The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term SCADA in IT jobs advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SCADA over the 3 months to 20 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 for the West Midlands region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition (SCADA)
Rank 194 173 168
Rank change year-on-year
-21 -5
Permanent jobs citing SCADA 10 13 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.203% 0.288% 0.098%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.809% 1.135% 0.406%
Number of salaries quoted 10 11 3
Average salary £33,500 £42,500 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-21.17% +30.76%
UK excluding London average salary £33,500 £38,000 £30,500
% change year-on-year
-11.84% +24.59%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
West Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
1236 1145 985
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 25.06% 25.37% 24.08%
Number of salaries quoted 1032 968 804
Average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £24,500 £23,875
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,625 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-3.43% +6.66%
SCADA
England

SCADA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands SCADA Jobs Demand Trend

SCADA
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing SCADA across the West Midlands region.

West Midlands SCADA Salary Trend

SCADA
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 West Midlands region over the 3 months to 20 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
Dudley - 9 £33,500 -
Coventry - 1 £25,500 -
SCADA
England

SCADA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands region 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 13 (50.00%) Degree
2 10 (38.46%) C++
2 10 (38.46%) Siemens
3 9 (34.62%) HND
3 9 (34.62%) .NET
3 9 (34.62%) TDD
3 9 (34.62%) Scrum
3 9 (34.62%) C#
3 9 (34.62%) Software Architecture
3 9 (34.62%) Modbus
4 8 (30.77%) Allen-Bradley
4 8 (30.77%) Network Architecture
4 8 (30.77%) FMCG
4 8 (30.77%) Microsoft
5 5 (19.23%) SQL
6 3 (11.54%) Data Analysis
6 3 (11.54%) Quantrix
7 2 (7.692%) Avaya
7 2 (7.692%) CRM
8 1 (3.846%) ADSL
8 1 (3.846%) GPRS
8 1 (3.846%) GSM
8 1 (3.846%) ISDN
8 1 (3.846%) PSTN
8 1 (3.846%) Ethernet
8 1 (3.846%) TCP/IP
8 1 (3.846%) VB
8 1 (3.846%) VBA
8 1 (3.846%) Oracle
8 1 (3.846%) SAP

SCADA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands region 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 9 (34.62%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 1 (3.846%) WinCC
Applications
1 3 (11.54%) Quantrix
Communications & Networking
1 9 (34.62%) Modbus
2 1 (3.846%) ADSL
2 1 (3.846%) GPRS
2 1 (3.846%) GSM
2 1 (3.846%) ISDN
2 1 (3.846%) PSTN
2 1 (3.846%) Ethernet
2 1 (3.846%) TCP/IP
2 1 (3.846%) MPLS
2 1 (3.846%) VSAT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.846%) Oracle 8/8i
1 1 (3.846%) GIS
General
1 1 (3.846%) Electronics
1 1 (3.846%) Telecoms
1 1 (3.846%) Manufacturing
1 1 (3.846%) Billing
Job Titles
1 9 (34.62%) Developer
1 9 (34.62%) Software Developer
2 3 (11.54%) Analyst
2 3 (11.54%) Data Analyst
3 1 (3.846%) Senior Project Manager
3 1 (3.846%) Technical Support Engineer
3 1 (3.846%) Technical Engineer
3 1 (3.846%) Infrastructure Manager
3 1 (3.846%) Support Manager
3 1 (3.846%) Infrastructure Support Manager
3 1 (3.846%) Systems Engineer
3 1 (3.846%) Solutions Architect
3 1 (3.846%) Senior Manager
3 1 (3.846%) Technical Support
3 1 (3.846%) Support Engineer
3 1 (3.846%) Architect
3 1 (3.846%) Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 8 (30.77%) FMCG
2 1 (3.846%) APACS
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.846%) UNIX
1 1 (3.846%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (34.62%) Scrum
1 9 (34.62%) TDD
1 9 (34.62%) Software Architecture
2 8 (30.77%) Network Architecture
3 3 (11.54%) Data Analysis
4 2 (7.692%) CRM
5 1 (3.846%) Project Management
5 1 (3.846%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 10 (38.46%) C++
2 9 (34.62%) C#
3 5 (19.23%) SQL
4 1 (3.846%) VB
4 1 (3.846%) VBA
Qualifications
1 13 (50.00%) Degree
2 9 (34.62%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.846%) QA
Vendors
1 10 (38.46%) Siemens
2 8 (30.77%) Allen-Bradley
2 8 (30.77%) Microsoft
3 2 (7.692%) Avaya
4 1 (3.846%) Oracle
4 1 (3.846%) SAP
4 1 (3.846%) Wonderware
4 1 (3.846%) Twitter