RS-485
UK > Work from Home
The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring RS-485 skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited RS-485 over the 6 months leading up to 20 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 20 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | - | 449 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Contract jobs citing RS-485 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option | - | - | 0.040% |
| As % of the Communications & Networking category | - | - | 0.35% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | - |
| UK median daily rate | - | - | £625 |
| % change year-on-year | - | - | -10.71% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Median hourly rate | - | - | £60.00 |
| UK median hourly rate | - | £65.00 | £65.00 |
All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Work from Home
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 with remote or hybrid options requiring communications or computer networking skills.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills | 1,064 | 1,533 | 2,862 |
| As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option | 10.89% | 10.41% | 11.55% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 664 | 995 | 1,891 |
| 10th Percentile | £325 | £300 | £350 |
| 25th Percentile | £400 | £413 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £510 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -1.96% | -2.86% | +5.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £596 | £617 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £700 | £700 | £725 |
| UK median daily rate | £485 | £490 | £518 |
| % change year-on-year | -1.02% | -5.31% | +3.50% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 25 | 76 | 97 |
| 10th Percentile | £13.95 | £12.75 | £21.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £14.20 | £14.20 | £42.50 |
| Median hourly rate | £41.00 | £24.38 | £57.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +68.21% | -57.61% | +21.05% |
| 75th Percentile | £65.00 | £65.00 | £70.25 |
| 90th Percentile | £72.25 | £87.46 | £80.25 |
| UK median hourly rate | £30.70 | £40.00 | £18.50 |
| % change year-on-year | -23.25% | +116.22% | -32.73% |
RS-485
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option
Job vacancies with remote working options citing RS-485 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
RS-485
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option
3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing RS-485.