SCADA Contract Job Trends in Preston

Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition (SCADA)
Lancashire > Preston

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term SCADA in contract job vacancies in Preston. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited SCADA over the 6 months leading up to 16 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 19 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing SCADA 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Preston 1.09% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 5.00% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 - -
Lancashire median daily rate £400 - -

All Generic Skills
Preston

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 Preston.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 20 4 15
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Preston 21.74% 8.70% 24.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 1 7
10th Percentile £202 - £411
25th Percentile £289 - £453
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £461 £575 £500
Median % change year-on-year -19.83% +15.00% +110.53%
75th Percentile £550 - £500
90th Percentile - - -
Lancashire median daily rate £488 £538 £624
% change year-on-year -9.30% -13.83% -4.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 7
10th Percentile - - £28.02
25th Percentile - - £37.67
Median hourly rate £41.94 £24.76 £45.88
Median % change year-on-year +69.39% -46.03% +44.25%
75th Percentile £58.10 - £46.03
90th Percentile £67.80 - £46.18
Lancashire median hourly rate £45.46 £24.76 £45.88
% change year-on-year +83.60% -46.03% +44.25%

SCADA
Job Vacancy Trend in Preston

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

SCADA job vacancy trend in Preston

SCADA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Preston 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