RS-485 Contracts in the UK excluding London

RS-485
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for RS-485 skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited RS-485 over the 6 months to 6 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 351 424 503
Rank change year-on-year +73 +79 -79
Contract jobs citing RS-485 37 23 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.18% 0.096% 0.023%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.09% 0.65% 0.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £675
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £700
Median % change year-on-year - - +129.51%
75th Percentile - - £725
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate - - £700
% change year-on-year - - +129.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 10 0
10th Percentile - £55.50 -
25th Percentile £61.25 £61.25 -
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - £70.63 -
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK excluding London

RS-485 is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 3,393 3,560 4,127
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 16.44% 14.91% 13.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,945 2,259 2,657
10th Percentile £203 £210 £185
25th Percentile £350 £350 £306
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £440
Median % change year-on-year - +7.95% +10.00%
75th Percentile £600 £586 £545
90th Percentile £675 £690 £638
UK median daily rate £500 £520 £500
% change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 360 323 237
10th Percentile £13.48 - £13.25
25th Percentile £16.30 £9.80 £15.50
Median hourly rate £45.88 £18.50 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year +148.00% -13.95% -9.71%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £47.50
90th Percentile £70.66 £74.50 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £18.88 £27.50
% change year-on-year +111.92% -31.36% +3.77%

RS-485
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing RS-485 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for RS-485 in the UK excluding London

RS-485
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing RS-485 in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for RS-485 in the UK excluding London

RS-485
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing RS-485 in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for RS-485 in the UK excluding London

RS-485
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 6 May 2024. 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
East of England +24 37 - - 1
RS-485
UK

RS-485
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Communications & Networking
1 36 (97.30%) Modbus
1 36 (97.30%) RS-422
General
1 37 (100.00%) Electronics
2 28 (75.68%) Social Skills
3 1 (2.70%) Finance
3 1 (2.70%) Manufacturing
3 1 (2.70%) Marketing
3 1 (2.70%) Public Sector
3 1 (2.70%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 37 (100.00%) Software Engineer
2 27 (72.97%) C++ Software Engineer
3 8 (21.62%) C Software Engineer
3 8 (21.62%) C/C++ Software Engineer
4 1 (2.70%) Development Engineer
4 1 (2.70%) Senior
4 1 (2.70%) Senior Development Engineer
4 1 (2.70%) Senior Software Development Engineer
4 1 (2.70%) Senior Software Engineer
4 1 (2.70%) Senior Systems Engineer
4 1 (2.70%) Software Development Engineer
4 1 (2.70%) Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 28 (75.68%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (2.70%) Data Structures
2 1 (2.70%) FPGA
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.70%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (100.00%) Agile
1 37 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 36 (97.30%) Continuous Improvement
2 36 (97.30%) Continuous Integration
2 36 (97.30%) Customer Requirements
2 36 (97.30%) DevOps
2 36 (97.30%) Pair Programming
2 36 (97.30%) Software Testing
2 36 (97.30%) TDD
2 36 (97.30%) Unit Testing
3 8 (21.62%) Scrum
4 1 (2.70%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (2.70%) Computer Science
4 1 (2.70%) Digital Marketing
4 1 (2.70%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 37 (100.00%) C#
2 36 (97.30%) C
2 36 (97.30%) C++
3 1 (2.70%) Python
3 1 (2.70%) Rust
Qualifications
1 1 (2.70%) Degree
1 1 (2.70%) Master's Degree
1 1 (2.70%) PhD
Vendors
1 1 (2.70%) SAP