SCADA Contracts in Edinburgh

Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition (SCADA)
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term SCADA in contract job vacancies in Edinburgh. 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 64 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing SCADA 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh 0.48% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.26% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - -
Scotland median daily rate £500 £646 £325
% change year-on-year -22.63% +98.85% -30.92%

All Generic Skills
Edinburgh

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 Edinburgh.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 239 273 467
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 38.24% 33.50% 35.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 119 147 327
10th Percentile £208 £334 £242
25th Percentile £413 £420 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £489 £510 £479
Median % change year-on-year -4.12% +6.47% -4.20%
75th Percentile £554 £600 £538
90th Percentile £638 £675 £625
Scotland median daily rate £467 £475 £488
% change year-on-year -1.68% -2.56% +2.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 16 3
10th Percentile - £14.88 £21.34
25th Percentile £17.30 £16.25 £21.47
Median hourly rate £22.00 £20.57 £21.67
Median % change year-on-year +6.95% -5.08% -54.38%
75th Percentile £24.38 £60.19 £37.71
90th Percentile £42.00 £60.75 £47.33
Scotland median hourly rate £22.00 £18.14 £12.30
% change year-on-year +21.31% +47.44% -71.40%

SCADA
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Job vacancy trend for SCADA in Edinburgh

SCADA
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

Daily rate trend for SCADA in Edinburgh

SCADA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh 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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) LAN
1 2 (66.67%) WAN
2 1 (33.33%) 4G
2 1 (33.33%) MPLS
2 1 (33.33%) SDH
2 1 (33.33%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) GIS
1 1 (33.33%) SQL Server
1 1 (33.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 2 (66.67%) Electronics
1 2 (66.67%) Telecoms
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Consultant
1 1 (33.33%) Field Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Field Telecoms Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Network Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Network Field Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Solutions Consultant
1 1 (33.33%) Telecoms Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) Java RMI
1 1 (33.33%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Data Centre
1 2 (66.67%) Driving Licence
1 2 (66.67%) Fibre Optics
2 1 (33.33%) Operational Technology
2 1 (33.33%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Linux
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (66.67%) Process Management
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Thinking
2 1 (33.33%) Cartography
2 1 (33.33%) Cost Reduction
2 1 (33.33%) Customer Service
2 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (33.33%) Project Delivery
2 1 (33.33%) Project Management
2 1 (33.33%) Signal Processing
2 1 (33.33%) System Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) Perl
1 1 (33.33%) PL/SQL
1 1 (33.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (66.67%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (33.33%) BC Cleared
3 1 (33.33%) HNC
3 1 (33.33%) NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) QA
1 1 (33.33%) SLA
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Cisco
1 2 (66.67%) Nokia
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft