SCADA Contract Job Trends in Bristol

Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition (SCADA)
South West > Bristol

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term SCADA in contract job vacancies in Bristol. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited SCADA over the 6 months leading up to 4 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 85 - 85
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing SCADA 1 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 0.074% - 0.089%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.31% - 0.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £513 - £638
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 - £675
75th Percentile £538 - £713
90th Percentile - - -
South West median daily rate £363 £575 £675
% change year-on-year -36.96% -14.81% -3.57%

All Generic Skills
Bristol

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 Bristol.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 325 196 305
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 24.15% 30.63% 27.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 166 112 122
10th Percentile £318 £256 £300
25th Percentile £416 £362 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £425 £525
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% -19.05% -4.55%
75th Percentile £550 £560 £638
90th Percentile £650 £600 £699
South West median daily rate £505 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.81% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 77 25 122
10th Percentile £17.35 £6.00 £36.63
25th Percentile £42.30 £15.48 £50.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £18.51 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year +251.16% -73.56% +614.29%
75th Percentile £68.75 £63.75 £72.50
90th Percentile £70.00 £79.48 £75.00
South West median hourly rate £57.35 £21.01 £55.00
% change year-on-year +172.97% -61.80% +161.90%

SCADA
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

SCADA job vacancy trend in Bristol

SCADA
Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing SCADA

SCADA
Hourly Rate Trend in Bristol

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing SCADA

SCADA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Operational Technology
1 1 (100.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Network Segmentation
1 1 (100.00%) Purple Team
1 1 (100.00%) Security Monitoring
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Detection
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CEH
1 1 (100.00%) CompTIA Security+