SCADA Contracts in England

Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition (SCADA)
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term SCADA in contract job vacancies in England. 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 397 502 588
Rank change year-on-year +105 +86 +134
Contract jobs citing SCADA 88 40 65
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.36% 0.11% 0.13%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.06% 0.35% 0.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 59 18 38
10th Percentile £406 £425 £421
25th Percentile £475 £426 £495
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £533 £550
Median % change year-on-year +3.29% -3.18% -
75th Percentile £663 £588 £650
90th Percentile £712 £700 £691
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £41.25 - -
Median hourly rate £42.50 £26.66 -
Median % change year-on-year +59.41% - -
75th Percentile £43.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £42.50 £26.66 £48.13
% change year-on-year +59.41% -44.61% -

All Generic Skills
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 8,317 11,465 17,000
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 34.15% 30.83% 33.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,436 7,505 11,795
10th Percentile £300 £263 £313
25th Percentile £413 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £548 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -0.36% -4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £695
90th Percentile £788 £800 £800
UK median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 327 827 591
10th Percentile £15.84 £12.25 £9.80
25th Percentile £21.01 £15.17 £10.63
Median hourly rate £33.00 £30.16 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +9.42% +34.04% -16.67%
75th Percentile £64.63 £61.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £84.40 £70.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £32.05 £30.00 £22.49
% change year-on-year +6.83% +33.42% -18.24%

SCADA
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for SCADA in England

SCADA
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for SCADA in England

SCADA
Daily Rate Histogram in England

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

Daily rate histogram for SCADA in England

SCADA
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for SCADA in England

SCADA
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SCADA within the England 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
Midlands +53 39 £550 +22.22% 102
West Midlands +46 39 £550 +22.22% 65
South East +60 25 £550 -4.35% 102
London +36 7 £500 -9.09% 42
North of England +18 6 £413 -35.29% 93
North West +20 5 £413 - 36
South West +47 4 £575 -17.86% 34
East of England - 2 £452 - 47
Yorkshire - 1 - - 42
SCADA
UK

