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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 849 955 1188
Rank change year-on-year +106 +233 -310
Permanent jobs citing RS-485 47 15 44
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.048% 0.014% 0.029%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.35% 0.093% 0.21%
Number of salaries quoted 19 13 7
10th Percentile £41,750 - £29,505
25th Percentile £47,500 £30,265 £38,882
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £60,000 £65,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £65,000 - £58,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +10.00% -4.76% +5.00%

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 13,586 16,051 20,707
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.86% 15.34% 13.43%
Number of salaries quoted 9,485 8,237 11,833
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,750 £28,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £36,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.94% -3.81% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,715 £87,500 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £43,500 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -3.33% - -

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 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for RS-485 in the UK

RS-485
Top 14 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 27 April 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
England +143 45 £55,000 +10.00% 19
UK excluding London +45 45 £55,000 +10.00% 25
Work from Home +109 19 £55,000 +7.32% 12
North of England - 16 £52,500 - 1
Yorkshire - 14 £50,000 - 1
South East +34 11 £42,500 +38.30% 5
Midlands +17 10 £55,000 -26.67% 4
West Midlands +30 5 £55,000 -26.67% 2
East Midlands - 5 - - 2
East of England +12 3 £65,000 - 4
South West +1 3 £55,000 - 4
London +133 2 £63,500 - 1
Wales - 2 £45,000 -
North West - 2 £55,000 -

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 4 (8.51%) Apache
Applications
1 3 (6.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (4.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (4.26%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 5 (10.64%) GitHub
2 3 (6.38%) Azure
2 3 (6.38%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (2.13%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 27 (57.45%) RS-232
2 24 (51.06%) Wireless
3 23 (48.94%) Wi-Fi
4 17 (36.17%) TCP/IP
5 14 (29.79%) MQTT
6 12 (25.53%) 3G
6 12 (25.53%) 4G
7 10 (21.28%) Bluetooth
7 10 (21.28%) ZigBee
8 7 (14.89%) Ethernet
9 5 (10.64%) Modbus
9 5 (10.64%) RS-422
9 5 (10.64%) VoIP
10 4 (8.51%) Wireshark
11 2 (4.26%) Internet
12 1 (2.13%) DHCP
12 1 (2.13%) DNS
12 1 (2.13%) GPRS
12 1 (2.13%) VLAN
12 1 (2.13%) VPN
Development Applications
1 8 (17.02%) Git
2 7 (14.89%) Subversion
3 5 (10.64%) Jenkins
3 5 (10.64%) JIRA
4 4 (8.51%) Visual Studio
5 2 (4.26%) GitLab
6 1 (2.13%) Rational DOORS
General
1 20 (42.55%) Electronics
2 12 (25.53%) Mandarin Language
3 6 (12.77%) Manufacturing
4 4 (8.51%) Aviation
5 3 (6.38%) Finance
5 3 (6.38%) Marketing
5 3 (6.38%) Public Sector
5 3 (6.38%) Social Skills
5 3 (6.38%) Telecoms
6 2 (4.26%) Aerospace
6 2 (4.26%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (2.13%) Automotive
7 1 (2.13%) Military
Job Titles
1 38 (80.85%) Software Engineer
2 28 (59.57%) Embedded Engineer
3 27 (57.45%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 6 (12.77%) Lead
4 6 (12.77%) Lead Software Engineer
5 5 (10.64%) Electronics Engineer
6 4 (8.51%) Senior
7 3 (6.38%) Ada Engineer
7 3 (6.38%) Ada Software Engineer
7 3 (6.38%) Development Engineer
7 3 (6.38%) Software Development Engineer
8 2 (4.26%) Design Engineer
8 2 (4.26%) Electronics Design Engineer
8 2 (4.26%) Hardware Engineer
8 2 (4.26%) Senior Systems Engineer
8 2 (4.26%) Systems Engineer
9 1 (2.13%) DOORS Engineer
9 1 (2.13%) Graduate Design Engineer
9 1 (2.13%) Graduate Electronics Engineer
9 1 (2.13%) Senior Electronics Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (25.53%) REST
2 5 (10.64%) JSON
3 4 (8.51%) .NET
3 4 (8.51%) .NET Framework
3 4 (8.51%) ActiveMQ
3 4 (8.51%) AngularJS
3 4 (8.51%) CSS
3 4 (8.51%) Django
3 4 (8.51%) HTML
3 4 (8.51%) Node.js
3 4 (8.51%) Qt
3 4 (8.51%) RabbitMQ
3 4 (8.51%) React
3 4 (8.51%) WebSockets
3 4 (8.51%) XML
3 4 (8.51%) ZeroMQ
4 2 (4.26%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 17 (36.17%) Self-Motivation
2 9 (19.15%) IoT
3 7 (14.89%) FPGA
4 5 (10.64%) ARM Cortex
4 5 (10.64%) Smart Home
4 5 (10.64%) VHDL
5 4 (8.51%) Robotics
6 3 (6.38%) Analogue Electronics
6 3 (6.38%) CPLD
6 3 (6.38%) Fibre Optics
6 3 (6.38%) Verilog
7 2 (4.26%) CAN bus
7 2 (4.26%) Driving Licence
7 2 (4.26%) PCIe
8 1 (2.13%) Acoustics
8 1 (2.13%) Algorithms
8 1 (2.13%) Distributed Computing
Operating Systems
1 29 (61.70%) Linux
2 15 (31.91%) Embedded Linux
3 9 (19.15%) Windows
4 5 (10.64%) FreeRTOS
4 5 (10.64%) ThreadX
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (82.98%) Software Engineering
2 26 (55.32%) Agile
3 20 (42.55%) Software Testing
4 13 (27.66%) Test Automation
5 12 (25.53%) OO
5 12 (25.53%) OOD
5 12 (25.53%) User Experience
6 8 (17.02%) Customer Requirements
6 8 (17.02%) Cybersecurity
6 8 (17.02%) TDD
7 7 (14.89%) Schematic Capture
7 7 (14.89%) SDLC
8 6 (12.77%) DevOps
9 5 (10.64%) BDD
9 5 (10.64%) Code Quality
9 5 (10.64%) Kalman Filter
10 4 (8.51%) Artificial Intelligence
10 4 (8.51%) Continuous Integration
10 4 (8.51%) Software Architecture
10 4 (8.51%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 41 (87.23%) C
2 17 (36.17%) C++
3 16 (34.04%) JavaScript
4 12 (25.53%) Python
5 9 (19.15%) Embedded C
6 4 (8.51%) Go
6 4 (8.51%) SQL
7 3 (6.38%) Ada
7 3 (6.38%) C#
8 2 (4.26%) Bash
8 2 (4.26%) MATLAB
8 2 (4.26%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 9 (19.15%) Degree
2 5 (10.64%) Security Cleared
3 3 (6.38%) BPSS Clearance
3 3 (6.38%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (4.26%) HNC
4 2 (4.26%) HND
4 2 (4.26%) Master's Degree
4 2 (4.26%) PhD
5 1 (2.13%) MCAD
5 1 (2.13%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (25.53%) GDPR
2 5 (10.64%) MISRA
3 1 (2.13%) JTAG
3 1 (2.13%) QA
System Software
1 9 (19.15%) Firmware
2 4 (8.51%) Docker
Vendors
1 5 (10.64%) EMC
2 3 (6.38%) SAP
3 2 (4.26%) Altera
3 2 (4.26%) Cadence
3 2 (4.26%) Lattice Semiconductor
4 1 (2.13%) Microsoft