SCADA Jobs in England

Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition (SCADA)
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term SCADA in permanent job vacancies advertised in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited SCADA over the 6 months to 19 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 614 833 984
Rank change year-on-year +219 +151 -202
Permanent jobs citing SCADA 202 113 146
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.24% 0.12% 0.11%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.69% 0.27% 0.24%
Number of salaries quoted 162 44 65
10th Percentile £41,250 £40,250 £41,400
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £54,188 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +3.21% +7.69%
75th Percentile £66,250 £87,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £76,250 £90,875 £83,250
UK median annual salary £51,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -7.27% +4.76% +5.00%

All Generic Skills
England

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 29,244 41,305 60,042
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 34.75% 43.51% 46.15%
Number of salaries quoted 20,736 22,092 30,626
10th Percentile £28,000 £35,427 £34,250
25th Percentile £38,000 £46,570 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +4.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £76,250 £87,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £98,750 £110,000 £105,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -15.38% +4.00% +4.17%

SCADA
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for SCADA in England

SCADA
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SCADA in England.

Salary trend for SCADA in England

SCADA
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing SCADA in England over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

Salary histogram for SCADA in England

SCADA
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SCADA within the England region over the 6 months to 19 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North of England +114 75 £47,500 -7.32% 43
Midlands +35 54 £56,000 -6.67% 53
Yorkshire +135 39 £47,500 -9.52% 13
West Midlands +36 37 £57,500 -4.17% 34
London +169 32 £72,500 -14.71% 24
South East +9 28 £50,000 +5.26% 35
North West +27 25 £60,000 -4.00% 26
East Midlands - 17 £50,000 - 19
North East +5 11 £47,500 -4.52% 4
East of England +42 9 £50,000 - 17
SCADA
UK

