The first table below looks at the demand for Modbus skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs 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.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Modbus
Rank 836 875 861
Rank change year-on-year
+39 -14
Permanent jobs citing Modbus 22 21 10
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.020% 0.017% 0.008%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.105% 0.099% 0.052%
Number of salaries quoted 21 18 10
Average salary £33,500 £38,250 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-12.41% +9.28%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £35,000 £32,000
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £46,200 £39,200
UK excluding London average salary £33,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
-10.66% +7.14%
All Communications & Networking
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
20903 21203 19346
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 19.39% 17.53% 15.67%
Number of salaries quoted 16903 17681 16007
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,000 £27,500 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £39,750 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-0.62% +6.66%

Modbus
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Modbus Jobs Demand Trend

Modbus
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Modbus within the UK.

Modbus Salary Trend

Modbus
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Modbus over the 3 months to 17 May 2013 within the UK.

Modbus Salary Histogram

Modbus
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
England +36 21 £33,500 -14.10%
West Midlands -13 11 £33,500 -4.28%
Dudley - 9 £33,500 -
North East - 6 £35,000 -
Cleveland - 4 £35,000 -
South East +3 2 £49,500 +26.92%
Warwick - 2 £45,000 -
Warwickshire - 2 £45,000 -
South West +3 1 £27,500 -41.48%
Hampshire +1 1 £37,500 +19.04%
Scotland - 1 - -
Tyne and Wear - 1 £25,000 -
South Shields - 1 £25,000 -
Hastings - 1 £61,500 -
East Sussex - 1 £61,500 -
Durham - 1 £40,000 -

Modbus
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Modbus.

1 32 (68.09%) C++
2 23 (48.94%) Linux
3 18 (38.30%) UNIX
3 18 (38.30%) Perl
3 18 (38.30%) Ruby
4 17 (36.17%) C#
4 17 (36.17%) .NET
5 16 (34.04%) TCP/IP
6 15 (31.91%) DHCP
6 15 (31.91%) PostgreSQL
6 15 (31.91%) Java
6 15 (31.91%) ActionScript
6 15 (31.91%) PHP
6 15 (31.91%) Apache
6 15 (31.91%) Ruby on Rails
6 15 (31.91%) Degree
6 15 (31.91%) SCADA
7 13 (27.66%) Software Engineering
7 13 (27.66%) Web Services
8 11 (23.40%) LAMP
8 11 (23.40%) Selenium
9 10 (21.28%) TDD
9 10 (21.28%) Computer Science
9 10 (21.28%) Scrum
9 10 (21.28%) HTML
9 10 (21.28%) JavaScript
10 9 (19.15%) Microsoft
10 9 (19.15%) Software Architecture
11 8 (17.02%) Subversion
11 8 (17.02%) Device Driver

Modbus
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Modbus. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 17 (36.17%) .NET
2 15 (31.91%) Ruby on Rails
3 13 (27.66%) Web Services
4 11 (23.40%) LAMP
5 10 (21.28%) HTML
6 8 (17.02%) CSS
6 8 (17.02%) Ajax
7 7 (14.89%) WCF
7 7 (14.89%) WPF
8 2 (4.255%) JSON
8 2 (4.255%) XML
8 2 (4.255%) ASP
9 1 (2.128%) COM
9 1 (2.128%) OLE
Application Platforms
1 15 (31.91%) Apache
Communications & Networking
1 16 (34.04%) TCP/IP
2 15 (31.91%) DHCP
3 5 (10.64%) ZigBee
4 4 (8.511%) Wireless
4 4 (8.511%) Ethernet
5 3 (6.383%) CDMA
5 3 (6.383%) SNMP
6 2 (4.255%) GPRS
7 1 (2.128%) HTTP
7 1 (2.128%) Profibus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (31.91%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (4.255%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 11 (23.40%) Selenium
2 8 (17.02%) Subversion
3 3 (6.383%) WATIR
3 3 (6.383%) RSpec
3 3 (6.383%) Cucumber
4 1 (2.128%) GCC
4 1 (2.128%) Eclipse
General
1 6 (12.77%) Electronics
2 2 (4.255%) Manufacturing
3 1 (2.128%) Advertising
3 1 (2.128%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 27 (57.45%) Developer
2 13 (27.66%) Software Developer
3 11 (23.40%) Software Engineer
4 9 (19.15%) Applications Developer
4 9 (19.15%) Ruby on Rails Developer
5 3 (6.383%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 3 (6.383%) Team Leader
6 2 (4.255%) Applications Support Engineer
6 2 (4.255%) Senior Applications Developer
6 2 (4.255%) Linux Support
6 2 (4.255%) Web Team Leader
6 2 (4.255%) Web Developer
6 2 (4.255%) Senior Developer
6 2 (4.255%) Support Engineer
6 2 (4.255%) Applications Support
6 2 (4.255%) Lead Developer
6 2 (4.255%) Lead Web Developer
7 1 (2.128%) C# .NET Developer
7 1 (2.128%) .NET Software Developer
7 1 (2.128%) Sales Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 15 (31.91%) SCADA
2 10 (21.28%) Computer Science
3 8 (17.02%) Device Driver
4 5 (10.64%) Open Source
5 4 (8.511%) Embedded Systems
6 3 (6.383%) VHDL
7 2 (4.255%) Firmware
8 1 (2.128%) CAN bus
8 1 (2.128%) Economics
8 1 (2.128%) Cloud Computing
Operating Systems
1 23 (48.94%) Linux
2 18 (38.30%) UNIX
3 3 (6.383%) Windows
3 3 (6.383%) Embedded Linux
4 2 (4.255%) Fedora
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (27.66%) Software Engineering
2 10 (21.28%) Scrum
2 10 (21.28%) TDD
3 9 (19.15%) Software Architecture
4 7 (14.89%) Unit Testing
4 7 (14.89%) Multithreading
5 5 (10.64%) Project Management
6 4 (8.511%) BDD
6 4 (8.511%) Web Application Development
7 3 (6.383%) Automated Testing
7 3 (6.383%) Project Planning
8 2 (4.255%) Document Management
8 2 (4.255%) Digital Signal Processing
8 2 (4.255%) Signal Processing
8 2 (4.255%) Root Cause Analysis
8 2 (4.255%) Validation
8 2 (4.255%) OO
8 2 (4.255%) OOD
8 2 (4.255%) Infrastructure Management
9 1 (2.128%) QMS
Programming Languages
1 32 (68.09%) C++
2 18 (38.30%) Perl
2 18 (38.30%) Ruby
3 17 (36.17%) C#
4 15 (31.91%) Java
4 15 (31.91%) PHP
4 15 (31.91%) ActionScript
5 10 (21.28%) JavaScript
6 8 (17.02%) C
7 5 (10.64%) Python
8 4 (8.511%) SQL
9 3 (6.383%) VB
9 3 (6.383%) Embedded C
10 2 (4.255%) Shell Script
11 1 (2.128%) Embedded C++
11 1 (2.128%) Assembly Language
Qualifications
1 15 (31.91%) Degree
2 2 (4.255%) Chartered Engineer
2 2 (4.255%) HND
3 1 (2.128%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (2.128%) HNC
3 1 (2.128%) SC Cleared
3 1 (2.128%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (6.383%) QA
Systems Management
1 3 (6.383%) Ganglia
Vendors
1 9 (19.15%) Microsoft
2 2 (4.255%) Red Hat
3 1 (2.128%) Twitter
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