Modbus Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Modbus
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Modbus skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 160 171 203
Rank change year-on-year +11 +32 +56
Permanent jobs citing Modbus 10 4 1
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 0.24% 0.12% 0.023%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.71% 0.85% 0.19%
Number of salaries quoted 6 3 1
10th Percentile £52,500 - -
25th Percentile £55,625 £43,911 £35,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £44,982 £38,500
Median % change year-on-year +55.62% +16.84% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £46,053 £41,750
90th Percentile £103,750 - -
South East median annual salary £70,000 £52,491 £35,500
% change year-on-year +33.36% +47.86% -25.26%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 369 468 519
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 9.01% 13.90% 11.91%
Number of salaries quoted 194 215 453
10th Percentile £27,000 £31,250 £30,500
25th Percentile £31,063 £38,750 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -23.81% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £56,533 £63,750 £60,000
90th Percentile £69,625 £90,000 £77,000
South East median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £49,000
% change year-on-year -18.18% +12.24% +3.16%

Modbus
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Modbus job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Modbus
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Modbus.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Modbus

Modbus
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Modbus in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 20 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Modbus in the Thames Valley

Modbus
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Modbus within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 20 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
Berkshire +3 5 £70,000 - 2
Buckinghamshire - 4 - -
Oxfordshire +15 1 £115,000 +155.66% 3
Modbus
South East

Modbus
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 (30.00%) WinCC
2 2 (20.00%) FactoryTalk
3 1 (10.00%) ArchestrA
3 1 (10.00%) Kinematics
Cloud Services
1 5 (50.00%) Azure
1 5 (50.00%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 5 (50.00%) MQTT
2 4 (40.00%) Firewall
3 1 (10.00%) Profibus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (50.00%) Power BI
General
1 7 (70.00%) Manufacturing
2 2 (20.00%) Back Office
3 1 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (10.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (50.00%) Implementation Engineer
2 3 (30.00%) Systems Engineer
3 2 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 2 (20.00%) Lead
3 2 (20.00%) Manufacturing Engineer
3 2 (20.00%) Senior
3 2 (20.00%) Software Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Control Systems Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Cybersecurity Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Lead Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Lead Software Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Lead Systems Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Robotics Software Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Security Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Senior Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (10.00%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 9 (90.00%) SCADA
2 5 (50.00%) IoT
2 5 (50.00%) Manufacturing Execution System
3 4 (40.00%) Operational Technology
4 3 (30.00%) Driving Licence
4 3 (30.00%) Renewable Energy
5 2 (20.00%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (10.00%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 3 (30.00%) Windows
1 3 (30.00%) Windows Server
2 2 (20.00%) Windows Server 2016
3 1 (10.00%) Robot Operating System
3 1 (10.00%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (60.00%) Validation
2 5 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
2 5 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 5 (50.00%) Data Integration
2 5 (50.00%) Data Visualisation
2 5 (50.00%) ERP
2 5 (50.00%) System Testing
2 5 (50.00%) Visualisation
3 3 (30.00%) Cybersecurity
3 3 (30.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
3 3 (30.00%) Integration Testing
3 3 (30.00%) QMS
4 2 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 2 (20.00%) Network Design
4 2 (20.00%) Presales
4 2 (20.00%) Project Delivery
4 2 (20.00%) Quality Management
4 2 (20.00%) Software Engineering
5 1 (10.00%) Computer Science
5 1 (10.00%) Mechatronics
Programming Languages
1 5 (50.00%) SQL
2 1 (10.00%) C++
2 1 (10.00%) Ladder Logic
2 1 (10.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (20.00%) Degree
2 1 (10.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (10.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (10.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (30.00%) IEC 61508
1 3 (30.00%) QA
2 2 (20.00%) IEC 61131
3 1 (10.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (10.00%) NIST
3 1 (10.00%) NIST 800
System Software
1 3 (30.00%) Hyper-V
1 3 (30.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 5 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (30.00%) Rockwell
2 3 (30.00%) Siemens
2 3 (30.00%) VMware
3 1 (10.00%) NVIDIA