SCADA Contracts in Scotland

Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition (SCADA)
UK > Scotland

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

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 111 122 152
Rank change year-on-year +11 +30 +5
Contract jobs citing SCADA 5 7 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.31% 0.32% 0.38%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.81% 0.96% 1.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 6 11
10th Percentile £469 £481 -
25th Percentile £481 £518 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £646 £325
Median % change year-on-year -22.63% +98.85% -30.92%
75th Percentile £594 £788 £544
90th Percentile £650 £800 £588
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - +1.85%

All Generic Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 618 732 1,037
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 38.03% 33.02% 36.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 316 426 712
10th Percentile £221 £203 £250
25th Percentile £400 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £467 £475 £488
Median % change year-on-year -1.68% -2.56% +2.63%
75th Percentile £538 £588 £560
90th Percentile £600 £675 £675
UK median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 36 23
10th Percentile - £13.75 -
25th Percentile £17.30 £16.25 £10.63
Median hourly rate £22.00 £18.14 £12.30
Median % change year-on-year +21.31% +47.44% -71.40%
75th Percentile £24.66 £38.25 £28.81
90th Percentile £42.00 £60.38 £52.55
UK median hourly rate £32.05 £30.00 £22.49
% change year-on-year +6.83% +33.42% -18.24%

SCADA
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for SCADA in Scotland

SCADA
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SCADA in Scotland.

Daily rate trend for SCADA in Scotland

SCADA
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

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

Daily rate histogram for SCADA in Scotland

SCADA
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SCADA in Scotland.

Hourly rate trend for SCADA in Scotland

SCADA
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SCADA within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Edinburgh - 3 £500 - 8
Fife - 1 £472 -
SCADA
UK

SCADA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (40.00%) LAN
1 2 (40.00%) WAN
2 1 (20.00%) 4G
2 1 (20.00%) Ethernet
2 1 (20.00%) Firewall
2 1 (20.00%) Internet
2 1 (20.00%) MPLS
2 1 (20.00%) MQTT
2 1 (20.00%) SDH
2 1 (20.00%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) GIS
1 1 (20.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (20.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 2 (40.00%) Electronics
1 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
1 2 (40.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) Field Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Field Telecoms Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Network Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Network Field Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Project Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Senior
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) Solutions Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) Telecoms Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) Java RMI
1 1 (20.00%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) Operational Technology
2 2 (40.00%) Data Centre
2 2 (40.00%) Driving Licence
2 2 (40.00%) Fibre Optics
2 2 (40.00%) Industrial Internet of Things
3 1 (20.00%) Cyberattack
3 1 (20.00%) Industry 4.0
3 1 (20.00%) IoT
3 1 (20.00%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Linux
1 1 (20.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (40.00%) Process Management
2 1 (20.00%) Actionable Insight
2 1 (20.00%) Analytical Thinking
2 1 (20.00%) Business Continuity
2 1 (20.00%) Cartography
2 1 (20.00%) Contract Management
2 1 (20.00%) Data Modelling
2 1 (20.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (20.00%) Patch Management
2 1 (20.00%) Project Management
2 1 (20.00%) Security Management
2 1 (20.00%) Signal Processing
2 1 (20.00%) Smart Manufacturing
2 1 (20.00%) System Testing
2 1 (20.00%) Systems Engineering
2 1 (20.00%) Threat Detection
2 1 (20.00%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) Perl
1 1 (20.00%) PL/SQL
1 1 (20.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (60.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (40.00%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (20.00%) BC Cleared
3 1 (20.00%) HNC
3 1 (20.00%) NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) Actionable Recommendations
1 1 (20.00%) IEC 61508
1 1 (20.00%) NCSC
1 1 (20.00%) QA
1 1 (20.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Cisco
1 2 (40.00%) Nokia
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft