 2 (22.22%) Tcl
3 2 (22.22%) VBA
Qualifications
1 3 (33.33%) Degree
1 3 (33.33%) HNC
1 3 (33.33%) HND
1 3 (33.33%) MCSE
1 3 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
1 3 (33.33%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Vendors
1 2 (22.22%) Citrix
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft
1 2 (22.22%) Oracle