RS-485 Job Trends in the South East

RS-485
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South East requiring RS-485 skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 272 292 294
Rank change year-on-year +20 +2 +113
Permanent jobs citing RS-485 1 4 2
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.010% 0.045% 0.023%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.067% 0.29% 0.16%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £71,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 - -
75th Percentile £73,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% -23.08% +18.18%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
South East

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 the South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,502 1,383 1,241
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 14.50% 15.44% 14.02%
Number of salaries quoted 673 712 1,047
10th Percentile £27,000 £31,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £42,500 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £59,500 £63,750 £61,750
90th Percentile £73,500 £77,375 £75,000
England median annual salary £40,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -27.27% +10.00% -4.76%

RS-485
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing RS-485 relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South East.

RS-485 job vacancy trend in the South East

RS-485
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing RS-485.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing RS-485

RS-485
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing RS-485 within the South East region over the 6 months to 13 January 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
Thames Valley - 1 £72,500 - 1
Oxfordshire - 1 £72,500 - 1
RS-485
England

RS-485
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 (100.00%) OrCAD
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Ethernet
1 1 (100.00%) RS-232
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Electronics
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Hardware Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Principal Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Principal Hardware Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Acoustics
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Fibre Optics
1 1 (100.00%) Robotics
1 1 (100.00%) Self-Driving Car
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Battery Management
1 1 (100.00%) Mechatronics
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Regulatory Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Master's Degree
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) EMC