RS-485 Contracts in England

RS-485
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England 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 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 505 615 775
Rank change year-on-year +110 +160 -120
Contract jobs citing RS-485 38 23 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.10% 0.049% 0.017%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.79% 0.39% 0.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £525 - £575
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - £650
Median % change year-on-year - - +113.11%
75th Percentile £575 - £725
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £550 £650 £700
% change year-on-year -15.38% -7.14% +129.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 10 2
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% +65.88%
75th Percentile - - £70.75
90th Percentile - £70.63 -
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £70.50
% change year-on-year - -7.80% +65.88%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
England

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 England with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 4,815 5,919 8,068
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 12.94% 12.58% 11.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,872 3,840 5,338
10th Percentile £213 £240 £227
25th Percentile £350 £380 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £520 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £601 £644 £619
90th Percentile £688 £731 £700
UK median daily rate £498 £513 £500
% change year-on-year -2.93% +2.50% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 390 409 318
10th Percentile £13.50 £9.80 £15.25
25th Percentile £16.44 £10.63 £16.25
Median hourly rate £40.00 £18.00 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year +122.22% -24.72% +6.27%
75th Percentile £63.75 £59.28 £48.33
90th Percentile £71.94 £75.00 £63.16
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £18.72 £26.00
% change year-on-year +113.73% -28.02% +6.12%

RS-485
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing RS-485 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for RS-485 in England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for RS-485 in England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for RS-485 in England

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Contract Job Locations in England

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 England region over the 6 months to 9 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 +19 37 - -
South East +15 1 £550 - 2
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UK

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 (89.47%) Modbus
1 34 (89.47%) RS-422
Development Applications
1 1 (2.63%) Git
1 1 (2.63%) GoogleTest
1 1 (2.63%) Jenkins
1 1 (2.63%) JIRA
General
1 37 (97.37%) Electronics
2 29 (76.32%) Social Skills
3 2 (5.26%) Finance
3 2 (5.26%) Manufacturing
3 2 (5.26%) Marketing
3 2 (5.26%) Public Sector
3 2 (5.26%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 37 (97.37%) Software Engineer
2 25 (65.79%) C++ Software Engineer
3 6 (15.79%) C Software Engineer
3 6 (15.79%) C/C++ Software Engineer
4 3 (7.89%) Senior
4 3 (7.89%) Senior Software Engineer
4 3 (7.89%) Senior Systems Engineer
4 3 (7.89%) Systems Engineer
5 2 (5.26%) Development Engineer
5 2 (5.26%) Senior Development Engineer
5 2 (5.26%) Senior Software Development Engineer
5 2 (5.26%) Software Development Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.63%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 29 (76.32%) Self-Motivation
2 3 (7.89%) Data Structures
2 3 (7.89%) FPGA
3 1 (2.63%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 4 (10.53%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 37 (97.37%) Agile
3 35 (92.11%) Continuous Integration
3 35 (92.11%) Unit Testing
4 34 (89.47%) Continuous Improvement
4 34 (89.47%) Customer Requirements
4 34 (89.47%) DevOps
4 34 (89.47%) Pair Programming
4 34 (89.47%) Software Testing
4 34 (89.47%) TDD
5 7 (18.42%) Scrum
6 4 (10.53%) Computer Science
7 2 (5.26%) Business Intelligence
7 2 (5.26%) Digital Marketing
7 2 (5.26%) Programme Management
8 1 (2.63%) Data Protection
8 1 (2.63%) Kanban
8 1 (2.63%) Multithreading
8 1 (2.63%) OO
8 1 (2.63%) OOD
Programming Languages
1 37 (97.37%) C#
2 35 (92.11%) C++
3 34 (89.47%) C
4 3 (7.89%) Python
4 3 (7.89%) Rust
5 1 (2.63%) Java
Qualifications
1 4 (10.53%) Degree
2 3 (7.89%) Master's Degree
2 3 (7.89%) PhD
3 1 (2.63%) Computer Science Degree
Vendors
1 2 (5.26%) SAP
2 1 (2.63%) Google