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 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 618 844 941
Rank change year-on-year +226 +97 +241
Permanent jobs citing Modbus 84 63 27
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.15% 0.061% 0.028%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.83% 0.46% 0.17%
Number of salaries quoted 56 49 25
10th Percentile £45,375 £34,950 £42,250
25th Percentile £47,000 £47,500 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% -11.11%
75th Percentile £71,125 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £73,750 £68,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +4.76% - -6.67%

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 10,094 13,581 15,458
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 18.08% 13.10% 16.14%
Number of salaries quoted 4,436 9,413 7,713
10th Percentile £23,504 £26,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £26,625 £32,500 £35,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £47,500 £50,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% -5.94% -3.81%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £77,500 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £35,000 £44,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -20.45% -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 31 May 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 31 May 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 +200 75 £55,000 +4.76% 82
England +188 62 £52,250 +4.50% 79
Work from Home +126 23 £66,000 +7.32% 21
Midlands +77 23 £52,000 -0.95% 11
North of England +56 19 £46,000 -20.00% 14
Yorkshire - 16 £46,000 - 6
East Midlands +49 15 £52,000 -0.95% 2
Wales - 10 £76,250 - 8
Scotland +117 9 £66,000 +7.32% 12
West Midlands +62 8 £55,000 +10.00% 9
London +110 6 £77,500 +14.81% 16
East of England +47 6 - - 1
South West - 5 £55,000 - 6
South East +59 4 £85,000 +88.89% 28
North West +4 3 - - 7

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 11 (13.10%) WinCC
Applications
1 11 (13.10%) EPLAN
2 2 (2.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (2.38%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.38%) Simulink
3 1 (1.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (5.95%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 16 (19.05%) Azure
2 4 (4.76%) AWS
3 3 (3.57%) GCP
4 1 (1.19%) AWS IoT
Communications & Networking
1 27 (32.14%) Profibus
2 26 (30.95%) Ethernet
3 22 (26.19%) MQTT
4 21 (25.00%) RS-485
5 20 (23.81%) TCP/IP
6 12 (14.29%) Network Security
7 10 (11.90%) Wireless
8 7 (8.33%) Bluetooth
8 7 (8.33%) LoRaWAN
8 7 (8.33%) Wi-Fi
9 6 (7.14%) Firewall
9 6 (7.14%) RS-232
9 6 (7.14%) ZigBee
10 5 (5.95%) ADSL
10 5 (5.95%) Cisco Firepower
10 5 (5.95%) Cisco Nexus
10 5 (5.95%) MPLS
10 5 (5.95%) VPN
10 5 (5.95%) WAN
11 3 (3.57%) LTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (5.95%) PostgreSQL
1 5 (5.95%) RDBMS
1 5 (5.95%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 5 (5.95%) Sonatype Nexus
2 3 (3.57%) Git
2 3 (3.57%) MSI
3 2 (2.38%) Eclipse
3 2 (2.38%) Subversion
4 1 (1.19%) JIRA
General
1 28 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 22 (26.19%) Manufacturing
3 19 (22.62%) Electronics
4 17 (20.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 11 (13.10%) Retail
6 10 (11.90%) Finance
7 8 (9.52%) Organisational Skills
8 5 (5.95%) Pharmaceutical
9 3 (3.57%) Analytical Skills
9 3 (3.57%) Public Sector
10 2 (2.38%) Marketing
10 2 (2.38%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (2.38%) Telecoms
11 1 (1.19%) Aerospace
11 1 (1.19%) Agriculture
Job Titles
1 22 (26.19%) Embedded Engineer
2 21 (25.00%) Systems Engineer
3 20 (23.81%) Senior
4 17 (20.24%) Software Engineer
5 14 (16.67%) Lead
5 14 (16.67%) Senior Embedded Engineer
