RS-232 Job Trends in Northern Ireland

RS-232
UK > Northern Ireland

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Northern Ireland requiring RS-232 skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 118 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing RS-232 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Northern Ireland 0.069% - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.88% - -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - -
UK median annual salary £61,500 £51,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +20.59% -7.27% +12.82%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Northern Ireland

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 Northern Ireland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 114 39 56
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 7.90% 12.54% 10.89%
Number of salaries quoted 21 19 14
10th Percentile £30,800 £31,875 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £30,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £55,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -27.27% +37.50% -5.88%
75th Percentile £46,250 £59,500 £42,000
90th Percentile £62,500 £77,073 £54,750
UK median annual salary £48,500 £40,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +21.25% -20.00% -1.93%

RS-232
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

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

RS-232 job vacancy trend in Northern Ireland

RS-232
Job Locations in Northern Ireland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing RS-232 within the Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 14 September 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
County Antrim - 1 - - 2
RS-232
UK

RS-232
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northern Ireland 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
1 1 (100.00%) RS-422
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Git
1 1 (100.00%) LabVIEW
1 1 (100.00%) Subversion
General
1 1 (100.00%) Aerospace
1 1 (100.00%) Electronics
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (100.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Development Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Development Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Systems Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Test Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Systems Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Systems Test Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Test Development Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Test Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Analogue Electronics
1 1 (100.00%) CAN bus
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) End-to-End Testing
1 1 (100.00%) PLM
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Requirements Management
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Systems Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) HND
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) MIL-STD-1553
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Thales