RS-485 Job Trends in Cumbria

RS-485
North West > Cumbria

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Cumbria requiring RS-485 skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 37 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing RS-485 2 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Cumbria 0.54% - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.85% - -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - -
North West median annual salary - - £52,500

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Cumbria

RS-485 falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in Cumbria.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 52 49 39
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cumbria 14.02% 10.04% 23.78%
Number of salaries quoted 33 3 13
10th Percentile £13,380 £30,550 -
25th Percentile - £30,625 £31,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £25,087 £31,500 £33,500
Median % change year-on-year -20.36% -5.97% -4.29%
75th Percentile £30,250 £44,875 £48,750
90th Percentile £61,250 £52,450 £76,750
North West median annual salary £30,500 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -32.22% -5.26% +5.56%

RS-485
Job Locations in Cumbria

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing RS-485 within the Cumbria region over the 6 months to 21 December 2025. 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Grange-over-Sands - 1 - -
RS-485
North West

RS-485
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cumbria 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 2 (100.00%) Profibus
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Instrumentation Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Senior
1 2 (100.00%) Senior Electrical Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Bill of Materials
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
1 2 (100.00%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) IEC 61508
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) EMC