6 13 (15.48%) Automation Engineer
7 12 (14.29%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
7 12 (14.29%) Firmware Engineer
8 11 (13.10%) Process Engineer
9 10 (11.90%) Embedded Software Engineer
9 10 (11.90%) Senior Software Engineer
10 9 (10.71%) Developer
10 9 (10.71%) Lead Developer
11 8 (9.52%) Senior Firmware Engineer
12 7 (8.33%) Firmware Developer
13 6 (7.14%) Control Systems Engineer
13 6 (7.14%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
14 5 (5.95%) Presales Engineer
14 5 (5.95%) Presales Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (15.48%) .NET
2 2 (2.38%) CSS
2 2 (2.38%) JSON
3 1 (1.19%) Node-RED
Miscellaneous
1 36 (42.86%) SCADA
2 25 (29.76%) IoT
3 20 (23.81%) Device Driver
4 13 (15.48%) Operational Technology
5 11 (13.10%) Embedded Systems
6 8 (9.52%) Product Ownership
7 5 (5.95%) Biopharmaceutical
7 5 (5.95%) Renewable Energy
8 4 (4.76%) Analogue Electronics
8 4 (4.76%) CAN bus
8 4 (4.76%) Industry 4.0
9 3 (3.57%) Data Centre
10 2 (2.38%) Driving Licence
10 2 (2.38%) NB-IoT
10 2 (2.38%) Raspberry Pi
11 1 (1.19%) ARM Cortex
11 1 (1.19%) Cyber Threat
11 1 (1.19%) Fibre Optics
11 1 (1.19%) Industrial Internet of Things
11 1 (1.19%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 25 (29.76%) Linux
2 13 (15.48%) Windows
3 12 (14.29%) Embedded Linux
3 12 (14.29%) Unix
4 6 (7.14%) FreeRTOS
5 1 (1.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (1.19%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (32.14%) Software Engineering
2 25 (29.76%) Mentoring
3 17 (20.24%) Problem-Solving
4 16 (19.05%) Validation
5 15 (17.86%) Agile
6 13 (15.48%) CI/CD
7 12 (14.29%) API Development
7 12 (14.29%) Computer Architecture
7 12 (14.29%) Computer Science
7 12 (14.29%) Product Strategy
7 12 (14.29%) Technical Debt
7 12 (14.29%) Technical Leadership
8 11 (13.10%) CAD
8 11 (13.10%) Risk Assessment
9 10 (11.90%) Decarbonisation
9 10 (11.90%) Network Design
9 10 (11.90%) Verification and Validation
10 8 (9.52%) Collaborative Working
10 8 (9.52%) Continuous Deployment
10 8 (9.52%) Software Architecture
Programming Languages
1 34 (40.48%) C
2 32 (38.10%) C++
3 13 (15.48%) C#
4 7 (8.33%) Ladder Logic
5 5 (5.95%) Python
5 5 (5.95%) SQL
6 2 (2.38%) Embedded C
6 2 (2.38%) JavaScript
6 2 (2.38%) MATLAB
7 1 (1.19%) Bash
Qualifications
1 25 (29.76%) Degree
2 15 (17.86%) HNC
3 13 (15.48%) Security Cleared
4 11 (13.10%) SC Cleared
5 6 (7.14%) Master's Degree
6 5 (5.95%) CCDA
6 5 (5.95%) CCDP
6 5 (5.95%) CCNA
6 5 (5.95%) CCNP
6 5 (5.95%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (4.76%) Chartered Engineer
7 4 (4.76%) HND
8 1 (1.19%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (1.19%) DBS Check
8 1 (1.19%) ISTQB
8 1 (1.19%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.38%) IEC 61131
2 1 (1.19%) IEC 61508
2 1 (1.19%) ISO 9001
2 1 (1.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (1.19%) JTAG
2 1 (1.19%) NCSC
2 1 (1.19%) NIST
2 1 (1.19%) QA
System Software
1 33 (39.29%) Firmware
2 19 (22.62%) Embedded Firmware
3 4 (4.76%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (3.57%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (1.19%) Hyper-V
5 1 (1.19%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 11 (13.10%) Wonderware InTouch
2 5 (5.95%) Ansible
2 5 (5.95%) CASB
2 5 (5.95%) Functional Safety
2 5 (5.95%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 23 (27.38%) Siemens
2 18 (21.43%) Allen-Bradley
3 12 (14.29%) Google
4 11 (13.10%) Wonderware
5 10 (11.90%) Rockwell
6 8 (9.52%) Microsoft
7 5 (5.95%) Aerohive Networks
7 5 (5.95%) Cisco
7 5 (5.95%) Ekahau
7 5 (5.95%) Extreme Networks
7 5 (5.95%) Fortinet
7 5 (5.95%) Juniper
7 5 (5.95%) Meraki
7 5 (5.95%) Palo Alto
7 5 (5.95%) SolarWinds
8 4 (4.76%) AVEVA
8 4 (4.76%) VMware
9 2 (2.38%) Atmel
9 2 (2.38%) SAP
10 1 (1.19%) Red Hat