Modbus Contract Job Trends in London

Modbus
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring Modbus skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 375 365 395
Rank change year-on-year -10 +30 -
Contract jobs citing Modbus 9 8 4
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.062% 0.053% 0.022%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.70% 0.53% 0.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 8 1
10th Percentile £375 £459 -
25th Percentile £488 £463 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £475 £425
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% +11.76% -
75th Percentile - £491 £438
90th Percentile - £500 -
England median daily rate £550 £475 £420
% change year-on-year +15.79% +13.10% +15.86%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,283 1,501 1,945
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 8.91% 10.01% 10.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 819 920 1,301
10th Percentile £307 £256 £213
25th Percentile £413 £400 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
75th Percentile £625 £627 £638
90th Percentile £700 £725 £750
England median daily rate £488 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -2.50% - -1.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 13 57
10th Percentile £20.82 £23.87 £18.93
25th Percentile - £28.41 £19.99
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £30.75
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% +13.82% +23.00%
75th Percentile £27.94 £43.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £57.98 £76.91 £76.75
England median hourly rate £32.00 £35.00 £56.49
% change year-on-year -8.57% -38.04% +26.38%

Modbus
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Modbus job vacancy trend in London

Modbus
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Modbus

Modbus
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Modbus in London over the 6 months to 24 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Modbus in London

Modbus
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Modbus within the London region over the 6 months to 24 December 2025. 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
Central London -8 2 - - 2
Modbus
England

Modbus
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (33.33%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 3 (33.33%) GitHub
2 1 (11.11%) AWS
2 1 (11.11%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 5 (55.56%) Ethernet
2 3 (33.33%) Firewall
2 3 (33.33%) RS-232
2 3 (33.33%) RS-485
3 2 (22.22%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (11.11%) MQTT
Development Applications
1 3 (33.33%) JIRA
General
1 4 (44.44%) Manufacturing
2 3 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 2 (22.22%) Telecoms
4 1 (11.11%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (33.33%) Embedded Engineer
2 2 (22.22%) Architect
2 2 (22.22%) Cybersecurity Engineer
2 2 (22.22%) Security Engineer
2 2 (22.22%) Senior
2 2 (22.22%) Senior Security Engineer
2 2 (22.22%) Systems Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Integration Architect
3 1 (11.11%) IT Architect
3 1 (11.11%) Network Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Network Security Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) SCADA Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Senior Network Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Senior Network Security Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) ServiceNow Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (11.11%) REST
1 1 (11.11%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 5 (55.56%) SCADA
2 4 (44.44%) Operational Technology
3 3 (33.33%) Renewable Energy
4 2 (22.22%) Embedded Systems
4 2 (22.22%) Insider Threat
4 2 (22.22%) Life Science
4 2 (22.22%) Management Information System
4 2 (22.22%) Security Posture
5 1 (11.11%) Cloud Native
5 1 (11.11%) CMDB
5 1 (11.11%) Data Centre
5 1 (11.11%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (11.11%) Industrial Internet of Things
5 1 (11.11%) Industry 4.0
5 1 (11.11%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 3 (33.33%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (55.56%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (44.44%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (33.33%) Incident Response
3 3 (33.33%) Network Design
4 2 (22.22%) AI
4 2 (22.22%) Antivirus Management
4 2 (22.22%) Data Flow Diagram
4 2 (22.22%) Information Security
4 2 (22.22%) Information Security Management
4 2 (22.22%) Machine Learning
4 2 (22.22%) Mentoring
4 2 (22.22%) Network Architecture
4 2 (22.22%) Patch Management
4 2 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (22.22%) Risk Assessment
4 2 (22.22%) Security Management
4 2 (22.22%) Vulnerability Assessment
5 1 (11.11%) Enterprise Architecture
5 1 (11.11%) Software Architecture
5 1 (11.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 3 (33.33%) C
1 3 (33.33%) C++
1 3 (33.33%) Embedded C
1 3 (33.33%) Embedded C++
2 1 (11.11%) Python
2 1 (11.11%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (33.33%) CCNP
1 3 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (22.22%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (22.22%) CCNA
2 2 (22.22%) Degree
3 1 (11.11%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (44.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (22.22%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
2 2 (22.22%) NIST
System Software
1 3 (33.33%) Embedded Firmware
1 3 (33.33%) Firmware
2 2 (22.22%) Virtual Machines
Vendors
1 2 (22.22%) Rockwell
2 1 (11.11%) Allen-Bradley
2 1 (11.11%) AVEVA
2 1 (11.11%) ServiceNow
2 1 (11.11%) Siemens
2 1 (11.11%) Wonderware