Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition (SCADA)
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term SCADA in contract job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited SCADA over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 547 629 747
Rank change year-on-year +82 +118 -83
Contract jobs citing SCADA 51 90 102
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.12% 0.15% 0.11%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.39% 0.45% 0.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 58 84
10th Percentile £425 £313 £377
25th Percentile £472 £495 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £700 £638 £578
90th Percentile £765 £688 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £575 £525 £493
% change year-on-year +9.52% +6.49% -1.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 0
Median hourly rate £26.66 £48.13 -
Median % change year-on-year -44.61% - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £26.66 £48.13 -
% change year-on-year -44.61% - -

All Generic Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 13,143 19,914 29,327
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 30.35% 33.30% 33.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,422 13,704 20,462
10th Percentile £263 £308 £313
25th Percentile £413 £450 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £656 £680 £653
90th Percentile £788 £800 £756
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 903 647 727
10th Percentile £12.25 £9.80 £14.11
25th Percentile £15.17 £10.63 £16.88
Median hourly rate £28.50 £22.49 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +26.75% -18.24% +3.19%
75th Percentile £60.00 £64.75 £50.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £66.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.50 £22.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +25.00% +10.00% -16.67%

SCADA
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing SCADA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for SCADA in the UK

SCADA
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for SCADA in the UK

SCADA
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SCADA over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for SCADA in the UK

SCADA
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for SCADA in the UK

SCADA
Top 13 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 27 April 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 +105 40 £533 -3.18% 214
UK excluding London +51 36 £575 +9.52% 211
Work from Home +111 20 £575 -4.17% 73
South East +22 11 £575 +4.55% 39
London +88 9 £550 - 25
Midlands +18 8 £450 -10.00% 57
North of England +35 7 £638 - 47
Scotland +29 7 £646 +98.85% 24
West Midlands +24 7 £450 -10.00% 38
North East - 5 £638 - 5
South West +23 3 £700 - 17
North West +16 2 - - 24
East Midlands - 1 - - 19

SCADA
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (1.96%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (3.92%) Microsoft Project
1 2 (3.92%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (5.88%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 7 (13.73%) Azure
2 5 (9.80%) AWS
3 1 (1.96%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 7 (13.73%) LTE
2 5 (9.80%) WAN
3 4 (7.84%) Firewall
4 3 (5.88%) Cisco ASA
4 3 (5.88%) Cisco Nexus
4 3 (5.88%) Reverse Proxy
4 3 (5.88%) TETRA
5 2 (3.92%) LAN
5 2 (3.92%) Network Security
6 1 (1.96%) ADSL
6 1 (1.96%) DSL
6 1 (1.96%) GPRS
6 1 (1.96%) GSM
6 1 (1.96%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (1.96%) SDH
6 1 (1.96%) VSAT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (9.80%) GIS
Development Applications
1 1 (1.96%) JIRA
General
1 14 (27.45%) Analytical Skills
2 9 (17.65%) Social Skills
3 6 (11.76%) Telecoms
4 3 (5.88%) Legal
5 2 (3.92%) Aerospace
5 2 (3.92%) Automotive
5 2 (3.92%) Finance
5 2 (3.92%) Law
5 2 (3.92%) Manufacturing
6 1 (1.96%) Billing
6 1 (1.96%) Electronics
6 1 (1.96%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 9 (17.65%) Architect
2 7 (13.73%) Analyst
2 7 (13.73%) SCADA Engineer
3 6 (11.76%) Consultant
3 6 (11.76%) Systems Engineer
4 5 (9.80%) Security Consultant
5 4 (7.84%) Graduate
5 4 (7.84%) Solutions Architect
6 3 (5.88%) Enterprise Architect
7 2 (3.92%) Applications Support
7 2 (3.92%) Coordinator
7 2 (3.92%) Cybersecurity Analyst
7 2 (3.92%) Graduate Systems Engineer
7 2 (3.92%) Project Coordinator
7 2 (3.92%) Security Analyst
7 2 (3.92%) Support Analyst
7 2 (3.92%) Systems Analyst
7 2 (3.92%) Telecoms Engineer
8 1 (1.96%) Cybersecurity Engineer
8 1 (1.96%) Cybersecurity Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (9.80%) Middleware
2 3 (5.88%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 28 (54.90%) Operational Technology
2 8 (15.69%) Data Centre
3 5 (9.80%) CCTV
4 3 (5.88%) Management Information System
4 3 (5.88%) Security Posture
4 3 (5.88%) Virtual Team
5 2 (3.92%) IoT
6 1 (1.96%) Fibre Optics
6 1 (1.96%) FMCG
6 1 (1.96%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 5 (9.80%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (31.37%) Cybersecurity
2 11 (21.57%) Problem-Solving
3 7 (13.73%) Decision-Making
4 5 (9.80%) Analytical Thinking
4 5 (9.80%) Computer Science
4 5 (9.80%) Data Centre Operations
4 5 (9.80%) ITIL
4 5 (9.80%) Proactive Monitoring
4 5 (9.80%) Release Management
4 5 (9.80%) Service Management
5 4 (7.84%) Agile
5 4 (7.84%) Project Management
5 4 (7.84%) Risk Assessment
5 4 (7.84%) Risk Management
5 4 (7.84%) Roadmaps
5 4 (7.84%) TOGAF
6 3 (5.88%) Cyber Resilience
6 3 (5.88%) Identity Access Management
6 3 (5.88%) Network Virtualisation
6 3 (5.88%) Value Proposition
Programming Languages
1 3 (5.88%) C#
1 3 (5.88%) Python
2 1 (1.96%) SQL
Qualifications
1 13 (25.49%) Degree
2 7 (13.73%) CISSP
3 5 (9.80%) CCNA
3 5 (9.80%) Cisco Certification
4 3 (5.88%) CCNP
4 3 (5.88%) Network+ Certification
5 2 (3.92%) DBS Check
5 2 (3.92%) HND
5 2 (3.92%) Master's Degree
5 2 (3.92%) OSCP
5 2 (3.92%) SC Cleared
5 2 (3.92%) Security Cleared
6 1 (1.96%) CISA
6 1 (1.96%) CISM
6 1 (1.96%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (15.69%) NIST
2 5 (9.80%) NCSC
3 3 (5.88%) GDPR
3 3 (5.88%) ISA99
4 2 (3.92%) GRC
4 2 (3.92%) QA
5 1 (1.96%) GPG13
5 1 (1.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (1.96%) NIST 800
System Software
1 3 (5.88%) VMware Infrastructure
1 3 (5.88%) VMware NSX
Vendors
1 5 (9.80%) BMC
2 3 (5.88%) CheckPoint
2 3 (5.88%) Cisco
2 3 (5.88%) Palo Alto
2 3 (5.88%) VMware
3 2 (3.92%) SAP
4 1 (1.96%) AVEVA
4 1 (1.96%) IBM
4 1 (1.96%) iManage
4 1 (1.96%) LogRhythm
4 1 (1.96%) Microsoft
4 1 (1.96%) NEC
4 1 (1.96%) Rockwell
4 1 (1.96%) Siemens