RS-232 Job Trends in West Lothian

RS-232
Scotland > West Lothian

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in West Lothian requiring RS-232 skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 11 26 14
Rank change year-on-year +15 -12 -
Permanent jobs citing RS-232 12 6 6
As % of all permanent jobs in West Lothian 9.76% 5.50% 11.32%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 60.00% 9.23% 30.00%
Number of salaries quoted 12 6 6
10th Percentile £62,500 - -
25th Percentile £63,438 £58,750 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.00% +4.17% -
75th Percentile £71,250 £66,250 £62,500
90th Percentile - £68,750 -
Scotland median annual salary £51,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -18.40% +4.17% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
West Lothian

RS-232 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 in West Lothian.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 20 65 20
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West Lothian 16.26% 59.63% 37.74%
Number of salaries quoted 14 7 19
10th Percentile £36,729 - -
25th Percentile £62,500 £58,750 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £62,500 £25,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.00% +150.00% -56.52%
75th Percentile £71,250 £68,750 £62,500
90th Percentile - £94,750 -
Scotland median annual salary £30,500 £47,500 £28,000
% change year-on-year -35.79% +69.64% -41.05%

RS-232
Job Vacancy Trend in West Lothian

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing RS-232 relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in West Lothian.

RS-232 job vacancy trend in West Lothian

RS-232
Salary Trend in West Lothian

Salary distribution trend for jobs in West Lothian citing RS-232.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in West Lothian citing RS-232

RS-232
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Lothian 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:

Communications & Networking
1 12 (100.00%) Ethernet
General
1 9 (75.00%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 12 (100.00%) Senior
2 9 (75.00%) Electronics Engineer
2 9 (75.00%) FPGA Engineer
2 9 (75.00%) Senior Electronics Engineer
2 9 (75.00%) Senior FPGA Engineer
3 3 (25.00%) Embedded Engineer
3 3 (25.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 3 (25.00%) Senior Embedded Engineer
3 3 (25.00%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
3 3 (25.00%) Senior Software Engineer
3 3 (25.00%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (25.00%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 9 (75.00%) FPGA
1 9 (75.00%) VHDL
2 3 (25.00%) Device Driver
Operating Systems
1 3 (25.00%) Embedded Linux
1 3 (25.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (75.00%) FPGA Design
1 9 (75.00%) Problem-Solving
1 9 (75.00%) Schematic Capture
2 3 (25.00%) Agile
2 3 (25.00%) Scrum
2 3 (25.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 3 (25.00%) C
1 3 (25.00%) C++
1 3 (25.00%) Embedded C
Vendors
1 9 (75.00%) EMC