Modbus Job Trends in England

Modbus
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring Modbus skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 573 612 644
Rank change year-on-year +39 +32 +316
Permanent jobs citing Modbus 39 68 16
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.075% 0.14% 0.035%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.44% 1.02% 0.24%
Number of salaries quoted 25 35 14
10th Percentile £51,250 £43,911 £51,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £55,000 £57,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +7.69% -3.70%
75th Percentile £80,000 £73,750 £69,688
90th Percentile £91,500 £77,500 £78,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -14.29% +7.69% -3.70%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
England

Modbus falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 8,909 6,660 6,627
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 17.13% 13.38% 14.67%
Number of salaries quoted 3,517 3,534 5,350
10th Percentile £25,750 £31,250 £28,286
25th Percentile £28,697 £40,000 £36,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -27.27% +10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £62,500 £71,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £87,500 £85,000
UK median annual salary £38,500 £54,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -28.70% +8.00% -4.76%

Modbus
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Modbus job vacancy trend in England

Modbus
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Modbus.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Modbus

Modbus
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Modbus in England over the 6 months to 31 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Modbus in England

Modbus
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Modbus within the England region over the 6 months to 31 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Midlands +38 13 £52,500 +0.96% 1
West Midlands - 13 £52,500 - 1
South East +26 12 £65,000 +44.50% 8
London +43 9 £60,000 -14.29% 6
North of England +6 6 £46,000 - 3
North West +29 4 £82,500 - 1
South West - 3 £75,000 - 2
Yorkshire -11 2 £46,000 - 2
Modbus
UK

Modbus
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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:

Application Platforms
1 6 (15.38%) WinCC
2 4 (10.26%) FactoryTalk
3 2 (5.13%) ArchestrA
4 1 (2.56%) Confluence
4 1 (2.56%) Kinematics
Applications
1 1 (2.56%) AutoCAD
Cloud Services
1 6 (15.38%) Azure
2 4 (10.26%) Power Platform
3 3 (7.69%) SaaS
4 2 (5.13%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 11 (28.21%) Firewall
2 7 (17.95%) RS-485
3 6 (15.38%) GPRS
3 6 (15.38%) TCP/IP
4 4 (10.26%) 3G
4 4 (10.26%) GSM
4 4 (10.26%) MQTT
4 4 (10.26%) Profibus
4 4 (10.26%) RS-232
4 4 (10.26%) SSL
5 3 (7.69%) DMZ
5 3 (7.69%) Network Security
6 2 (5.13%) Ethernet
6 2 (5.13%) LTE
6 2 (5.13%) Wireless
7 1 (2.56%) VLAN
7 1 (2.56%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (10.26%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (7.69%) JIRA
General
1 13 (33.33%) Manufacturing
2 10 (25.64%) Social Skills
3 5 (12.82%) Organisational Skills
4 3 (7.69%) Electronics
4 3 (7.69%) Telecoms
5 2 (5.13%) Aerospace
5 2 (5.13%) Back Office
5 2 (5.13%) Marketing
5 2 (5.13%) Military
5 2 (5.13%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (2.56%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (2.56%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (2.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (2.56%) Legal
Job Titles
1 7 (17.95%) Support Engineer
2 6 (15.38%) Cybersecurity Engineer
2 6 (15.38%) Security Engineer
2 6 (15.38%) Systems Engineer
2 6 (15.38%) Technical Engineer
2 6 (15.38%) Technical Support
2 6 (15.38%) Technical Support Engineer
3 5 (12.82%) Lead
3 5 (12.82%) Senior
3 5 (12.82%) Software Engineer
4 4 (10.26%) Control Systems Engineer
4 4 (10.26%) Embedded Engineer
4 4 (10.26%) Implementation Engineer
4 4 (10.26%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (5.13%) C/C++ Embedded Software Engineer
5 2 (5.13%) C/C++ Software Engineer
5 2 (5.13%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
5 2 (5.13%) Embedded Linux Engineer
5 2 (5.13%) Manufacturing Engineer
5 2 (5.13%) SCADA Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.56%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 22 (56.41%) SCADA
2 17 (43.59%) Operational Technology
3 10 (25.64%) Driving Licence
4 7 (17.95%) Renewable Energy
5 6 (15.38%) IoT
5 6 (15.38%) Legacy Systems
6 4 (10.26%) Manufacturing Execution System
7 2 (5.13%) Analogue Electronics
7 2 (5.13%) CAN bus
7 2 (5.13%) Embedded Systems
7 2 (5.13%) NB-IoT
8 1 (2.56%) CCTV
8 1 (2.56%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 1 (2.56%) Derivative
8 1 (2.56%) Robotics
8 1 (2.56%) Security Operations Centre
8 1 (2.56%) Security Posture
8 1 (2.56%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 8 (20.51%) Linux
2 7 (17.95%) Windows
3 6 (15.38%) Embedded Linux
3 6 (15.38%) Windows Server
4 4 (10.26%) FreeRTOS
4 4 (10.26%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (5.13%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (2.56%) Debian
6 1 (2.56%) OpenWrt
6 1 (2.56%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (58.97%) Cybersecurity
2 10 (25.64%) Mentoring
3 8 (20.51%) Computer Science
4 7 (17.95%) Continuous Improvement
4 7 (17.95%) Problem-Solving
4 7 (17.95%) Software Engineering
5 6 (15.38%) Agile
5 6 (15.38%) Energy Management
5 6 (15.38%) Incident Response
6 5 (12.82%) Project Delivery
6 5 (12.82%) Validation
7 4 (10.26%) Business Intelligence
7 4 (10.26%) Data Visualisation
7 4 (10.26%) ERP
7 4 (10.26%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 4 (10.26%) Network Design
7 4 (10.26%) Presales
7 4 (10.26%) Secure Coding
7 4 (10.26%) Stakeholder Management
7 4 (10.26%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 7 (17.95%) C++
2 6 (15.38%) C
3 4 (10.26%) SQL
4 2 (5.13%) Embedded C++
4 2 (5.13%) Ladder Logic
5 1 (2.56%) Python
Qualifications
1 12 (30.77%) Degree
2 8 (20.51%) SC Cleared
2 8 (20.51%) Security Cleared
3 5 (12.82%) HND
4 3 (7.69%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (5.13%) CISM
5 2 (5.13%) CISSP
5 2 (5.13%) HNC
6 1 (2.56%) GCFA
6 1 (2.56%) GCIH
6 1 (2.56%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (17.95%) NIST
2 6 (15.38%) IEC 61508
2 6 (15.38%) QA
3 4 (10.26%) IEC 61131
3 4 (10.26%) MISRA
4 3 (7.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (7.69%) NCSC
4 3 (7.69%) NIST 800
5 1 (2.56%) GDPR
System Software
1 6 (15.38%) Embedded Firmware
1 6 (15.38%) Firmware
1 6 (15.38%) Hyper-V
1 6 (15.38%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (2.56%) iptables
Systems Management
1 1 (2.56%) Ansible
Vendors
1 9 (23.08%) Siemens
2 6 (15.38%) Microsoft
2 6 (15.38%) Rockwell
2 6 (15.38%) VMware
3 1 (2.56%) Cisco
3 1 (2.56%) Fortinet
3 1 (2.56%) MikroTik
3 1 (2.56%) NVIDIA