RS-485
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 543 668 853
Rank change year-on-year +125 +185 -165
Contract jobs citing RS-485 36 26 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.085% 0.045% 0.011%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.67% 0.36% 0.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 3
10th Percentile - - £595
25th Percentile - £613 £625
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £625 £700
Median % change year-on-year - -10.71% +129.51%
75th Percentile - £638 £725
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median daily rate - £625 £700
% change year-on-year - -10.71% +129.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 10 0
10th Percentile - £55.50 -
25th Percentile £61.25 £61.25 -
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - £70.63 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 -

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 contract job vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 5,406 7,129 9,690
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 12.71% 12.45% 10.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,227 4,606 6,336
10th Percentile £205 £235 £233
25th Percentile £350 £400 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £518 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.31% +3.50% +11.11%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £613
90th Percentile £690 £725 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £450
% change year-on-year - +5.56% +11.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 416 460 376
10th Percentile £13.50 £9.80 £15.25
25th Percentile £16.30 £10.63 £17.00
Median hourly rate £40.00 £18.50 £26.75
Median % change year-on-year +116.22% -30.84% +7.00%
75th Percentile £63.75 £59.09 £50.83
90th Percentile £70.00 £74.55 £65.77
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.88 £18.22 £21.50
% change year-on-year +151.88% -15.28% -5.49%

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

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing RS-485.

Daily rate trend for RS-485 in the UK

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing RS-485.

Hourly rate trend for RS-485 in the UK

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Top 3 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 20 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +126 36 - - 21
UK excluding London +64 36 - - 27
East of England +25 36 - - 1

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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:

Communications & Networking
1 34 (94.44%) Modbus
1 34 (94.44%) RS-422
General
1 36 (100.00%) Electronics
2 28 (77.78%) Social Skills
3 1 (2.78%) Finance
3 1 (2.78%) Manufacturing
3 1 (2.78%) Marketing
3 1 (2.78%) Public Sector
3 1 (2.78%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 36 (100.00%) Software Engineer
2 25 (69.44%) C++ Software Engineer
3 6 (16.67%) C Software Engineer
3 6 (16.67%) C/C++ Software Engineer
4 2 (5.56%) Senior
4 2 (5.56%) Senior Software Engineer
4 2 (5.56%) Senior Systems Engineer
4 2 (5.56%) Systems Engineer
5 1 (2.78%) Development Engineer
5 1 (2.78%) Senior Development Engineer
5 1 (2.78%) Senior Software Development Engineer
5 1 (2.78%) Software Development Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 28 (77.78%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (5.56%) Data Structures
2 2 (5.56%) FPGA
3 1 (2.78%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 2 (5.56%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (100.00%) Agile
1 36 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 34 (94.44%) Continuous Improvement
2 34 (94.44%) Continuous Integration
2 34 (94.44%) Customer Requirements
2 34 (94.44%) DevOps
2 34 (94.44%) Pair Programming
2 34 (94.44%) Software Testing
2 34 (94.44%) TDD
2 34 (94.44%) Unit Testing
3 6 (16.67%) Scrum
4 2 (5.56%) Computer Science
5 1 (2.78%) Business Intelligence
5 1 (2.78%) Data Protection
5 1 (2.78%) Digital Marketing
5 1 (2.78%) Programme Management
5 1 (2.78%) Systems Engineering
Programming Languages
1 36 (100.00%) C#
2 34 (94.44%) C
2 34 (94.44%) C++
3 2 (5.56%) Python
3 2 (5.56%) Rust
Qualifications
1 2 (5.56%) Degree
1 2 (5.56%) Master's Degree
1 2 (5.56%) PhD
Vendors
1 1 (2.78%) SAP