SCADA Contract Job Trends in Merseyside

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

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term SCADA in contract job vacancies in Merseyside. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited SCADA over the 6 months leading up to 18 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 39 28 -
Rank change year-on-year -11 - -
Contract jobs citing SCADA 1 2 0
As % of all contract jobs in Merseyside 0.32% 1.25% -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.18% 6.67% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £525 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - -
75th Percentile £575 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North West median daily rate £600 £413 -
% change year-on-year +45.45% - -

All Generic Skills
Merseyside

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 Merseyside.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 85 30 40
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Merseyside 26.98% 18.75% 17.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 22 16
10th Percentile £147 £151 £115
25th Percentile £315 £203 £136
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £300 £369
Median % change year-on-year +41.67% -18.64% -13.24%
75th Percentile £575 £535 £466
90th Percentile £638 £550 £525
North West median daily rate £475 £450 £493
% change year-on-year +5.56% -8.72% -1.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 0 8
10th Percentile £14.68 - £17.90
25th Percentile £22.70 - £20.09
Median hourly rate £25.38 - £32.12
Median % change year-on-year - - -18.70%
75th Percentile £43.96 - £34.24
90th Percentile - - £34.32
North West median hourly rate £43.96 £40.59 £25.25
% change year-on-year +8.30% +60.75% -5.61%

SCADA
Job Vacancy Trend in Merseyside

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

SCADA job vacancy trend in Merseyside

SCADA
Daily Rate Trend in Merseyside

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Merseyside citing SCADA

SCADA
Contract Job Locations in Merseyside

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SCADA within the Merseyside region over the 6 months to 18 June 2026. 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
Liverpool -16 1 £550 -
SCADA
North West

SCADA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Merseyside 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%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Lead
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (100.00%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
1 1 (100.00%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) NCSC