RS-422 Contract Job Trends in Hampshire

RS-422
South East > Hampshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Hampshire requiring RS-422 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 111 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing RS-422 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Hampshire 0.051% - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.47% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
South East median daily rate - - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Hampshire

RS-422 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 Hampshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 214 191 299
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire 11.01% 19.96% 21.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 134 151 143
10th Percentile £194 £280 £413
25th Percentile £507 £500 £471
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% -4.35% +27.78%
75th Percentile £623 £600 £638
90th Percentile £734 £650 £688
South East median daily rate £525 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +5.00% - +8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 9 55
10th Percentile - £48.20 £41.43
25th Percentile £48.64 £52.50 £53.40
Median hourly rate £55.00 £55.00 £57.35
Median % change year-on-year - -4.10% -4.42%
75th Percentile £60.00 £58.75 £70.00
90th Percentile £89.45 £61.60 £72.25
South East median hourly rate £52.43 £55.00 £57.35
% change year-on-year -4.68% -4.10% -5.98%

RS-422
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing RS-422 relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire.

RS-422 job vacancy trend in Hampshire

RS-422
Hourly Rate Trend in Hampshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing RS-422.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing RS-422

RS-422
Contract Job Locations in Hampshire

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 Hampshire region over the 6 months to 17 September 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
Southampton - 1 - - 3
RS-422
South East

RS-422
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hampshire 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 1 (100.00%) Ethernet
General
1 1 (100.00%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Electronics Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Principal Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Flash
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) CPLD
1 1 (100.00%) Fibre Optics
1 1 (100.00%) FPGA
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Prototyping
1 1 (100.00%) Requirements Management
1 1 (100.00%) Schematic Capture
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) DO-160
1 1 (100.00%) DO-254
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Firmware
1 1 (100.00%) Firmware