RS-232 Job Trends in England

RS-232
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring RS-232 skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 6 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 738 623 692
Rank change year-on-year -115 +69 +5
Permanent jobs citing RS-232 24 12 40
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.023% 0.028% 0.061%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.35% 0.19% 0.49%
Number of salaries quoted 18 12 16
10th Percentile £31,875 - £35,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £30,750 £36,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £51,250 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% +7.89% -7.32%
75th Percentile £64,750 £53,750 £55,000
90th Percentile £81,250 £54,875 £56,250
UK median annual salary £57,000 £51,000 £51,250
% change year-on-year +11.76% -0.49% -2.38%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
England

RS-232 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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 6,938 6,439 8,118
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 6.66% 14.90% 12.38%
Number of salaries quoted 4,443 3,515 4,017
10th Percentile £28,000 £25,087 £30,000
25th Percentile £34,000 £29,270 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £40,000 £52,000
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -23.08% -0.95%
75th Percentile £70,000 £62,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £80,000 £82,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £39,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +28.21% -25.71% +2.94%

RS-232
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing RS-232 relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

RS-232 job vacancy trend in England

RS-232
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing RS-232.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing RS-232

RS-232
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing RS-232 in England over the 6 months to 6 October 2026.

Salary histogram for RS-232 in England

RS-232
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing RS-232 within the England region over the 6 months to 6 October 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
East of England -21 9 £61,500 +17.14% 3
South East -35 9 £52,500 -12.50% 14
South West -74 5 £33,750 +7.14% 2
North of England - 1 £48,500 - 5
North West - 1 £48,500 - 2
RS-232
UK

RS-232
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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:

Applications
1 1 (4.17%) EPLAN
Cloud Services
1 1 (4.17%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 15 (62.50%) RS-485
2 11 (45.83%) Bluetooth
2 11 (45.83%) Wireless
2 11 (45.83%) ZigBee
3 10 (41.67%) Ethernet
4 8 (33.33%) Modbus
4 8 (33.33%) Profibus
5 3 (12.50%) Gigabit Ethernet
5 3 (12.50%) GSM
5 3 (12.50%) Wi-Fi
6 2 (8.33%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 4 (16.67%) Git
General
1 16 (66.67%) Electronics
1 16 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 14 (58.33%) Manufacturing
3 8 (33.33%) Organisational Skills
4 5 (20.83%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (16.67%) Pharmaceutical
6 3 (12.50%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 11 (45.83%) Embedded Engineer
2 9 (37.50%) Software Engineer
3 8 (33.33%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 8 (33.33%) Senior
3 8 (33.33%) Senior Embedded Engineer
3 8 (33.33%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
3 8 (33.33%) Senior Software Engineer
4 4 (16.67%) Product Specialist
4 4 (16.67%) Products Support Specialist
4 4 (16.67%) Support Specialist
5 3 (12.50%) C/C++ Firmware Engineer
5 3 (12.50%) Embedded C Engineer
5 3 (12.50%) Embedded C/C++ Engineer
5 3 (12.50%) Embedded C++ Engineer
5 3 (12.50%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
5 3 (12.50%) Firmware Engineer
5 3 (12.50%) Hardware Engineer
6 2 (8.33%) Audio Visual Engineer
6 2 (8.33%) Installations Engineer
7 1 (4.17%) Electronics Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (12.50%) .NET
1 3 (12.50%) Flash
Miscellaneous
1 14 (58.33%) Embedded Systems
2 4 (16.67%) IoT
3 3 (12.50%) Handset
3 3 (12.50%) PCIe
4 2 (8.33%) Digital Signage
4 2 (8.33%) FPGA
4 2 (8.33%) Video Conferencing
5 1 (4.17%) Analogue Electronics
5 1 (4.17%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (4.17%) Life Science
5 1 (4.17%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 8 (33.33%) FreeRTOS
2 4 (16.67%) Windows
3 1 (4.17%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (50.00%) Validation
2 9 (37.50%) Software Engineering
3 8 (33.33%) TDD
3 8 (33.33%) Unit Testing
4 5 (20.83%) Collaborative Culture
5 4 (16.67%) Customer Experience
5 4 (16.67%) Kalman Filter
5 4 (16.67%) Migration
5 4 (16.67%) Schematic Capture
5 4 (16.67%) Verification and Validation
6 3 (12.50%) Agile
6 3 (12.50%) Design for Manufacturing
6 3 (12.50%) Regulatory Compliance
6 3 (12.50%) Test Automation
7 2 (8.33%) Customer Service
7 2 (8.33%) Proactive Maintenance
7 2 (8.33%) Prototyping
8 1 (4.17%) DevOps
8 1 (4.17%) FPGA Design
8 1 (4.17%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 13 (54.17%) C
1 13 (54.17%) C++
2 4 (16.67%) Embedded C
2 4 (16.67%) Embedded C++
3 3 (12.50%) C#
4 2 (8.33%) Python
5 1 (4.17%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 3 (12.50%) Degree
1 3 (12.50%) SC Cleared
1 3 (12.50%) Security Cleared
2 2 (8.33%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.17%) DO-178B
System Software
1 14 (58.33%) Firmware
2 11 (45.83%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (4.17%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 2 (8.33%) Cisco
1 2 (8.33%) Logitech
1 2 (8.33%) Yealink
2 1 (4.17%) EMC
2 1 (4.17%) Lattice Semiconductor
2 1 (4.17%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.17%) SAP
2 1 (4.17%) Xilinx