SCADA Contract Job Trends in London

Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition (SCADA)
England > London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term SCADA in contract job vacancies in London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited SCADA over the 6 months leading up to 1 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 340 386 434
Rank change year-on-year +46 +48 +154
Contract jobs citing SCADA 27 7 8
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.20% 0.043% 0.037%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.52% 0.13% 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 5 4
10th Percentile £458 £461 £455
25th Percentile £494 £496 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year - -8.33% +9.59%
75th Percentile £600 £738 £692
90th Percentile £638 £760 £712
England median daily rate £543 £628 £550
% change year-on-year -13.55% +14.09% +22.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £41.25 - -
Median hourly rate £42.50 - -
75th Percentile £43.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £38.42 £75.00 £52.50
% change year-on-year -48.77% +42.86% -

All Generic Skills
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 5,226 5,419 7,483
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 38.81% 33.64% 35.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,368 3,521 5,396
10th Percentile £338 £325 £350
25th Percentile £447 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% -
75th Percentile £700 £731 £725
90th Percentile £825 £850 £825
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -2.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 122 69 91
10th Percentile £17.00 £17.25 £17.30
25th Percentile £23.71 £23.80 £19.99
Median hourly rate £26.50 £31.62 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -16.19% +14.98% -5.17%
75th Percentile £46.55 £53.75 £51.38
90th Percentile £67.31 £71.38 £72.50
England median hourly rate £30.00 £57.35 £46.03
% change year-on-year -47.69% +24.59% +77.04%

SCADA
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for SCADA in London

SCADA
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing SCADA

SCADA
Daily Rate Histogram in London

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

Daily rate histogram for SCADA in London

SCADA
Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing SCADA

SCADA
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SCADA within the London region over the 6 months to 1 October 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
Central London +20 5 £475 -4.52% 2
SCADA
England

SCADA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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:

Applications
1 1 (3.70%) AutoCAD
1 1 (3.70%) Revit
Business Applications
1 1 (3.70%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1 (3.70%) AWS
1 1 (3.70%) Azure
1 1 (3.70%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 6 (22.22%) Firewall
1 6 (22.22%) Modbus
2 3 (11.11%) Ethernet
2 3 (11.11%) TCP/IP
3 2 (7.41%) DNS
3 2 (7.41%) Intrusion Detection
3 2 (7.41%) LAN
4 1 (3.70%) MPLS
4 1 (3.70%) MQTT
4 1 (3.70%) SDH
4 1 (3.70%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (7.41%) Apache Cassandra
1 2 (7.41%) SQL Server
2 1 (3.70%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (3.70%) Power BI
2 1 (3.70%) SAP BW
2 1 (3.70%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 2 (7.41%) Eclipse
General
1 13 (48.15%) Manufacturing
1 13 (48.15%) Social Skills
2 3 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (7.41%) Telecoms
4 1 (3.70%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 8 (29.63%) Consultant
2 4 (14.81%) Architect
2 4 (14.81%) Senior
3 2 (7.41%) Customer Engineer
3 2 (7.41%) Customer Support Engineer
3 2 (7.41%) Cybersecurity Engineer
3 2 (7.41%) Integration Architect
3 2 (7.41%) IT Consultant
3 2 (7.41%) Network Engineer
3 2 (7.41%) Security Engineer
3 2 (7.41%) Senior Security Engineer
3 2 (7.41%) Support Engineer
4 1 (3.70%) Design Engineer
4 1 (3.70%) Implementation Consultant
4 1 (3.70%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (3.70%) SCADA Consultant
4 1 (3.70%) Senior Consultant
4 1 (3.70%) Senior Network Engineer
4 1 (3.70%) Solutions Architect
4 1 (3.70%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (7.41%) CSS
1 2 (7.41%) HTML
1 2 (7.41%) REST
1 2 (7.41%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 14 (51.85%) Operational Technology
2 4 (14.81%) Algorithms
2 4 (14.81%) Data Centre
3 3 (11.11%) Industry 4.0
4 2 (7.41%) Insider Threat
4 2 (7.41%) Life Science
4 2 (7.41%) Management Information System
4 2 (7.41%) Renewable Energy
4 2 (7.41%) Security Posture
5 1 (3.70%) Cyber Security Posture
5 1 (3.70%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (3.70%) Industrial Internet of Things
5 1 (3.70%) IoT
5 1 (3.70%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (3.70%) Manufacturing Execution System
5 1 (3.70%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 2 (7.41%) Linux
1 2 (7.41%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (25.93%) Continuous Improvement
2 6 (22.22%) Data Modelling
2 6 (22.22%) Requirements Gathering
2 6 (22.22%) Visualisation
3 5 (18.52%) Artificial Intelligence
3 5 (18.52%) Cybersecurity
3 5 (18.52%) Digital Twin
3 5 (18.52%) Machine Learning
3 5 (18.52%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (14.81%) Digital Transformation Programme
4 4 (14.81%) Network Design
4 4 (14.81%) Requirements Workshops
4 4 (14.81%) Scenario Testing
4 4 (14.81%) Use Case
4 4 (14.81%) User Stories
5 3 (11.11%) Analytics
5 3 (11.11%) Validation
6 2 (7.41%) Information Security Management
6 2 (7.41%) Security Management
6 2 (7.41%) Vulnerability Assessment
Programming Languages
1 7 (25.93%) SQL
2 3 (11.11%) Python
3 2 (7.41%) COBOL
3 2 (7.41%) Java
3 2 (7.41%) JavaScript
3 2 (7.41%) PL/SQL
4 1 (3.70%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 4 (14.81%) CCNP
1 4 (14.81%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (11.11%) CCNA
2 3 (11.11%) Degree
2 3 (11.11%) Security Cleared
3 2 (7.41%) BPSS Clearance
3 2 (7.41%) CISSP
3 2 (7.41%) SC Cleared
4 1 (3.70%) GIAC
4 1 (3.70%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (11.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (11.11%) NIST
2 2 (7.41%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 1 (3.70%) NIST 800
System Software
1 2 (7.41%) Active Directory
1 2 (7.41%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (3.70%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
1 1 (3.70%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 4 (14.81%) Oracle
2 3 (11.11%) AVEVA
2 3 (11.11%) Microsoft
2 3 (11.11%) Rockwell
2 3 (11.11%) SAP
3 1 (3.70%) AlgoSec
3 1 (3.70%) Allen-Bradley
3 1 (3.70%) CheckPoint
3 1 (3.70%) Cisco
3 1 (3.70%) Fortinet
3 1 (3.70%) Palo Alto
3 1 (3.70%) Siemens
3 1 (3.70%) Tufin
3 1 (3.70%) Virgin Media
3 1 (3.70%) Wonderware