RS-232 Contract Job Trends in London

RS-232
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring RS-232 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 374 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing RS-232 6 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.042% - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.48% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile £274 - -
25th Percentile £291 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 - -
75th Percentile £550 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £425 - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,239 1,376 1,867
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 8.65% 9.86% 10.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 805 839 1,262
10th Percentile £284 £266 £213
25th Percentile £413 £403 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £630 £638 £637
90th Percentile £700 £738 £745
England median daily rate £492 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -1.60% - -2.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 13 61
10th Percentile £20.82 £23.80 £18.93
25th Percentile - £24.66 £19.99
Median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £30.75
Median % change year-on-year -22.62% +5.69% +23.00%
75th Percentile £26.40 £40.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £60.78 £43.75 £76.25
England median hourly rate £34.00 £35.00 £56.49
% change year-on-year -2.86% -38.04% +121.53%

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Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

RS-232 job vacancy trend in London

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Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing RS-232.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing RS-232

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Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing RS-232 in London over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for RS-232 in London

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Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing RS-232.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing RS-232

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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:

Application Platforms
1 6 (100.00%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 6 (100.00%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 6 (100.00%) Ethernet
1 6 (100.00%) Modbus
1 6 (100.00%) RS-485
Development Applications
1 6 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (16.67%) Documentation Skills
1 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (83.33%) Embedded Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 6 (100.00%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (50.00%) Mentoring
3 1 (16.67%) Manual Testing
3 1 (16.67%) Performance Optimisation
3 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (16.67%) Software Architecture
3 1 (16.67%) Software Engineering
3 1 (16.67%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 6 (100.00%) C++
1 6 (100.00%) Embedded C++
2 3 (50.00%) C
2 3 (50.00%) Embedded C
System Software
1 6 (100.00%) Embedded Firmware
1 6 (100.00%) Firmware