RS-232
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring RS-232 skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited RS-232 over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 809 883 1211
Rank change year-on-year +74 +328 -262
Permanent jobs citing RS-232 95 36 52
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.086% 0.039% 0.030%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.69% 0.24% 0.23%
Number of salaries quoted 69 34 37
10th Percentile - - £25,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £27,750 £27,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £39,115 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +34.22% -21.77% -
75th Percentile £62,500 £59,063 £65,000
90th Percentile £63,000 £65,000 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £30,730 £50,000
% change year-on-year +70.84% -38.54% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

RS-232 falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 13,853 15,169 22,929
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 12.61% 16.40% 13.27%
Number of salaries quoted 9,443 7,634 11,811
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,000 £28,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,750 £37,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £51,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.86% -2.86% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £70,938 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £86,250 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £44,886 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -0.25% -5.26% +5.56%

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 12 June 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 12 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 +8 91 £52,500 +70.84% 27
England +69 73 £50,000 +62.71% 32
Work from Home +81 67 £55,000 +92.98% 18
North of England +25 25 £52,500 +10.53% 6
Scotland - 20 £60,000 - 4
North West -11 18 £53,750 -10.42% 4
South West -25 17 £40,000 -45.58% 2
Midlands - 10 £55,000 - 9
East of England -8 9 £65,000 +128.07% 2
South East -30 8 £42,500 -10.53% 3
Yorkshire +68 7 £30,000 +5.26% 2
East Midlands - 5 - - 8
West Midlands - 5 £55,000 - 1
London +94 4 £63,500 +10.43% 5
Wales - 2 £45,000 - 1

