RS-485 Jobs in the UK excluding London

RS-485
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring RS-485 skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited RS-485 over the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 552 714 729
Rank change year-on-year +162 +15 +95
Permanent jobs citing RS-485 27 48 19
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.068% 0.064% 0.033%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.38% 0.49% 0.18%
Number of salaries quoted 8 18 18
10th Percentile - £41,375 £30,265
25th Percentile £43,000 £47,500 £33,636
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,750 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% +4.76% -
75th Percentile £52,500 £59,375 £64,375
90th Percentile £59,250 £65,000 £68,750
UK median annual salary £46,750 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -15.00% +4.76% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 7,144 9,866 10,804
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 18.00% 13.17% 18.85%
Number of salaries quoted 3,355 7,111 4,601
10th Percentile £23,504 £25,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £25,087 £31,250 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £44,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.45% -2.22% -5.26%
75th Percentile £57,000 £58,750 £61,250
90th Percentile £71,250 £68,750 £75,000
UK median annual salary £42,500 £47,500 £50,500
% change year-on-year -10.53% -5.94% -3.81%

RS-485
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing RS-485 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for RS-485 in the UK excluding London

RS-485
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing RS-485 in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for RS-485 in the UK excluding London

RS-485
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing RS-485 in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for RS-485 in the UK excluding London

RS-485
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing RS-485 within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 31 May 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
Yorkshire +57 16 £46,000 -8.00% 2
North of England +36 16 £46,000 -12.38% 7
East of England +55 8 £50,000 -23.08% 6
South East +69 3 £58,750 +38.24% 13
RS-485
UK

RS-485
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 11 (40.74%) WinCC
Applications
1 11 (40.74%) EPLAN
Communications & Networking
1 21 (77.78%) Modbus
2 17 (62.96%) Profibus
3 14 (51.85%) Ethernet
4 8 (29.63%) RS-232
5 6 (22.22%) Bluetooth
5 6 (22.22%) Wireless
5 6 (22.22%) ZigBee
6 1 (3.70%) RS-422
Development Applications
1 1 (3.70%) Visual Studio
General
1 14 (51.85%) Electronics
2 12 (44.44%) Social Skills
3 11 (40.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 11 (40.74%) Manufacturing
3 11 (40.74%) Retail
4 6 (22.22%) Organisational Skills
5 3 (11.11%) Marketing
6 2 (7.41%) Finance
6 2 (7.41%) Public Sector
6 2 (7.41%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 12 (44.44%) Embedded Engineer
1 12 (44.44%) Systems Engineer
2 11 (40.74%) Process Engineer
3 8 (29.63%) Senior
4 6 (22.22%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 6 (22.22%) Senior Embedded Engineer
4 6 (22.22%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
4 6 (22.22%) Senior Software Engineer
4 6 (22.22%) Software Engineer
5 5 (18.52%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
5 5 (18.52%) Firmware Engineer
6 2 (7.41%) Electronics Engineer
6 2 (7.41%) Senior Electronics Engineer
7 1 (3.70%) C# Developer
7 1 (3.70%) Design Engineer
7 1 (3.70%) Developer
7 1 (3.70%) Digital Design Engineer
7 1 (3.70%) FPGA Design Engineer
7 1 (3.70%) FPGA Engineer
7 1 (3.70%) FPGA/VHDL Design Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.70%) .NET
1 1 (3.70%) .NET Framework
1 1 (3.70%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 11 (40.74%) Embedded Systems
1 11 (40.74%) SCADA
2 5 (18.52%) Analogue Electronics
3 4 (14.81%) CAN bus
4 3 (11.11%) FPGA
5 2 (7.41%) Algorithms
5 2 (7.41%) Life Science
5 2 (7.41%) Verilog
6 1 (3.70%) Acoustics
6 1 (3.70%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 6 (22.22%) FreeRTOS
2 4 (14.81%) Embedded Linux
2 4 (14.81%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (48.15%) CAD
2 7 (25.93%) Software Engineering
3 6 (22.22%) TDD
3 6 (22.22%) Unit Testing
4 4 (14.81%) Collaborative Culture
4 4 (14.81%) Mentoring
4 4 (14.81%) Signal Processing
5 3 (11.11%) Prototyping
6 2 (7.41%) Business Intelligence
6 2 (7.41%) Design for Manufacturing
6 2 (7.41%) Digital Marketing
6 2 (7.41%) Digital Signal Processing
6 2 (7.41%) Physics
6 2 (7.41%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (7.41%) Programme Management
6 2 (7.41%) Regulatory Compliance
6 2 (7.41%) Validation
7 1 (3.70%) Logistics
7 1 (3.70%) Multithreading
7 1 (3.70%) Refactoring
Programming Languages
1 14 (51.85%) C
2 13 (48.15%) C++
3 2 (7.41%) C#
4 1 (3.70%) Embedded C
4 1 (3.70%) Python
Qualifications
1 11 (40.74%) HNC
2 5 (18.52%) Degree
3 2 (7.41%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.70%) ISO 9001
1 1 (3.70%) QA
System Software
1 12 (44.44%) Firmware
2 11 (40.74%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 11 (40.74%) Wonderware InTouch
Vendors
1 11 (40.74%) Allen-Bradley
1 11 (40.74%) Google
1 11 (40.74%) Siemens
1 11 (40.74%) Wonderware
2 4 (14.81%) EMC
3 2 (7.41%) Freescale
3 2 (7.41%) SAP
4 1 (3.70%) Altera