RS-485 Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

RS-485
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent remote or hybrid work 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 20 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 453 571 652
Rank change year-on-year +118 +81 +190
Permanent jobs citing RS-485 12 19 2
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.063% 0.056% 0.005%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.24% 0.37% 0.044%
Number of salaries quoted 6 13 2
10th Percentile - £47,500 £50,125
25th Percentile £47,500 £52,500 £50,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £51,250
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +7.32% -2.38%
75th Percentile £60,000 £57,500 £52,813
90th Percentile £68,750 £65,000 £53,375
UK median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £51,250
% change year-on-year -9.09% +7.32% -6.82%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 5,034 5,188 4,568
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 26.48% 15.33% 11.26%
Number of salaries quoted 1,707 3,332 3,397
10th Percentile £23,504 £31,250 £31,569
25th Percentile £25,087 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -33.33% -8.70% -
75th Percentile £60,000 £67,500 £76,316
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £88,750
UK median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £50,250
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.47% -4.29%

RS-485
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing RS-485 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

RS-485 trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

RS-485
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing RS-485.

RS-485 salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

RS-485
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing RS-485 over the 6 months to 20 May 2025.

RS-485 salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

RS-485
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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:

Communications & Networking
1 7 (58.33%) Bluetooth
1 7 (58.33%) Modbus
1 7 (58.33%) Profibus
1 7 (58.33%) RS-232
1 7 (58.33%) Wireless
1 7 (58.33%) ZigBee
2 1 (8.33%) Ethernet
General
1 12 (100.00%) Electronics
2 11 (91.67%) Social Skills
3 8 (66.67%) Manufacturing
4 7 (58.33%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (8.33%) Finance
5 1 (8.33%) Marketing
5 1 (8.33%) Public Sector
5 1 (8.33%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 11 (91.67%) Senior
2 7 (58.33%) Embedded Engineer
2 7 (58.33%) Embedded Software Engineer
2 7 (58.33%) Senior Embedded Engineer
2 7 (58.33%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
2 7 (58.33%) Senior Software Engineer
2 7 (58.33%) Software Engineer
3 4 (33.33%) Electronics Engineer
3 4 (33.33%) Senior Electronics Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Design Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Digital Design Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) FPGA Design Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) FPGA Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) FPGA/VHDL Design Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) VHDL Design Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) VHDL Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (58.33%) Embedded Systems
2 5 (41.67%) FPGA
3 4 (33.33%) Algorithms
3 4 (33.33%) Life Science
3 4 (33.33%) Verilog
4 1 (8.33%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 7 (58.33%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (58.33%) Software Engineering
1 7 (58.33%) TDD
1 7 (58.33%) Unit Testing
2 5 (41.67%) Signal Processing
3 4 (33.33%) CAD
3 4 (33.33%) Physics
3 4 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (33.33%) Prototyping
3 4 (33.33%) Regulatory Compliance
4 1 (8.33%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (8.33%) Design for Manufacturing
4 1 (8.33%) Digital Marketing
4 1 (8.33%) Digital Signal Processing
4 1 (8.33%) Programme Management
4 1 (8.33%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 11 (91.67%) C
1 11 (91.67%) C++
Qualifications
1 5 (41.67%) Degree
2 1 (8.33%) Master's Degree
System Software
1 7 (58.33%) Embedded Firmware
1 7 (58.33%) Firmware
Vendors
1 5 (41.67%) EMC
2 1 (8.33%) Altera
2 1 (8.33%) Freescale
2 1 (8.33%) SAP