SCADA Contracts in Berkshire

Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition (SCADA)
South East > Berkshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term SCADA in contract job vacancies in Berkshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited SCADA over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 72 116 107
Rank change year-on-year +44 -9 +22
Contract jobs citing SCADA 21 8 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 1.79% 0.40% 0.44%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 5.13% 1.34% 1.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 0 5
10th Percentile £466 - £337
25th Percentile £500 - £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - £625
Median % change year-on-year - - +48.81%
75th Percentile £600 - £638
90th Percentile £640 - £645
South East median daily rate £550 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +26.44%

All Generic Skills
Berkshire

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 Berkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 409 599 615
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 34.87% 30.19% 34.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 232 334 393
10th Percentile £307 £205 £313
25th Percentile £424 £281 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year - -2.44% +2.50%
75th Percentile £588 £608 £619
90th Percentile £650 £675 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £513
% change year-on-year - -2.44% +2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 31 16
10th Percentile £26.40 £11.79 £19.25
25th Percentile £32.05 £22.25 £47.56
Median hourly rate £61.50 £42.50 £64.68
Median % change year-on-year +44.69% -34.29% +187.64%
75th Percentile £87.28 £62.23 £74.25
90th Percentile £91.05 £67.50 £79.19
South East median hourly rate £47.81 £47.19 £51.25
% change year-on-year +1.31% -7.93% +138.37%

SCADA
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Job postings citing SCADA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Job vacancy trend for SCADA in Berkshire

SCADA
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SCADA in Berkshire.

Daily rate trend for SCADA in Berkshire

SCADA
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SCADA in Berkshire over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for SCADA in Berkshire

SCADA
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SCADA in Berkshire.

Hourly rate trend for SCADA in Berkshire

SCADA
Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SCADA within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Wokingham - 11 £500 - 1
Reading +34 8 £556 - 18
Slough - 1 £600 - 7
Windsor - 1 £600 -
SCADA
South East

SCADA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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:

Business Applications
1 2 (9.52%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 1 (4.76%) AWS
1 1 (4.76%) Azure
1 1 (4.76%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 2 (9.52%) Ethernet
1 2 (9.52%) MPLS
1 2 (9.52%) SDH
2 1 (4.76%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (28.57%) GIS
2 2 (9.52%) Big Data
2 2 (9.52%) SQL Server
2 2 (9.52%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 4 (19.05%) JIRA
General
1 2 (9.52%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (9.52%) Public Sector
1 2 (9.52%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (28.57%) Consultant
2 5 (23.81%) Solutions Consultant
3 4 (19.05%) Tester
4 3 (14.29%) Analyst
4 3 (14.29%) SCADA Engineer
4 3 (14.29%) Test Engineer
5 2 (9.52%) Architect
5 2 (9.52%) Network Analyst
5 2 (9.52%) Programme Manager
5 2 (9.52%) Solutions Architect
6 1 (4.76%) Cybersecurity Analyst
6 1 (4.76%) Infrastructure Analyst
6 1 (4.76%) Network Infrastructure Analyst
6 1 (4.76%) Security Analyst
6 1 (4.76%) Senior
6 1 (4.76%) Senior Analyst
6 1 (4.76%) Senior Network Analyst
6 1 (4.76%) Technology Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (23.81%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 13 (61.90%) Operational Technology
2 4 (19.05%) Product Ownership
3 2 (9.52%) Replication
4 1 (4.76%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (4.76%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 9 (42.86%) Linux
1 9 (42.86%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (23.81%) Cartography
2 5 (23.81%) Cybersecurity
3 4 (19.05%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (19.05%) Test Assurance
3 4 (19.05%) Test Management
3 4 (19.05%) Test Strategy
3 4 (19.05%) Validation
4 3 (14.29%) Decision-Making
4 3 (14.29%) Root Cause Analysis
4 3 (14.29%) Test Automation
4 3 (14.29%) Test Scripting
5 2 (9.52%) Analytics
5 2 (9.52%) Big Data Analytics
5 2 (9.52%) Data Analytics
5 2 (9.52%) Data Integration
5 2 (9.52%) Incident Management
5 2 (9.52%) Logistics
5 2 (9.52%) Network Monitoring
5 2 (9.52%) System Testing
Programming Languages
1 12 (57.14%) Perl
1 12 (57.14%) PL/SQL
1 12 (57.14%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (38.10%) Security Cleared
2 7 (33.33%) SC Cleared
3 5 (23.81%) Degree
4 2 (9.52%) CCNA
4 2 (9.52%) CCNP
4 2 (9.52%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (4.76%) CISM
5 1 (4.76%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (23.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (9.52%) NIST
3 1 (4.76%) Actionable Recommendations
3 1 (4.76%) NCSC
Systems Management
1 2 (9.52%) CSIRT
1 2 (9.52%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (9.52%) Microsoft
1 2 (9.52%) SAP
1 2 (9.52%) Virgin Media