Modbus Job Trends in the North West

Modbus
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North West requiring Modbus skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 227 - 212
Rank change year-on-year - - +125
Permanent jobs citing Modbus 5 0 5
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 0.097% - 0.11%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.47% - 0.65%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £78,750 - £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 - £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - - +23.53%
75th Percentile £86,250 - £53,750
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £55,000 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -21.43% +7.69% -3.70%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
North West

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 North West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,070 712 771
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 20.77% 9.18% 17.11%
Number of salaries quoted 320 429 500
10th Percentile £23,000 £30,000 £28,475
25th Percentile £25,087 £32,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,000 £45,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -31.11% -14.29% +14.13%
75th Percentile £45,000 £57,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £77,715
England median annual salary £41,500 £50,000 £52,000
% change year-on-year -17.00% -3.85% -0.95%

Modbus
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing Modbus as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for Modbus in the North West

Modbus
Salary Trend in the North West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Modbus.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Modbus

Modbus
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Modbus within the North West region over the 6 months to 18 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Cheshire - 5 £82,500 - 2
Modbus
England

Modbus
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (40.00%) MQTT
2 1 (20.00%) Firewall
General
1 4 (80.00%) Manufacturing
1 4 (80.00%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Lead
2 2 (40.00%) Automation Test Lead
2 2 (40.00%) Lead Test Engineer
2 2 (40.00%) Senior
2 2 (40.00%) Senior Systems Engineer
2 2 (40.00%) Systems Engineer
2 2 (40.00%) Test Automation Engineer
2 2 (40.00%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (40.00%) Node-RED
Miscellaneous
1 5 (100.00%) Operational Technology
1 5 (100.00%) SCADA
2 4 (80.00%) Biopharmaceutical
2 4 (80.00%) Renewable Energy
3 2 (40.00%) Industry 4.0
3 2 (40.00%) IoT
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (80.00%) Asset Management
2 4 (80.00%) Network Design
2 4 (80.00%) Risk Assessment
2 4 (80.00%) System Testing
3 2 (40.00%) Business Development
3 2 (40.00%) Edge Computing
3 2 (40.00%) Gantt Chart
3 2 (40.00%) Mentoring
3 2 (40.00%) Project Delivery
3 2 (40.00%) Project Management
3 2 (40.00%) Prototyping
3 2 (40.00%) Risk Management
3 2 (40.00%) Software Testing
3 2 (40.00%) Test Automation
4 1 (20.00%) Incident Response
4 1 (20.00%) Network Architecture
4 1 (20.00%) Network Segmentation
4 1 (20.00%) Threat Modelling
Qualifications
1 4 (80.00%) Degree
2 2 (40.00%) Chartered Engineer
2 2 (40.00%) DBS Check
2 2 (40.00%) HNC
2 2 (40.00%) HND
2 2 (40.00%) ISTQB
2 2 (40.00%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
2 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
3 1 (20.00%) CISM
3 1 (20.00%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) ISO 9001
1 2 (40.00%) QA
2 1 (20.00%) NCSC
Systems Management
1 4 (80.00%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) AVEVA
1 2 (40.00%) Rockwell
1 2 (40.00%) Siemens