RS-485 Job Trends in the South West

RS-485
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South West requiring RS-485 skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 171 - 221
Rank change year-on-year - - +98
Permanent jobs citing RS-485 1 0 2
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 0.025% - 0.045%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.16% - 0.25%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £85,000 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 - £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +8.33%
75th Percentile £95,000 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £46,750 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -1.58% -9.52% -12.50%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
South West

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 West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 613 639 796
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 15.60% 10.48% 17.75%
Number of salaries quoted 388 383 632
10th Percentile £26,715 £30,000 £29,500
25th Percentile £30,000 £33,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,250 £50,500 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year -32.18% +3.06% +3.16%
75th Percentile £52,500 £70,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £65,000 £85,000 £77,697
England median annual salary £40,000 £53,050 £52,000
% change year-on-year -24.60% +2.02% -0.95%

RS-485
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

RS-485 job vacancy trend in the South West

RS-485
Salary Trend in the South West

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

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

RS-485
Job Locations in the South West

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 West region over the 6 months to 5 November 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
Somerset - 1 £90,000 - 5
RS-485
England

RS-485
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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%) AutoCAD
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Modbus
1 1 (100.00%) VLAN
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
General
1 1 (100.00%) Electronics
1 1 (100.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Head of Technology
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) CCTV
1 1 (100.00%) Derivative
1 1 (100.00%) Driving Licence
1 1 (100.00%) Operational Technology
1 1 (100.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Debian
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) OpenWrt
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Data Acquisition
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) QMS
1 1 (100.00%) Quality Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) iptables
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Ansible
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Fortinet
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) MikroTik