Modbus Contract Job Trends in Bedfordshire

Modbus
East of England > Bedfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Bedfordshire requiring Modbus skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 40 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Modbus 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Bedfordshire 0.39% - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.17% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £625 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 - -
75th Percentile £675 - -
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median daily rate £575 - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Bedfordshire

Modbus falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in Bedfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 24 13 30
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bedfordshire 9.34% 8.97% 10.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 7 14
10th Percentile £61 £127 -
25th Percentile £110 £215 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £400 £413
Median % change year-on-year +9.38% -3.03% +10.00%
75th Percentile £475 £506 £528
90th Percentile £626 £548 £568
East of England median daily rate £400 £475 £430
% change year-on-year -15.79% +10.47% +1.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 2
10th Percentile £64.25 £31.10 £19.08
25th Percentile £66.88 £34.25 £24.44
Median hourly rate £72.50 £39.50 £34.00
Median % change year-on-year +83.54% +16.18% +118.51%
75th Percentile £76.88 £44.75 £44.19
90th Percentile £78.75 £47.90 £49.93
East of England median hourly rate £33.00 £35.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year -5.71% -46.15% +14.04%

Modbus
Job Vacancy Trend in Bedfordshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Modbus relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Bedfordshire.

Modbus job vacancy trend in Bedfordshire

Modbus
Contract Job Locations in Bedfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Modbus within the Bedfordshire region over the 6 months to 1 February 2026. 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
Luton - 1 £650 - 1
Modbus
East of England

Modbus
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bedfordshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Ethernet
General
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Security Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Operational Technology
1 1 (100.00%) SCADA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
1 1 (100.00%) NIST 800