RS-232 Contracts in England

RS-232
UK > England

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

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 541 625 785
Rank change year-on-year +84 +160 -159
Contract jobs citing RS-232 7 31 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.019% 0.062% 0.007%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.14% 0.51% 0.063%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 17 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £550 -
UK median daily rate - £550 -
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 2 1
10th Percentile - £49.88 -
25th Percentile £46.25 £51.56 -
Median hourly rate £47.50 £56.25 £39.55
Median % change year-on-year -15.56% +42.23% -10.11%
75th Percentile £56.44 £59.06 -
90th Percentile £59.00 £59.63 -
UK median hourly rate £47.50 £56.25 £39.55
% change year-on-year -15.56% +42.23% -10.11%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
England

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 contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 4,938 6,112 7,945
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 13.32% 12.24% 11.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,985 4,015 5,213
10th Percentile £206 £237 £223
25th Percentile £350 £400 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.71% +5.00% +14.29%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £613
90th Percentile £700 £738 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £520 £500
% change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 398 434 305
10th Percentile £13.50 £9.80 £14.84
25th Percentile £17.00 £10.63 £16.25
Median hourly rate £40.00 £18.50 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year +116.22% -22.63% -4.36%
75th Percentile £63.75 £59.95 £47.50
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £63.25
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £18.88 £27.50
% change year-on-year +111.92% -31.36% +3.77%

RS-232
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for RS-232 in England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing RS-232 in England.

Daily rate trend for RS-232 in England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing RS-232 in England.

Hourly rate trend for RS-232 in England

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Contract Job Locations in 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 England region over the 6 months to 6 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
South East - 6 - - 7
East of England 0 1 - - 4
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UK

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Business Applications
1 4 (57.14%) LabWindows
Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) Azure
1 1 (14.29%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) MQTT
Development Applications
1 5 (71.43%) Visual Studio
2 4 (57.14%) Subversion
3 2 (28.57%) LabVIEW
4 1 (14.29%) Git
General
1 2 (28.57%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Developer
1 4 (57.14%) Software Developer
2 3 (42.86%) Software Engineer
3 2 (28.57%) RF Engineer
3 2 (28.57%) RF Test Engineer
3 2 (28.57%) Software Test Engineer
3 2 (28.57%) Systems Engineer
3 2 (28.57%) Systems Test Engineer
3 2 (28.57%) Test Engineer
4 1 (14.29%) Azure DevOps Engineer
4 1 (14.29%) Azure Engineer
4 1 (14.29%) Azure Software Engineer
4 1 (14.29%) C++ Software Engineer
4 1 (14.29%) DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (14.29%) .NET
1 1 (14.29%) MFC
1 1 (14.29%) WinForms
1 1 (14.29%) WPF
Operating Systems
1 5 (71.43%) Windows
1 5 (71.43%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Data Acquisition
2 3 (42.86%) Software Engineering
3 2 (28.57%) Architectural Design
3 2 (28.57%) Change Management
3 2 (28.57%) Data Management
3 2 (28.57%) Software Testing
3 2 (28.57%) Validation
4 1 (14.29%) Agile
4 1 (14.29%) DevOps
4 1 (14.29%) UML
Programming Languages
1 6 (85.71%) C
2 5 (71.43%) C#
3 3 (42.86%) C++
4 1 (14.29%) C++/CLI
4 1 (14.29%) Python
Vendors
1 4 (57.14%) Microsoft