RS-232
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for RS-232 skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited RS-232 over the 6 months to 10 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 810 943 1145
Rank change year-on-year +133 +202 -241
Permanent jobs citing RS-232 88 37 56
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.089% 0.037% 0.036%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.65% 0.24% 0.27%
Number of salaries quoted 67 35 38
10th Percentile - - £25,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £27,750 £27,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £62,500 £55,625 £64,375
90th Percentile £63,000 £64,000 £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 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 13,516 15,741 20,996
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.62% 15.58% 13.35%
Number of salaries quoted 9,426 8,007 11,698
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,750 £28,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,715 £87,500 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £43,750 £45,000 £46,500
% change year-on-year -2.78% -3.23% +3.33%

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 10 May 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 10 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 +43 85 £52,500 +70.84% 33
England +132 70 £52,500 +34.22% 30
Work from Home +112 62 £55,000 +92.98% 15
North of England +57 23 £52,500 +10.53% 5
North West +10 16 £53,750 +2.38% 2
South West -6 16 £40,000 -45.58% 5
Scotland - 16 £60,000 - 4
Midlands - 11 £55,000 - 9
East of England +21 10 £62,500 +119.30% 3
Yorkshire +90 7 £30,000 +5.26% 2
South East +7 7 £42,500 +8.65% 7
East Midlands - 6 £62,500 - 6
West Midlands - 5 £55,000 - 3
London +115 3 £66,750 +16.09% 2
Wales - 2 £45,000 -

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 (4.55%) Apache
2 1 (1.14%) Jupyter
Applications
1 6 (6.82%) OrCAD
2 5 (5.68%) SOLIDWORKS
3 3 (3.41%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (2.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 13 (14.77%) AWS
2 11 (12.50%) GitHub
3 1 (1.14%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 48 (54.55%) Ethernet
2 31 (35.23%) TCP/IP
3 28 (31.82%) RS-485
4 25 (28.41%) Wireless
5 24 (27.27%) Wi-Fi
6 12 (13.64%) Bluetooth
7 10 (11.36%) ZigBee
8 5 (5.68%) Modbus
8 5 (5.68%) RS-422
8 5 (5.68%) VoIP
9 4 (4.55%) Wireshark
10 2 (2.27%) MQTT
11 1 (1.14%) 4G
11 1 (1.14%) 5G
11 1 (1.14%) GPRS
11 1 (1.14%) Internet
11 1 (1.14%) Network Security
11 1 (1.14%) Profibus
11 1 (1.14%) SAN
11 1 (1.14%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (4.55%) Big Data
2 1 (1.14%) InfluxDB
2 1 (1.14%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 16 (18.18%) Git
2 14 (15.91%) Subversion
3 12 (13.64%) JIRA
4 10 (11.36%) Jenkins
5 6 (6.82%) LabVIEW
5 6 (6.82%) Visual Studio
6 4 (4.55%) Zephyr
7 2 (2.27%) GitLab
8 1 (1.14%) Rational DOORS
General
1 45 (51.14%) Electronics
2 38 (43.18%) Manufacturing
3 11 (12.50%) Aerospace
3 11 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (10.23%) Aviation
5 7 (7.95%) Military
6 6 (6.82%) Social Skills
7 5 (5.68%) Automotive
7 5 (5.68%) Pharmaceutical
8 4 (4.55%) Tech for Good
9 3 (3.41%) Telecoms
10 2 (2.27%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (2.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (2.27%) Legal
10 2 (2.27%) Public Sector
11 1 (1.14%) Finance
11 1 (1.14%) Games
11 1 (1.14%) Marketing
11 1 (1.14%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 63 (71.59%) Software Engineer
2 41 (46.59%) Embedded Engineer
2 41 (46.59%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 27 (30.68%) Senior
