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 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 614 822 964
Rank change year-on-year +208 +142 +164
Permanent jobs citing Modbus 70 63 23
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.13% 0.064% 0.022%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.01% 0.46% 0.14%
Number of salaries quoted 42 50 19
10th Percentile £47,000 £35,250 £40,700
25th Percentile £47,125 £47,500 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,750 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.88% +1.25% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £73,750 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% +2.13%

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 6,936 13,623 16,032
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.30% 13.85% 15.42%
Number of salaries quoted 4,252 9,516 8,186
10th Percentile £23,731 £26,250 £27,750
25th Percentile £30,500 £32,500 £36,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £47,500 £50,250
Median % change year-on-year - -5.47% -4.29%
75th Percentile £67,500 £63,750 £71,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £77,715 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £43,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -8.05% -3.33% -

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 30 April 2025.

Salary histogram for Modbus in the UK

Modbus
Top 14 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 30 April 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 +210 61 £60,000 +4.35% 87
England +193 48 £52,000 +4.00% 83
Work from Home +184 23 £66,000 +7.32% 18
North of England +99 16 £46,000 -20.00% 20
Midlands +65 15 £52,000 -0.95% 9
Yorkshire - 15 £46,000 - 8
East Midlands +51 11 £52,000 -0.95% 4
Wales - 10 £76,250 - 5
Scotland +122 9 £66,000 +7.32% 17
East of England +56 7 £60,000 -7.69% 8
London +109 6 £77,500 +14.81% 20
South East +95 4 - - 23
West Midlands +53 4 £56,625 +13.25% 5
North West +33 1 - - 8

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 14 (20.00%) WinCC
Applications
1 14 (20.00%) EPLAN
2 2 (2.86%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (2.86%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.86%) Simulink
3 1 (1.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 17 (24.29%) Azure
2 5 (7.14%) AWS
3 2 (2.86%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 26 (37.14%) Profibus
2 22 (31.43%) RS-485
3 21 (30.00%) TCP/IP
4 20 (28.57%) Ethernet
5 17 (24.29%) MQTT
6 12 (17.14%) Network Security
6 12 (17.14%) Wireless
7 7 (10.00%) Bluetooth
7 7 (10.00%) RS-232
7 7 (10.00%) ZigBee
8 4 (5.71%) LTE
9 3 (4.29%) 3G
9 3 (4.29%) GPRS
10 1 (1.43%) 5G
10 1 (1.43%) Firewall
10 1 (1.43%) Internet
10 1 (1.43%) Intrusion Detection
10 1 (1.43%) LoRaWAN
10 1 (1.43%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (7.14%) PostgreSQL
1 5 (7.14%) RDBMS
1 5 (7.14%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 3 (4.29%) JIRA
1 3 (4.29%) MSI
2 1 (1.43%) Eclipse
2 1 (1.43%) Git
2 1 (1.43%) Subversion
General
1 26 (37.14%) Social Skills
2 16 (22.86%) Manufacturing
3 15 (21.43%) Electronics
3 15 (21.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 14 (20.00%) Retail
5 13 (18.57%) Finance
6 9 (12.86%) Organisational Skills
7 5 (7.14%) Public Sector
8 4 (5.71%) Marketing
8 4 (5.71%) Telecoms
9 3 (4.29%) Analytical Skills
10 2 (2.86%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (1.43%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 20 (28.57%) Senior
2 19 (27.14%) Embedded Engineer
3 18 (25.71%) Systems Engineer
4 16 (22.86%) Senior Embedded Engineer
5 15 (21.43%) Software Engineer
6 14 (20.00%) Process Engineer
7 11 (15.71%) Lead
7 11 (15.71%) Senior Software Engineer
8 10 (14.29%) Automation Engineer
8 10 (14.29%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
8 10 (14.29%) Firmware Engineer
9 9 (12.86%) Developer
9 9 (12.86%) Lead Developer
9 9 (12.86%) Senior Firmware Engineer
10 8 (11.43%) Embedded Software Engineer
11 7 (10.00%) Firmware Developer
11 7 (10.00%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
12 3 (4.29%) Engineering Manager
12 3 (4.29%) Lead Software Engineer
12 3 (4.29%) Product Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (15.71%) .NET
2 2 (2.86%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 29 (41.43%) SCADA
2 21 (30.00%) Device Driver
2 21 (30.00%) IoT
3 9 (12.86%) Product Ownership
4 8 (11.43%) Embedded Systems
5 4 (5.71%) NB-IoT
6 2 (2.86%) Driving Licence
6 2 (2.86%) Operational Technology
7 1 (1.43%) Analogue Electronics
7 1 (1.43%) CAN bus
7 1 (1.43%) Cyber Threat
7 1 (1.43%) Fibre Optics
7 1 (1.43%) Industrial Internet of Things
7 1 (1.43%) Raspberry Pi
7 1 (1.43%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 23 (32.86%) Linux
2 13 (18.57%) Windows
3 12 (17.14%) Unix
4 10 (14.29%) Embedded Linux
5 7 (10.00%) FreeRTOS
6 1 (1.43%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (1.43%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (35.71%) Software Engineering
2 17 (24.29%) Problem-Solving
3 16 (22.86%) Agile
4 14 (20.00%) CAD
4 14 (20.00%) CI/CD
5 13 (18.57%) Computer Science
5 13 (18.57%) Mentoring
6 12 (17.14%) API Development
6 12 (17.14%) Computer Architecture
6 12 (17.14%) Product Strategy
6 12 (17.14%) Technical Debt
6 12 (17.14%) Technical Leadership
6 12 (17.14%) Validation
7 10 (14.29%) Decarbonisation
7 10 (14.29%) Multithreading
7 10 (14.29%) Verification and Validation
8 9 (12.86%) Collaborative Working
8 9 (12.86%) Continuous Deployment
8 9 (12.86%) Continuous Integration
8 9 (12.86%) Software Architecture
Programming Languages
1 31 (44.29%) C
2 30 (42.86%) C++
3 12 (17.14%) C#
4 5 (7.14%) SQL
5 2 (2.86%) Ladder Logic
5 2 (2.86%) MATLAB
6 1 (1.43%) Embedded C
6 1 (1.43%) Python
Qualifications
1 18 (25.71%) Degree
2 14 (20.00%) HNC
3 12 (17.14%) Security Cleared
4 11 (15.71%) SC Cleared
5 2 (2.86%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.86%) IEC 61131
2 1 (1.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (1.43%) NCSC
System Software
1 30 (42.86%) Firmware
2 17 (24.29%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (1.43%) Hyper-V
3 1 (1.43%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (1.43%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 14 (20.00%) Wonderware InTouch
Vendors
1 17 (24.29%) Siemens
2 16 (22.86%) Allen-Bradley
3 14 (20.00%) Google
3 14 (20.00%) Wonderware
4 4 (5.71%) SAP
5 3 (4.29%) Microsoft
6 2 (2.86%) Rockwell
7 1 (1.43%) Atmel
7 1 (1.43%) Red Hat
7 1 (1.43%) VMware