SCADA Contract Job Trends in Lancashire

Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition (SCADA)
North West > Lancashire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term SCADA in contract job vacancies in Lancashire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited SCADA over the 6 months leading up to 15 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 36 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing SCADA 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Lancashire 0.48% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.06% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 - -
North West median daily rate £350 - -

All Generic Skills
Lancashire

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 Lancashire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 94 21 41
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Lancashire 44.76% 14.69% 18.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 52 8 19
10th Percentile £160 £424 £412
25th Percentile £258 £488 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £538 £623
Median % change year-on-year -9.30% -13.65% -4.23%
75th Percentile £550 £575 £650
90th Percentile £588 £598 £725
North West median daily rate £450 £486 £513
% change year-on-year -7.41% -5.17% +2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 3 11
10th Percentile - £20.35 £37.55
25th Percentile £45.46 £22.01 £41.84
Median hourly rate £49.12 £24.76 £45.88
Median % change year-on-year +98.37% -46.03% +44.25%
75th Percentile £69.80 £35.47 £46.18
90th Percentile £74.26 £41.90 -
North West median hourly rate £45.46 £31.75 £41.87
% change year-on-year +43.18% -24.16% +35.77%

SCADA
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire

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

SCADA job vacancy trend in Lancashire

SCADA
Daily Rate Trend in Lancashire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing SCADA

SCADA
Hourly Rate Trend in Lancashire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing SCADA

SCADA
Contract Job Locations in Lancashire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SCADA within the Lancashire region over the 6 months to 15 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
Preston - 1 £400 - 1
SCADA
North West

SCADA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Lancashire 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%) Aerospace
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Automation Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Industrial Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Industrial Internet of Things
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Optimisation
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) MOM
1 1 (100.00%) Wonderware InTouch
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) AVEVA
1 1 (100.00%) ServiceNow
1 1 (100.00%) Wonderware