SCADA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 8 (3.96%) WinCC
2 6 (2.97%) SharePoint
Applications
1 9 (4.46%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (1.49%) AutoCAD
3 2 (0.99%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.50%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.50%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 6 (2.97%) Power Automate
1 6 (2.97%) Power Platform
1 6 (2.97%) PowerApps
2 2 (0.99%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 17 (8.42%) Modbus
2 9 (4.46%) TCP/IP
3 7 (3.47%) Firewall
3 7 (3.47%) Profibus
4 5 (2.48%) Ethernet
5 3 (1.49%) DMZ
5 3 (1.49%) VLAN
5 3 (1.49%) VPN
6 2 (0.99%) 802.11
6 2 (0.99%) Bluetooth
6 2 (0.99%) ZigBee
7 1 (0.50%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (5.94%) MongoDB
1 12 (5.94%) MySQL
2 6 (2.97%) Power BI
3 5 (2.48%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 7 (3.47%) LabVIEW
2 3 (1.49%) GitLab
3 1 (0.50%) JIRA
3 1 (0.50%) Rational DOORS
General
1 27 (13.37%) Social Skills
2 26 (12.87%) Manufacturing
3 18 (8.91%) Legal
4 16 (7.92%) Marketing
5 9 (4.46%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (4.46%) Games
5 9 (4.46%) Pharmaceutical
6 7 (3.47%) Finance
7 5 (2.48%) Organisational Skills
7 5 (2.48%) Retail
8 4 (1.98%) Aerospace
8 4 (1.98%) Telecoms
9 3 (1.49%) Electronics
9 3 (1.49%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (0.99%) Automotive
10 2 (0.99%) Cyber-Physical System
10 2 (0.99%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.50%) Agriculture
11 1 (0.50%) Aviation
11 1 (0.50%) Military
Job Titles
1 53 (26.24%) Systems Engineer
2 38 (18.81%) SCADA Engineer
3 35 (17.33%) Software Engineer
4 22 (10.89%) Control Systems Engineer
5 19 (9.41%) SCADA Software Engineer
6 17 (8.42%) Data Engineer
7 15 (7.43%) Lead
8 14 (6.93%) Senior
9 9 (4.46%) Analyst
9 9 (4.46%) Project Manager
9 9 (4.46%) Security Engineer
10 7 (3.47%) Cybersecurity Engineer
10 7 (3.47%) PLC Engineer
10 7 (3.47%) Senior Systems Engineer
11 6 (2.97%) Architect
12 5 (2.48%) Automation Engineer
12 5 (2.48%) Industrial Engineer
12 5 (2.48%) Operations Manager
12 5 (2.48%) PLC Software Engineer
12 5 (2.48%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.98%) .NET
2 3 (1.49%) Middleware
2 3 (1.49%) REST
2 3 (1.49%) SOAP
2 3 (1.49%) Web Services
3 2 (0.99%) 802.1X
4 1 (0.50%) Node-RED
4 1 (0.50%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 70 (34.65%) Operational Technology
2 13 (6.44%) Industry 4.0
3 12 (5.94%) Data Centre
3 12 (5.94%) Mainframe
4 9 (4.46%) Cyber Threat
5 7 (3.47%) Embedded Systems
5 7 (3.47%) IoT
6 6 (2.97%) Augmented Reality
6 6 (2.97%) Industrial Internet of Things
6 6 (2.97%) PMI
6 6 (2.97%) Renewable Energy
6 6 (2.97%) Virtual Reality
7 5 (2.48%) CAN bus
7 5 (2.48%) CCTV
7 5 (2.48%) Management Information System
7 5 (2.48%) Security Operations Centre
8 4 (1.98%) Product Ownership
9 3 (1.49%) Mobile App
9 3 (1.49%) Smart Meter
10 1 (0.50%) Cyber Defence
Operating Systems
1 18 (8.91%) Windows
1 18 (8.91%) Windows Server
2 1 (0.50%) Linux
2 1 (0.50%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (22.77%) Cybersecurity
2 45 (22.28%) Software Engineering
3 33 (16.34%) Systems Engineering
4 26 (12.87%) Data Acquisition
4 26 (12.87%) Problem-Solving
5 19 (9.41%) User Experience
6 17 (8.42%) UX Design
7 16 (7.92%) Project Management
7 16 (7.92%) Value Proposition
8 15 (7.43%) Incident Response
8 15 (7.43%) Security Operations
9 14 (6.93%) Computer Science
10 12 (5.94%) Continuous Improvement
11 11 (5.45%) Artificial Intelligence
11 11 (5.45%) Continuous Integration
11 11 (5.45%) Mentoring
12 10 (4.95%) Gantt Chart
12 10 (4.95%) Line Management
12 10 (4.95%) SIEM
13 9 (4.46%) Identity Access Management
Programming Languages
1 30 (14.85%) C#
2 24 (11.88%) SQL
3 12 (5.94%) C++
3 12 (5.94%) Ladder Logic
3 12 (5.94%) VB
4 11 (5.45%) Python
5 7 (3.47%) C
6 4 (1.98%) Java
6 4 (1.98%) VBA
7 3 (1.49%) Perl
7 3 (1.49%) PHP
8 1 (0.50%) Go
Qualifications
1 54 (26.73%) Degree
2 26 (12.87%) Security Cleared
3 20 (9.90%) SC Cleared
4 10 (4.95%) HND
5 6 (2.97%) Master's Degree
5 6 (2.97%) PMI Certification
6 5 (2.48%) HNC
7 2 (0.99%) CEH
7 2 (0.99%) Chartered Engineer
7 2 (0.99%) CISSP
7 2 (0.99%) CompTIA CySA+
7 2 (0.99%) ECSA
7 2 (0.99%) GPEN
8 1 (0.50%) CASP
8 1 (0.50%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (0.50%) GCIA
8 1 (0.50%) GCIH
8 1 (0.50%) GIAC
8 1 (0.50%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (4.95%) NCSC
2 9 (4.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 9 (4.46%) NIST
3 6 (2.97%) GDPR
3 6 (2.97%) QA
4 4 (1.98%) ISO/IEC 15288
5 3 (1.49%) ISA99
6 2 (0.99%) GRC
6 2 (0.99%) IEC 61508
6 2 (0.99%) ISO 9001
6 2 (0.99%) NIST 800
7 1 (0.50%) Def Stans
7 1 (0.50%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 1 (0.50%) ISO/IEC 27005
7 1 (0.50%) TickIT
System Software
1 16 (7.92%) Hyper-V
1 16 (7.92%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.50%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.50%) Docker
Systems Management
1 9 (4.46%) Functional Safety
1 9 (4.46%) QRadar
2 5 (2.48%) Wonderware InTouch
Vendors
1 20 (9.90%) Microsoft
2 16 (7.92%) VMware
3 13 (6.44%) Rockwell
3 13 (6.44%) Siemens
4 10 (4.95%) Wonderware
5 9 (4.46%) Darktrace
6 7 (3.47%) AVEVA
7 6 (2.97%) Allen-Bradley
7 6 (2.97%) Oracle
8 5 (2.48%) BT
9 1 (0.50%) BiZZdesign
9 1 (0.50%) EMC
9 1 (0.50%) Fortinet
9 1 (0.50%) MuleSoft
9 1 (0.50%) Red Hat
9 1 (0.50%) Sparx
9 1 (0.50%) Toshiba