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 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 856 978 1183
Rank change year-on-year +122 +205 -299
Permanent jobs citing RS-485 48 15 46
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.049% 0.014% 0.029%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.35% 0.094% 0.22%
Number of salaries quoted 19 13 8
10th Percentile £41,750 - £29,695
25th Percentile £47,500 £30,265 £33,441
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £60,000 £65,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £65,000 - £58,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% - -

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 13,628 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-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 3 May 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 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
England +118 46 £55,000 +10.00% 14
UK excluding London +49 46 £55,000 +10.00% 19
Work from Home +110 19 £55,000 +7.32% 10
North of England - 16 £52,500 - 3
Yorkshire - 14 £50,000 - 2
South East +14 12 £42,500 +38.30% 5
Midlands +23 10 £55,000 -26.67% 3
West Midlands +21 5 £55,000 -26.67% 1
East Midlands - 5 - - 2
East of England +15 3 £65,000 -
South West -20 3 £55,000 - 2
London +122 2 £63,500 - 1
Wales - 2 £45,000 -
North West - 2 £55,000 - 1

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 (8.33%) Apache
Applications
1 3 (6.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (4.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (4.17%) Simulink
3 1 (2.08%) OrCAD
Cloud Services
1 5 (10.42%) GitHub
2 3 (6.25%) Azure
2 3 (6.25%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (2.08%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 28 (58.33%) RS-232
2 25 (52.08%) Wireless
3 23 (47.92%) Wi-Fi
4 18 (37.50%) TCP/IP
5 15 (31.25%) MQTT
6 13 (27.08%) 4G
7 12 (25.00%) 3G
8 11 (22.92%) Bluetooth
9 10 (20.83%) ZigBee
10 8 (16.67%) Ethernet
11 6 (12.50%) Modbus
12 5 (10.42%) RS-422
12 5 (10.42%) VoIP
13 4 (8.33%) Wireshark
14 2 (4.17%) Internet
15 1 (2.08%) DHCP
15 1 (2.08%) DNS
15 1 (2.08%) GPRS
15 1 (2.08%) VLAN
15 1 (2.08%) VPN
Development Applications
1 8 (16.67%) Git
2 7 (14.58%) Subversion
3 6 (12.50%) Jenkins
3 6 (12.50%) JIRA
4 4 (8.33%) Visual Studio
5 2 (4.17%) GitLab
6 1 (2.08%) Rational DOORS
General
1 21 (43.75%) Electronics
2 12 (25.00%) Mandarin Language
3 7 (14.58%) Manufacturing
4 4 (8.33%) Aviation
4 4 (8.33%) Finance
4 4 (8.33%) Marketing
4 4 (8.33%) Public Sector
4 4 (8.33%) Telecoms
5 3 (6.25%) Social Skills
6 2 (4.17%) Aerospace
6 2 (4.17%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (2.08%) Automotive
7 1 (2.08%) Military
Job Titles
1 39 (81.25%) Software Engineer
2 29 (60.42%) Embedded Engineer
3 28 (58.33%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 6 (12.50%) Lead
4 6 (12.50%) Lead Software Engineer
5 5 (10.42%) Electronics Engineer
5 5 (10.42%) Senior
6 3 (6.25%) Ada Engineer
6 3 (6.25%) Ada Software Engineer
6 3 (6.25%) Development Engineer
6 3 (6.25%) Software Development Engineer
7 2 (4.17%) Design Engineer
7 2 (4.17%) Electronics Design Engineer
7 2 (4.17%) Hardware Engineer
7 2 (4.17%) Senior Embedded Engineer
7 2 (4.17%) Senior Systems Engineer
7 2 (4.17%) Systems Engineer
8 1 (2.08%) Development Manager
8 1 (2.08%) Integration Engineer
8 1 (2.08%) Product Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (25.00%) REST
2 5 (10.42%) JSON
3 4 (8.33%) .NET
3 4 (8.33%) .NET Framework
3 4 (8.33%) ActiveMQ
3 4 (8.33%) AngularJS
3 4 (8.33%) CSS
3 4 (8.33%) Django
3 4 (8.33%) HTML
3 4 (8.33%) Node.js
3 4 (8.33%) Qt
3 4 (8.33%) RabbitMQ
3 4 (8.33%) React
3 4 (8.33%) WebSockets
3 4 (8.33%) XML
3 4 (8.33%) ZeroMQ
4 3 (6.25%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 17 (35.42%) Self-Motivation
2 10 (20.83%) IoT
3 7 (14.58%) FPGA
4 5 (10.42%) ARM Cortex
4 5 (10.42%) Smart Home
4 5 (10.42%) VHDL
5 4 (8.33%) Robotics
6 3 (6.25%) Analogue Electronics
6 3 (6.25%) CPLD
6 3 (6.25%) Fibre Optics
6 3 (6.25%) Verilog
7 2 (4.17%) CAN bus
7 2 (4.17%) Driving Licence
7 2 (4.17%) PCIe
8 1 (2.08%) Acoustics
8 1 (2.08%) Algorithms
8 1 (2.08%) Distributed Computing
8 1 (2.08%) Embedded Systems
8 1 (2.08%) Management Information System
8 1 (2.08%) NB-IoT
Operating Systems
1 30 (62.50%) Linux
2 16 (33.33%) Embedded Linux
3 9 (18.75%) Windows
4 5 (10.42%) FreeRTOS
4 5 (10.42%) ThreadX
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (83.33%) Software Engineering
2 27 (56.25%) Agile
3 20 (41.67%) Software Testing
4 14 (29.17%) Test Automation
5 12 (25.00%) OO
5 12 (25.00%) OOD
5 12 (25.00%) User Experience
6 8 (16.67%) Customer Requirements
6 8 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
6 8 (16.67%) TDD
7 7 (14.58%) Schematic Capture
7 7 (14.58%) SDLC
8 6 (12.50%) DevOps
9 5 (10.42%) BDD
9 5 (10.42%) Code Quality
9 5 (10.42%) Continuous Integration
9 5 (10.42%) Kalman Filter
10 4 (8.33%) Digital Marketing
10 4 (8.33%) Technical Leadership
10 4 (8.33%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 41 (85.42%) C
2 18 (37.50%) C++
3 16 (33.33%) JavaScript
4 13 (27.08%) Python
5 9 (18.75%) Embedded C
6 4 (8.33%) C#
6 4 (8.33%) Go
6 4 (8.33%) SQL
7 3 (6.25%) Ada
8 2 (4.17%) Bash
8 2 (4.17%) MATLAB
8 2 (4.17%) Shell Script
9 1 (2.08%) Assembly Language
Qualifications
1 9 (18.75%) Degree
2 5 (10.42%) Security Cleared
3 3 (6.25%) BPSS Clearance
3 3 (6.25%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (4.17%) HNC
4 2 (4.17%) HND
4 2 (4.17%) Master's Degree
4 2 (4.17%) PhD
5 1 (2.08%) MCAD
5 1 (2.08%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (25.00%) GDPR
2 5 (10.42%) MISRA
3 2 (4.17%) QA
4 1 (2.08%) JTAG
System Software
1 10 (20.83%) Firmware
2 5 (10.42%) Docker
3 1 (2.08%) Embedded Firmware
Vendors
1 5 (10.42%) EMC
2 4 (8.33%) SAP
3 2 (4.17%) Altera
3 2 (4.17%) Cadence
3 2 (4.17%) Lattice Semiconductor
4 1 (2.08%) Atmel
4 1 (2.08%) Freescale
4 1 (2.08%) Microsoft