Modbus
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Modbus skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Modbus over the 6 months leading up to 12 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 643 836 864
Rank change year-on-year +193 +28 +348
Permanent jobs citing Modbus 92 63 33
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.15% 0.061% 0.038%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.77% 0.48% 0.24%
Number of salaries quoted 63 48 31
10th Percentile £43,000 £34,800 £46,250
25th Percentile £47,000 £43,558 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £61,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -14.63% -8.89%
75th Percentile £69,000 £65,179 £65,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £70,000 £75,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +10.00% -4.76% +2.94%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 12,011 13,110 13,616
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 19.99% 12.66% 15.86%
Number of salaries quoted 5,712 8,816 7,641
10th Percentile £24,750 £26,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £25,087 £32,500 £36,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,500 £47,500 £51,350
Median % change year-on-year -29.47% -7.50% -2.19%
75th Percentile £57,500 £63,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £76,250 £77,500 £86,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £30,000 £44,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -31.82% -2.22% -5.26%

Modbus
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Modbus as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Modbus in the UK

Modbus
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Modbus.

Salary trend for Modbus in the UK

Modbus
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Modbus over the 6 months to 12 July 2025.

Salary histogram for Modbus in the UK

Modbus
Top 15 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Modbus within the UK over the 6 months to 12 July 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
UK excluding London +184 82 £55,000 +10.00% 72
England +167 69 £55,000 +10.00% 93
Midlands +95 29 £55,000 +4.76% 14
Work from Home +98 19 £66,000 +1.54% 24
North of England +56 16 £46,000 -20.00% 22
East Midlands +46 15 £52,000 -0.95% 7
West Midlands +83 14 £55,000 +10.00% 7
Wales +40 13 £75,000 - 2
Yorkshire - 12 £46,000 - 9
South East +61 10 £65,000 +44.44% 15
Scotland +97 7 £66,000 +7.32% 5
London +91 7 £75,000 +7.14% 23
South West - 6 £55,000 - 10
North West +13 4 - - 10
East of England +28 2 - - 5

