The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term SCADA in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SCADA over the 3 months to 17 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all terms in our Miscellaneous category.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition (SCADA)
Rank 754 772 803
Rank change year-on-year
+18 +31
Permanent jobs citing SCADA 104 124 68
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.096% 0.103% 0.055%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.288% 0.310% 0.159%
Number of salaries quoted 78 64 47
Average salary £33,500 £38,500 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-12.98% -9.41%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,700 £32,250 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £43,250 £45,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £33,500 £37,500 £31,000
% change year-on-year
-10.66% +20.96%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
36074 39962 42780
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 33.47% 33.04% 34.65%
Number of salaries quoted 29600 33687 35794
Average salary £45,000 £45,000 £47,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -5.26%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,000 £28,500 £28,000
10% offered a salary of more than £75,000 £82,500 £75,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,815 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-2.96% +6.66%

SCADA
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing SCADA within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

SCADA Jobs Demand Trend

SCADA
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing SCADA within the UK.

SCADA Salary Trend

SCADA
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SCADA over the 3 months to 17 May 2013 within the UK.

SCADA Salary Histogram

SCADA
Top 30 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SCADA within the UK over the 3 months to 17 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
England +28 93 £33,500 -12.98%
East of England +32 33 £32,500 -
Norfolk - 30 £32,500 -
North West -14 17 £35,250 -11.87%
London +38 12 £26,500 -41.11%
Manchester -37 12 £31,500 -21.25%
East Midlands +11 11 £29,500 -13.23%
Stockport -2 10 £31,500 -7.35%
West Midlands -21 10 £33,500 -21.17%
Dudley - 9 £33,500 -
Norwich - 8 £30,000 -
Derbyshire - 7 £21,500 -
South East -16 5 £53,750 +43.33%
Scotland -19 5 £35,000 -9.09%
Cheshire - 5 £40,000 -
Surrey +16 4 £65,000 +72.18%
Wales +8 4 £27,500 -5.17%
Guildford -3 4 £65,000 +72.18%
Yorkshire -21 4 £55,000 +22.22%
Essex +31 3 - -
Derby - 3 £21,500 -
Colchester - 3 - -
South Wales - 3 £27,500 -
Northamptonshire -1 2 £50,000 +47.05%
Cheadle -5 2 - -
Aberdeen -11 2 £35,000 -
West Yorkshire - 2 £55,000 -
Wilmslow - 2 £40,250 -
Northampton - 2 £50,000 -
Glasgow - 2 - -

SCADA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing SCADA also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited SCADA.

1 90 (39.13%) Degree
2 70 (30.43%) Manufacturing
3 65 (28.26%) C++
4 64 (27.83%) C
5 56 (24.35%) Siemens
6 43 (18.70%) VB
7 41 (17.83%) Software Engineering
8 39 (16.96%) C#
9 35 (15.22%) Allen-Bradley
10 34 (14.78%) .NET
11 33 (14.35%) Wonderware
12 31 (13.48%) SQL
13 29 (12.61%) Java
13 29 (12.61%) HNC
13 29 (12.61%) Linux
14 23 (10.00%) Security Cleared
15 21 (9.130%) Microsoft
16 20 (8.696%) SQL Server
17 19 (8.261%) Stakeholder Management
18 18 (7.826%) Project Management
18 18 (7.826%) Windows
19 17 (7.391%) HND
19 17 (7.391%) Oracle
19 17 (7.391%) Information Security
19 17 (7.391%) TDD
20 16 (6.957%) Finance
20 16 (6.957%) Embedded Systems
21 15 (6.522%) Modbus
21 15 (6.522%) TCP/IP
21 15 (6.522%) Logistics

