Modbus
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Modbus skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 731 589 814
Rank change year-on-year -142 +225 +27
Permanent jobs citing Modbus 43 92 63
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.044% 0.19% 0.062%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.59% 1.28% 0.50%
Number of salaries quoted 26 63 47
10th Percentile £36,000 £43,000 £35,250
25th Percentile £48,750 £47,000 £45,706
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% +4.76% -14.63%
75th Percentile £64,750 £69,000 £65,179
90th Percentile £85,000 £78,750 £70,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £54,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -1.82% +10.00% -4.76%

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 7,276 7,181 12,552
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 7.37% 14.58% 12.42%
Number of salaries quoted 4,672 4,153 8,783
10th Percentile £28,000 £25,087 £26,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £30,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% -7.77%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £86,250 £82,500 £77,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £39,458 £44,000
% change year-on-year +7.71% -10.32% -2.22%

Modbus
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Modbus job vacancy trend in the UK

Modbus
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Modbus.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Modbus

Modbus
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Modbus over the 6 months to 13 July 2026.

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 13 July 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
UK excluding London -112 40 £54,000 -1.82% 36
England -98 38 £54,000 -1.82% 31
Work from Home -4 24 £54,000 -18.18% 8
Midlands -46 15 £54,000 -1.82% 6
East of England -8 11 £61,500 - 6
East Midlands -34 11 £54,000 +3.85% 3
North West -12 7 £52,500 - 3
North of England -37 7 £52,500 +14.13% 5
West Midlands -31 4 £67,500 +22.73% 3
South East -28 3 £80,000 +23.08% 10
Scotland +3 2 - - 3
London -32 1 - - 4
Wales -60 1 £37,000 -50.67% 3
South West -67 1 £40,000 -27.27% 3

Modbus
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 (6.98%) FactoryTalk
1 3 (6.98%) WinCC
Applications
1 1 (2.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (2.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (2.33%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 6 (13.95%) Azure
2 3 (6.98%) AWS
2 3 (6.98%) GCP
3 1 (2.33%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (2.33%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 19 (44.19%) Wireless
2 17 (39.53%) Bluetooth
3 16 (37.21%) Profibus
4 9 (20.93%) RS-232
4 9 (20.93%) RS-485
4 9 (20.93%) ZigBee
5 8 (18.60%) Ethernet
5 8 (18.60%) LTE
5 8 (18.60%) Wi-Fi
6 3 (6.98%) Firewall
6 3 (6.98%) TCP/IP
7 2 (4.65%) LoRaWAN
7 2 (4.65%) MQTT
7 2 (4.65%) Network Security
8 1 (2.33%) AMQP
8 1 (2.33%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (6.98%) Data Lake
1 3 (6.98%) NoSQL
2 1 (2.33%) GIS
2 1 (2.33%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 5 (11.63%) Git
2 3 (6.98%) Eclipse
2 3 (6.98%) Subversion
General
1 17 (39.53%) Manufacturing
2 12 (27.91%) Electronics
2 12 (27.91%) Social Skills
3 9 (20.93%) Organisational Skills
4 6 (13.95%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (4.65%) Law
6 1 (2.33%) Games
6 1 (2.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 23 (53.49%) Software Engineer
2 20 (46.51%) Embedded Engineer
2 20 (46.51%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 14 (32.56%) Senior
3 14 (32.56%) Senior Software Engineer
4 11 (25.58%) Senior Embedded Engineer
4 11 (25.58%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
5 9 (20.93%) Systems Engineer
6 5 (11.63%) Architect
6 5 (11.63%) Control Systems Engineer
7 4 (9.30%) SCADA Engineer
8 3 (6.98%) Senior Systems Engineer
8 3 (6.98%) Solutions Architect
9 2 (4.65%) IT Engineer
9 2 (4.65%) Network Engineer
9 2 (4.65%) Systems Integrator
9 2 (4.65%) Technology Architect
10 1 (2.33%) Applications Engineer
10 1 (2.33%) IT Support
10 1 (2.33%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (9.30%) .NET
2 3 (6.98%) .NET Core
2 3 (6.98%) gRPC
2 3 (6.98%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 15 (34.88%) SCADA
2 9 (20.93%) Embedded Systems
3 8 (18.60%) Operational Technology
3 8 (18.60%) Raspberry Pi
4 7 (16.28%) Renewable Energy
5 5 (11.63%) IoT
6 3 (6.98%) Cloud Native
6 3 (6.98%) Security Posture
7 2 (4.65%) ARM Cortex
7 2 (4.65%) Driving Licence
7 2 (4.65%) Fibre Optics
7 2 (4.65%) Industrial Internet of Things
7 2 (4.65%) NB-IoT
7 2 (4.65%) Smart Meter
8 1 (2.33%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (2.33%) Data Centre
8 1 (2.33%) Manufacturing Execution System
8 1 (2.33%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 11 (25.58%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (60.47%) Software Engineering
2 9 (20.93%) TDD
2 9 (20.93%) Unit Testing
3 7 (16.28%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (11.63%) Code Quality
4 5 (11.63%) Project Delivery
5 4 (9.30%) Business Intelligence
5 4 (9.30%) Continuous Improvement
5 4 (9.30%) Cybersecurity
5 4 (9.30%) Integration Patterns
5 4 (9.30%) Technical Leadership
5 4 (9.30%) Visualisation
6 3 (6.98%) AI
6 3 (6.98%) Analytics
6 3 (6.98%) DevOps
6 3 (6.98%) Event-Driven Architecture
6 3 (6.98%) High Availability
6 3 (6.98%) Infrastructure as Code
6 3 (6.98%) Microservices
6 3 (6.98%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 21 (48.84%) C
2 12 (27.91%) C++
3 9 (20.93%) Embedded C
4 6 (13.95%) Python
5 4 (9.30%) C#
5 4 (9.30%) SQL
6 2 (4.65%) Ladder Logic
6 2 (4.65%) MATLAB
7 1 (2.33%) Java
Qualifications
1 2 (4.65%) CCNA
1 2 (4.65%) CCNP
1 2 (4.65%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (4.65%) Degree
1 2 (4.65%) Network+ Certification
2 1 (2.33%) DV Cleared
2 1 (2.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (6.98%) IEC 61131
2 2 (4.65%) IEC 61508
2 2 (4.65%) MISRA
2 2 (4.65%) MISRA C
System Software
1 21 (48.84%) Firmware
2 11 (25.58%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 3 (6.98%) Functional Safety
2 2 (4.65%) MOM
Vendors
1 3 (6.98%) Atmel
1 3 (6.98%) Rockwell
1 3 (6.98%) Siemens
2 2 (4.65%) Cisco
3 1 (2.33%) Cognizant
3 1 (2.33%) Microsoft
3 1 (2.33%) Oracle
3 1 (2.33%) Salesforce
3 1 (2.33%) SAP
3 1 (2.33%) ServiceNow
3 1 (2.33%) Wonderware