Modbus
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Modbus skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Modbus over the 6 months to 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 528 654 837
Rank change year-on-year +126 +183 -141
Contract jobs citing Modbus 43 33 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.10% 0.058% 0.008%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.80% 0.47% 0.073%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 10 5
10th Percentile £375 £400 -
25th Percentile £383 £477 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year -17.07% -2.38% +75.00%
75th Percentile £463 £573 £613
90th Percentile - £603 £680
UK excluding London median daily rate £425 £575 £650
% change year-on-year -26.09% -11.54% +116.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 11 0
10th Percentile - £52.50 -
25th Percentile £61.25 £58.13 -
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - £68.75 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

Modbus is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 5,394 7,081 9,601
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 12.67% 12.44% 10.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,215 4,577 6,274
10th Percentile £205 £235 £231
25th Percentile £350 £400 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £515 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.85% +3.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £610
90th Percentile £694 £725 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £450
% change year-on-year - +5.56% +12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 417 458 370
10th Percentile £13.50 £9.80 £15.25
25th Percentile £16.30 £10.63 £17.00
Median hourly rate £40.00 £18.50 £28.33
Median % change year-on-year +116.22% -34.70% +13.32%
75th Percentile £63.75 £59.21 £50.94
90th Percentile £70.00 £74.65 £65.59
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.88 £18.00 £21.50
% change year-on-year +154.89% -16.28% -7.37%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Modbus.

Daily rate trend for Modbus in the UK

Modbus
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Modbus.

Hourly rate trend for Modbus in the UK

Modbus
Top 9 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Modbus within the UK over the 6 months to 18 May 2024. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +124 41 £425 +6.25% 49
UK excluding London +73 41 £425 -26.09% 52
East of England +17 35 - - 6
Work from Home +95 3 £425 -17.07% 16
Scotland +41 2 - - 6
South East +33 2 £425 +6.25% 8
North of England - 2 £411 - 16
London - 2 - - 4
North East - 2 £411 - 2

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:

Applications
1 1 (2.33%) AutoCAD
1 1 (2.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (2.33%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 2 (4.65%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 35 (81.40%) RS-422
1 35 (81.40%) RS-485
2 2 (4.65%) AMQP
2 2 (4.65%) Firewall
2 2 (4.65%) MQTT
2 2 (4.65%) TCP/IP
3 1 (2.33%) DMZ
3 1 (2.33%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.65%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (4.65%) CMake
1 2 (4.65%) JIRA
General
1 35 (81.40%) Electronics
2 28 (65.12%) Social Skills
3 2 (4.65%) Manufacturing
4 1 (2.33%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 36 (83.72%) Software Engineer
2 26 (60.47%) C++ Software Engineer
3 7 (16.28%) C Software Engineer
3 7 (16.28%) C/C++ Software Engineer
4 1 (2.33%) Build Engineer
4 1 (2.33%) Cybersecurity Architect
4 1 (2.33%) Cybersecurity Consultant
4 1 (2.33%) Hardware Engineer
4 1 (2.33%) Hardware Test Engineer
4 1 (2.33%) IoT Software Engineer
4 1 (2.33%) Linux Build Engineer
4 1 (2.33%) Linux Engineer
4 1 (2.33%) Linux Server Engineer
4 1 (2.33%) Security Architect
4 1 (2.33%) Server Build Engineer
4 1 (2.33%) Server Engineer
4 1 (2.33%) Validation Engineer
4 1 (2.33%) Windows Build Engineer
4 1 (2.33%) Windows Engineer
4 1 (2.33%) Windows Server Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.65%) Apache NiFi
1 2 (4.65%) YAML
1 2 (4.65%) Yocto
2 1 (2.33%) JSON
2 1 (2.33%) Web Services
2 1 (2.33%) XML
2 1 (2.33%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 28 (65.12%) Self-Motivation
2 3 (6.98%) IoT
3 2 (4.65%) PKI
4 1 (2.33%) Data Centre
4 1 (2.33%) Industrial Internet of Things
4 1 (2.33%) Industry 4.0
4 1 (2.33%) Operational Technology
4 1 (2.33%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 3 (6.98%) Linux
2 2 (4.65%) Embedded Linux
3 1 (2.33%) Windows
3 1 (2.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (88.37%) Software Engineering
2 37 (86.05%) Agile
3 35 (81.40%) Continuous Improvement
3 35 (81.40%) Continuous Integration
3 35 (81.40%) Customer Requirements
3 35 (81.40%) DevOps
3 35 (81.40%) Pair Programming
3 35 (81.40%) Software Testing
3 35 (81.40%) TDD
3 35 (81.40%) Unit Testing
4 7 (16.28%) Scrum
5 2 (4.65%) CI/CD
5 2 (4.65%) Validation
5 2 (4.65%) Visualisation
6 1 (2.33%) Cybersecurity
6 1 (2.33%) Data Collection
6 1 (2.33%) Data Visualisation
6 1 (2.33%) Infrastructure Management
6 1 (2.33%) Performance Management
6 1 (2.33%) Reverse Engineering
Programming Languages
1 37 (86.05%) C
1 37 (86.05%) C#
2 35 (81.40%) C++
3 2 (4.65%) Embedded C
3 2 (4.65%) SQL
4 1 (2.33%) JavaScript
4 1 (2.33%) PowerShell
4 1 (2.33%) Python
4 1 (2.33%) VBA
Qualifications
1 1 (2.33%) CCNA
1 1 (2.33%) CISA
1 1 (2.33%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (2.33%) CISM
1 1 (2.33%) CISSP
1 1 (2.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.33%) ISA99
1 1 (2.33%) NCSC
1 1 (2.33%) NIST
1 1 (2.33%) NIST 800
System Software
1 2 (4.65%) Docker
2 1 (2.33%) Embedded Firmware
2 1 (2.33%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (4.65%) Grafana
2 1 (2.33%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 2 (4.65%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.33%) Autodesk
2 1 (2.33%) CheckPoint
2 1 (2.33%) ForeScout
2 1 (2.33%) Kepware
2 1 (2.33%) Palo Alto
2 1 (2.33%) Rockwell
2 1 (2.33%) Siemens
2 1 (2.33%) Wonderware