RS-232
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for RS-232 skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited RS-232 over the 6 months to 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 815 956 1175
Rank change year-on-year +141 +219 -285
Permanent jobs citing RS-232 89 37 54
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.090% 0.036% 0.035%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.65% 0.23% 0.26%
Number of salaries quoted 68 35 36
10th Percentile - - £25,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £27,750 £27,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £62,500 £55,625 £62,500
90th Percentile £62,875 £64,000 £65,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £53,750 £30,730 £50,000
% change year-on-year +74.91% -38.54% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

RS-232 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 13,628 15,972 20,897
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.82% 15.39% 13.35%
Number of salaries quoted 9,500 8,150 11,820
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,750 £28,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,715 £87,500 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £43,750 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -2.78% - -

RS-232
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing RS-232 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for RS-232 in the UK

RS-232
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing RS-232.

Salary trend for RS-232 in the UK

RS-232
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing RS-232 over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Salary histogram for RS-232 in the UK

RS-232
Top 15 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing RS-232 within the UK over the 6 months to 3 May 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
UK excluding London +70 86 £53,750 +74.91% 29
England +121 70 £52,500 +34.22% 25
Work from Home +141 63 £55,000 +92.98% 15
North of England +60 23 £52,500 +10.53% 5
Scotland - 17 £60,000 - 5
North West +14 16 £53,750 +2.38% 2
South West -8 16 £40,000 -45.58% 4
Midlands - 11 £55,000 - 6
East of England +19 10 £62,500 +119.30% 3
Yorkshire +81 7 £30,000 +5.26% 2
South East +7 7 £42,500 +8.65% 6
East Midlands - 6 £62,500 - 5
West Midlands - 5 £55,000 - 1
London +121 3 £66,750 +16.09% 1
Wales - 2 £45,000 -

