RS-422 Contract Job Trends in the South West

RS-422
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South West requiring RS-422 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 142 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing RS-422 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 0.028% - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.36% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
England median daily rate £625 - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
South West

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 the South West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 276 263 547
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 7.75% 15.06% 16.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 148 176 353
10th Percentile £248 £235 £315
25th Percentile £418 £382 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £498 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -9.55% +2.33% +2.38%
75th Percentile £588 £623 £650
90th Percentile £688 £688 £688
England median daily rate £500 £498 £500
% change year-on-year +0.46% -0.46% -2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 43 3 39
10th Percentile £12.98 £13.09 £12.50
25th Percentile £19.33 £14.85 £15.75
Median hourly rate £60.00 £17.79 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +237.27% -55.53% +308.16%
75th Percentile £71.50 £41.40 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £55.56 £75.60
England median hourly rate £29.52 £39.32 £41.50
% change year-on-year -24.92% -5.25% +121.75%

RS-422
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

RS-422 job vacancy trend in the South West

RS-422
Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing RS-422.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing RS-422

RS-422
Contract Job Locations in the South West

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 South West region over the 6 months to 20 June 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
Bristol - 1 - - 1
RS-422
England

RS-422
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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%) RS-232
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) GitLab
1 1 (100.00%) Rational DOORS
1 1 (100.00%) Visual Studio
General
1 1 (100.00%) Aerospace
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Avionics
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Ada Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Ada Software Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) C++ Software Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineer
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Configuration Management
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Event-Driven
1 1 (100.00%) Integration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Kanban
1 1 (100.00%) Multithreading
1 1 (100.00%) OO
1 1 (100.00%) OOD
1 1 (100.00%) Requirements Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) UML
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Ada
1 1 (100.00%) Ada 95
1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) MIL-STD-1553
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) PTC Integrity
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Green Hills
1 1 (100.00%) IBM
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) PTC