SCADA Contract Job Trends in Birmingham

Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition (SCADA)
West Midlands > Birmingham

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term SCADA in contract job vacancies in Birmingham. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited SCADA over the 6 months leading up to 17 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 70 50 -
Rank change year-on-year -20 - -
Contract jobs citing SCADA 7 9 0
As % of all contract jobs in Birmingham 0.84% 1.54% -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.24% 5.36% -
Number of daily rates quoted 6 8 0
10th Percentile £539 £599 -
25th Percentile £543 £663 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £579 £689 -
Median % change year-on-year -15.97% - -
75th Percentile £608 £695 -
90th Percentile £726 £703 -
West Midlands median daily rate £550 £651 £450
% change year-on-year -15.55% +44.72% -9.55%

All Generic Skills
Birmingham

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 Birmingham.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 312 168 260
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 37.23% 28.72% 33.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 186 112 159
10th Percentile £232 £200 £275
25th Percentile £403 £397 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £450
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +16.67% -5.26%
75th Percentile £549 £628 £575
90th Percentile £633 £689 £665
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 8 17
10th Percentile £17.13 £19.00 £19.05
25th Percentile £18.20 £28.00 £25.50
Median hourly rate £18.87 £30.45 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -38.03% -53.15% +268.48%
75th Percentile £23.50 £55.75 £67.50
90th Percentile £24.72 £58.08 £68.00
West Midlands median hourly rate £25.08 £22.00 £23.00
% change year-on-year +13.98% -4.35% +19.90%

SCADA
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

SCADA job vacancy trend in Birmingham

SCADA
Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing SCADA.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing SCADA

SCADA
Daily Rate Histogram in Birmingham

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SCADA in Birmingham over the 6 months to 17 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for SCADA in Birmingham

SCADA
Hourly Rate Trend in Birmingham

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing SCADA.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing SCADA

SCADA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham 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 3 (42.86%) DKIM
1 3 (42.86%) DMARC
1 3 (42.86%) Firewall
1 3 (42.86%) SMTP
2 2 (28.57%) NX-OS
3 1 (14.29%) DNS
3 1 (14.29%) Network Security
3 1 (14.29%) NGFW
3 1 (14.29%) VPN
General
1 2 (28.57%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (28.57%) Architect
1 2 (28.57%) Security Architect
2 1 (14.29%) Network Architect
2 1 (14.29%) Network Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (42.86%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Cloud Native
1 2 (28.57%) Data Centre
1 2 (28.57%) Operational Technology
2 1 (14.29%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 3 (42.86%) CentOS
1 3 (42.86%) Linux
1 3 (42.86%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 3 (42.86%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) High Availability
1 3 (42.86%) Load Balancing
1 3 (42.86%) SIEM
2 2 (28.57%) Network Packet Capture
2 2 (28.57%) Network Virtualisation
2 2 (28.57%) Password Management
3 1 (14.29%) Compliance Audit
3 1 (14.29%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (14.29%) Logistics
3 1 (14.29%) Network Architecture
3 1 (14.29%) Network Design
3 1 (14.29%) Network Segmentation
3 1 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (14.29%) Remediation Plan
3 1 (14.29%) Security Monitoring
3 1 (14.29%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 3 (42.86%) Bash
1 3 (42.86%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (42.86%) SC Cleared
1 3 (42.86%) Security Cleared
2 1 (14.29%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (14.29%) CCIE
2 1 (14.29%) CCNP
2 1 (14.29%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (14.29%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) PMO
System Software
1 3 (42.86%) Postfix
2 2 (28.57%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (28.57%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 3 (42.86%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Broadcom
1 2 (28.57%) Cisco
1 2 (28.57%) VMware
2 1 (14.29%) CheckPoint
2 1 (14.29%) Foundry
2 1 (14.29%) Palo Alto