Modbus Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Modbus
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the UK excluding 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 381 349 361
Rank change year-on-year -32 +12 +131
Contract jobs citing Modbus 11 3 39
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.060% 0.020% 0.20%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.49% 0.13% 1.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 3 3
10th Percentile £323 - £378
25th Percentile £371 £425 £389
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £415
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% +8.43% +14.48%
75th Percentile - £548 £427
90th Percentile £570 £591 £429
UK median daily rate £500 £475 £420
% change year-on-year +5.26% +13.10% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 35
Median hourly rate - - £65.00
UK median hourly rate - - £65.00

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK excluding 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 the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 2,257 2,376 3,465
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 12.35% 16.00% 17.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,501 1,341 2,066
10th Percentile £200 £188 £205
25th Percentile £300 £313 £340
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% - +5.56%
75th Percentile £564 £575 £599
90th Percentile £650 £650 £683
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 131 119 269
10th Percentile £15.33 £15.22 £17.63
25th Percentile £16.93 £21.36 £24.34
Median hourly rate £42.50 £35.00 £56.49
Median % change year-on-year +21.43% -38.04% +25.53%
75th Percentile £67.92 £63.13 £65.98
90th Percentile £83.75 £72.75 £75.33
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £35.00 £56.49
% change year-on-year -14.29% -38.04% +37.68%

Modbus
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Modbus job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Modbus
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Modbus

Modbus
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate histogram for Modbus in the UK excluding London

Modbus
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Modbus.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Modbus

Modbus
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding 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 UK excluding 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
Scotland - 4 £463 - 6
East of England - 4 £575 - 2
Wales - 2 £335 - 1
West Midlands -25 1 - - 2
Midlands -44 1 - - 5
Modbus
UK

Modbus
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding 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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (36.36%) AWS
2 3 (27.27%) AWS IoT
3 1 (9.09%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 7 (63.64%) Ethernet
2 4 (36.36%) Firewall
3 3 (27.27%) LAN
3 3 (27.27%) SD-WAN
3 3 (27.27%) TCP/IP
3 3 (27.27%) VLAN
3 3 (27.27%) WAN
4 2 (18.18%) Network Security
5 1 (9.09%) MQTT
5 1 (9.09%) Profibus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (9.09%) GIS
General
1 4 (36.36%) Manufacturing
2 2 (18.18%) Social Skills
3 1 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (36.36%) Network Engineer
2 2 (18.18%) Consultant
2 2 (18.18%) IT Engineer
2 2 (18.18%) Security Consultant
3 1 (9.09%) PLC Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) PLC Software Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Safety Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) SCADA Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Security Specialist
3 1 (9.09%) Siemens Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Software Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Software Safety Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (63.64%) Operational Technology
2 5 (45.45%) SCADA
3 4 (36.36%) IoT
4 3 (27.27%) 3D Printing
5 1 (9.09%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (9.09%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (36.36%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (27.27%) Use Case
3 2 (18.18%) Business Enablement
3 2 (18.18%) Patch Management
3 2 (18.18%) SIEM
3 2 (18.18%) Test Automation
4 1 (9.09%) Analytics
4 1 (9.09%) Change Control
4 1 (9.09%) Digital Twin
4 1 (9.09%) Fault Management
4 1 (9.09%) Internal Audit
4 1 (9.09%) Inventory Management
4 1 (9.09%) Network Architecture
4 1 (9.09%) Performance Testing
4 1 (9.09%) Predictive Maintenance
4 1 (9.09%) Security Operations
4 1 (9.09%) Strategic Roadmap
4 1 (9.09%) Task Automation
4 1 (9.09%) Test Management
4 1 (9.09%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (9.09%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (27.27%) CCNA
1 3 (27.27%) CCNP
1 3 (27.27%) Cisco Certification
1 3 (27.27%) Network+ Certification
2 1 (9.09%) CISSP
2 1 (9.09%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (27.27%) NIST
2 2 (18.18%) NIST 800
3 1 (9.09%) IEC 61508
3 1 (9.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
Systems Management
1 1 (9.09%) FortiGate
1 1 (9.09%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 4 (36.36%) Cisco
2 3 (27.27%) CheckPoint
2 3 (27.27%) Siemens
3 1 (9.09%) Fortinet