SCADA Contracts in the UK excluding London

Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition (SCADA)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term SCADA in contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited SCADA over the 6 months to 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 358 396 468
Rank change year-on-year +38 +72 -43
Contract jobs citing SCADA 38 51 44
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.19% 0.22% 0.14%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.64% 0.67% 0.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 34 39
10th Percentile £425 £313 £363
25th Percentile £444 £425 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year +9.52% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £700 £575 £719
90th Percentile £760 £647 £750
UK median daily rate £575 £550 £525
% change year-on-year +4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 0
Median hourly rate £26.66 £48.13 -
Median % change year-on-year -44.61% - -
UK median hourly rate £26.66 £48.13 -
% change year-on-year -44.61% - -

All Generic Skills
UK excluding London

SCADA is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 5,968 7,613 9,647
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 29.14% 32.45% 31.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,580 5,131 6,667
10th Percentile £210 £220 £205
25th Percentile £375 £394 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £595 £613 £575
90th Percentile £688 £700 £669
UK median daily rate £540 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -1.82% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 720 433 451
10th Percentile £12.15 £9.80 £12.21
25th Percentile £14.06 £10.63 £15.50
Median hourly rate £28.50 £22.00 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +29.55% +4.76% -12.50%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £46.30
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £31.13 £22.49 £27.50
% change year-on-year +38.43% -18.24% +4.05%

SCADA
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing SCADA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for SCADA in the UK excluding London

SCADA
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SCADA in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for SCADA in the UK excluding London

SCADA
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SCADA in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for SCADA in the UK excluding London

SCADA
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SCADA in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for SCADA in the UK excluding London

SCADA
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SCADA within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 9 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
South East +21 11 £575 +6.98% 33
Midlands +31 8 £450 -10.00% 46
Scotland +35 7 £646 +23.10% 27
North of England +31 7 £638 - 57
West Midlands +17 7 £450 -10.00% 24
South West +18 5 £700 - 17
North East - 5 £638 - 9
North West +15 2 - - 25
East Midlands - 1 - - 22
SCADA
UK

SCADA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 (5.26%) Microsoft Project
1 2 (5.26%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (2.63%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 5 (13.16%) Azure
2 4 (10.53%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (18.42%) LTE
2 5 (13.16%) WAN
3 3 (7.89%) Cisco ASA
3 3 (7.89%) Cisco Nexus
3 3 (7.89%) Firewall
3 3 (7.89%) Reverse Proxy
3 3 (7.89%) TETRA
4 2 (5.26%) LAN
4 2 (5.26%) Network Security
5 1 (2.63%) ADSL
5 1 (2.63%) DSL
5 1 (2.63%) GPRS
5 1 (2.63%) GSM
5 1 (2.63%) SDH
5 1 (2.63%) VSAT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (10.53%) GIS
General
1 12 (31.58%) Analytical Skills
2 7 (18.42%) Telecoms
3 4 (10.53%) Social Skills
4 3 (7.89%) Legal
5 2 (5.26%) Aerospace
5 2 (5.26%) Automotive
5 2 (5.26%) Finance
5 2 (5.26%) Law
6 1 (2.63%) Billing
6 1 (2.63%) Electronics
6 1 (2.63%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 7 (18.42%) Analyst
2 6 (15.79%) Architect
3 5 (13.16%) SCADA Engineer
3 5 (13.16%) Systems Engineer
4 4 (10.53%) Graduate
4 4 (10.53%) Solutions Architect
5 3 (7.89%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 3 (7.89%) Security Analyst
6 2 (5.26%) Consultant
6 2 (5.26%) Coordinator
6 2 (5.26%) Graduate Systems Engineer
6 2 (5.26%) Project Coordinator
6 2 (5.26%) Security Consultant
6 2 (5.26%) Security Engineer
6 2 (5.26%) Systems Analyst
6 2 (5.26%) Telecoms Engineer
7 1 (2.63%) Infrastructure Architect
7 1 (2.63%) IT Support Analyst
7 1 (2.63%) Technical Analyst
7 1 (2.63%) Technical Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (13.16%) Middleware
2 3 (7.89%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 21 (55.26%) Operational Technology
2 8 (21.05%) Data Centre
3 5 (13.16%) CCTV
4 3 (7.89%) Virtual Team
5 2 (5.26%) Management Information System
6 1 (2.63%) Fibre Optics
6 1 (2.63%) FMCG
6 1 (2.63%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 5 (13.16%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (28.95%) Cybersecurity
2 9 (23.68%) Problem-Solving
3 7 (18.42%) Decision-Making
4 5 (13.16%) Analytical Thinking
4 5 (13.16%) Computer Science
4 5 (13.16%) Data Centre Operations
4 5 (13.16%) ITIL
4 5 (13.16%) Proactive Monitoring
4 5 (13.16%) Release Management
4 5 (13.16%) Service Management
4 5 (13.16%) SIEM
5 4 (10.53%) Identity Access Management
5 4 (10.53%) TOGAF
6 3 (7.89%) Agile
6 3 (7.89%) Cyber Resilience
6 3 (7.89%) Network Design
6 3 (7.89%) Network Virtualisation
6 3 (7.89%) Risk Assessment
6 3 (7.89%) Risk Management
6 3 (7.89%) Vulnerability Assessment
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.63%) C#
1 1 (2.63%) Python
1 1 (2.63%) SQL
Qualifications
1 13 (34.21%) Degree
2 6 (15.79%) CCNA
2 6 (15.79%) Cisco Certification
3 5 (13.16%) CISSP
4 3 (7.89%) CCNP
4 3 (7.89%) Network+ Certification
4 3 (7.89%) OSCP
5 2 (5.26%) DBS Check
5 2 (5.26%) Master's Degree
6 1 (2.63%) HND
6 1 (2.63%) SC Cleared
6 1 (2.63%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (10.53%) GDPR
2 2 (5.26%) GRC
2 2 (5.26%) ISA99
2 2 (5.26%) NIST
2 2 (5.26%) NIST 800
2 2 (5.26%) QA
System Software
1 3 (7.89%) VMware Infrastructure
1 3 (7.89%) VMware NSX
Vendors
1 5 (13.16%) BMC
2 3 (7.89%) CheckPoint
2 3 (7.89%) Cisco
2 3 (7.89%) Palo Alto
2 3 (7.89%) VMware
3 2 (5.26%) LogRhythm
3 2 (5.26%) Microsoft
3 2 (5.26%) SAP