Modbus Job Trends in Scotland

Modbus
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Scotland requiring Modbus skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 142 142 -
Rank change year-on-year 0 - -
Permanent jobs citing Modbus 2 5 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 0.057% 0.20% -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.59% 2.02% -
Number of salaries quoted 0 3 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £66,000 -
UK median annual salary £54,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -1.82% +10.00% -20.95%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 339 248 433
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 9.58% 9.85% 8.40%
Number of salaries quoted 136 136 270
10th Percentile £25,750 £23,504 £28,500
25th Percentile £28,000 £25,087 £38,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,000 £30,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +43.33% -40.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £63,125 £53,070 £65,000
90th Percentile £71,875 £71,250 £74,205
UK median annual salary £47,500 £41,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +14.46% -17.00% -3.85%

Modbus
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Modbus job vacancy trend in Scotland

Modbus
Salary Trend in Scotland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Modbus.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Modbus

Modbus
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Modbus within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 16 August 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
Glasgow - 2 - - 4
Modbus
UK

Modbus
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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 2 (100.00%) FactoryTalk
1 2 (100.00%) WinCC
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) Profibus
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Control Systems Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Senior
1 2 (100.00%) Senior Software Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Senior Systems Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Renewable Energy
1 2 (100.00%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Code Quality
1 2 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineering
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) IEC 61131
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Rockwell
1 2 (100.00%) Siemens