RS-422 Contract Job Trends in Southampton

RS-422
Hampshire > Southampton

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Southampton 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 21 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing RS-422 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Southampton 0.76% - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 5.26% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
Hampshire median daily rate - - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Southampton

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 Southampton.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 19 26 25
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Southampton 14.39% 20.31% 15.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 13 20
10th Percentile £126 £366 £345
25th Percentile £128 £500 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £180 £550 £513
Median % change year-on-year -67.27% +7.32% +41.32%
75th Percentile £305 £650 £634
90th Percentile £559 £700 -
Hampshire median daily rate £538 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -2.27% -4.35% +27.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £72.00 -
Hampshire median hourly rate £55.00 £55.00 £57.35
% change year-on-year - -4.10% -4.42%

RS-422
Job Vacancy Trend in Southampton

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

RS-422 job vacancy trend in Southampton

RS-422
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Southampton 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