SCADA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing SCADA also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited SCADA. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 34 (14.78%) .NET
2 7 (3.043%) Spring
3 3 (1.304%) XML
4 2 (0.870%) MFC
4 2 (0.870%) ASP.NET
5 1 (0.435%) COM
5 1 (0.435%) Web Services
5 1 (0.435%) Middleware
5 1 (0.435%) OLE
Application Platforms
1 11 (4.783%) IIS
2 8 (3.478%) WinCC
3 5 (2.174%) ArchestrA
Applications
1 3 (1.304%) MS Office
1 3 (1.304%) Quantrix
2 2 (0.870%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 1 (0.435%) Maximo
1 1 (0.435%) Remedy ITSM
Communications & Networking
1 15 (6.522%) TCP/IP
1 15 (6.522%) Modbus
2 12 (5.217%) Ethernet
3 3 (1.304%) CDMA
3 3 (1.304%) VoIP
4 2 (0.870%) WAN
4 2 (0.870%) LAN
4 2 (0.870%) GSM
4 2 (0.870%) HTTP
4 2 (0.870%) Internet
4 2 (0.870%) MPLS
4 2 (0.870%) Wireshark
5 1 (0.435%) LTE
5 1 (0.435%) VSAT
5 1 (0.435%) GPON
5 1 (0.435%) Profibus
5 1 (0.435%) ADSL
5 1 (0.435%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (0.435%) Wireless
5 1 (0.435%) NGN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (8.696%) SQL Server
2 12 (5.217%) MySQL
3 5 (2.174%) Oracle 8/8i
4 4 (1.739%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (0.870%) GIS
Development Applications
1 6 (2.609%) Rational DOORS
2 5 (2.174%) VSS/SourceSafe
2 5 (2.174%) Subversion
3 2 (0.870%) Visual Studio
3 2 (0.870%) Metasploit
4 1 (0.435%) JIRA
General
1 70 (30.43%) Manufacturing
2 16 (6.957%) Finance
3 13 (5.652%) Pharmaceutical
4 10 (4.348%) Electronics
4 10 (4.348%) Retail
5 8 (3.478%) Military
6 6 (2.609%) Telecoms
7 5 (2.174%) Automotive
8 2 (0.870%) Billing
9 1 (0.435%) French Language
9 1 (0.435%) Italian Language
9 1 (0.435%) Law
9 1 (0.435%) Legal
Job Titles
1 64 (27.83%) Software Engineer
2 25 (10.87%) PLC Engineer
3 22 (9.565%) SCADA Engineer
3 22 (9.565%) PLC SCADA Engineer
3 22 (9.565%) Architect
3 22 (9.565%) Consultant
4 21 (9.130%) Applications Engineer
5 20 (8.696%) IT Consultant
6 18 (7.826%) Systems Engineer
7 16 (6.957%) Project Manager
8 14 (6.087%) Graduate
9 12 (5.217%) Developer
10 10 (4.348%) Software Developer
10 10 (4.348%) Systems Architect
11 9 (3.913%) Security Specialist
12 7 (3.043%) Senior Applications Engineer
12 7 (3.043%) Solutions Architect
12 7 (3.043%) Embedded Software Engineer
13 5 (2.174%) Senior Software Engineer
13 5 (2.174%) Software Architect
Miscellaneous
1 16 (6.957%) Embedded Systems
2 15 (6.522%) FMCG
3 13 (5.652%) CCTV
4 12 (5.217%) Enterprise Software
5 11 (4.783%) Management Information System
6 9 (3.913%) Cryptography
6 9 (3.913%) Mathematics
6 9 (3.913%) Computer Science
7 5 (2.174%) iPhone
7 5 (2.174%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
8 3 (1.304%) VHDL
9 2 (0.870%) CAN bus
9 2 (0.870%) Visualisation
9 2 (0.870%) Physics
9 2 (0.870%) Mechatronics
10 1 (0.435%) Cloud Computing
10 1 (0.435%) Smart Meter
10 1 (0.435%) IPTV
10 1 (0.435%) Economics
10 1 (0.435%) APACS
Operating Systems
1 29 (12.61%) Linux
2 18 (7.826%) Windows
3 14 (6.087%) UNIX
4 3 (1.304%) Embedded Linux
5 2 (0.870%) Android
6 1 (0.435%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (0.435%) Windows 7
6 1 (0.435%) Windows 2000
6 1 (0.435%) Windows NT
6 1 (0.435%) Windows XP
6 1 (0.435%) Windows Server 2003
6 1 (0.435%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (17.83%) Software Engineering
2 19 (8.261%) Stakeholder Management
3 18 (7.826%) Project Management
4 17 (7.391%) Information Security
4 17 (7.391%) TDD
5 15 (6.522%) Logistics
6 14 (6.087%) PRINCE2
7 13 (5.652%) UML
8 12 (5.217%) OOA/OOD
9 11 (4.783%) CRM
9 11 (4.783%) Penetration Testing
9 11 (4.783%) Business Development
9 11 (4.783%) Reverse Engineering
10 10 (4.348%) E-Commerce
11 9 (3.913%) Scrum
11 9 (3.913%) Knowledge Management
11 9 (3.913%) Practice Management
11 9 (3.913%) Software Architecture
11 9 (3.913%) Business Analysis
12 8 (3.478%) Network Architecture
Programming Languages
1 65 (28.26%) C++
2 64 (27.83%) C
3 43 (18.70%) VB
4 39 (16.96%) C#
