Modbus Contract Job Trends in the East of England

Modbus
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the East of England 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 100 - 78
Rank change year-on-year - - +49
Contract jobs citing Modbus 4 0 35
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 0.23% - 1.91%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.92% - 11.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £513 - -
25th Percentile £531 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 - -
75th Percentile £631 - -
90th Percentile £658 - -
England median daily rate £550 £475 £420
% change year-on-year +15.79% +13.10% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 35
Median hourly rate - - £65.00
England median hourly rate £75.00 - £65.00
% change year-on-year - - +8.33%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
East of England

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 the East of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 208 236 311
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 12.19% 21.53% 17.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 109 115 168
10th Percentile £160 £213 £250
25th Percentile £206 £276 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £475 £430
Median % change year-on-year -15.79% +10.47% +1.18%
75th Percentile £500 £588 £488
90th Percentile £581 £625 £592
England median daily rate £490 £500 £488
% change year-on-year -2.00% +2.56% -7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 48 39 74
10th Percentile £13.25 £19.09 £15.74
25th Percentile £15.50 £21.11 £42.50
Median hourly rate £33.00 £35.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.71% -46.15% +14.04%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 -
90th Percentile £70.10 £70.75 -
England median hourly rate £30.00 £35.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year -14.29% -30.00% +140.18%

Modbus
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Modbus job vacancy trend in the East of England

Modbus
Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Modbus.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Modbus

Modbus
Daily Rate Histogram in the East of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Modbus in the East of England over the 6 months to 1 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Modbus in the East of England

Modbus
Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Modbus.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Modbus

Modbus
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Modbus within the East of England 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
Hertfordshire - 2 - - 2
Suffolk - 1 £500 -
Bedfordshire - 1 £650 - 2
Modbus
England

Modbus
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) AWS
1 1 (25.00%) AWS IoT
1 1 (25.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 2 (50.00%) Ethernet
2 1 (25.00%) MQTT
2 1 (25.00%) Profibus
General
1 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (25.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (25.00%) Consultant
1 1 (25.00%) PLC Engineer
1 1 (25.00%) PLC Software Engineer
1 1 (25.00%) Safety Engineer
1 1 (25.00%) Security Consultant
1 1 (25.00%) Security Specialist
1 1 (25.00%) Siemens Engineer
1 1 (25.00%) Software Engineer
1 1 (25.00%) Software Safety Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Operational Technology
1 2 (50.00%) SCADA
2 1 (25.00%) IoT
2 1 (25.00%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (25.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Use Case
2 1 (25.00%) Analytics
2 1 (25.00%) Change Control
2 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (25.00%) Digital Twin
2 1 (25.00%) Impact Assessments
2 1 (25.00%) Network Architecture
2 1 (25.00%) Predictive Analytics
2 1 (25.00%) Predictive Maintenance
2 1 (25.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (25.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (25.00%) Safety Engineering
2 1 (25.00%) Security Operations
2 1 (25.00%) SIEM
2 1 (25.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (25.00%) Strategic Roadmap
2 1 (25.00%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) CISSP
1 1 (25.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) NIST
2 1 (25.00%) IEC 61508
2 1 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (25.00%) NIST 800
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) FortiGate
1 1 (25.00%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Siemens
2 1 (25.00%) Fortinet