We found 10,026 companies that use RS232. 4,484 of them name it in their own job posts, and the rest through employees' public profiles. Its share of job posts held steady in the three months to August 2026; 3,766 job posts named it from October 2025 to August 2026. It comes up most in Software Engineer job posts.
Anduril Industries, L3Harris Technologies and Honeywell Technologies are among the companies with the most job posts naming RS232. Of the five companies in the table, Honeywell Technologies has the most employees who list it on their profiles: 54.
CompanyPostsPeopleRecent job post
Anduril IndustriesManufacturing · first seen Sep 202228918
"Experience with computer hardware communication protocols: USB, Ethernet, RS232, RS485, PCIe, HDMI, CAN, etc."Production Test Engineering Manager, EW, Nov 7, 2026
L3Harris TechnologiesManufacturing · first seen Jul 202228011
"Working with various serial communication protocols such as RS-232, RS-422, SPI, I2C, etc."Sr. Specialist, Electrical Engineering (FOS), Oct 24, 2026
Honeywell TechnologiesManufacturing · first seen Sep 202224354
"Establish Modbus communication (TCP/IP, RS232, RS485) for integration with terminal servers, PLCs, SCADA and DCS."systems engr ii, Nov 7, 2026
Northrop GrummanManufacturing · first seen Jul 202220138
"Familiarity with common industry standards related to communications systems, such as MIL-STD-1553, RS-422, RS-232, IPv4/IPv6"Staff Electronics Integration Engineer, Nov 2, 2026
AltranProfessional Services · first seen Sep 202217528
"Experience with communication protocols including TCP/IP, UDP, CAN, SPI, and RS232."Embedded Software Engineer, Sep 1, 2026
RS232 holds a steady place in hiring. 2.0 in every 10,000 job posts named it from June to August 2026, against 2.1 from March to May. From October to December 2025 it was 1.8.
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Month
Job posts naming RS232
All job posts
Per 10,000
Oct 2025
246
1,413,673
1.7
Nov 2025
349
1,822,119
1.9
Dec 2025
213
1,236,103
1.7
Jan 2026
306
1,828,002
1.7
Feb 2026
366
1,856,647
2.0
Mar 2026
385
1,850,711
2.1
Apr 2026
365
1,728,886
2.1
May 2026
401
1,821,509
2.2
Jun 2026
386
1,909,496
2.0
Jul 2026
349
1,815,180
1.9
Aug 2026
400
1,835,698
2.2
How many companies named RS232 in a job post for the first time in recent months?
Job posts named RS232 for the first time at 168 companies from June to August 2026, against 147 from March to May. The 168 from June to August are 3.7% of all 4,484 companies whose job posts name it.
March to May 2026147
June to August 2026168
October 2025 to August 2026513
Companies whose first job post naming it appeared in that period. Recruiters, staffing firms and job boards are left out.
How do we know which companies use RS232?
The evidence for RS232 is close to even: 45% of these companies name it in job posts, and 55% come from employees' profiles. 868 show up in both job posts and employees' profiles.
How we knowCompaniesShare
Job posts name RS232
4,48445%
Employees' profiles list RS232
5,54255%
10,026 companies. Each is counted once, under the strongest evidence we have for it.
What size are the companies that use RS232?
Companies with fewer than 50 employees are 1.4 times as common among RS232 users as on the typical tech page. 1,165 of its companies have more than 5,000 employees.
Share of its companies
Typical tech page
ShareTypical
Under 50 employees
30%22%
50 to 999
44%38%
1,000 to 5,000
14%17%
Over 5,000
12%23%
Where are RS232 companies based?
Beyond the United States (37%), RS232 is unusually common in India, at 12% of its companies. Its companies are based in 103 countries and territories.
ShareTypical
United States
37%43%
India
12%6.9%
United Kingdom
5.7%6.4%
France
4.7%4.6%
Germany
4.4%4.4%
Canada
4.2%3.6%
Companies in 103 countries and territories. Shares are of companies with a known headquarters country.
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Country
Companies
Share
Typical tech page
United States
3,546
37%
43%
India
1,139
12%
6.9%
United Kingdom
537
5.7%
6.4%
France
446
4.7%
4.6%
Germany
414
4.4%
4.4%
Canada
398
4.2%
3.6%
Which teams work with RS232?
Job posts most often place RS232 with engineering, R&D and product development teams. Electrical engineering teams come fourth, at 28 companies.
TeamCompanies
Engineering
115
R&D
84
Product development
34
Electrical engineering
28
Software
27
Software engineering
26
What else do RS232 companies use?
Compared with companies of the same size, RS232 companies stand out for using RS422 and RS485. Among the tools listed here, SPI is the most widely used, at 54% of RS232 companies.
Share of the 3,374 RS232 companies counted here whose job posts also name the tool
Typical for companies the same size
Which companies started naming RS232 in job posts recently?
145 companies with 50 or more employees picked up RS232 in their job posts from April to August 2026. National University of Singapore leads the new enterprise companies, with 12 job posts from April to August.
Companies that named RS232 in a job post for the first time between April and August 2026, ranked by their job posts in those months. AI-native companies get a group of their own, whatever their size. Recruiters and job boards are left out.
Which roles mention RS232 most?
Software Engineer and Electrical Engineer roles account for 21% of the job posts that name RS232. Software Engineer posts naming it numbered 137 from March to May 2026 and 116 from June to August.
RoleSharePosts
Software Engineer
12%441
Electrical Engineer
8.8%332
Embedded Engineer
8.4%315
Firmware Engineer
7.6%287
Hardware Engineer
7.5%284
Software Development Engineer in Test
6.3%238
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Role
Share
Oct 2025 to Aug 2026
Mar to May 2026
Jun to Aug 2026
Software Engineer
12%
441
137
116
Electrical Engineer
8.8%
332
98
105
Embedded Engineer
8.4%
315
95
81
Firmware Engineer
7.6%
287
88
82
Hardware Engineer
7.5%
284
99
75
Software Development Engineer in Test
6.3%
238
57
72
Which project themes come up in RS232 job posts?
Apart from broad digital transformation work, Microservices Migration comes up most in job posts naming RS232, in 17 of them. Broad digital transformation work shows up in 383 of its job posts.
Project themeJob posts
Digital Transformation383
Microservices Migration17
Data Infrastructure Migration7
Security Infrastructure Modernization3
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