Modbus
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (2.17%) WinCC
Applications
1 2 (2.17%) EPLAN
1 2 (2.17%) Simulink
2 1 (1.09%) AutoCAD
2 1 (1.09%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.09%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (5.43%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 19 (20.65%) Azure
2 4 (4.35%) AWS
3 2 (2.17%) AWS IoT
3 2 (2.17%) GCP
4 1 (1.09%) Power Platform
4 1 (1.09%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 35 (38.04%) Ethernet
2 33 (35.87%) MQTT
3 22 (23.91%) Profibus
3 22 (23.91%) TCP/IP
4 14 (15.22%) Network Security
5 13 (14.13%) RS-485
6 8 (8.70%) LoRaWAN
7 7 (7.61%) Wi-Fi
7 7 (7.61%) Wireless
8 6 (6.52%) Firewall
9 5 (5.43%) ADSL
9 5 (5.43%) Cisco Firepower
9 5 (5.43%) Cisco Nexus
9 5 (5.43%) MPLS
9 5 (5.43%) VPN
9 5 (5.43%) WAN
10 4 (4.35%) Bluetooth
10 4 (4.35%) LTE
11 2 (2.17%) GPRS
11 2 (2.17%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (5.43%) PostgreSQL
1 5 (5.43%) RDBMS
1 5 (5.43%) Relational Database
2 1 (1.09%) MongoDB
2 1 (1.09%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 5 (5.43%) Sonatype Nexus
2 4 (4.35%) Git
3 2 (2.17%) Eclipse
3 2 (2.17%) JIRA
3 2 (2.17%) Subversion
4 1 (1.09%) MSI
General
1 36 (39.13%) Manufacturing
2 30 (32.61%) Social Skills
3 27 (29.35%) Electronics
4 17 (18.48%) Pharmaceutical
5 8 (8.70%) Finance
6 7 (7.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (4.35%) Analytical Skills
7 4 (4.35%) Marketing
7 4 (4.35%) Organisational Skills
7 4 (4.35%) Telecoms
8 3 (3.26%) Aerospace
8 3 (3.26%) Public Sector
9 2 (2.17%) Agriculture
9 2 (2.17%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (2.17%) Retail
10 1 (1.09%) Military
Job Titles
1 25 (27.17%) Systems Engineer
2 21 (22.83%) Embedded Engineer
3 20 (21.74%) Lead
4 19 (20.65%) Senior
5 17 (18.48%) Automation Engineer
6 16 (17.39%) Firmware Engineer
7 14 (15.22%) Control Systems Engineer
7 14 (15.22%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
8 13 (14.13%) Software Engineer
9 9 (9.78%) Developer
9 9 (9.78%) Lead Developer
10 7 (7.61%) Embedded Software Engineer
10 7 (7.61%) Firmware Developer
10 7 (7.61%) Senior Embedded Engineer
10 7 (7.61%) Senior Systems Engineer
11 6 (6.52%) Senior Software Engineer
12 5 (5.43%) Network Engineer
12 5 (5.43%) Presales Engineer
12 5 (5.43%) Presales Network Engineer
12 5 (5.43%) Senior Firmware Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (18.48%) .NET
2 6 (6.52%) CSS
3 2 (2.17%) Node-RED
Miscellaneous
1 43 (46.74%) SCADA
2 38 (41.30%) IoT
3 24 (26.09%) Operational Technology
4 19 (20.65%) Device Driver
5 15 (16.30%) Biopharmaceutical
5 15 (16.30%) Renewable Energy
6 13 (14.13%) Embedded Systems
6 13 (14.13%) Industry 4.0
7 11 (11.96%) Data Centre
8 9 (9.78%) Analogue Electronics
8 9 (9.78%) CAN bus
9 5 (5.43%) Product Ownership
10 3 (3.26%) NB-IoT
11 2 (2.17%) Algorithms
11 2 (2.17%) ARM Cortex
11 2 (2.17%) Industrial Internet of Things
11 2 (2.17%) Raspberry Pi
12 1 (1.09%) Cyber Threat
12 1 (1.09%) Driving Licence
12 1 (1.09%) Fibre Optics
Operating Systems
1 29 (31.52%) Linux
2 15 (16.30%) Windows
3 14 (15.22%) Embedded Linux
3 14 (15.22%) Unix
4 2 (2.17%) FreeRTOS
5 1 (1.09%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (1.09%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (42.39%) Mentoring
2 28 (30.43%) Risk Assessment
3 23 (25.00%) Software Engineering
4 20 (21.74%) Cybersecurity
4 20 (21.74%) Network Design
5 19 (20.65%) Validation
6 18 (19.57%) Problem-Solving
7 17 (18.48%) Agile
7 17 (18.48%) Asset Management
8 15 (16.30%) System Testing
9 14 (15.22%) API Development
9 14 (15.22%) Computer Architecture
9 14 (15.22%) Product Strategy
9 14 (15.22%) Project Delivery
9 14 (15.22%) Technical Debt
10 13 (14.13%) Prototyping
11 12 (13.04%) Mechatronics
11 12 (13.04%) Technical Leadership
12 10 (10.87%) Business Development
12 10 (10.87%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 35 (38.04%) C
2 33 (35.87%) C++
3 18 (19.57%) C#
4 13 (14.13%) Ladder Logic
5 11 (11.96%) Python
6 6 (6.52%) JavaScript
6 6 (6.52%) SQL
7 2 (2.17%) Bash
7 2 (2.17%) Embedded C
7 2 (2.17%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 41 (44.57%) Degree
2 18 (19.57%) HNC
3 16 (17.39%) HND
4 13 (14.13%) Chartered Engineer
5 12 (13.04%) Master's Degree
5 12 (13.04%) Security Cleared
6 9 (9.78%) SC Cleared
7 5 (5.43%) CCDA
7 5 (5.43%) CCDP
7 5 (5.43%) CCNA
7 5 (5.43%) CCNP
7 5 (5.43%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (2.17%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (2.17%) DBS Check
8 2 (2.17%) ISTQB
8 2 (2.17%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.17%) IEC 61131
1 2 (2.17%) ISO 9001
1 2 (2.17%) JTAG
1 2 (2.17%) NCSC
1 2 (2.17%) QA
2 1 (1.09%) IEC 61508
2 1 (1.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (1.09%) NIST
System Software
1 34 (36.96%) Firmware
2 18 (19.57%) Embedded Firmware
3 12 (13.04%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (11.96%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (1.09%) Hyper-V
5 1 (1.09%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 16 (17.39%) Functional Safety
2 5 (5.43%) Ansible
2 5 (5.43%) CASB
2 5 (5.43%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 2 (2.17%) Wonderware InTouch
Vendors
1 32 (34.78%) Siemens
2 25 (27.17%) Rockwell
3 16 (17.39%) Allen-Bradley
4 13 (14.13%) AVEVA
5 12 (13.04%) VMware
6 7 (7.61%) Microsoft
7 5 (5.43%) Aerohive Networks
7 5 (5.43%) Cisco
7 5 (5.43%) Ekahau
7 5 (5.43%) Extreme Networks
7 5 (5.43%) Fortinet
7 5 (5.43%) Juniper
7 5 (5.43%) Meraki
7 5 (5.43%) Palo Alto
7 5 (5.43%) SolarWinds
8 4 (4.35%) Google
9 3 (3.26%) SAP
10 2 (2.17%) Atmel
10 2 (2.17%) NVIDIA
10 2 (2.17%) Wonderware