RS-485 Contracts in the UK excluding London

RS-485
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for RS-485 skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited RS-485 over the 6 months to 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 361 424 494
Rank change year-on-year +63 +70 -67
Contract jobs citing RS-485 37 23 13
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.18% 0.10% 0.043%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.12% 0.65% 0.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 3
10th Percentile - £615 £595
25th Percentile £525 £619 £625
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £638 £700
Median % change year-on-year -13.73% -8.93% +129.51%
75th Percentile £575 £656 £725
90th Percentile - £660 -
UK median daily rate £550 £638 £700
% change year-on-year -13.73% -8.93% +129.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 10 1
10th Percentile - £55.50 -
25th Percentile £61.25 £61.25 £70.25
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £70.50
Median % change year-on-year - -7.80% +63.01%
75th Percentile - - £70.75
90th Percentile - £70.63 -
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £70.50
% change year-on-year - -7.80% +63.01%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK excluding London

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 contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 3,295 3,548 4,238
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 15.80% 15.48% 13.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,866 2,221 2,761
10th Percentile £205 £210 £188
25th Percentile £350 £350 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year +0.95% +5.56% +11.11%
75th Percentile £600 £586 £550
90th Percentile £675 £690 £638
UK median daily rate £500 £513 £500
% change year-on-year -2.44% +2.50% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 355 300 237
10th Percentile £13.25 - £13.37
25th Percentile £16.30 £9.80 £16.05
Median hourly rate £45.88 £18.00 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year +154.89% -16.28% -2.27%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.13 £47.50
90th Percentile £71.01 £75.00 £59.25
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £18.34 £26.00
% change year-on-year +118.16% -29.48% +4.00%

RS-485
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing RS-485 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for RS-485 in the UK excluding London

RS-485
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing RS-485 in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for RS-485 in the UK excluding London

RS-485
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing RS-485 in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for RS-485 in the UK excluding London

RS-485
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing RS-485 within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 2 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
East of England +23 36 - - 2
South East +10 1 £550 - 2
RS-485
UK

RS-485
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 34 (91.89%) Modbus
1 34 (91.89%) RS-422
Development Applications
1 1 (2.70%) Git
1 1 (2.70%) GoogleTest
1 1 (2.70%) Jenkins
1 1 (2.70%) JIRA
General
1 36 (97.30%) Electronics
2 29 (78.38%) Social Skills
3 1 (2.70%) Finance
3 1 (2.70%) Manufacturing
3 1 (2.70%) Marketing
3 1 (2.70%) Public Sector
3 1 (2.70%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 36 (97.30%) Software Engineer
2 25 (67.57%) C++ Software Engineer
3 6 (16.22%) C Software Engineer
3 6 (16.22%) C/C++ Software Engineer
4 2 (5.41%) Senior
4 2 (5.41%) Senior Software Engineer
4 2 (5.41%) Senior Systems Engineer
4 2 (5.41%) Systems Engineer
5 1 (2.70%) Development Engineer
5 1 (2.70%) Senior Development Engineer
5 1 (2.70%) Senior Software Development Engineer
5 1 (2.70%) Software Development Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.70%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 29 (78.38%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (5.41%) Data Structures
2 2 (5.41%) FPGA
3 1 (2.70%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 3 (8.11%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 36 (97.30%) Agile
3 35 (94.59%) Continuous Integration
3 35 (94.59%) Unit Testing
4 34 (91.89%) Continuous Improvement
4 34 (91.89%) Customer Requirements
4 34 (91.89%) DevOps
4 34 (91.89%) Pair Programming
4 34 (91.89%) Software Testing
4 34 (91.89%) TDD
5 7 (18.92%) Scrum
6 3 (8.11%) Computer Science
7 1 (2.70%) Clean Code
7 1 (2.70%) Customer Service
7 1 (2.70%) Digital Marketing
7 1 (2.70%) Problem-Solving
7 1 (2.70%) SOLID
7 1 (2.70%) Storyboarding
7 1 (2.70%) Systems Engineering
7 1 (2.70%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 36 (97.30%) C#
2 35 (94.59%) C++
3 34 (91.89%) C
4 2 (5.41%) Python
4 2 (5.41%) Rust
5 1 (2.70%) Java
Qualifications
1 3 (8.11%) Degree
2 2 (5.41%) Master's Degree
2 2 (5.41%) PhD
3 1 (2.70%) Computer Science Degree
Vendors
1 1 (2.70%) Google
1 1 (2.70%) SAP