RS-232 Job Trends in Surrey

RS-232
South East > Surrey

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Surrey requiring RS-232 skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 124 99 128
Rank change year-on-year -25 +29 -
Permanent jobs citing RS-232 4 1 3
As % of all permanent jobs in Surrey 0.16% 0.087% 0.16%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.37% 0.67% 0.77%
Number of salaries quoted 4 1 0
10th Percentile £72,875 - -
25th Percentile £73,438 £46,250 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £47,500 -
Median % change year-on-year +63.16% - -
75th Percentile £81,250 £48,750 -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 -
% change year-on-year -12.50% - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Surrey

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 Surrey.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 291 150 392
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Surrey 11.57% 13.09% 21.55%
Number of salaries quoted 195 120 113
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,040 £28,950
25th Percentile £35,250 £30,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £36,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +38.89% -34.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £67,500 £49,566 £61,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £66,600 £65,000
South East median annual salary £47,500 £42,500 £51,500
% change year-on-year +11.76% -17.48% +3.00%

RS-232
Job Vacancy Trend in Surrey

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

RS-232 job vacancy trend in Surrey

RS-232
Salary Trend in Surrey

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Surrey citing RS-232

RS-232
Job Locations in Surrey

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing RS-232 within the Surrey region over the 6 months to 5 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
Guildford - 3 £77,500 -
RS-232
South East

RS-232
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Surrey 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 4 (100.00%) Ethernet
1 4 (100.00%) RS-485
2 3 (75.00%) Bluetooth
2 3 (75.00%) Gigabit Ethernet
2 3 (75.00%) GSM
2 3 (75.00%) Wi-Fi
2 3 (75.00%) Wireless
2 3 (75.00%) ZigBee
3 1 (25.00%) TCP/IP
General
1 4 (100.00%) Manufacturing
2 3 (75.00%) Electronics
2 3 (75.00%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Hardware Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) FPGA Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) VHDL Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (75.00%) Flash
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Handset
1 3 (75.00%) IoT
1 3 (75.00%) PCIe
2 1 (25.00%) Embedded Systems
2 1 (25.00%) FPGA
2 1 (25.00%) VHDL
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Schematic Capture
1 4 (100.00%) Validation
1 4 (100.00%) Verification and Validation
2 3 (75.00%) Design for Manufacturing
2 3 (75.00%) Kalman Filter
2 3 (75.00%) Regulatory Compliance
3 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (25.00%) Digital Signal Processing
3 1 (25.00%) FPGA Design
3 1 (25.00%) Signal Processing
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) Firmware
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Lattice Semiconductor
1 1 (25.00%) Xilinx