SCADA Contract Job Trends in Bedfordshire

Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition (SCADA)
East of England > Bedfordshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term SCADA in contract job vacancies in Bedfordshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited SCADA over the 6 months leading up to 21 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 33 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing SCADA 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Bedfordshire 1.40% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 4.84% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £625 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 - -
75th Percentile £675 - -
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median daily rate £650 £452 £650
% change year-on-year +43.81% -30.46% +52.94%

All Generic Skills
Bedfordshire

SCADA falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in Bedfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 62 47 104
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bedfordshire 28.84% 28.48% 41.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 18 69
10th Percentile £220 £289 £323
25th Percentile £331 £331 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £700 £550
90th Percentile £650 - £562
East of England median daily rate £475 £483 £500
% change year-on-year -1.55% -3.50% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 7 2
10th Percentile £68.70 £29.60 £52.75
25th Percentile - £30.39 £53.13
Median hourly rate £80.00 £31.12 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +157.07% -43.42% +47.65%
75th Percentile - £66.05 £56.88
90th Percentile £88.88 £77.80 £57.25
East of England median hourly rate £45.00 £66.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year -31.82% +10.00% +14.29%

SCADA
Job Vacancy Trend in Bedfordshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing SCADA relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Bedfordshire.

SCADA job vacancy trend in Bedfordshire

SCADA
Contract Job Locations in Bedfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SCADA within the Bedfordshire region over the 6 months to 21 December 2025. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Bedford - 2 £650 - 1
Luton - 1 £650 -
SCADA
East of England

SCADA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bedfordshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) Ethernet
1 1 (33.33%) Modbus
General
1 2 (66.67%) Aerospace
2 1 (33.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (33.33%) Manufacturing
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Consultant
2 1 (33.33%) Enterprise Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Security Consultant
2 1 (33.33%) Technical Architect
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Business Continuity
1 2 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (66.67%) Digital Transformation Programme
1 2 (66.67%) Disaster Recovery
1 2 (66.67%) Enterprise Architecture
1 2 (66.67%) ITIL
1 2 (66.67%) Roadmaps
1 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 2 (66.67%) Technology Roadmap
1 2 (66.67%) TOGAF
2 1 (33.33%) IT Strategy
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (33.33%) Technology Strategy
2 1 (33.33%) Traceability Matrix
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
1 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) NIST
2 2 (66.67%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (66.67%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 2 (66.67%) Def Stans
3 1 (33.33%) NIST 800
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) VMware