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 8 November 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Nov 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 757 751 1102
Rank change year-on-year -6 +351 -60
Permanent jobs citing RS-485 27 13 24
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.036% 0.023% 0.018%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.24% 0.15% 0.14%
Number of salaries quoted 4 12 19
10th Percentile - - £52,500
25th Percentile £43,750 £51,250 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% -12.50% +20.00%
75th Percentile £52,813 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £55,625 - £66,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.52% -12.50% +20.00%

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 11,214 8,637 17,267
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 14.85% 15.13% 12.73%
Number of salaries quoted 4,035 6,629 10,904
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,750 £28,750
25th Percentile £37,500 £34,250 £37,885
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £68,750 £72,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £88,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +11.11% -5.26% +5.56%

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
Top 13 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 8 November 2024. 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 -30 24 £47,500 -9.52% 11
England -36 18 £47,500 -9.52% 12
Work from Home +25 7 £47,500 -26.92% 4
North of England -24 6 - - 4
Wales - 5 - -
South East -29 4 - - 2
Scotland - 4 - -
Yorkshire - 4 - -
East of England -47 3 £47,500 -26.92% 2
North West -38 2 - - 2
West Midlands - 2 - - 1
Midlands - 2 - - 1
London +13 1 £55,000 - 1

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 2 (7.41%) Apache
Applications
1 3 (11.11%) OrCAD
2 2 (7.41%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 24 (88.89%) RS-232
2 10 (37.04%) Wi-Fi
3 9 (33.33%) Bluetooth
3 9 (33.33%) Modbus
4 7 (25.93%) TCP/IP
4 7 (25.93%) Wireless
5 6 (22.22%) MQTT
6 5 (18.52%) Ethernet
6 5 (18.52%) RS-422
7 3 (11.11%) 4G
8 2 (7.41%) 5G
8 2 (7.41%) LoRaWAN
8 2 (7.41%) Wireshark
8 2 (7.41%) ZigBee
9 1 (3.70%) 3G
Development Applications
1 5 (18.52%) Visual Studio
2 2 (7.41%) Git
2 2 (7.41%) Jenkins
2 2 (7.41%) JIRA
2 2 (7.41%) Subversion
General
1 11 (40.74%) Electronics
2 6 (22.22%) Automotive
2 6 (22.22%) Social Skills
3 4 (14.81%) Manufacturing
4 3 (11.11%) Aerospace
4 3 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (11.11%) Avionics
5 2 (7.41%) Aviation
5 2 (7.41%) Finance
5 2 (7.41%) Marketing
5 2 (7.41%) Public Sector
5 2 (7.41%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 20 (74.07%) Software Engineer
2 14 (51.85%) Embedded Engineer
2 14 (51.85%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 3 (11.11%) C# Developer
3 3 (11.11%) Developer
3 3 (11.11%) Support Engineer
4 2 (7.41%) Junior
4 2 (7.41%) Junior Embedded Engineer
4 2 (7.41%) Junior Software Engineer
4 2 (7.41%) Lead
4 2 (7.41%) Lead Software Engineer
4 2 (7.41%) Senior
4 2 (7.41%) Senior Embedded Engineer
4 2 (7.41%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
4 2 (7.41%) Senior Software Engineer
5 1 (3.70%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
5 1 (3.70%) Firmware Engineer
5 1 (3.70%) Senior Firmware Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (11.11%) Yocto
2 2 (7.41%) .NET
2 2 (7.41%) .NET Framework
2 2 (7.41%) ActiveMQ
2 2 (7.41%) AngularJS
2 2 (7.41%) CSS
2 2 (7.41%) Django
2 2 (7.41%) HTML
2 2 (7.41%) JSON
2 2 (7.41%) Node.js
2 2 (7.41%) Qt
2 2 (7.41%) RabbitMQ
2 2 (7.41%) React
2 2 (7.41%) WebSockets
2 2 (7.41%) XML
2 2 (7.41%) ZeroMQ
3 1 (3.70%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 7 (25.93%) Embedded Systems
1 7 (25.93%) IoT
2 5 (18.52%) Self-Motivation
3 4 (14.81%) Device Driver
4 2 (7.41%) ARM Cortex
4 2 (7.41%) Management Information System
4 2 (7.41%) NB-IoT
4 2 (7.41%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 11 (40.74%) Linux
2 10 (37.04%) Windows
3 4 (14.81%) Embedded Linux
4 2 (7.41%) FreeRTOS
4 2 (7.41%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (77.78%) Software Engineering
2 8 (29.63%) Time Management
3 7 (25.93%) Problem-Solving
3 7 (25.93%) Prototyping
4 5 (18.52%) Agile
4 5 (18.52%) Collaborative Working
4 5 (18.52%) Computer Science
4 5 (18.52%) Innovative Thinking
4 5 (18.52%) Kalman Filter
4 5 (18.52%) Project Management
4 5 (18.52%) Rapid Prototyping
4 5 (18.52%) Software Testing
5 4 (14.81%) Continuous Integration
5 4 (14.81%) Unit Testing
6 3 (11.11%) Build Automation
6 3 (11.11%) Data Analysis
6 3 (11.11%) Roadmaps
6 3 (11.11%) Test Automation
7 2 (7.41%) Code Quality
7 2 (7.41%) End-to-End Testing
Programming Languages
1 22 (81.48%) C
2 14 (51.85%) C++
3 9 (33.33%) C#
3 9 (33.33%) Embedded C
4 7 (25.93%) Assembly Language
5 6 (22.22%) Python
6 5 (18.52%) R
7 4 (14.81%) Embedded C++
8 3 (11.11%) JavaScript
9 2 (7.41%) Go
9 2 (7.41%) Java
9 2 (7.41%) Shell Script
9 2 (7.41%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (18.52%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (7.41%) JTAG
1 2 (7.41%) QA
2 1 (3.70%) GDPR
System Software
1 6 (22.22%) Firmware
2 4 (14.81%) Docker
2 4 (14.81%) Embedded Firmware
Vendors
1 2 (7.41%) Atmel
1 2 (7.41%) Freescale
1 2 (7.41%) Microsoft
1 2 (7.41%) SAP