Modbus Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Modbus
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent remote or hybrid work 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 3 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 394 564 661
Rank change year-on-year +170 +97 +146
Permanent jobs citing Modbus 23 20 16
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.15% 0.059% 0.038%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.91% 0.38% 0.34%
Number of salaries quoted 14 19 15
10th Percentile - - £54,500
25th Percentile £57,500 £58,250 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,000 £61,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.32% +2.50% +9.09%
75th Percentile £69,000 £69,375 £65,000
90th Percentile £79,250 £76,250 £70,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,750 £60,000
% change year-on-year -1.23% +1.25% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 2,518 5,288 4,767
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 16.60% 15.63% 11.20%
Number of salaries quoted 1,614 3,427 3,537
10th Percentile £23,504 £31,250 £31,400
25th Percentile £25,087 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -23.81% -8.70% +0.88%
75th Percentile £62,500 £67,500 £75,294
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £88,750
UK median annual salary £47,500 £48,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -1.04% -4.00% -4.76%

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Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Modbus as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Modbus trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

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Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Modbus.

Modbus salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Modbus over the 6 months to 3 May 2025.

Modbus salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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:

Applications
1 2 (8.70%) Simulink
2 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (4.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (8.70%) AWS
1 2 (8.70%) Azure
1 2 (8.70%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 9 (39.13%) Profibus
1 9 (39.13%) TCP/IP
1 9 (39.13%) Wireless
2 7 (30.43%) Bluetooth
2 7 (30.43%) RS-232
2 7 (30.43%) RS-485
2 7 (30.43%) ZigBee
3 3 (13.04%) Ethernet
4 2 (8.70%) MQTT
5 1 (4.35%) Firewall
5 1 (4.35%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (4.35%) LTE
5 1 (4.35%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 2 (8.70%) MSI
2 1 (4.35%) Eclipse
2 1 (4.35%) Git
2 1 (4.35%) Subversion
General
1 10 (43.48%) Social Skills
2 9 (39.13%) Finance
2 9 (39.13%) Organisational Skills
3 7 (30.43%) Electronics
3 7 (30.43%) Manufacturing
4 2 (8.70%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (4.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (4.35%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 17 (73.91%) Embedded Engineer
2 16 (69.57%) Senior
2 16 (69.57%) Senior Embedded Engineer
3 9 (39.13%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
3 9 (39.13%) Firmware Engineer
3 9 (39.13%) Senior Firmware Engineer
3 9 (39.13%) Software Engineer
4 8 (34.78%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 7 (30.43%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
5 7 (30.43%) Senior Software Engineer
6 2 (8.70%) Consultant
6 2 (8.70%) Solutions Consultant
6 2 (8.70%) Systems Engineer
7 1 (4.35%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (8.70%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 9 (39.13%) Device Driver
1 9 (39.13%) Product Ownership
2 7 (30.43%) Embedded Systems
3 3 (13.04%) IoT
4 1 (4.35%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (4.35%) Driving Licence
4 1 (4.35%) Fibre Optics
4 1 (4.35%) Operational Technology
4 1 (4.35%) Raspberry Pi
4 1 (4.35%) SCADA
4 1 (4.35%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 10 (43.48%) Linux
2 9 (39.13%) Embedded Linux
3 7 (30.43%) FreeRTOS
4 1 (4.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (4.35%) Windows
4 1 (4.35%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (47.83%) Software Engineering
2 9 (39.13%) CI/CD
2 9 (39.13%) Collaborative Working
2 9 (39.13%) Continuous Deployment
2 9 (39.13%) Continuous Integration
2 9 (39.13%) Multithreading
2 9 (39.13%) Software Architecture
3 7 (30.43%) TDD
3 7 (30.43%) Unit Testing
4 2 (8.70%) OO
4 2 (8.70%) OOP
4 2 (8.70%) Supply Chain Planning
4 2 (8.70%) Systems Engineering
5 1 (4.35%) Impact Assessments
5 1 (4.35%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 1 (4.35%) Patch Management
5 1 (4.35%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (4.35%) Project Delivery
5 1 (4.35%) Regulatory Compliance
5 1 (4.35%) Virtual Environments
Programming Languages
1 17 (73.91%) C
2 16 (69.57%) C++
3 2 (8.70%) MATLAB
4 1 (4.35%) Embedded C
4 1 (4.35%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (8.70%) Degree
2 1 (4.35%) SC Cleared
2 1 (4.35%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.70%) IEC 61131
2 1 (4.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 17 (73.91%) Firmware
2 16 (69.57%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (4.35%) Hyper-V
3 1 (4.35%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (4.35%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 1 (4.35%) Atmel
1 1 (4.35%) Microsoft
1 1 (4.35%) Red Hat
1 1 (4.35%) VMware