SCADA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (3.41%) FactoryTalk
2 2 (2.27%) WinCC
3 1 (1.14%) Apache Spark
3 1 (1.14%) SAS
3 1 (1.14%) ThingWorx
Applications
1 3 (3.41%) AutoCAD
1 3 (3.41%) Revit
2 1 (1.14%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (2.27%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 5 (5.68%) AWS
1 5 (5.68%) Azure
2 2 (2.27%) GCP
3 1 (1.14%) Entra ID
3 1 (1.14%) IaaS
3 1 (1.14%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (1.14%) OpenShift
3 1 (1.14%) Power Platform
3 1 (1.14%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (7.95%) Firewall
1 7 (7.95%) Modbus
2 5 (5.68%) Ethernet
3 4 (4.55%) Network Security
3 4 (4.55%) WAN
4 3 (3.41%) MPLS
4 3 (3.41%) MQTT
4 3 (3.41%) VPN
5 2 (2.27%) 5G
5 2 (2.27%) Internet
5 2 (2.27%) iSCSI
5 2 (2.27%) LAN
5 2 (2.27%) LoRaWAN
5 2 (2.27%) SDH
6 1 (1.14%) 4G
6 1 (1.14%) Converged Networks
6 1 (1.14%) HSRP
6 1 (1.14%) NGFW
6 1 (1.14%) Profibus
6 1 (1.14%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (7.95%) GIS
2 5 (5.68%) SQL Server
3 4 (4.55%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 3 (3.41%) Big Data
5 1 (1.14%) Hadoop
5 1 (1.14%) Power BI
5 1 (1.14%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 19 (21.59%) JIRA
2 3 (3.41%) MSI
General
1 19 (21.59%) Social Skills
2 5 (5.68%) Documentation Skills
2 5 (5.68%) Manufacturing
3 4 (4.55%) Public Sector
4 3 (3.41%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (2.27%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (1.14%) Automotive
6 1 (1.14%) Electronics
6 1 (1.14%) Finance
6 1 (1.14%) Marketing
6 1 (1.14%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 15 (17.05%) Architect
1 15 (17.05%) Tester
2 10 (11.36%) Consultant
3 9 (10.23%) Analyst
4 7 (7.95%) Security Architect
5 5 (5.68%) Solutions Consultant
6 4 (4.55%) Network Analyst
6 4 (4.55%) OAT Analyst
6 4 (4.55%) Solutions Architect
7 3 (3.41%) Design Engineer
7 3 (3.41%) Electrical Design Engineer
7 3 (3.41%) Electrical Engineer
7 3 (3.41%) Network Architect
7 3 (3.41%) Programme Manager
7 3 (3.41%) SCADA Engineer
7 3 (3.41%) Security Engineer
7 3 (3.41%) Systems Architect
7 3 (3.41%) Test Engineer
8 2 (2.27%) IT Security Architect
8 2 (2.27%) Security Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (6.82%) SOAP
2 5 (5.68%) Middleware
3 3 (3.41%) Software Packaging
4 1 (1.14%) ADO
4 1 (1.14%) D3.js
4 1 (1.14%) PyTorch
4 1 (1.14%) scikit-learn
4 1 (1.14%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 37 (42.05%) Operational Technology
2 9 (10.23%) Data Centre
2 9 (10.23%) IoT
2 9 (10.23%) Product Ownership
3 7 (7.95%) Industrial Internet of Things
3 7 (7.95%) Legacy Systems
4 4 (4.55%) Cyber Threat
4 4 (4.55%) Management Information System
5 3 (3.41%) Manufacturing Execution System
5 3 (3.41%) Replication
6 2 (2.27%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (2.27%) NB-IoT
6 2 (2.27%) Security Posture
7 1 (1.14%) Algorithms
7 1 (1.14%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (1.14%) Cyberattack
7 1 (1.14%) Driving Licence
7 1 (1.14%) Embedded Systems
7 1 (1.14%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 15 (17.05%) Linux
2 14 (15.91%) Windows
3 2 (2.27%) VMS
4 1 (1.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (1.14%) Windows Server
4 1 (1.14%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (1.14%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (22.73%) Cybersecurity
2 16 (18.18%) Network Monitoring
3 13 (14.77%) Test Strategy
4 12 (13.64%) Systems Engineering
5 9 (10.23%) Agile
5 9 (10.23%) Problem-Solving
5 9 (10.23%) Scenario Testing
5 9 (10.23%) Test Assurance
5 9 (10.23%) Test Management
6 7 (7.95%) Stakeholder Management
7 6 (6.82%) Cartography
7 6 (6.82%) Decision-Making
7 6 (6.82%) Functional Testing
7 6 (6.82%) Performance Testing
7 6 (6.82%) Project Delivery
8 5 (5.68%) Defect Management
8 5 (5.68%) Root Cause Analysis
8 5 (5.68%) System Integration Testing
8 5 (5.68%) Threat Modelling
8 5 (5.68%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 17 (19.32%) SQL
2 13 (14.77%) Perl
2 13 (14.77%) PL/SQL
3 5 (5.68%) Python
4 4 (4.55%) PowerShell
5 3 (3.41%) Bash
6 1 (1.14%) C#
6 1 (1.14%) C++
6 1 (1.14%) MATLAB
6 1 (1.14%) R
6 1 (1.14%) VB
Qualifications
1 23 (26.14%) Security Cleared
2 21 (23.86%) SC Cleared
3 6 (6.82%) Degree
4 4 (4.55%) CCNP
4 4 (4.55%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (2.27%) CCNA
5 2 (2.27%) CISSP
5 2 (2.27%) Citrix Certification
5 2 (2.27%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 1 (1.14%) CISM
6 1 (1.14%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (1.14%) CREST Certified
6 1 (1.14%) CTC Cleared
6 1 (1.14%) OSCE
6 1 (1.14%) PMI Certification
6 1 (1.14%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (7.95%) NCSC
1 7 (7.95%) NIST
2 6 (6.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (3.41%) NIST 800
4 2 (2.27%) Actionable Recommendations
4 2 (2.27%) QA
5 1 (1.14%) IEC 61131
System Software
1 5 (5.68%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (2.27%) Active Directory
3 1 (1.14%) Hyper-V
3 1 (1.14%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 5 (5.68%) Ansible
1 5 (5.68%) HP ALM
2 2 (2.27%) CSIRT
2 2 (2.27%) Kubernetes
3 1 (1.14%) Functional Safety
3 1 (1.14%) Terraform
3 1 (1.14%) TrustSec
3 1 (1.14%) Wonderware InTouch
Vendors
1 6 (6.82%) Microsoft
1 6 (6.82%) Oracle
1 6 (6.82%) Siemens
1 6 (6.82%) VMware
2 5 (5.68%) HP
2 5 (5.68%) MuleSoft
2 5 (5.68%) Rockwell
3 4 (4.55%) AVEVA
4 3 (3.41%) SAP
4 3 (3.41%) Tanium
5 2 (2.27%) DataCore
5 2 (2.27%) Foundry
5 2 (2.27%) SolarWinds
5 2 (2.27%) Virgin Media
6 1 (1.14%) Aruba
6 1 (1.14%) Broadcom
6 1 (1.14%) Cisco
6 1 (1.14%) F5
6 1 (1.14%) Juniper
6 1 (1.14%) Palo Alto