Modbus Contract Job Trends in Scotland

Modbus
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Scotland requiring Modbus skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 116 114 152
Rank change year-on-year -2 +38 -
Contract jobs citing Modbus 2 2 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.13% 0.11% 0.12%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.39% 1.08% 0.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 3
10th Percentile - - £565
25th Percentile - - £569
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - £600
75th Percentile - - £625
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £500 £450 £588
% change year-on-year +11.11% -23.40% -2.08%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 144 185 336
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 9.03% 10.03% 13.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 94 122 205
10th Percentile £213 £173 £163
25th Percentile £359 £240 £334
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £445 £415 £500
Median % change year-on-year +7.23% -17.00% +14.29%
75th Percentile £500 £531 £573
90th Percentile £580 £619 £670
UK median daily rate £480 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -4.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 11 18
10th Percentile - £12.00 £17.72
25th Percentile - £14.63 £18.02
Median hourly rate £17.30 £18.27 £51.37
Median % change year-on-year -5.31% -64.43% +133.48%
75th Percentile - £18.89 £59.03
90th Percentile £33.38 £30.75 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £45.00 £50.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year -10.00% -9.09% +39.24%

Modbus
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing Modbus as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Modbus in Scotland

Modbus
Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Modbus

Modbus
Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Modbus.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Modbus

Modbus
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Modbus within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 1 September 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
Edinburgh - 2 £500 -
Modbus
UK

Modbus
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) GIS
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) SCADA Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (50.00%) Data Modelling
2 1 (50.00%) Fault Management
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Regression Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Test Management
2 1 (50.00%) Test Scripting
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Siemens