Hybrid/Remote Modbus Job Trends

Modbus
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring Modbus skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 427 404 473
Rank change year-on-year -23 +69 +49
Permanent jobs citing Modbus 30 20 17
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.13% 0.12% 0.073%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.30% 1.10% 0.47%
Number of salaries quoted 19 17 16
10th Percentile - £49,750 -
25th Percentile £51,000 £57,500 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £60,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -14.29% +7.69%
75th Percentile £64,750 £69,000 £74,688
90th Percentile £67,800 £80,000 £77,500
UK median annual salary £54,000 £55,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -1.82% -21.43% +7.69%

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 2,313 1,821 3,632
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 9.81% 11.32% 15.66%
Number of salaries quoted 1,343 1,061 1,667
10th Percentile £29,000 £25,087 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,000 £31,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £73,750 £68,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £86,000 £87,500 £82,500
UK median annual salary £47,500 £40,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +18.75% -20.00% -2.91%

Modbus
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Modbus and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Modbus job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Modbus
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Modbus.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Modbus

Modbus
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Modbus over the 6 months to 8 September 2026.

Modbus salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Modbus
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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:

Applications
1 6 (20.00%) Maple
Cloud Services
1 2 (6.67%) Azure
2 1 (3.33%) AWS
2 1 (3.33%) GCP
2 1 (3.33%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 19 (63.33%) Bluetooth
1 19 (63.33%) Wireless
2 15 (50.00%) Profibus
3 10 (33.33%) LTE
3 10 (33.33%) Wi-Fi
4 9 (30.00%) RS-232
4 9 (30.00%) RS-485
4 9 (30.00%) ZigBee
5 6 (20.00%) Ethernet
6 1 (3.33%) Firewall
6 1 (3.33%) MQTT
6 1 (3.33%) SNMP
6 1 (3.33%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.33%) Data Lake
1 1 (3.33%) NoSQL
1 1 (3.33%) Power BI
General
1 18 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 11 (36.67%) Manufacturing
3 9 (30.00%) Electronics
3 9 (30.00%) Organisational Skills
4 6 (20.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (3.33%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 19 (63.33%) Embedded Engineer
1 19 (63.33%) Embedded Software Engineer
1 19 (63.33%) Software Engineer
2 9 (30.00%) Senior
2 9 (30.00%) Senior Embedded Engineer
2 9 (30.00%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
2 9 (30.00%) Senior Software Engineer
3 3 (10.00%) Electrical Engineer
4 2 (6.67%) Operations Engineer
4 2 (6.67%) Operations Support Engineer
4 2 (6.67%) Support Engineer
5 1 (3.33%) Architect
5 1 (3.33%) IT Support
5 1 (3.33%) IT Support Technician
5 1 (3.33%) IT Technician
5 1 (3.33%) Lead
5 1 (3.33%) Solutions Architect
5 1 (3.33%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.33%) .NET
1 1 (3.33%) .NET Core
1 1 (3.33%) gRPC
1 1 (3.33%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 10 (33.33%) Raspberry Pi
2 9 (30.00%) Embedded Systems
3 7 (23.33%) SCADA
4 6 (20.00%) Driving Licence
5 1 (3.33%) Cloud Native
5 1 (3.33%) Data Centre
5 1 (3.33%) IoT
5 1 (3.33%) Manufacturing Execution System
5 1 (3.33%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 9 (30.00%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (66.67%) Software Engineering
2 9 (30.00%) TDD
2 9 (30.00%) Unit Testing
3 3 (10.00%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (6.67%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (6.67%) Customer Service
4 2 (6.67%) Energy Management
4 2 (6.67%) Tech Ops
5 1 (3.33%) AI
5 1 (3.33%) Analytics
5 1 (3.33%) Data Analysis
5 1 (3.33%) Data-Driven Decision Making
5 1 (3.33%) Decision-Making
5 1 (3.33%) DevOps
5 1 (3.33%) ERP
5 1 (3.33%) Event-Driven Architecture
5 1 (3.33%) Integration Patterns
5 1 (3.33%) Microservices
5 1 (3.33%) Validation
5 1 (3.33%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 19 (63.33%) C
2 10 (33.33%) Embedded C
3 9 (30.00%) C++
4 2 (6.67%) SQL
5 1 (3.33%) C#
Qualifications
1 6 (20.00%) HNC
2 2 (6.67%) City & Guilds
System Software
1 19 (63.33%) Firmware
2 9 (30.00%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (3.33%) MOM
Vendors
1 1 (3.33%) Microsoft