RS-422
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for RS-422 skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited RS-422 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 877 970 1209
Rank change year-on-year +93 +239 -298
Permanent jobs citing RS-422 7 5 33
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.007% 0.005% 0.020%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.052% 0.032% 0.15%
Number of salaries quoted 6 5 8
10th Percentile £40,000 £40,100 £45,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £57,500 £47,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £51,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +26.21% -6.36%
75th Percentile £65,000 - £55,000
90th Percentile - - £55,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £65,000 £51,500
% change year-on-year -15.38% +26.21% -6.36%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

RS-422 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 13,475 15,695 21,685
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.49% 15.78% 13.32%
Number of salaries quoted 9,380 7,937 11,850
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,750 £28,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,250 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.47% -4.29% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £87,500 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £43,500 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -3.33% -5.26% +5.56%

RS-422
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing RS-422 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for RS-422 in the UK

RS-422
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing RS-422.

Salary trend for RS-422 in the UK

RS-422
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing RS-422 over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Salary histogram for RS-422 in the UK

RS-422
Top 6 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing RS-422 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
UK excluding London -7 6 £55,000 -15.38% 8
England +84 4 £65,000 - 9
Work from Home - 4 £65,000 - 2
East of England +5 3 £65,000 - 1
Wales - 2 £45,000 -
South West - 1 £40,000 - 3

RS-422
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 1 (14.29%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
1 1 (14.29%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 6 (85.71%) Ethernet
1 6 (85.71%) RS-232
2 5 (71.43%) RS-485
3 4 (57.14%) Modbus
4 1 (14.29%) Internet
4 1 (14.29%) MQTT
Development Applications
1 3 (42.86%) Git
1 3 (42.86%) Subversion
2 1 (14.29%) JIRA
General
1 4 (57.14%) Electronics
2 3 (42.86%) Manufacturing
3 2 (28.57%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (14.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (14.29%) Retail
Job Titles
1 5 (71.43%) Software Engineer
2 3 (42.86%) Ada Engineer
2 3 (42.86%) Ada Software Engineer
2 3 (42.86%) Development Engineer
2 3 (42.86%) Software Development Engineer
3 2 (28.57%) Hardware Engineer
4 1 (14.29%) Embedded Engineer
4 1 (14.29%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 1 (14.29%) Junior
4 1 (14.29%) Junior Embedded Engineer
4 1 (14.29%) Junior Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (28.57%) Driving Licence
2 2 (28.57%) Embedded Systems
2 2 (28.57%) FPGA
2 2 (28.57%) PCIe
2 2 (28.57%) VHDL
3 1 (14.29%) CAN bus
3 1 (14.29%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 2 (28.57%) Linux
2 1 (14.29%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Software Engineering
2 3 (42.86%) Agile
2 3 (42.86%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (42.86%) Continuous Integration
2 3 (42.86%) DevOps
2 3 (42.86%) Pair Programming
2 3 (42.86%) Software Testing
2 3 (42.86%) TDD
3 2 (28.57%) Configuration Management
3 2 (28.57%) Design for Manufacturing
3 2 (28.57%) Design for Test
3 2 (28.57%) Schematic Capture
4 1 (14.29%) Computer Science
4 1 (14.29%) Data Acquisition
4 1 (14.29%) Innovative Thinking
4 1 (14.29%) Mathematics
4 1 (14.29%) Post-Production
4 1 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (14.29%) Project Delivery
4 1 (14.29%) Requirements Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (100.00%) C
2 3 (42.86%) Ada
2 3 (42.86%) C#
2 3 (42.86%) Python
3 2 (28.57%) Bash
3 2 (28.57%) Embedded C
3 2 (28.57%) Shell Script
4 1 (14.29%) C++
4 1 (14.29%) Ladder Logic
Qualifications
1 3 (42.86%) BPSS Clearance
1 3 (42.86%) Degree
1 3 (42.86%) Security Cleared
2 2 (28.57%) HNC
2 2 (28.57%) HND
3 1 (14.29%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Altera
1 2 (28.57%) Cadence
1 2 (28.57%) EMC
1 2 (28.57%) Lattice Semiconductor
2 1 (14.29%) Siemens