Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition (SCADA)
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term SCADA in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries 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 689 856 1079
Rank change year-on-year +167 +223 -254
Permanent jobs citing SCADA 208 114 153
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.21% 0.11% 0.099%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.60% 0.25% 0.21%
Number of salaries quoted 169 46 76
10th Percentile £41,250 £39,875 £42,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,313 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £54,188 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +3.21% +5.00%
75th Percentile £66,250 £86,875 £65,000
90th Percentile £76,250 £91,125 £77,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

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 permanent job vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 34,768 44,861 72,647
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 35.46% 42.86% 47.13%
Number of salaries quoted 22,918 24,128 34,106
10th Percentile £28,000 £35,107 £34,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £46,250 £45,607
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 £86,250 £83,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £107,500 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%

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
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for SCADA in the UK

SCADA
Salary Histogram

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

Salary histogram for SCADA in the UK

SCADA
Top 14 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +210 204 £51,000 -4.45% 216
UK excluding London +104 171 £50,000 -4.76% 212
North of England +108 75 £47,500 -9.52% 48
Midlands +30 57 £56,000 -6.67% 58
West Midlands +31 40 £57,500 -4.17% 39
Yorkshire +128 39 £47,500 -9.52% 19
Work from Home +111 39 £51,000 -21.54% 73
London +151 31 £73,750 -13.24% 25
South East +41 29 £50,000 +5.26% 39
North West +24 25 £60,000 -4.00% 24
East Midlands - 17 £50,000 - 19
North East +8 11 £47,500 -4.52% 5
East of England +21 9 £50,000 - 19
Scotland -67 1 £72,500 +95.27% 24

