RS-485 Job Trends

RS-485
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring RS-485 skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 642 725 702
Rank change year-on-year +83 -23 +405
Permanent jobs citing RS-485 17 27 13
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.032% 0.040% 0.025%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.22% 0.34% 0.16%
Number of salaries quoted 16 4 12
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £43,000 £43,750 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,750 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.58% -9.52% -12.50%
75th Percentile £53,750 £52,813 £65,000
90th Percentile £64,375 £55,625 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £46,750 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -1.58% -9.52% -12.50%

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 7,597 7,870 8,091
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 14.43% 11.64% 15.45%
Number of salaries quoted 4,245 4,007 6,491
10th Percentile £25,087 £30,000 £26,500
25th Percentile £28,250 £37,500 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,750 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -28.10% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £60,000 £70,000 £68,000
90th Percentile £78,790 £85,000 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £34,000 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -32.00% +11.11% -5.26%

RS-485
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing RS-485 relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

RS-485 job vacancy trend in the UK

RS-485
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing RS-485.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing RS-485

RS-485
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing RS-485 over the 6 months to 13 November 2025.

Salary histogram for RS-485 in the UK

RS-485
Top 9 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 13 November 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 +97 17 £46,750 -1.58% 15
UK excluding London +64 17 £46,750 -1.58% 12
North of England +41 8 £46,000 - 2
Yorkshire +14 8 £46,000 -
Midlands +66 5 £52,500 -
West Midlands +47 5 £52,500 -
Work from Home +82 3 £68,750 +44.74% 7
South East +33 3 £60,000 - 4
South West - 1 £90,000 - 3

RS-485
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 1 (5.88%) AutoCAD
1 1 (5.88%) OrCAD
Cloud Services
1 1 (5.88%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 13 (76.47%) Modbus
2 7 (41.18%) RS-232
3 4 (23.53%) 3G
3 4 (23.53%) GPRS
3 4 (23.53%) GSM
3 4 (23.53%) SSL
3 4 (23.53%) TCP/IP
4 2 (11.76%) Ethernet
5 1 (5.88%) Bluetooth
5 1 (5.88%) Firewall
5 1 (5.88%) RS-422
5 1 (5.88%) VLAN
5 1 (5.88%) VPN
5 1 (5.88%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (5.88%) Wireless
5 1 (5.88%) ZigBee
Development Applications
1 1 (5.88%) Visual Studio
General
1 12 (70.59%) Electronics
2 9 (52.94%) Social Skills
3 4 (23.53%) Manufacturing
4 2 (11.76%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (11.76%) Telecoms
5 1 (5.88%) Finance
5 1 (5.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (5.88%) Marketing
5 1 (5.88%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 11 (64.71%) Embedded Engineer
2 9 (52.94%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
2 9 (52.94%) Firmware Engineer
3 2 (11.76%) C Software Engineer
3 2 (11.76%) C/C++ Embedded Software Engineer
3 2 (11.76%) C/C++ Software Engineer
3 2 (11.76%) C++ Software Engineer
3 2 (11.76%) Developer
3 2 (11.76%) Embedded C Engineer
3 2 (11.76%) Embedded C Software Engineer
3 2 (11.76%) Embedded C/C++ Engineer
3 2 (11.76%) Embedded C/C++ Software Engineer
3 2 (11.76%) Embedded C++ Engineer
3 2 (11.76%) Embedded C++ Software Engineer
3 2 (11.76%) Embedded Linux Engineer
3 2 (11.76%) Embedded Linux Software Engineer
3 2 (11.76%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 2 (11.76%) Linux Engineer
3 2 (11.76%) Software Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) Electronics Design Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.88%) .NET
1 1 (5.88%) .NET Framework
1 1 (5.88%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 10 (58.82%) Embedded Systems
2 8 (47.06%) Analogue Electronics
2 8 (47.06%) CAN bus
3 2 (11.76%) Acoustics
4 1 (5.88%) CCTV
4 1 (5.88%) Derivative
4 1 (5.88%) Driving Licence
4 1 (5.88%) Fibre Optics
4 1 (5.88%) IoT
4 1 (5.88%) Operational Technology
4 1 (5.88%) Robotics
4 1 (5.88%) Self-Driving Car
4 1 (5.88%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 13 (76.47%) Linux
2 12 (70.59%) Embedded Linux
3 4 (23.53%) FreeRTOS
4 1 (5.88%) Debian
4 1 (5.88%) OpenWrt
4 1 (5.88%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (47.06%) Collaborative Culture
1 8 (47.06%) Mentoring
2 5 (29.41%) Software Engineering
3 4 (23.53%) Embedded Software Development
3 4 (23.53%) Secure Coding
3 4 (23.53%) Test Automation
4 3 (17.65%) Agile
4 3 (17.65%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (11.76%) QMS
5 2 (11.76%) Quality Management
5 2 (11.76%) Regulatory Compliance
5 2 (11.76%) Validation
6 1 (5.88%) Battery Management
6 1 (5.88%) Cybersecurity
6 1 (5.88%) Data Acquisition
6 1 (5.88%) Design for Manufacturing
6 1 (5.88%) Digital Signal Processing
6 1 (5.88%) FMEA
6 1 (5.88%) Hazard Analysis
6 1 (5.88%) Signal Processing
Programming Languages
1 13 (76.47%) C
2 12 (70.59%) C++
3 2 (11.76%) Embedded C++
4 1 (5.88%) C#
4 1 (5.88%) Embedded C
4 1 (5.88%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (23.53%) Degree
2 2 (11.76%) Master's Degree
3 1 (5.88%) SC Cleared
3 1 (5.88%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (23.53%) MISRA
2 1 (5.88%) ISO 9001
2 1 (5.88%) QA
System Software
1 15 (88.24%) Firmware
2 13 (76.47%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (5.88%) iptables
Systems Management
1 1 (5.88%) Ansible
Vendors
1 3 (17.65%) EMC
2 1 (5.88%) Cisco
2 1 (5.88%) Fortinet
2 1 (5.88%) Freescale
2 1 (5.88%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.88%) MikroTik
2 1 (5.88%) SAP