SCADA Engineer Contract Job Trends in Portsmouth

SCADA Engineer
Hampshire > Portsmouth

The median SCADA Engineer daily rate in Portsmouth is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 3 November 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 27 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a SCADA Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Portsmouth 0.57% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.60% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - -
Hampshire median daily rate £550 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Portsmouth

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Portsmouth. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Portsmouth with a recognized job title 168 139 262
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.45% 97.20% 94.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 105 71 153
10th Percentile £200 £268 £330
25th Percentile £213 £394 £432
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year +3.00% -2.53% +8.00%
75th Percentile £556 £638 £613
90th Percentile £588 £700 £700
Hampshire median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 33 28
10th Percentile £25.08 £32.00 £20.35
25th Percentile £25.15 £54.63 £45.58
Median hourly rate £41.00 £70.00 £58.75
Median % change year-on-year -41.43% +19.15% -2.08%
75th Percentile £50.00 £70.43 £65.90
90th Percentile £59.38 £75.00 £70.00
Hampshire median hourly rate £25.15 £65.85 £49.50
% change year-on-year -61.81% +33.03% +10.00%

SCADA Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Portsmouth

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'SCADA Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Portsmouth.

SCADA Engineer job vacancy trend in Portsmouth

SCADA Engineer Skill Set
Top 12 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Portsmouth

For the 6 months to 3 November 2025, SCADA Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Portsmouth region featuring SCADA Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Cartography
1 1 (100.00%) GIS
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Perl
1 1 (100.00%) PL/SQL
1 1 (100.00%) SOAP
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
1 1 (100.00%) Windows

SCADA Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Portsmouth 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) GIS
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Operational Technology
1 1 (100.00%) Replication
1 1 (100.00%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cartography
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Perl
1 1 (100.00%) PL/SQL
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft