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

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 701 850 1097
Rank change year-on-year +149 +247 -275
Permanent jobs citing SCADA 215 114 138
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.22% 0.11% 0.088%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.62% 0.26% 0.19%
Number of salaries quoted 175 46 78
10th Percentile £41,250 £39,875 £38,925
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,406 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £53,938 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.45% +2.74% +2.44%
75th Percentile £66,250 £77,188 £65,000
90th Percentile £76,250 £90,000 £75,500
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 34,939 44,188 74,195
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 35.46% 42.71% 47.36%
Number of salaries quoted 23,008 23,913 34,286
10th Percentile £28,000 £35,001 £34,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £46,250 £45,750
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 £84,056
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 5 May 2024.

Salary histogram for SCADA in the UK

SCADA
Top 15 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 5 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
England +202 210 £51,000 -6.42% 232
UK excluding London +87 179 £50,000 -4.76% 228
North of England +100 75 £47,500 -9.52% 59
Midlands +42 62 £57,500 -4.17% 54
West Midlands +28 45 £57,500 -4.17% 30
Work from Home +93 40 £51,000 -11.30% 80
Yorkshire +117 39 £47,500 -9.52% 26
South East +40 31 £50,000 +5.26% 43
London +146 30 £75,000 -11.76% 30
North West +26 25 £60,000 -22.58% 27
East Midlands - 17 £50,000 - 24
North East +3 11 £47,500 -4.52% 8
East of England +25 9 £50,000 - 23
Scotland -66 1 £72,500 +108.29% 30
Wales - 1 - - 4

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 (3.72%) SharePoint
1 8 (3.72%) WinCC
Applications
1 9 (4.19%) Microsoft Project
2 4 (1.86%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (1.40%) AutoCAD
4 2 (0.93%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.93%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.47%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 8 (3.72%) Power Platform
2 6 (2.79%) Power Automate
2 6 (2.79%) PowerApps
3 3 (1.40%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (0.47%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 20 (9.30%) Modbus
2 10 (4.65%) Profibus
3 9 (4.19%) TCP/IP
4 8 (3.72%) Firewall
5 7 (3.26%) Ethernet
6 3 (1.40%) DMZ
6 3 (1.40%) VLAN
6 3 (1.40%) VPN
7 2 (0.93%) 802.11
7 2 (0.93%) Bluetooth
7 2 (0.93%) MPLS
7 2 (0.93%) SDH
7 2 (0.93%) ZigBee
8 1 (0.47%) LAN
8 1 (0.47%) MQTT
8 1 (0.47%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (5.58%) MongoDB
1 12 (5.58%) MySQL
2 8 (3.72%) Power BI
3 5 (2.33%) NoSQL
4 3 (1.40%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 7 (3.26%) LabVIEW
2 3 (1.40%) GitLab
3 1 (0.47%) JIRA
3 1 (0.47%) Rational DOORS
General
1 27 (12.56%) Social Skills
2 26 (12.09%) Manufacturing
3 18 (8.37%) Legal
4 16 (7.44%) Marketing
5 10 (4.65%) Finance
6 9 (4.19%) Games
6 9 (4.19%) Pharmaceutical
7 8 (3.72%) Analytical Skills
8 5 (2.33%) Organisational Skills
8 5 (2.33%) Retail
9 4 (1.86%) Aerospace
10 3 (1.40%) Electronics
10 3 (1.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (1.40%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (1.40%) Telecoms
11 2 (0.93%) Automotive
11 2 (0.93%) Cyber-Physical System
11 2 (0.93%) Documentation Skills
12 1 (0.47%) Aviation
12 1 (0.47%) Military
Job Titles
1 57 (26.51%) Systems Engineer
2 44 (20.47%) SCADA Engineer
3 42 (19.53%) Software Engineer
4 26 (12.09%) Control Systems Engineer
5 23 (10.70%) SCADA Software Engineer
6 17 (7.91%) Data Engineer
7 16 (7.44%) Senior
8 15 (6.98%) Lead
9 13 (6.05%) Security Engineer
10 10 (4.65%) Analyst
10 10 (4.65%) Cybersecurity Engineer
11 9 (4.19%) Project Manager
12 8 (3.72%) Senior Systems Engineer
13 7 (3.26%) PLC Engineer
14 6 (2.79%) Security Manager
15 5 (2.33%) Operational Security Manager
15 5 (2.33%) Operations Manager
15 5 (2.33%) PLC Software Engineer
15 5 (2.33%) Security Operations Manager
15 5 (2.33%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.86%) .NET
2 3 (1.40%) REST
2 3 (1.40%) SOAP
2 3 (1.40%) Web Services
3 2 (0.93%) 802.1X
4 1 (0.47%) Middleware
4 1 (0.47%) Node-RED
4 1 (0.47%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 78 (36.28%) Operational Technology
2 13 (6.05%) Data Centre
2 13 (6.05%) Industry 4.0
3 12 (5.58%) Mainframe
4 10 (4.65%) Management Information System
5 9 (4.19%) Cyber Threat
6 7 (3.26%) Embedded Systems
6 7 (3.26%) IoT
7 6 (2.79%) Augmented Reality
7 6 (2.79%) Industrial Internet of Things
7 6 (2.79%) PMI
7 6 (2.79%) Virtual Reality
8 5 (2.33%) CAN bus
8 5 (2.33%) CCTV
8 5 (2.33%) Renewable Energy
8 5 (2.33%) Security Operations Centre
9 4 (1.86%) Product Ownership
10 3 (1.40%) Mobile App
10 3 (1.40%) Smart Meter
11 1 (0.47%) Cyberattack
Operating Systems
1 22 (10.23%) Windows
2 19 (8.84%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.47%) Linux
3 1 (0.47%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (24.19%) Cybersecurity
1 52 (24.19%) Software Engineering
2 33 (15.35%) Systems Engineering
3 29 (13.49%) Problem-Solving
4 26 (12.09%) Data Acquisition
5 19 (8.84%) User Experience
6 17 (7.91%) Security Operations
6 17 (7.91%) UX Design
7 16 (7.44%) Incident Response
7 16 (7.44%) Value Proposition
8 14 (6.51%) Project Management
9 13 (6.05%) Computer Science
9 13 (6.05%) Continuous Improvement
10 11 (5.12%) Artificial Intelligence
10 11 (5.12%) Continuous Integration
10 11 (5.12%) Mentoring
11 10 (4.65%) Gantt Chart
11 10 (4.65%) Line Management
11 10 (4.65%) SIEM
12 9 (4.19%) Data Loss Prevention
Programming Languages
1 35 (16.28%) C#
2 27 (12.56%) SQL
3 17 (7.91%) VB
4 14 (6.51%) C++
5 13 (6.05%) Ladder Logic
6 11 (5.12%) Python
7 7 (3.26%) C
8 6 (2.79%) Java
9 4 (1.86%) VBA
10 3 (1.40%) Perl
10 3 (1.40%) PHP
11 1 (0.47%) Go
Qualifications
1 56 (26.05%) Degree
2 34 (15.81%) Security Cleared
3 23 (10.70%) SC Cleared
4 10 (4.65%) HND
5 6 (2.79%) PMI Certification
6 5 (2.33%) HNC
6 5 (2.33%) Master's Degree
7 4 (1.86%) CISSP
8 2 (0.93%) CEH
8 2 (0.93%) Chartered Engineer
8 2 (0.93%) CISA
8 2 (0.93%) CISM
8 2 (0.93%) CompTIA CySA+
8 2 (0.93%) ECSA
8 2 (0.93%) GPEN
9 1 (0.47%) CASP
9 1 (0.47%) GCIA
9 1 (0.47%) GCIH
9 1 (0.47%) GIAC
9 1 (0.47%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (5.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 12 (5.58%) NIST
2 10 (4.65%) NCSC
3 6 (2.79%) QA
4 5 (2.33%) GDPR
4 5 (2.33%) NIST 800
5 4 (1.86%) ISO/IEC 15288
6 3 (1.40%) IEC 61131
7 2 (0.93%) GRC
7 2 (0.93%) IEC 61508
7 2 (0.93%) ISA99
7 2 (0.93%) ISO 9001
7 2 (0.93%) ISO/IEC 27005
8 1 (0.47%) Def Stans
8 1 (0.47%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 1 (0.47%) TickIT
System Software
1 16 (7.44%) Hyper-V
1 16 (7.44%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (0.93%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.47%) Docker
Systems Management
1 9 (4.19%) Functional Safety
1 9 (4.19%) QRadar
2 6 (2.79%) Wonderware InTouch
Vendors
1 20 (9.30%) Microsoft
2 16 (7.44%) VMware
3 13 (6.05%) Rockwell
3 13 (6.05%) Siemens
4 11 (5.12%) Wonderware
5 9 (4.19%) Darktrace
6 7 (3.26%) Allen-Bradley
6 7 (3.26%) AVEVA
7 6 (2.79%) Oracle
8 5 (2.33%) BT
9 2 (0.93%) 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