RS-485
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 656 848 974
Rank change year-on-year +192 +126 +186
Permanent jobs citing RS-485 36 48 15
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.069% 0.049% 0.014%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.52% 0.35% 0.093%
Number of salaries quoted 8 19 13
10th Percentile £46,150 £41,750 -
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £30,265
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £55,000 £60,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £66,250 £65,000 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 6,964 13,635 16,044
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.38% 13.84% 15.44%
Number of salaries quoted 4,270 9,518 8,181
10th Percentile £23,731 £26,250 £27,750
25th Percentile £30,063 £32,500 £36,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £47,875 £50,250
Median % change year-on-year -0.78% -4.73% -4.29%
75th Percentile £67,500 £63,750 £71,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £77,715 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £43,625 £45,000
% change year-on-year -8.31% -3.06% -

RS-485
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing RS-485 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for RS-485 in the UK

RS-485
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing RS-485.

Salary trend for RS-485 in the UK

RS-485
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing RS-485 over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for RS-485 in the UK

RS-485
Top 8 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 1 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
England +164 36 £50,000 -9.09% 33
UK excluding London +192 29 £50,000 -9.09% 40
North of England +85 16 £46,000 -12.38% 7
Yorkshire +78 16 £46,000 -8.00% 3
Work from Home +189 13 £50,000 -9.09% 22
East of England +66 12 £50,000 -23.08%
London +115 7 - - 3
South East +98 1 £70,000 +64.71% 16

RS-485
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:

Application Platforms
1 14 (38.89%) WinCC
Applications
1 14 (38.89%) EPLAN
Communications & Networking
1 22 (61.11%) Modbus
2 21 (58.33%) Profibus
3 16 (44.44%) Ethernet
4 15 (41.67%) RS-232
5 7 (19.44%) Bluetooth
5 7 (19.44%) Link 16
5 7 (19.44%) Tactical Data Link
5 7 (19.44%) TCP/IP
5 7 (19.44%) VLAN
5 7 (19.44%) Wireless
5 7 (19.44%) ZigBee
General
1 14 (38.89%) Electronics
1 14 (38.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 14 (38.89%) Retail
2 13 (36.11%) Social Skills
3 11 (30.56%) Manufacturing
4 8 (22.22%) Telecoms
5 7 (19.44%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (19.44%) Military
5 7 (19.44%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (5.56%) Marketing
7 1 (2.78%) Finance
7 1 (2.78%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 15 (41.67%) Systems Engineer
2 14 (38.89%) Process Engineer
3 12 (33.33%) Senior
4 9 (25.00%) Embedded Engineer
5 7 (19.44%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 7 (19.44%) Field Engineer
5 7 (19.44%) Senior Embedded Engineer
5 7 (19.44%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
5 7 (19.44%) Senior Software Engineer
5 7 (19.44%) Software Engineer
6 5 (13.89%) Electronics Engineer
6 5 (13.89%) Senior Electronics Engineer
7 1 (2.78%) Digital Design Engineer
7 1 (2.78%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
7 1 (2.78%) Firmware Engineer
7 1 (2.78%) FPGA Design Engineer
7 1 (2.78%) FPGA Engineer
7 1 (2.78%) FPGA/VHDL Design Engineer
7 1 (2.78%) VHDL Design Engineer
7 1 (2.78%) VHDL Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 14 (38.89%) SCADA
2 9 (25.00%) Embedded Systems
3 6 (16.67%) FPGA
4 5 (13.89%) Algorithms
4 5 (13.89%) Life Science
4 5 (13.89%) Verilog
5 2 (5.56%) Analogue Electronics
6 1 (2.78%) CAN bus
6 1 (2.78%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 8 (22.22%) Linux
2 7 (19.44%) FreeRTOS
3 1 (2.78%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (52.78%) CAD
2 8 (22.22%) Software Engineering
3 7 (19.44%) Communications Security
3 7 (19.44%) Key Management
3 7 (19.44%) Preventative Maintenance
3 7 (19.44%) TDD
3 7 (19.44%) Unit Testing
4 6 (16.67%) Prototyping
4 6 (16.67%) Signal Processing
5 5 (13.89%) Physics
5 5 (13.89%) Problem-Solving
5 5 (13.89%) Regulatory Compliance
6 1 (2.78%) Business Intelligence
6 1 (2.78%) Digital Marketing
6 1 (2.78%) Digital Signal Processing
6 1 (2.78%) Logistics
6 1 (2.78%) Mentoring
6 1 (2.78%) Multithreading
6 1 (2.78%) Programme Management
6 1 (2.78%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 21 (58.33%) C
2 14 (38.89%) C++
3 7 (19.44%) R
4 1 (2.78%) C#
Qualifications
1 14 (38.89%) Degree
1 14 (38.89%) HNC
2 7 (19.44%) CCNA
2 7 (19.44%) CCNP
2 7 (19.44%) Cisco Certification
2 7 (19.44%) CompTIA Security+
2 7 (19.44%) GSEC
2 7 (19.44%) Security Cleared
2 7 (19.44%) SSCP
3 1 (2.78%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (19.44%) MIL-STD-1553
2 1 (2.78%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 8 (22.22%) Embedded Firmware
1 8 (22.22%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 14 (38.89%) Wonderware InTouch
Vendors
1 14 (38.89%) Allen-Bradley
1 14 (38.89%) Google
1 14 (38.89%) Siemens
1 14 (38.89%) Wonderware
2 6 (16.67%) EMC
3 1 (2.78%) Altera
3 1 (2.78%) Freescale
3 1 (2.78%) SAP