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 (4.21%) Apache
2 1 (1.05%) Confluence
2 1 (1.05%) Jupyter
Applications
1 6 (6.32%) OrCAD
2 5 (5.26%) SOLIDWORKS
3 3 (3.16%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (2.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 13 (13.68%) AWS
2 11 (11.58%) GitHub
3 1 (1.05%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 50 (52.63%) Ethernet
2 34 (35.79%) TCP/IP
3 32 (33.68%) RS-485
4 27 (28.42%) Wireless
5 25 (26.32%) Wi-Fi
6 12 (12.63%) ZigBee
7 11 (11.58%) Bluetooth
8 6 (6.32%) RS-422
9 5 (5.26%) VoIP
10 4 (4.21%) Modbus
10 4 (4.21%) Wireshark
11 2 (2.11%) MQTT
12 1 (1.05%) 4G
12 1 (1.05%) 5G
12 1 (1.05%) GPRS
12 1 (1.05%) Internet
12 1 (1.05%) Network Security
12 1 (1.05%) Profibus
12 1 (1.05%) SAN
12 1 (1.05%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (4.21%) Big Data
2 1 (1.05%) InfluxDB
2 1 (1.05%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 19 (20.00%) Git
2 17 (17.89%) Subversion
3 13 (13.68%) JIRA
4 10 (10.53%) Jenkins
5 6 (6.32%) LabVIEW
5 6 (6.32%) Visual Studio
6 4 (4.21%) Zephyr
7 2 (2.11%) GitLab
8 1 (1.05%) Rational DOORS
General
1 46 (48.42%) Electronics
2 39 (41.05%) Manufacturing
3 11 (11.58%) Aerospace
3 11 (11.58%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (9.47%) Aviation
5 7 (7.37%) Military
5 7 (7.37%) Social Skills
6 5 (5.26%) Automotive
6 5 (5.26%) Pharmaceutical
7 4 (4.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (4.21%) Tech for Good
8 2 (2.11%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (2.11%) Legal
8 2 (2.11%) Public Sector
8 2 (2.11%) Telecoms
9 1 (1.05%) Avionics
9 1 (1.05%) Finance
9 1 (1.05%) Games
9 1 (1.05%) Marketing
9 1 (1.05%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 68 (71.58%) Software Engineer
2 45 (47.37%) Embedded Engineer
2 45 (47.37%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 26 (27.37%) Senior
4 23 (24.21%) Senior Software Engineer
5 19 (20.00%) Senior Embedded Engineer
5 19 (20.00%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
6 10 (10.53%) Hardware Engineer
7 8 (8.42%) Systems Engineer
8 6 (6.32%) Electronics Engineer
9 5 (5.26%) Design Engineer
10 4 (4.21%) Electronics Design Engineer
10 4 (4.21%) Junior
10 4 (4.21%) Junior Embedded Engineer
10 4 (4.21%) Junior Software Engineer
10 4 (4.21%) Lead
10 4 (4.21%) Lead Software Engineer
11 3 (3.16%) Ada Engineer
11 3 (3.16%) Ada Software Engineer
11 3 (3.16%) Development Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (22.11%) Yocto
2 17 (17.89%) .NET
3 6 (6.32%) .NET Framework
4 5 (5.26%) AngularJS
4 5 (5.26%) React
5 4 (4.21%) ActiveMQ
5 4 (4.21%) ASP.NET Web API
5 4 (4.21%) CSS
5 4 (4.21%) Django
5 4 (4.21%) HTML
5 4 (4.21%) JSON
5 4 (4.21%) Node.js
5 4 (4.21%) Qt
5 4 (4.21%) RabbitMQ
5 4 (4.21%) WCF
5 4 (4.21%) Web Services
5 4 (4.21%) WebSockets
5 4 (4.21%) WinForms
5 4 (4.21%) XML
5 4 (4.21%) ZeroMQ
Miscellaneous
1 18 (18.95%) Device Driver
1 18 (18.95%) Self-Motivation
2 16 (16.84%) IoT
3 15 (15.79%) Analogue Electronics
4 11 (11.58%) Analytical Mindset
5 10 (10.53%) Embedded Systems
6 7 (7.37%) ARM Cortex
6 7 (7.37%) FPGA
6 7 (7.37%) Robotics
7 6 (6.32%) CAN bus
7 6 (6.32%) Smart Home
8 4 (4.21%) Smart Energy
9 2 (2.11%) Driving Licence
9 2 (2.11%) Mobile App
9 2 (2.11%) PCIe
9 2 (2.11%) VHDL
10 1 (1.05%) Acoustics
10 1 (1.05%) Algorithms
10 1 (1.05%) Management Information System
10 1 (1.05%) MPEG
Operating Systems
1 49 (51.58%) Linux
2 22 (23.16%) Embedded Linux
3 15 (15.79%) FreeRTOS
4 12 (12.63%) Windows
5 5 (5.26%) ThreadX
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (73.68%) Software Engineering
2 25 (26.32%) Problem-Solving
3 24 (25.26%) Agile
4 21 (22.11%) Computer Science
5 17 (17.89%) OOD
6 15 (15.79%) Customer Requirements
7 14 (14.74%) Software Testing
7 14 (14.74%) Validation
8 13 (13.68%) Continuous Improvement
9 12 (12.63%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 12 (12.63%) Physics
10 11 (11.58%) Coaching
10 11 (11.58%) Commercialisation
10 11 (11.58%) Mentoring
10 11 (11.58%) Project Management
11 10 (10.53%) Cybersecurity
12 9 (9.47%) Software Architecture
13 8 (8.42%) DevOps
13 8 (8.42%) TDD
14 6 (6.32%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 63 (66.32%) C
2 34 (35.79%) Embedded C
3 26 (27.37%) C#
4 19 (20.00%) Python
5 11 (11.58%) C++
6 6 (6.32%) Bash
6 6 (6.32%) R
7 5 (5.26%) Embedded C++
7 5 (5.26%) JavaScript
7 5 (5.26%) SQL
8 4 (4.21%) Go
9 3 (3.16%) Ada
10 2 (2.11%) Shell Script
11 1 (1.05%) Assembly Language
11 1 (1.05%) Rust
11 1 (1.05%) VB
Qualifications
1 37 (38.95%) Degree
2 12 (12.63%) Security Cleared
3 6 (6.32%) SC Cleared
4 5 (5.26%) Chartered Engineer
5 4 (4.21%) Master's Degree
6 3 (3.16%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (3.16%) HNC
6 3 (3.16%) HND
7 1 (1.05%) CCNP
7 1 (1.05%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (1.05%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (1.05%) DV Cleared
7 1 (1.05%) MCAD
7 1 (1.05%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (5.26%) MISRA
2 4 (4.21%) PMO
3 1 (1.05%) GDPR
3 1 (1.05%) IEC 62304
3 1 (1.05%) ISO 26262
3 1 (1.05%) JTAG
3 1 (1.05%) QA
System Software
1 20 (21.05%) Firmware
2 9 (9.47%) Docker
3 1 (1.05%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 4 (4.21%) Terraform
Vendors
1 5 (5.26%) EMC
2 4 (4.21%) Microsoft
3 2 (2.11%) Altera
3 2 (2.11%) Cadence
3 2 (2.11%) Lattice Semiconductor
4 1 (1.05%) Atmel
4 1 (1.05%) Cisco
4 1 (1.05%) Freescale
4 1 (1.05%) Rockwell
4 1 (1.05%) SAP
4 1 (1.05%) Siemens
4 1 (1.05%) VMware