4 23 (26.14%) Senior Software Engineer
5 19 (21.59%) Senior Embedded Engineer
5 19 (21.59%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
6 10 (11.36%) Hardware Engineer
7 8 (9.09%) Systems Engineer
8 4 (4.55%) Development Engineer
8 4 (4.55%) Electronics Engineer
8 4 (4.55%) Junior
8 4 (4.55%) Junior Embedded Engineer
8 4 (4.55%) Junior Software Engineer
8 4 (4.55%) Lead
8 4 (4.55%) Lead Software Engineer
9 3 (3.41%) Ada Engineer
9 3 (3.41%) Ada Software Engineer
9 3 (3.41%) Design Engineer
9 3 (3.41%) Software Development Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (23.86%) Yocto
2 18 (20.45%) .NET
3 6 (6.82%) .NET Framework
4 5 (5.68%) AngularJS
4 5 (5.68%) React
5 4 (4.55%) ActiveMQ
5 4 (4.55%) ASP.NET Web API
5 4 (4.55%) CSS
5 4 (4.55%) Django
5 4 (4.55%) HTML
5 4 (4.55%) JSON
5 4 (4.55%) Node.js
5 4 (4.55%) Qt
5 4 (4.55%) RabbitMQ
5 4 (4.55%) WCF
5 4 (4.55%) Web Services
5 4 (4.55%) WebSockets
5 4 (4.55%) WinForms
5 4 (4.55%) XML
5 4 (4.55%) ZeroMQ
Miscellaneous
1 18 (20.45%) Device Driver
2 16 (18.18%) Self-Motivation
3 15 (17.05%) Analogue Electronics
4 14 (15.91%) IoT
5 11 (12.50%) Analytical Mindset
6 10 (11.36%) Embedded Systems
7 7 (7.95%) FPGA
7 7 (7.95%) Robotics
8 6 (6.82%) CAN bus
8 6 (6.82%) Smart Home
9 5 (5.68%) ARM Cortex
10 4 (4.55%) Smart Energy
11 2 (2.27%) Algorithms
11 2 (2.27%) Driving Licence
11 2 (2.27%) Mobile App
11 2 (2.27%) PCIe
11 2 (2.27%) VHDL
12 1 (1.14%) Acoustics
12 1 (1.14%) Lidar
12 1 (1.14%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 48 (54.55%) Linux
2 22 (25.00%) Embedded Linux
3 13 (14.77%) FreeRTOS
4 11 (12.50%) Windows
5 5 (5.68%) ThreadX
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (73.86%) Software Engineering
2 24 (27.27%) Problem-Solving
3 22 (25.00%) Agile
3 22 (25.00%) Computer Science
4 18 (20.45%) OOD
5 15 (17.05%) Customer Requirements
6 14 (15.91%) Software Testing
7 13 (14.77%) Continuous Improvement
7 13 (14.77%) Physics
7 13 (14.77%) Validation
8 12 (13.64%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 11 (12.50%) Coaching
9 11 (12.50%) Commercialisation
9 11 (12.50%) Mentoring
9 11 (12.50%) Project Management
10 10 (11.36%) Cybersecurity
11 9 (10.23%) Software Architecture
12 8 (9.09%) DevOps
12 8 (9.09%) TDD
13 6 (6.82%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 59 (67.05%) C
2 31 (35.23%) Embedded C
3 27 (30.68%) C#
4 17 (19.32%) Python
5 6 (6.82%) Bash
5 6 (6.82%) C++
6 5 (5.68%) JavaScript
6 5 (5.68%) SQL
7 4 (4.55%) Go
7 4 (4.55%) R
8 3 (3.41%) Ada
9 2 (2.27%) Shell Script
10 1 (1.14%) ANSI C
10 1 (1.14%) Assembly Language
10 1 (1.14%) Rust
10 1 (1.14%) VB
10 1 (1.14%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 38 (43.18%) Degree
2 12 (13.64%) Security Cleared
3 6 (6.82%) SC Cleared
4 5 (5.68%) Chartered Engineer
5 4 (4.55%) Master's Degree
6 3 (3.41%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (3.41%) HNC
6 3 (3.41%) HND
7 1 (1.14%) CCNP
7 1 (1.14%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (1.14%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (1.14%) DV Cleared
7 1 (1.14%) MCAD
7 1 (1.14%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (5.68%) MISRA
2 4 (4.55%) PMO
3 1 (1.14%) GDPR
3 1 (1.14%) JTAG
3 1 (1.14%) QA
System Software
1 18 (20.45%) Firmware
2 9 (10.23%) Docker
3 1 (1.14%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 4 (4.55%) Terraform
Vendors
1 5 (5.68%) EMC
2 3 (3.41%) Microsoft
3 2 (2.27%) Altera
3 2 (2.27%) Cadence
3 2 (2.27%) Lattice Semiconductor
4 1 (1.14%) Atmel
4 1 (1.14%) Cisco
4 1 (1.14%) Freescale
4 1 (1.14%) Rockwell
4 1 (1.14%) SAP
4 1 (1.14%) Siemens
4 1 (1.14%) VMware