RS-232
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for RS-232 skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited RS-232 over the 6 months to 29 November 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Nov 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 716 1073 1067
Rank change year-on-year +357 -6 -343
Permanent jobs citing RS-232 17 17 32
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.031% 0.014% 0.025%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.21% 0.11% 0.19%
Number of salaries quoted 16 15 24
10th Percentile £53,125 £46,750 £25,000
25th Percentile £57,500 £47,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +12.24% +5.38%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £57,813
90th Percentile - £69,500 £60,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £49,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% +12.24% +5.38%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

RS-232 is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 8,218 15,777 16,619
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 15.19% 12.54% 12.88%
Number of salaries quoted 6,418 10,533 11,407
10th Percentile £26,750 £28,750 £27,500
25th Percentile £34,000 £37,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £68,000 £72,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £88,750 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% -

RS-232
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing RS-232 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for RS-232 in the UK

RS-232
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing RS-232.

Salary trend for RS-232 in the UK

RS-232
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing RS-232 over the 6 months to 29 November 2023.

Salary histogram for RS-232 in the UK

RS-232
Top 10 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing RS-232 within the UK over the 6 months to 29 November 2023. 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
UK excluding London +235 15 £60,000 +9.09% 37
Work from Home +263 12 £60,000 +9.09% 15
England +309 11 £63,750 +15.91% 36
Scotland - 6 £60,000 -
East of England - 4 £65,000 - 9
London +267 2 £47,500 -26.92% 1
South East +147 2 £56,250 +12.50% 15
South West - 2 £65,000 - 1
Midlands +127 1 £62,500 +13.64% 7
East Midlands +48 1 £62,500 +13.64% 2

RS-232
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (5.88%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 14 (82.35%) Ethernet
2 7 (41.18%) RS-485
3 6 (35.29%) Modbus
3 6 (35.29%) Wi-Fi
3 6 (35.29%) Wireless
4 5 (29.41%) RS-422
5 2 (11.76%) TCP/IP
6 1 (5.88%) Bluetooth
6 1 (5.88%) HTTP
6 1 (5.88%) MQTT
Development Applications
1 1 (5.88%) Git
1 1 (5.88%) Subversion
1 1 (5.88%) Visual Studio
1 1 (5.88%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 8 (47.06%) Manufacturing
2 4 (23.53%) Electronics
3 2 (11.76%) Marketing
3 2 (11.76%) Social Skills
3 2 (11.76%) Telecoms
4 1 (5.88%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (5.88%) Finance
4 1 (5.88%) Public Sector
4 1 (5.88%) Retail
Job Titles
1 13 (76.47%) Software Engineer
2 9 (52.94%) Embedded Engineer
3 8 (47.06%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 8 (47.06%) Senior
4 7 (41.18%) Senior Embedded Engineer
4 7 (41.18%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
4 7 (41.18%) Senior Software Engineer
5 3 (17.65%) Ada Engineer
5 3 (17.65%) Ada Software Engineer
6 2 (11.76%) Electronics Engineer
7 1 (5.88%) Development Engineer
7 1 (5.88%) Electronics Hardware Engineer
7 1 (5.88%) Firmware Engineer
7 1 (5.88%) Hardware Engineer
7 1 (5.88%) Python Software Engineer
7 1 (5.88%) Senior Development Engineer
7 1 (5.88%) Senior Test Engineer
7 1 (5.88%) Systems Engineer
7 1 (5.88%) Test Development Engineer
7 1 (5.88%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (35.29%) Yocto
2 1 (5.88%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 6 (35.29%) Device Driver
2 3 (17.65%) Embedded Systems
3 2 (11.76%) Algorithms
3 2 (11.76%) FPGA
3 2 (11.76%) IoT
3 2 (11.76%) VHDL
4 1 (5.88%) Data Centre
4 1 (5.88%) Data Structures
4 1 (5.88%) Distributed Applications
4 1 (5.88%) Lidar
4 1 (5.88%) Linux Command Line
4 1 (5.88%) MPEG
4 1 (5.88%) Optoelectronics
4 1 (5.88%) State Machine
4 1 (5.88%) Verilog
Operating Systems
1 9 (52.94%) Linux
2 7 (41.18%) Embedded Linux
3 1 (5.88%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (76.47%) Software Engineering
2 6 (35.29%) OOD
3 5 (29.41%) Agile
3 5 (29.41%) Continuous Integration
3 5 (29.41%) DevOps
3 5 (29.41%) Pair Programming
3 5 (29.41%) Software Testing
3 5 (29.41%) TDD
4 3 (17.65%) Collaborative Working
4 3 (17.65%) Computer Science
4 3 (17.65%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (17.65%) Unit Testing
5 2 (11.76%) CI/CD
5 2 (11.76%) Schematic Capture
6 1 (5.88%) Design for Manufacturing
6 1 (5.88%) Design for Test
6 1 (5.88%) Design Patterns
6 1 (5.88%) Full Stack Development
6 1 (5.88%) Line Management
6 1 (5.88%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 16 (94.12%) C
2 7 (41.18%) C#
2 7 (41.18%) C++
3 6 (35.29%) Embedded C
4 5 (29.41%) Ada
5 3 (17.65%) Python
6 2 (11.76%) Rust
7 1 (5.88%) ANSI C
7 1 (5.88%) Shell Script
7 1 (5.88%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 3 (17.65%) Degree
2 1 (5.88%) Computer Science Degree
System Software
1 1 (5.88%) Embedded Firmware
1 1 (5.88%) Firmware
Vendors
1 1 (5.88%) EMC
1 1 (5.88%) Microsoft
1 1 (5.88%) SAP