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 8 (3.85%) WinCC
2 6 (2.88%) SharePoint
Applications
1 9 (4.33%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (1.44%) AutoCAD
3 2 (0.96%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.48%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.48%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 6 (2.88%) Power Automate
1 6 (2.88%) Power Platform
1 6 (2.88%) PowerApps
2 2 (0.96%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 20 (9.62%) Modbus
2 10 (4.81%) Profibus
3 9 (4.33%) TCP/IP
4 7 (3.37%) Firewall
5 6 (2.88%) Ethernet
6 3 (1.44%) DMZ
6 3 (1.44%) VLAN
6 3 (1.44%) VPN
7 2 (0.96%) 802.11
7 2 (0.96%) Bluetooth
7 2 (0.96%) ZigBee
8 1 (0.48%) MPLS
8 1 (0.48%) MQTT
8 1 (0.48%) SDH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (5.77%) MongoDB
1 12 (5.77%) MySQL
2 6 (2.88%) Power BI
3 5 (2.40%) NoSQL
4 3 (1.44%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 7 (3.37%) LabVIEW
2 3 (1.44%) GitLab
3 1 (0.48%) JIRA
3 1 (0.48%) Rational DOORS
General
1 26 (12.50%) Manufacturing
1 26 (12.50%) Social Skills
2 18 (8.65%) Legal
3 16 (7.69%) Marketing
4 10 (4.81%) Finance
5 9 (4.33%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (4.33%) Games
5 9 (4.33%) Pharmaceutical
6 5 (2.40%) Organisational Skills
6 5 (2.40%) Retail
7 4 (1.92%) Aerospace
7 4 (1.92%) Telecoms
8 3 (1.44%) Electronics
8 3 (1.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (1.44%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (0.96%) Automotive
9 2 (0.96%) Cyber-Physical System
9 2 (0.96%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.48%) Agriculture
10 1 (0.48%) Military
Job Titles
1 56 (26.92%) Systems Engineer
2 42 (20.19%) SCADA Engineer
3 41 (19.71%) Software Engineer
4 25 (12.02%) Control Systems Engineer
5 22 (10.58%) SCADA Software Engineer
6 17 (8.17%) Data Engineer
7 15 (7.21%) Lead
8 14 (6.73%) Senior
9 10 (4.81%) Security Engineer
10 9 (4.33%) Analyst
10 9 (4.33%) Project Manager
11 8 (3.85%) Cybersecurity Engineer
12 7 (3.37%) PLC Engineer
12 7 (3.37%) Senior Systems Engineer
13 5 (2.40%) Industrial Engineer
13 5 (2.40%) Operational Security Manager
13 5 (2.40%) Operations Manager
13 5 (2.40%) Security Manager
13 5 (2.40%) Security Operations Manager
13 5 (2.40%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.92%) .NET
2 3 (1.44%) REST
2 3 (1.44%) SOAP
2 3 (1.44%) Web Services
3 2 (0.96%) 802.1X
4 1 (0.48%) Middleware
4 1 (0.48%) Node-RED
4 1 (0.48%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 72 (34.62%) Operational Technology
2 13 (6.25%) Industry 4.0
3 12 (5.77%) Data Centre
3 12 (5.77%) Mainframe
4 9 (4.33%) Cyber Threat
5 8 (3.85%) Management Information System
6 7 (3.37%) Embedded Systems
6 7 (3.37%) IoT
7 6 (2.88%) Augmented Reality
7 6 (2.88%) Industrial Internet of Things
7 6 (2.88%) PMI
7 6 (2.88%) Virtual Reality
8 5 (2.40%) CAN bus
8 5 (2.40%) CCTV
8 5 (2.40%) Renewable Energy
8 5 (2.40%) Security Operations Centre
9 4 (1.92%) Product Ownership
10 3 (1.44%) Mobile App
10 3 (1.44%) Smart Meter
11 1 (0.48%) Cyberattack
Operating Systems
1 21 (10.10%) Windows
2 18 (8.65%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.48%) Linux
3 1 (0.48%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (24.52%) Software Engineering
2 48 (23.08%) Cybersecurity
3 33 (15.87%) Systems Engineering
4 29 (13.94%) Problem-Solving
5 26 (12.50%) Data Acquisition
6 19 (9.13%) User Experience
7 17 (8.17%) UX Design
8 16 (7.69%) Incident Response
8 16 (7.69%) Security Operations
8 16 (7.69%) Value Proposition
9 15 (7.21%) Project Management
10 14 (6.73%) Computer Science
11 12 (5.77%) Continuous Improvement
12 11 (5.29%) Artificial Intelligence
12 11 (5.29%) Continuous Integration
12 11 (5.29%) Mentoring
13 10 (4.81%) Gantt Chart
13 10 (4.81%) Line Management
13 10 (4.81%) SIEM
14 9 (4.33%) Data Loss Prevention
Programming Languages
1 34 (16.35%) C#
2 27 (12.98%) SQL
3 16 (7.69%) VB
4 13 (6.25%) C++
5 12 (5.77%) Ladder Logic
6 11 (5.29%) Python
7 7 (3.37%) C
8 5 (2.40%) Java
9 4 (1.92%) VBA
10 3 (1.44%) Perl
10 3 (1.44%) PHP
11 1 (0.48%) Go
Qualifications
1 56 (26.92%) Degree
2 30 (14.42%) Security Cleared
3 21 (10.10%) SC Cleared
4 10 (4.81%) HND
5 6 (2.88%) Master's Degree
5 6 (2.88%) PMI Certification
6 5 (2.40%) HNC
7 2 (0.96%) CEH
7 2 (0.96%) Chartered Engineer
7 2 (0.96%) CISSP
7 2 (0.96%) CompTIA CySA+
7 2 (0.96%) ECSA
7 2 (0.96%) GPEN
8 1 (0.48%) CASP
8 1 (0.48%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (0.48%) GCIA
8 1 (0.48%) GCIH
8 1 (0.48%) GIAC
8 1 (0.48%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (4.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 9 (4.33%) NCSC
2 8 (3.85%) NIST
3 6 (2.88%) QA
4 5 (2.40%) GDPR
5 4 (1.92%) ISO/IEC 15288
6 3 (1.44%) IEC 61131
7 2 (0.96%) GRC
7 2 (0.96%) IEC 61508
7 2 (0.96%) ISA99
7 2 (0.96%) ISO 9001
7 2 (0.96%) NIST 800
8 1 (0.48%) Def Stans
8 1 (0.48%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 1 (0.48%) ISO/IEC 27005
8 1 (0.48%) TickIT
System Software
1 16 (7.69%) Hyper-V
1 16 (7.69%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.48%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.48%) Docker
Systems Management
1 9 (4.33%) Functional Safety
1 9 (4.33%) QRadar
2 5 (2.40%) Wonderware InTouch
Vendors
1 19 (9.13%) Microsoft
2 16 (7.69%) VMware
3 13 (6.25%) Rockwell
3 13 (6.25%) Siemens
4 10 (4.81%) Wonderware
5 9 (4.33%) Darktrace
6 7 (3.37%) AVEVA
7 6 (2.88%) Allen-Bradley
7 6 (2.88%) Oracle
8 5 (2.40%) BT
9 1 (0.48%) BiZZdesign
9 1 (0.48%) EMC
9 1 (0.48%) Fortinet
9 1 (0.48%) MuleSoft
9 1 (0.48%) Red Hat
9 1 (0.48%) Sparx
9 1 (0.48%) Toshiba