RS-485
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for RS-485 skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited RS-485 over the 6 months to 1 December 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 735 1064 1051
Rank change year-on-year +329 -13 -331
Permanent jobs citing RS-485 9 21 45
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.017% 0.017% 0.035%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.11% 0.13% 0.27%
Number of salaries quoted 8 18 11
10th Percentile - £52,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £51,250 £53,125 £39,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% +9.09% +14.58%
75th Percentile - £64,375 £60,000
90th Percentile - £67,250 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +8.33% +20.00% +4.17%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

RS-485 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 8,107 15,627 16,696
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 15.10% 12.47% 12.90%
Number of salaries quoted 6,375 10,479 11,518
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 £47,126 £45,000
% change year-on-year -4.51% +4.72% -

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 December 2023.

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 December 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
England +291 9 £65,000 +8.33% 21
UK excluding London +247 8 £65,000 +8.33% 22
Work from Home +257 4 £65,000 +18.18% 6
East of England - 3 £65,000 - 6
North West - 3 £52,500 - 1
North of England - 3 £52,500 - 4
South West - 2 £65,000 - 2
London +266 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (33.33%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 8 (88.89%) Ethernet
1 8 (88.89%) Modbus
2 6 (66.67%) RS-232
3 5 (55.56%) RS-422
4 3 (33.33%) MQTT
5 1 (11.11%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 3 (33.33%) Eclipse
1 3 (33.33%) Jenkins
1 3 (33.33%) Subversion
2 1 (11.11%) Git
General
1 3 (33.33%) Electronics
1 3 (33.33%) Manufacturing
2 1 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (11.11%) Marketing
2 1 (11.11%) Retail
Job Titles
1 6 (66.67%) Software Engineer
2 4 (44.44%) Embedded Engineer
3 3 (33.33%) Ada Engineer
3 3 (33.33%) Ada Software Engineer
3 3 (33.33%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
3 3 (33.33%) Firmware Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) Python Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) Python Software Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) Senior
4 1 (11.11%) Senior Embedded Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (33.33%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 4 (44.44%) IoT
2 1 (11.11%) Algorithms
2 1 (11.11%) Data Structures
2 1 (11.11%) Distributed Applications
2 1 (11.11%) Embedded Systems
2 1 (11.11%) Linux Command Line
2 1 (11.11%) State Machine
Operating Systems
1 3 (33.33%) FreeRTOS
2 1 (11.11%) Debian
2 1 (11.11%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (66.67%) Software Engineering
2 5 (55.56%) Agile
2 5 (55.56%) Continuous Integration
2 5 (55.56%) DevOps
2 5 (55.56%) Pair Programming
2 5 (55.56%) Software Testing
2 5 (55.56%) TDD
3 3 (33.33%) Collaborative Working
3 3 (33.33%) Decision-Making
3 3 (33.33%) Unit Testing
4 2 (22.22%) CI/CD
5 1 (11.11%) Analytical Thinking
5 1 (11.11%) Creative Thinking
5 1 (11.11%) Design Patterns
5 1 (11.11%) Full Stack Development
5 1 (11.11%) Industrial Design
5 1 (11.11%) Line Management
5 1 (11.11%) Mentoring
5 1 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (11.11%) Refactoring
Programming Languages
1 6 (66.67%) C
2 5 (55.56%) Ada
2 5 (55.56%) C#
2 5 (55.56%) C++
3 2 (22.22%) Rust
4 1 (11.11%) Python
4 1 (11.11%) Shell Script
System Software
1 3 (33.33%) Embedded Firmware
1 3 (33.33%) Firmware
Vendors
1 3 (33.33%) Renesas