SCADA Contract Job Trends in the North East

Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition (SCADA)
England > North East

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term SCADA in contract job vacancies in the North East. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited SCADA over the 6 months leading up to 4 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 51 38 34
Rank change year-on-year -13 -4 -
Contract jobs citing SCADA 2 2 5
As % of all contract jobs in the North East 0.38% 0.62% 1.52%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.77% 1.89% 5.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 2
10th Percentile - £428 £576
25th Percentile - £431 £597
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £750 £450 £638
Median % change year-on-year +66.67% -29.41% -
75th Percentile - £469 £672
90th Percentile - £473 £689
England median daily rate £575 £563 £520
% change year-on-year +2.22% +8.17% -5.45%

All Generic Skills
North East

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 the North East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 113 106 89
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North East 21.56% 33.02% 26.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 72 65 56
10th Percentile £147 £318 £156
25th Percentile £170 £358 £190
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £500 £452
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% +10.62% -23.87%
75th Percentile £550 £588 £549
90th Percentile £586 £645 £675
England median daily rate £513 £545 £550
% change year-on-year -5.96% -0.91% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 2 8
10th Percentile £66.25 £21.60 £16.25
25th Percentile £67.50 £25.70 £38.70
Median hourly rate £70.00 £32.53 £46.84
Median % change year-on-year +115.22% -30.56% -29.03%
75th Percentile £71.25 £39.35 £48.75
90th Percentile £72.50 £43.45 £52.13
England median hourly rate £45.46 £34.25 £28.00
% change year-on-year +32.73% +22.32% +24.44%

SCADA
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

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

SCADA job vacancy trend in the North East

SCADA
Daily Rate Trend in the North East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing SCADA.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing SCADA

SCADA
Hourly Rate Trend in the North East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing SCADA.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing SCADA

SCADA
Contract Job Locations in the North East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SCADA within the North East region over the 6 months to 4 April 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
Durham 0 2 £750 +66.67% 3
SCADA
England

SCADA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North East 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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) LTE
1 2 (100.00%) Structured Cabling
1 2 (100.00%) TETRA
1 2 (100.00%) VoIP
General
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Commissioning Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Telecoms Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Fibre Optics
1 2 (100.00%) Operational Technology
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 2 (100.00%) DBS Check