RS-485 Contract Job Trends in Scotland

RS-485
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Scotland requiring RS-485 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 134 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing RS-485 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 0.042% - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.33% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
UK median daily rate - - £550
% change year-on-year - - -15.38%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Scotland

RS-485 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 305 152 210
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 12.92% 9.55% 11.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 136 110 132
10th Percentile £150 £210 £169
25th Percentile £205 £373 £240
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £363 £450 £400
Median % change year-on-year -19.44% +12.50% -15.79%
75th Percentile £525 £500 £538
90th Percentile £625 £580 £619
UK median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 6 7
10th Percentile £13.97 - £12.00
25th Percentile £14.13 - £12.75
Median hourly rate £16.86 £17.30 £16.50
Median % change year-on-year -2.54% +4.85% -70.00%
75th Percentile £19.33 £47.45 £25.13
90th Percentile £25.75 £66.25 £48.45
UK median hourly rate £32.50 £41.72 £50.00
% change year-on-year -22.10% -16.56% -11.49%

RS-485
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing RS-485 relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

RS-485 job vacancy trend in Scotland

RS-485
Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing RS-485.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing RS-485

RS-485
Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing RS-485.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing RS-485

RS-485
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-485 within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 5 October 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
Lanarkshire - 1 - -
RS-485
UK

RS-485
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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Ethernet
1 1 (100.00%) Gigabit Ethernet
1 1 (100.00%) RS-232
General
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) PCIe
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Design for Manufacturing
1 1 (100.00%) Design for Test
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) EMC