Modbus Job Trends in the Midlands

Modbus
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring Modbus skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 214 229 266
Rank change year-on-year +15 +37 +69
Permanent jobs citing Modbus 12 9 8
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.13% 0.15% 0.095%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.76% 0.97% 0.61%
Number of salaries quoted 9 9 6
10th Percentile £46,850 - £47,500
25th Percentile £51,000 £47,000 £47,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £52,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.85% -0.95% +36.36%
75th Percentile £57,000 £57,000 £56,250
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £55,000 £70,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -21.43% +33.33% -22.22%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,586 928 1,317
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 17.83% 15.67% 15.71%
Number of salaries quoted 425 405 1,133
10th Percentile £26,000 £30,850 £25,000
25th Percentile £27,750 £36,250 £29,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £50,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -35.00% +17.65% -5.56%
75th Percentile £53,750 £60,000 £56,250
90th Percentile £66,400 £72,500 £67,500
England median annual salary £42,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -23.64% +10.00% -2.91%

Modbus
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Modbus job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Modbus
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Modbus.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Modbus

Modbus
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Modbus in the Midlands over the 6 months to 18 February 2026.

Salary histogram for Modbus in the Midlands

Modbus
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Modbus within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 18 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
West Midlands - 8 £52,500 - 3
East Midlands -20 4 £54,000 +3.85% 1
Modbus
England

Modbus
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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 1 (8.33%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (8.33%) Azure
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (8.33%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (33.33%) 3G
1 4 (33.33%) Bluetooth
1 4 (33.33%) GPRS
1 4 (33.33%) GSM
1 4 (33.33%) LTE
1 4 (33.33%) RS-232
1 4 (33.33%) RS-485
1 4 (33.33%) SSL
1 4 (33.33%) TCP/IP
1 4 (33.33%) Wi-Fi
1 4 (33.33%) Wireless
2 3 (25.00%) Firewall
Development Applications
1 4 (33.33%) Eclipse
1 4 (33.33%) Git
1 4 (33.33%) Subversion
2 1 (8.33%) JIRA
General
1 6 (50.00%) Manufacturing
2 2 (16.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (50.00%) Embedded Engineer
1 6 (50.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
1 6 (50.00%) Software Engineer
2 3 (25.00%) Cybersecurity Engineer
2 3 (25.00%) Security Engineer
3 2 (16.67%) C Software Engineer
3 2 (16.67%) C/C++ Embedded Software Engineer
3 2 (16.67%) C/C++ Software Engineer
3 2 (16.67%) C++ Software Engineer
3 2 (16.67%) Embedded C Engineer
3 2 (16.67%) Embedded C Software Engineer
3 2 (16.67%) Embedded C/C++ Engineer
3 2 (16.67%) Embedded C/C++ Software Engineer
3 2 (16.67%) Embedded C++ Engineer
3 2 (16.67%) Embedded C++ Software Engineer
3 2 (16.67%) Embedded Linux Engineer
3 2 (16.67%) Embedded Linux Software Engineer
3 2 (16.67%) Linux Engineer
3 2 (16.67%) Senior
3 2 (16.67%) Senior Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (33.33%) Raspberry Pi
2 3 (25.00%) Operational Technology
2 3 (25.00%) Renewable Energy
2 3 (25.00%) SCADA
3 1 (8.33%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 4 (33.33%) Embedded Linux
1 4 (33.33%) FreeRTOS
1 4 (33.33%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (66.67%) Software Engineering
2 4 (33.33%) Agile
2 4 (33.33%) Embedded Software Development
2 4 (33.33%) Secure Coding
2 4 (33.33%) Test Automation
3 3 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
3 3 (25.00%) Penetration Testing
3 3 (25.00%) Red Team
3 3 (25.00%) Threat Modelling
4 2 (16.67%) Computer Science
4 2 (16.67%) Domain Models
4 2 (16.67%) Mentoring
4 2 (16.67%) Network Design
4 2 (16.67%) Project Delivery
4 2 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (16.67%) Systems Engineering
4 2 (16.67%) Vulnerability Assessment
5 1 (8.33%) Offensive Security
5 1 (8.33%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (8.33%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 8 (66.67%) C
2 4 (33.33%) C++
2 4 (33.33%) Embedded C
2 4 (33.33%) Python
3 2 (16.67%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 3 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (16.67%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (16.67%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (33.33%) MISRA
2 3 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (25.00%) NIST
2 3 (25.00%) NIST 800
System Software
1 9 (75.00%) Firmware
2 4 (33.33%) Embedded Firmware
Vendors
1 4 (33.33%) Atmel
2 1 (8.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (8.33%) Salesforce