Modbus Job Trends in the West Midlands

Modbus
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring Modbus skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 196 158 -
Rank change year-on-year -38 - -
Permanent jobs citing Modbus 6 18 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 0.070% 0.52% -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.50% 3.99% -
Number of salaries quoted 4 14 0
10th Percentile £50,325 - -
25th Percentile £52,688 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,750 £55,000 -
Median % change year-on-year +12.27% - -
75th Percentile £68,750 - -
90th Percentile - £58,413 -
England median annual salary £54,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -1.82% +10.00% -23.08%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
West Midlands

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 West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 401 451 791
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 4.71% 13.11% 12.21%
Number of salaries quoted 333 354 483
10th Percentile £28,000 £27,750 £26,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £30,750 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £39,500 £43,227
Median % change year-on-year +20.25% -8.62% -3.94%
75th Percentile £62,500 £55,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £73,750 £68,750
England median annual salary £47,500 £42,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +11.76% -15.00% -1.96%

Modbus
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Modbus job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

Modbus
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Modbus.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Modbus

Modbus
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Modbus in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 10 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Modbus in the West Midlands

Modbus
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Modbus within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 10 August 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
Staffordshire -1 4 £67,500 - 2
Warwickshire - 1 £56,000 - 2
Worcestershire - 1 £52,500 - 1
Modbus
England

Modbus
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 2 (33.33%) FactoryTalk
2 1 (16.67%) WinCC
Communications & Networking
1 4 (66.67%) Ethernet
2 2 (33.33%) Profibus
3 1 (16.67%) DMZ
3 1 (16.67%) IPv4
3 1 (16.67%) OSPF
3 1 (16.67%) VLAN
3 1 (16.67%) VPN
Development Applications
1 2 (33.33%) Git
General
1 2 (33.33%) Electronics
2 1 (16.67%) Finance
2 1 (16.67%) Manufacturing
2 1 (16.67%) Retail
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Senior
1 3 (50.00%) Senior Software Engineer
1 3 (50.00%) Software Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) Control Systems Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) Embedded Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) Embedded Software Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) Senior Embedded Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Automation Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Commissioning Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Principal Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Principal Systems Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Senior Systems Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (50.00%) SCADA
2 2 (33.33%) ARM Cortex
3 1 (16.67%) Driving Licence
3 1 (16.67%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 2 (33.33%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Validation
2 3 (50.00%) Code Quality
2 3 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (50.00%) Customer Requirements
2 3 (50.00%) Software Engineering
3 2 (33.33%) Collaborative Working
3 2 (33.33%) Embedded Software Development
3 2 (33.33%) Integration Testing
3 2 (33.33%) Secure Coding
3 2 (33.33%) Software Architecture
3 2 (33.33%) Software Testing
3 2 (33.33%) Technical Leadership
3 2 (33.33%) Test Automation
4 1 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (16.67%) Data Modelling
4 1 (16.67%) High Availability
4 1 (16.67%) OO
4 1 (16.67%) Project Delivery
4 1 (16.67%) Root Cause Analysis
4 1 (16.67%) System Integration Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (33.33%) C
1 2 (33.33%) C++
1 2 (33.33%) MATLAB
1 2 (33.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (50.00%) IEC 61508
2 2 (33.33%) MISRA
2 2 (33.33%) MISRA C
3 1 (16.67%) IEC 61131
System Software
1 2 (33.33%) Embedded Firmware
1 2 (33.33%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (33.33%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Allen-Bradley
1 1 (16.67%) Rockwell
1 1 (16.67%) Siemens