The first table below looks at the demand for Modbus skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Modbus over the 3 months to 17 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Communications & Networking category.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Modbus
Rank 524 572 580
Rank change year-on-year
+48 +8
Contract jobs citing Modbus 6 6 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.013% 0.010% 0.013%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.088% 0.066% 0.101%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 2
Average daily rate - £233 £363
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -35.86%
UK excluding London average daily rate - £233 £363
% change year-on-year
- -35.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 2
Average hourly rate £30.00 £34.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-11.76% +70.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £26.00 £30.00 £18.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £34.00 £36.80 £22.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £34.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-11.76% +70.00%
All Communications & Networking
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
6782 9103 7893
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 14.62% 15.62% 12.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 3331 4145 3588
Average daily rate £350 £368 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.76% +5.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £215 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.30% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 542 606 785
Average hourly rate £21.34 £25.00 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-14.66% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.00 £13.50 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £44.90 £45.00 £41.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.50 £26.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-21.15% -5.45%

Modbus
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Modbus within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Modbus Jobs Demand Trend

Modbus
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Modbus within the UK.

Modbus Daily Rate Trend

Modbus
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Modbus within the UK.

Modbus Hourly Rate Trend

Modbus
Top 10 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Modbus within the UK over the 3 months to 17 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
England +48 6 - -
West Midlands +9 2 - -
South West +24 1 - -
South East +23 1 - -
London +21 1 - -
Bristol +11 1 - -
East Midlands +2 1 - -
Staffordshire - 1 - -
Hampshire - 1 - -
Yateley - 1 - -

Modbus
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Modbus also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Modbus.

1 23 (82.14%) TCP/IP
2 22 (78.57%) Siemens
2 22 (78.57%) C#
2 22 (78.57%) .NET
3 20 (71.43%) SQL Server
3 20 (71.43%) Visual Studio
4 19 (67.86%) Oracle
5 17 (60.71%) Windows
6 15 (53.57%) Microsoft
7 13 (46.43%) SQL
7 13 (46.43%) .NET Framework
8 11 (39.29%) Logistics
9 7 (25.00%) UML
10 5 (17.86%) TDD
10 5 (17.86%) Oracle 8/8i
10 5 (17.86%) C
11 3 (10.71%) C++
12 2 (7.143%) Oracle Reports
12 2 (7.143%) HND
12 2 (7.143%) Ethernet
12 2 (7.143%) Agile Software Development
12 2 (7.143%) Embedded C
12 2 (7.143%) Software Engineering
12 2 (7.143%) Degree
12 2 (7.143%) SCADA
12 2 (7.143%) WCF
12 2 (7.143%) WPF
12 2 (7.143%) Embedded Software Development
13 1 (3.571%) Profibus
13 1 (3.571%) Allen-Bradley

Modbus
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Modbus also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Modbus. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 22 (78.57%) .NET
2 13 (46.43%) .NET Framework
3 2 (7.143%) WCF
3 2 (7.143%) WPF
4 1 (3.571%) ASP.NET
4 1 (3.571%) Flash
Communications & Networking
1 23 (82.14%) TCP/IP
2 2 (7.143%) Ethernet
3 1 (3.571%) Profibus
3 1 (3.571%) Bluetooth
3 1 (3.571%) GPRS
3 1 (3.571%) GSM
3 1 (3.571%) PSTN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (71.43%) SQL Server
2 5 (17.86%) Oracle 8/8i
3 2 (7.143%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 20 (71.43%) Visual Studio
General
1 1 (3.571%) Electronics
1 1 (3.571%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 20 (71.43%) Developer
2 12 (42.86%) C# Developer
3 8 (28.57%) Software Developer
4 6 (21.43%) Software Engineer
5 2 (7.143%) PLC Programmer
5 2 (7.143%) Programmer
5 2 (7.143%) Embedded Software Engineer
6 1 (3.571%) Java Software Engineer
6 1 (3.571%) Embedded C Software Engineer
6 1 (3.571%) Embedded C Engineer
6 1 (3.571%) C Software Engineer
6 1 (3.571%) C# Software Developer
6 1 (3.571%) C# .NET Developer
6 1 (3.571%) WPF Developer
6 1 (3.571%) Design Engineer
6 1 (3.571%) .NET Developer
6 1 (3.571%) PLC Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (7.143%) SCADA
2 1 (3.571%) Computer Science
2 1 (3.571%) Device Driver
Operating Systems
1 17 (60.71%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (39.29%) Logistics
2 7 (25.00%) UML
3 5 (17.86%) TDD
4 2 (7.143%) Agile Software Development
4 2 (7.143%) Software Engineering
4 2 (7.143%) Embedded Software Development
5 1 (3.571%) Refactoring
5 1 (3.571%) Unit Testing
5 1 (3.571%) Integration Testing
5 1 (3.571%) Multithreading
5 1 (3.571%) Code Coverage
Programming Languages
1 22 (78.57%) C#
2 13 (46.43%) SQL
3 5 (17.86%) C
4 3 (10.71%) C++
5 2 (7.143%) Embedded C
6 1 (3.571%) Java
6 1 (3.571%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (7.143%) HND
1 2 (7.143%) Degree
2 1 (3.571%) SC Cleared
2 1 (3.571%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 22 (78.57%) Siemens
2 19 (67.86%) Oracle
3 15 (53.57%) Microsoft
4 1 (3.571%) Allen-Bradley
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