5 31 (13.48%) SQL
6 29 (12.61%) Java
7 9 (3.913%) VBA
7 9 (3.913%) Python
8 8 (3.478%) VB.NET
9 5 (2.174%) Perl
10 4 (1.739%) Shell Script
11 3 (1.304%) VB6
11 3 (1.304%) Ruby
11 3 (1.304%) Embedded C
12 2 (0.870%) PHP
Qualifications
1 90 (39.13%) Degree
2 29 (12.61%) HNC
3 23 (10.00%) Security Cleared
4 17 (7.391%) HND
5 15 (6.522%) SC Cleared
6 12 (5.217%) CISSP
7 10 (4.348%) CISM
8 4 (1.739%) GIAC
8 4 (1.739%) Microsoft Certification
8 4 (1.739%) MCP
9 3 (1.304%) Chartered Engineer
9 3 (1.304%) BC Cleared
9 3 (1.304%) DV Cleared
10 2 (0.870%) NVQ Level 3
10 2 (0.870%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 2 (0.870%) CEH
10 2 (0.870%) PMI Certification
10 2 (0.870%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 1 (0.435%) ITIL Certification
11 1 (0.435%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (2.609%) QA
2 3 (1.304%) ISO 9001
3 1 (0.435%) COBIT
System Software
1 1 (0.435%) Active Directory
1 1 (0.435%) VMware ESX
1 1 (0.435%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (0.435%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 1 (0.435%) OpenView
1 1 (0.435%) SCCM
1 1 (0.435%) HP SIM
Vendors
1 56 (24.35%) Siemens
2 35 (15.22%) Allen-Bradley
3 33 (14.35%) Wonderware
4 21 (9.130%) Microsoft
5 17 (7.391%) Oracle
6 3 (1.304%) SAP
7 2 (0.870%) EMC
7 2 (0.870%) Avaya
8 1 (0.435%) BMC
8 1 (0.435%) Remedy
8 1 (0.435%) VMware
8 1 (0.435%) HP
8 1 (0.435%) Twitter
Stockport, Cheshire
Software Engineer, Software Developer, .Net, C#, VB.Net, Automation software, Wonderware, SCADA, Rockwell, Siemens, manufacturing, industrial. Applications Engineer, MES, SQL, programming... They are looking for a Software Engineer...
Ascent People Ltd
Salary: £38000 - £45000 per annum + Company car
Posted: 13 May 2013
Oxfordshire, South East
A leading multinational is currently looking to recruit automation engineers to add to their highly successful and expanding team. This is a fantastic opportunity to work with a...
Huxley Associates
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
Languages: C, C++, VHDL, scripting and database languages (perl, python, ruby, SQL, Visual Basic) 4... Experience Essential: Experience of using C/C++ and Embedded Linux... Desirable: Digital Signal...
Proteus Europe
Salary: negotiable
Posted: 17 May 2013
Derbyshire
Skills, Experience, Knowledge; - High level experience with the development & implementation of MES, SCADA, PLC, DNC or CMM solutions is a major requirement for any candidates wishing to step...
Connectus
Salary: £30000 - £45000 per annum + pension, negotiable
Posted: 15 May 2013
Derbyshire, East Midlands
Based predominantly in the Derbyshire office with occasional client visits you will be gathering user requirements and designing system architecture solutions able to integrate the company's bespoke...
greywood
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Derbyshire
Greywood Associates are delighted to be working in association with a Market Leading Software Company that provide software solutions to major blue chip clients, who urgently require two...
Greywood Associates Limited
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
UK
The equipment to be integrated and tested includes SCADA, Radio communications, PLCs, RTUs, Passenger Information Displays, Passenger Address equipment and LAN/WAN equipment... DOORS) Defect reporting (JIRA) Configuration...
Thales
Posted: 9 May 2013
Derbyshire
Based in the Derbyshire office with regular visits to client sites throughout the UK you will be working with senior engineers to gather user requirements and designing system...
Greywood Associates Limited
Salary: £20000 - £25000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Derbyshire, East Midlands
Based in the Derbyshire office with regular visits to client sites throughout the UK you will be working with senior engineers to gather user requirements and designing system...
greywood
Salary: £20000 - £25000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013