Profibus Job Trends in the Midlands

Profibus
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring Profibus skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 215 236 233
Rank change year-on-year +21 -3 -
Permanent jobs citing Profibus 4 3 3
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.050% 0.048% 0.049%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.25% 0.31% 0.28%
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £38,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £41,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.43% -17.00% -
75th Percentile - £44,750 £53,125
90th Percentile - - £53,500
England median annual salary £47,500 £50,750 £51,250
% change year-on-year -6.40% -0.98% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Midlands

Profibus 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 1,589 962 1,065
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 20.03% 15.29% 17.24%
Number of salaries quoted 419 406 925
10th Percentile £25,750 £30,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £27,750 £36,250 £29,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,500 £50,000 £44,000
Median % change year-on-year -37.00% +13.64% -7.37%
75th Percentile £52,500 £60,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £66,500 £73,125 £68,250
England median annual salary £40,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -27.27% +10.00% -4.76%

Profibus
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Profibus job vacancy trend in the Midlands

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Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Profibus.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Profibus

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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 Profibus within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 17 January 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 - 3 - - 1
East Midlands -10 1 £45,000 +8.43% 1
Profibus
England

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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 3 (75.00%) WinCC
2 2 (50.00%) ArchestrA
2 2 (50.00%) FactoryTalk
Communications & Networking
1 2 (50.00%) Firewall
1 2 (50.00%) Modbus
2 1 (25.00%) Ethernet
General
1 1 (25.00%) Advertising
1 1 (25.00%) Pharmaceutical
1 1 (25.00%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Control Systems Engineer
1 3 (75.00%) Systems Engineer
2 2 (50.00%) Lead
2 2 (50.00%) Lead Software Engineer
2 2 (50.00%) Lead Systems Engineer
2 2 (50.00%) Software Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) Instrumentation Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) Senior
3 1 (25.00%) Senior Electrical Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) SCADA
2 2 (50.00%) Driving Licence
2 2 (50.00%) Operational Technology
2 2 (50.00%) Renewable Energy
3 1 (25.00%) Fibre Optics
Operating Systems
1 2 (50.00%) Windows
1 2 (50.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (50.00%) Software Engineering
1 2 (50.00%) Technical Leadership
2 1 (25.00%) Control Theory
2 1 (25.00%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) Ladder Logic
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (25.00%) Degree
1 1 (25.00%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (75.00%) IEC 61131
2 2 (50.00%) IEC 61508
2 2 (50.00%) QA
System Software
1 2 (50.00%) Hyper-V
1 2 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Rockwell
1 3 (75.00%) Siemens
2 2 (50.00%) VMware
3 1 (25.00%) AVEVA
3 1 (25.00%) EMC