Modbus Job Trends in the South West

Modbus
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South West requiring Modbus skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 176 - 218
Rank change year-on-year - - +71
Permanent jobs citing Modbus 2 0 3
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 0.040% - 0.068%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.32% - 0.38%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 3
10th Percentile £60,250 - -
25th Percentile £64,375 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 - £65,000
75th Percentile £86,875 - £75,625
90th Percentile £91,750 - £82,000
England 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
South 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 South West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 617 492 781
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 12.27% 11.45% 17.69%
Number of salaries quoted 366 286 598
10th Percentile £25,375 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £29,188 £32,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,000 £52,000 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year -34.62% +6.12% +3.16%
75th Percentile £52,500 £71,250 £60,750
90th Percentile £65,000 £86,000 £70,000
England median annual salary £40,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -27.27% +10.00% -4.76%

Modbus
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Modbus job vacancy trend in the South West

Modbus
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Modbus

Modbus
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Modbus in the South West over the 6 months to 2 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Modbus in the South West

Modbus
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Modbus within the South West region over the 6 months to 2 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
Somerset - 1 £90,000 -
Devon - 1 £60,000 -
Modbus
England

Modbus
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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:

Applications
1 1 (50.00%) AutoCAD
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Firewall
1 1 (50.00%) RS-485
1 1 (50.00%) VLAN
1 1 (50.00%) VPN
General
1 1 (50.00%) Electronics
1 1 (50.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 1 (50.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Head of Technology
1 1 (50.00%) SCADA Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Operational Technology
2 1 (50.00%) CCTV
2 1 (50.00%) Derivative
2 1 (50.00%) Driving Licence
2 1 (50.00%) SCADA
2 1 (50.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Debian
1 1 (50.00%) Linux
1 1 (50.00%) OpenWrt
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) Asset Management
2 1 (50.00%) Data Acquisition
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) QMS
2 1 (50.00%) Quality Management
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) NCSC
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) iptables
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Ansible
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco
1 1 (50.00%) Fortinet
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (50.00%) MikroTik