RS-232
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 (4.49%) Apache
2 1 (1.12%) Jupyter
Applications
1 6 (6.74%) OrCAD
2 5 (5.62%) SOLIDWORKS
3 3 (3.37%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (2.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 13 (14.61%) AWS
2 11 (12.36%) GitHub
3 1 (1.12%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 49 (55.06%) Ethernet
2 31 (34.83%) TCP/IP
3 28 (31.46%) RS-485
4 26 (29.21%) Wireless
5 25 (28.09%) Wi-Fi
6 12 (13.48%) Bluetooth
7 10 (11.24%) ZigBee
8 5 (5.62%) Modbus
8 5 (5.62%) RS-422
8 5 (5.62%) VoIP
9 4 (4.49%) Wireshark
10 2 (2.25%) MQTT
11 1 (1.12%) 4G
11 1 (1.12%) 5G
11 1 (1.12%) DNS
11 1 (1.12%) LoRaWAN
11 1 (1.12%) Network Security
11 1 (1.12%) Profibus
11 1 (1.12%) SAN
11 1 (1.12%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (4.49%) Big Data
2 1 (1.12%) InfluxDB
2 1 (1.12%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 16 (17.98%) Git
2 14 (15.73%) Subversion
3 12 (13.48%) JIRA
4 10 (11.24%) Jenkins
5 6 (6.74%) LabVIEW
5 6 (6.74%) Visual Studio
6 4 (4.49%) Zephyr
7 2 (2.25%) GitLab
8 1 (1.12%) Rational DOORS
General
1 45 (50.56%) Electronics
2 39 (43.82%) Manufacturing
3 11 (12.36%) Aerospace
3 11 (12.36%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (10.11%) Aviation
5 7 (7.87%) Military
6 6 (6.74%) Social Skills
7 5 (5.62%) Automotive
7 5 (5.62%) Pharmaceutical
8 4 (4.49%) Tech for Good
9 3 (3.37%) Telecoms
10 2 (2.25%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (2.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (2.25%) Legal
10 2 (2.25%) Public Sector
11 1 (1.12%) Finance
11 1 (1.12%) Games
11 1 (1.12%) Marketing
11 1 (1.12%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 64 (71.91%) Software Engineer
2 42 (47.19%) Embedded Engineer
2 42 (47.19%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 28 (31.46%) Senior
4 24 (26.97%) Senior Software Engineer
5 20 (22.47%) Senior Embedded Engineer
5 20 (22.47%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
6 10 (11.24%) Hardware Engineer
7 8 (8.99%) Systems Engineer
8 4 (4.49%) Development Engineer
8 4 (4.49%) Electronics Engineer
8 4 (4.49%) Junior
8 4 (4.49%) Junior Embedded Engineer
8 4 (4.49%) Junior Software Engineer
8 4 (4.49%) Lead
8 4 (4.49%) Lead Software Engineer
9 3 (3.37%) Ada Engineer
9 3 (3.37%) Ada Software Engineer
9 3 (3.37%) Design Engineer
9 3 (3.37%) Software Development Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (24.72%) Yocto
2 18 (20.22%) .NET
3 6 (6.74%) .NET Framework
4 5 (5.62%) AngularJS
4 5 (5.62%) React
5 4 (4.49%) ActiveMQ
5 4 (4.49%) ASP.NET Web API
5 4 (4.49%) CSS
5 4 (4.49%) Django
5 4 (4.49%) HTML
5 4 (4.49%) JSON
5 4 (4.49%) Node.js
5 4 (4.49%) Qt
5 4 (4.49%) RabbitMQ
5 4 (4.49%) WCF
5 4 (4.49%) Web Services
5 4 (4.49%) WebSockets
5 4 (4.49%) WinForms
5 4 (4.49%) XML
5 4 (4.49%) ZeroMQ
Miscellaneous
1 19 (21.35%) Device Driver
2 16 (17.98%) Self-Motivation
3 15 (16.85%) Analogue Electronics
4 14 (15.73%) IoT
5 11 (12.36%) Analytical Mindset
6 10 (11.24%) Embedded Systems
7 7 (7.87%) FPGA
7 7 (7.87%) Robotics
8 6 (6.74%) CAN bus
8 6 (6.74%) Smart Home
9 5 (5.62%) ARM Cortex
10 4 (4.49%) Smart Energy
11 2 (2.25%) Algorithms
11 2 (2.25%) Driving Licence
11 2 (2.25%) Mobile App
11 2 (2.25%) PCIe
11 2 (2.25%) VHDL
12 1 (1.12%) Acoustics
12 1 (1.12%) Data Centre
12 1 (1.12%) NB-IoT
Operating Systems
1 49 (55.06%) Linux
2 23 (25.84%) Embedded Linux
3 13 (14.61%) FreeRTOS
4 11 (12.36%) Windows
5 5 (5.62%) ThreadX
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (74.16%) Software Engineering
2 24 (26.97%) Problem-Solving
3 22 (24.72%) Agile
3 22 (24.72%) Computer Science
4 19 (21.35%) OOD
5 15 (16.85%) Customer Requirements
6 14 (15.73%) Software Testing
7 13 (14.61%) Continuous Improvement
7 13 (14.61%) Physics
7 13 (14.61%) Validation
8 12 (13.48%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 11 (12.36%) Coaching
9 11 (12.36%) Commercialisation
9 11 (12.36%) Mentoring
9 11 (12.36%) Project Management
10 10 (11.24%) Cybersecurity
11 9 (10.11%) Software Architecture
12 8 (8.99%) DevOps
12 8 (8.99%) TDD
13 6 (6.74%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 60 (67.42%) C
2 32 (35.96%) Embedded C
3 27 (30.34%) C#
4 17 (19.10%) Python
5 6 (6.74%) Bash
5 6 (6.74%) C++
6 5 (5.62%) JavaScript
6 5 (5.62%) SQL
7 4 (4.49%) Go
7 4 (4.49%) R
8 3 (3.37%) Ada
9 2 (2.25%) Shell Script
10 1 (1.12%) ANSI C
10 1 (1.12%) Assembly Language
10 1 (1.12%) Rust
10 1 (1.12%) VB
10 1 (1.12%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 38 (42.70%) Degree
2 12 (13.48%) Security Cleared
3 6 (6.74%) SC Cleared
4 5 (5.62%) Chartered Engineer
5 4 (4.49%) Master's Degree
6 3 (3.37%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (3.37%) HNC
6 3 (3.37%) HND
7 1 (1.12%) CCNP
7 1 (1.12%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (1.12%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (1.12%) DV Cleared
7 1 (1.12%) MCAD
7 1 (1.12%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (5.62%) MISRA
2 4 (4.49%) PMO
3 1 (1.12%) GDPR
3 1 (1.12%) JTAG
3 1 (1.12%) QA
System Software
1 18 (20.22%) Firmware
2 9 (10.11%) Docker
3 1 (1.12%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 4 (4.49%) Terraform
Vendors
1 5 (5.62%) EMC
2 3 (3.37%) Microsoft
3 2 (2.25%) Altera
3 2 (2.25%) Cadence
3 2 (2.25%) Lattice Semiconductor
4 1 (1.12%) Atmel
4 1 (1.12%) Cisco
4 1 (1.12%) Freescale
4 1 (1.12%) Rockwell
4 1 (1.12%) SAP
4 1 (1.12%) Siemens
4 1 (1.12%) VMware