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 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 635 817 1030
Rank change year-on-year +182 +213 -231
Permanent jobs citing SCADA 213 109 122
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.25% 0.12% 0.092%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.72% 0.28% 0.20%
Number of salaries quoted 172 43 69
10th Percentile £41,250 £40,300 £39,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £54,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.42% +3.81% -
75th Percentile £66,250 £75,625 £65,000
90th Percentile £76,250 £89,750 £82,750
UK median annual salary £51,000 £53,938 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.45% +2.74% -8.70%

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 29,714 39,083 62,127
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 34.63% 43.21% 46.66%
Number of salaries quoted 20,872 21,239 30,353
10th Percentile £28,000 £35,483 £34,750
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 £75,000 £87,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £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 8 May 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 8 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North of England +96 75 £47,500 -9.52% 61
Midlands +32 65 £57,500 -4.17% 41
West Midlands +23 48 £57,500 -4.17% 24
Yorkshire +112 39 £47,500 -9.52% 29
South East +30 31 £50,000 +5.26% 34
London +142 30 £75,000 -11.76% 21
North West +19 25 £60,000 -22.58% 27
East Midlands - 17 £50,000 - 17
North East +8 11 £47,500 -4.52% 9
East of England +20 9 £50,000 - 20
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 (3.76%) SharePoint
1 8 (3.76%) WinCC
Applications
1 9 (4.23%) Microsoft Project
2 4 (1.88%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (1.41%) AutoCAD
4 2 (0.94%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.94%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.47%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 8 (3.76%) Power Platform
2 6 (2.82%) Power Automate
2 6 (2.82%) PowerApps
3 3 (1.41%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (0.47%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 17 (7.98%) Modbus
2 9 (4.23%) TCP/IP
3 8 (3.76%) Firewall
4 7 (3.29%) Ethernet
4 7 (3.29%) Profibus
5 3 (1.41%) DMZ
5 3 (1.41%) VLAN
5 3 (1.41%) VPN
6 2 (0.94%) 802.11
6 2 (0.94%) Bluetooth
6 2 (0.94%) MPLS
6 2 (0.94%) SDH
6 2 (0.94%) ZigBee
7 1 (0.47%) LAN
7 1 (0.47%) MQTT
7 1 (0.47%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (5.63%) MongoDB
1 12 (5.63%) MySQL
2 8 (3.76%) Power BI
3 5 (2.35%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 7 (3.29%) LabVIEW
2 3 (1.41%) GitLab
3 1 (0.47%) JIRA
3 1 (0.47%) Rational DOORS
General
1 27 (12.68%) Social Skills
2 26 (12.21%) Manufacturing
3 18 (8.45%) Legal
4 16 (7.51%) Marketing
5 9 (4.23%) Games
5 9 (4.23%) Pharmaceutical
6 8 (3.76%) Analytical Skills
7 7 (3.29%) Finance
8 5 (2.35%) Organisational Skills
8 5 (2.35%) Retail
9 4 (1.88%) Aerospace
10 3 (1.41%) Electronics
10 3 (1.41%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (1.41%) Telecoms
11 2 (0.94%) Automotive
11 2 (0.94%) Cyber-Physical System
11 2 (0.94%) Documentation Skills
12 1 (0.47%) Agriculture
12 1 (0.47%) Aviation
12 1 (0.47%) Military
Job Titles
1 54 (25.35%) Systems Engineer
2 47 (22.07%) SCADA Engineer
3 42 (19.72%) Software Engineer
4 26 (12.21%) SCADA Software Engineer
5 23 (10.80%) Control Systems Engineer
6 17 (7.98%) Data Engineer
7 16 (7.51%) Senior
8 15 (7.04%) Lead
9 11 (5.16%) Security Engineer
10 10 (4.69%) Analyst
11 9 (4.23%) Cybersecurity Engineer
