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 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 855 927 1213
Rank change year-on-year +72 +286 -304
Permanent jobs citing RS-485 52 20 48
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.050% 0.021% 0.028%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.38% 0.13% 0.21%
Number of salaries quoted 19 18 9
10th Percentile £41,750 £30,265 £29,885
25th Percentile £47,500 £33,636 £34,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £60,000 £64,375 £57,500
90th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £61,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% +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 13,607 15,377 22,507
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 12.96% 16.25% 13.34%
Number of salaries quoted 9,414 7,683 11,818
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,000 £28,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,750 £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 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £87,419 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £44,000 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -2.22% -5.26% +5.56%

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 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for RS-485 in the UK

RS-485
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-485 within the UK over the 6 months to 1 June 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 -1 50 £55,000 +4.76% 22
England +65 49 £55,000 +4.76% 19
Work from Home +62 21 £55,000 +7.32% 14
North of England +49 18 £52,500 - 2
Yorkshire - 15 £50,000 - 1
South East -4 12 £42,500 +8.65% 2
Midlands -5 10 £55,000 -26.67% 6
West Midlands -11 5 £55,000 -26.67% 1
East Midlands - 5 - - 5
East of England -1 4 £65,000 - 2
North West -3 3 £55,000 +4.76% 1
South West -24 3 £55,000 - 3
London +115 2 £63,500 - 3
Wales - 2 £45,000 - 1
Scotland - 1 - - 6

