SCADA Contract Job Trends in Dumfries and Galloway

Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition (SCADA)
Scotland > Dumfries and Galloway

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term SCADA in contract job vacancies in Dumfries and Galloway. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited SCADA over the 6 months leading up to 16 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 6 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing SCADA 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Dumfries and Galloway 9.09% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 50.00% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £260 - -
Scotland median daily rate £500 £700 £496
% change year-on-year -28.57% +41.06% -

All Generic Skills
Dumfries and Galloway

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 Dumfries and Galloway.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 2 1 3
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Dumfries and Galloway 18.18% 14.29% 75.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 3
10th Percentile £285 - -
25th Percentile £322 - £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £386 £600 £413
Median % change year-on-year -35.63% +45.45% -
75th Percentile £454 - £434
90th Percentile £493 - £444
Scotland median daily rate £447 £450 £500
% change year-on-year -0.67% -10.00% +5.26%

SCADA
Contract Job Locations in Dumfries and Galloway

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SCADA within the Dumfries and Galloway region over the 6 months to 16 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
Dumfries - 1 £260 -
SCADA
Scotland

SCADA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Dumfries and Galloway 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 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) Tricentis qTest
General
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) IT Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) IT Support
1 1 (100.00%) IT Support Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing Execution System
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) ERP
1 1 (100.00%) Logistics
1 1 (100.00%) Scenario Testing
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) SAP