RS-232 Contract Job Trends in Scotland

RS-232
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Scotland requiring RS-232 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 114 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing RS-232 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 0.063% - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.60% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
UK median daily rate £550 - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 166 228 326
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 10.39% 13.06% 13.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 126 123 192
10th Percentile £200 £163 £160
25th Percentile £273 £353 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £440 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.30% -16.29% +20.41%
75th Percentile £500 £537 £641
90th Percentile £564 £619 £700
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 3 23
10th Percentile £57.00 £16.30 £17.72
25th Percentile £63.75 £17.13 £19.47
Median hourly rate £75.00 £19.00 £56.40
Median % change year-on-year +294.74% -66.31% +244.74%
75th Percentile - £47.25 £60.75
90th Percentile - £63.90 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £34.00 £42.50 £56.40
% change year-on-year -20.00% -24.65% +35.90%

RS-232
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

RS-232 job vacancy trend in Scotland

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Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

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

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Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

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

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

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Contract Job Locations in Scotland

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 Scotland region over the 6 months to 28 November 2025. 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
Edinburgh - 1 - -
RS-232
UK

RS-232
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C
1 1 (100.00%) C++
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Firmware
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Sitecore