11 9 (4.23%) Project Manager
12 8 (3.76%) Senior Systems Engineer
13 7 (3.29%) PLC Engineer
14 6 (2.82%) Security Manager
15 5 (2.35%) Industrial Engineer
15 5 (2.35%) Operational Security Manager
15 5 (2.35%) Operations Manager
15 5 (2.35%) Security Operations Manager
15 5 (2.35%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.88%) .NET
2 3 (1.41%) REST
2 3 (1.41%) SOAP
2 3 (1.41%) Web Services
3 2 (0.94%) 802.1X
4 1 (0.47%) Middleware
4 1 (0.47%) Node-RED
4 1 (0.47%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 78 (36.62%) Operational Technology
2 13 (6.10%) Data Centre
2 13 (6.10%) Industry 4.0
3 12 (5.63%) Mainframe
4 9 (4.23%) Cyber Threat
5 7 (3.29%) Embedded Systems
5 7 (3.29%) IoT
5 7 (3.29%) Management Information System
6 6 (2.82%) Augmented Reality
6 6 (2.82%) Industrial Internet of Things
6 6 (2.82%) PMI
6 6 (2.82%) Virtual Reality
7 5 (2.35%) CAN bus
7 5 (2.35%) CCTV
7 5 (2.35%) Renewable Energy
7 5 (2.35%) Security Operations Centre
8 4 (1.88%) Product Ownership
9 3 (1.41%) Mobile App
9 3 (1.41%) Smart Meter
10 1 (0.47%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 19 (8.92%) Windows
1 19 (8.92%) Windows Server
2 1 (0.47%) Linux
2 1 (0.47%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (24.41%) Software Engineering
2 48 (22.54%) Cybersecurity
3 33 (15.49%) Systems Engineering
4 26 (12.21%) Data Acquisition
4 26 (12.21%) Problem-Solving
5 19 (8.92%) User Experience
6 17 (7.98%) UX Design
7 16 (7.51%) Value Proposition
8 15 (7.04%) Incident Response
8 15 (7.04%) Security Operations
9 14 (6.57%) Project Management
10 13 (6.10%) Computer Science
10 13 (6.10%) Continuous Improvement
11 11 (5.16%) Artificial Intelligence
11 11 (5.16%) Continuous Integration
11 11 (5.16%) Mentoring
12 10 (4.69%) Gantt Chart
12 10 (4.69%) Line Management
12 10 (4.69%) SIEM
13 9 (4.23%) Data Loss Prevention
Programming Languages
1 32 (15.02%) C#
2 24 (11.27%) SQL
3 14 (6.57%) C++
3 14 (6.57%) VB
4 13 (6.10%) Ladder Logic
5 11 (5.16%) Python
6 7 (3.29%) C
7 6 (2.82%) Java
8 4 (1.88%) VBA
9 3 (1.41%) Perl
9 3 (1.41%) PHP
10 1 (0.47%) Go
Qualifications
1 53 (24.88%) Degree
2 30 (14.08%) Security Cleared
3 22 (10.33%) SC Cleared
4 10 (4.69%) HND
5 6 (2.82%) PMI Certification
6 5 (2.35%) HNC
6 5 (2.35%) Master's Degree
7 4 (1.88%) CISSP
8 2 (0.94%) CEH
8 2 (0.94%) Chartered Engineer
8 2 (0.94%) CISA
8 2 (0.94%) CISM
8 2 (0.94%) CompTIA CySA+
8 2 (0.94%) ECSA
8 2 (0.94%) GPEN
9 1 (0.47%) CASP
9 1 (0.47%) CRISC
9 1 (0.47%) GCIA
9 1 (0.47%) GCIH
9 1 (0.47%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (5.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 12 (5.63%) NIST
2 10 (4.69%) NCSC
3 6 (2.82%) QA
4 5 (2.35%) GDPR
4 5 (2.35%) NIST 800
5 4 (1.88%) ISO/IEC 15288
6 2 (0.94%) GRC
6 2 (0.94%) IEC 61508
6 2 (0.94%) ISA99
6 2 (0.94%) ISO 9001
6 2 (0.94%) ISO/IEC 27005
7 1 (0.47%) Def Stans
7 1 (0.47%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 1 (0.47%) TickIT
System Software
1 16 (7.51%) Hyper-V
1 16 (7.51%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (0.94%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.47%) Docker
Systems Management
1 9 (4.23%) Functional Safety
1 9 (4.23%) QRadar
2 6 (2.82%) Wonderware InTouch
Vendors
1 20 (9.39%) Microsoft
2 16 (7.51%) VMware
3 13 (6.10%) Rockwell
3 13 (6.10%) Siemens
4 11 (5.16%) Wonderware
5 9 (4.23%) Darktrace
6 7 (3.29%) Allen-Bradley
6 7 (3.29%) AVEVA
7 6 (2.82%) Oracle
8 5 (2.35%) BT
9 2 (0.94%) Fortinet
10 1 (0.47%) BiZZdesign
10 1 (0.47%) EMC
10 1 (0.47%) MuleSoft
10 1 (0.47%) Rapid7
10 1 (0.47%) Red Hat
10 1 (0.47%) Sparx
10 1 (0.47%) Toshiba