Modbus Contract Job Trends in Berkshire

Modbus
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Berkshire requiring Modbus skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 125 95 -
Rank change year-on-year -30 - -
Contract jobs citing Modbus 2 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 0.10% 0.083% -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.70% 0.52% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £725 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £750 - -
75th Percentile £775 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £750 £450 £425
% change year-on-year +66.67% +5.88% +6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £55.00 -
South East median hourly rate - £55.00 -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Berkshire

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 Berkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 285 192 324
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 14.80% 16.00% 18.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 142 115 128
10th Percentile £335 £296 £281
25th Percentile £397 £378 £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £541
Median % change year-on-year - -16.86% +20.28%
75th Percentile £563 £538 £608
90th Percentile £624 £600 £638
South East median daily rate £525 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +5.00% - +6.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 2 15
10th Percentile £16.01 £58.25 £56.25
25th Percentile £19.34 £63.13 £71.75
Median hourly rate £32.50 £72.50 £83.77
Median % change year-on-year -55.17% -13.45% +20.67%
75th Percentile £49.03 £83.13 £87.46
90th Percentile £65.22 £88.75 -
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £55.00 £57.35
% change year-on-year -13.64% -4.10% -0.26%

Modbus
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

Modbus job vacancy trend in Berkshire

Modbus
Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Modbus.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Modbus

Modbus
Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Modbus within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 4 August 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
Reading -30 2 £750 - 2
Modbus
South East

Modbus
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire 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 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) TCP/IP
2 1 (50.00%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (50.00%) Network Security
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Lead
2 1 (50.00%) SCADA Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Operational Technology
1 2 (100.00%) SCADA
2 1 (50.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (50.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 2 (100.00%) Network Design
1 2 (100.00%) Risk Assessment
1 2 (100.00%) SIEM
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Anomaly Detection
2 1 (50.00%) Budgeting
2 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (50.00%) Identity Management
2 1 (50.00%) Security Monitoring
2 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) CISM
2 1 (50.00%) CISSP