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 (7.69%) Apache
Applications
1 3 (5.77%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (3.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (3.85%) Simulink
3 1 (1.92%) OrCAD
Cloud Services
1 5 (9.62%) GitHub
2 3 (5.77%) Azure
2 3 (5.77%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (1.92%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 30 (57.69%) RS-232
2 27 (51.92%) Wireless
3 25 (48.08%) Wi-Fi
4 19 (36.54%) TCP/IP
5 16 (30.77%) MQTT
6 14 (26.92%) 4G
7 13 (25.00%) 3G
8 11 (21.15%) Bluetooth
8 11 (21.15%) ZigBee
9 8 (15.38%) Ethernet
10 7 (13.46%) Modbus
11 6 (11.54%) RS-422
12 5 (9.62%) VoIP
13 4 (7.69%) Wireshark
14 2 (3.85%) Internet
15 1 (1.92%) DHCP
15 1 (1.92%) DNS
15 1 (1.92%) GPRS
15 1 (1.92%) VLAN
15 1 (1.92%) VPN
Development Applications
1 9 (17.31%) Git
2 8 (15.38%) Subversion
3 6 (11.54%) Jenkins
3 6 (11.54%) JIRA
4 4 (7.69%) Visual Studio
5 2 (3.85%) GitLab
6 1 (1.92%) Rational DOORS
General
1 22 (42.31%) Electronics
2 12 (23.08%) Mandarin Language
3 7 (13.46%) Manufacturing
4 4 (7.69%) Aviation
4 4 (7.69%) Finance
4 4 (7.69%) Marketing
4 4 (7.69%) Public Sector
4 4 (7.69%) Social Skills
4 4 (7.69%) Telecoms
5 2 (3.85%) Aerospace
5 2 (3.85%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (1.92%) Automotive
6 1 (1.92%) Military
Job Titles
1 43 (82.69%) Software Engineer
2 32 (61.54%) Embedded Engineer
3 31 (59.62%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 6 (11.54%) Lead
4 6 (11.54%) Lead Software Engineer
5 5 (9.62%) Electronics Engineer
5 5 (9.62%) Senior
6 3 (5.77%) Ada Engineer
6 3 (5.77%) Ada Software Engineer
6 3 (5.77%) Development Engineer
6 3 (5.77%) Software Development Engineer
7 2 (3.85%) Design Engineer
7 2 (3.85%) Electronics Design Engineer
7 2 (3.85%) Hardware Engineer
7 2 (3.85%) Senior Embedded Engineer
7 2 (3.85%) Senior Systems Engineer
7 2 (3.85%) Systems Engineer
8 1 (1.92%) Development Manager
8 1 (1.92%) Integration Engineer
8 1 (1.92%) Product Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (25.00%) REST
2 5 (9.62%) JSON
3 4 (7.69%) .NET
3 4 (7.69%) .NET Framework
3 4 (7.69%) ActiveMQ
3 4 (7.69%) AngularJS
3 4 (7.69%) CSS
3 4 (7.69%) Django
3 4 (7.69%) HTML
3 4 (7.69%) Node.js
3 4 (7.69%) Qt
3 4 (7.69%) RabbitMQ
3 4 (7.69%) React
3 4 (7.69%) WebSockets
3 4 (7.69%) XML
3 4 (7.69%) ZeroMQ
4 3 (5.77%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 19 (36.54%) Self-Motivation
2 11 (21.15%) IoT
3 7 (13.46%) FPGA
4 6 (11.54%) ARM Cortex
5 5 (9.62%) Smart Home
5 5 (9.62%) VHDL
6 4 (7.69%) Robotics
7 3 (5.77%) Analogue Electronics
7 3 (5.77%) CPLD
7 3 (5.77%) Fibre Optics
7 3 (5.77%) Verilog
8 2 (3.85%) CAN bus
8 2 (3.85%) Driving Licence
8 2 (3.85%) PCIe
9 1 (1.92%) Acoustics
9 1 (1.92%) Algorithms
9 1 (1.92%) Distributed Computing
9 1 (1.92%) Embedded Systems
9 1 (1.92%) Management Information System
9 1 (1.92%) NB-IoT
Operating Systems
1 31 (59.62%) Linux
2 17 (32.69%) Embedded Linux
3 9 (17.31%) Windows
4 6 (11.54%) FreeRTOS
5 5 (9.62%) ThreadX
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (84.62%) Software Engineering
2 29 (55.77%) Agile
3 22 (42.31%) Software Testing
4 15 (28.85%) Test Automation
5 13 (25.00%) OO
5 13 (25.00%) OOD
5 13 (25.00%) User Experience
6 9 (17.31%) Customer Requirements
6 9 (17.31%) TDD
7 8 (15.38%) Cybersecurity
8 7 (13.46%) DevOps
8 7 (13.46%) Schematic Capture
8 7 (13.46%) SDLC
9 6 (11.54%) Continuous Integration
10 5 (9.62%) BDD
10 5 (9.62%) Code Quality
10 5 (9.62%) Kalman Filter
11 4 (7.69%) Continuous Improvement
11 4 (7.69%) Problem-Solving
11 4 (7.69%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 45 (86.54%) C
2 22 (42.31%) C++
3 17 (32.69%) JavaScript
4 14 (26.92%) Python
5 11 (21.15%) Embedded C
6 5 (9.62%) C#
7 4 (7.69%) Go
7 4 (7.69%) SQL
8 3 (5.77%) Ada
9 2 (3.85%) Bash
9 2 (3.85%) Embedded C++
9 2 (3.85%) MATLAB
9 2 (3.85%) Shell Script
10 1 (1.92%) Assembly Language
10 1 (1.92%) R
Qualifications
1 9 (17.31%) Degree
2 5 (9.62%) Security Cleared
3 3 (5.77%) BPSS Clearance
3 3 (5.77%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (3.85%) HNC
4 2 (3.85%) HND
4 2 (3.85%) Master's Degree
4 2 (3.85%) PhD
5 1 (1.92%) MCAD
5 1 (1.92%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (25.00%) GDPR
2 5 (9.62%) MISRA
3 2 (3.85%) QA
4 1 (1.92%) JTAG
System Software
1 11 (21.15%) Firmware
2 5 (9.62%) Docker
3 1 (1.92%) Embedded Firmware
Vendors
1 5 (9.62%) EMC
2 4 (7.69%) SAP
3 2 (3.85%) Altera
3 2 (3.85%) Cadence
3 2 (3.85%) Lattice Semiconductor
4 1 (1.92%) Atmel
4 1 (1.92%) Freescale
4 1 (1.92%) Microsoft