SCADA Contract Job Trends 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 14 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 100 104 138
Rank change year-on-year +4 +34 -
Contract jobs citing SCADA 13 12 2
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 0.85% 0.71% 0.084%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.20% 2.00% 0.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 11 2
10th Percentile £397 £513 £395
25th Percentile £428 £663 £424
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £700 £496
Median % change year-on-year -28.57% +41.06% -
75th Percentile £625 - £567
90th Percentile £648 - £595
UK median daily rate £550 £600 £520
% change year-on-year -8.33% +15.38% -3.26%

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 591 599 872
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 38.48% 35.57% 36.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 343 326 515
10th Percentile £175 £192 £250
25th Percentile £350 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £447 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.67% -10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £538 £538 £600
90th Percentile £598 £651 £700
UK median daily rate £501 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -6.88% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 23 25
10th Percentile £14.72 £19.60 £15.42
25th Percentile £16.19 £21.30 £16.50
Median hourly rate £25.15 £23.59 £19.18
Median % change year-on-year +6.61% +22.99% -2.89%
75th Percentile £53.13 £24.18 £55.00
90th Percentile £69.67 £40.91 £60.90
UK median hourly rate £27.21 £33.27 £42.40
% change year-on-year -18.21% -21.54% +21.15%

SCADA
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

SCADA job vacancy trend in Scotland

SCADA
Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing SCADA

SCADA
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SCADA in Scotland over the 6 months to 14 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for SCADA in Scotland

SCADA
Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing SCADA.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing SCADA

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 14 December 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 - 6 £500 - 2
Glasgow -6 2 £550 -15.38% 4
Aberdeen - 2 £600 -
Aberdeenshire - 1 £600 -
Dumfries and Galloway - 1 £260 -
SCADA
UK

SCADA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (15.38%) Apache
1 2 (15.38%) Apache Geronimo
1 2 (15.38%) Apache ServiceMix
1 2 (15.38%) Red Hat Fuse
1 2 (15.38%) Tomcat
1 2 (15.38%) WebSphere
Communications & Networking
1 3 (23.08%) Modbus
2 2 (15.38%) Firewall
3 1 (7.69%) Ethernet
3 1 (7.69%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (7.69%) LAN
3 1 (7.69%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (15.38%) GIS
2 1 (7.69%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (7.69%) HP UFT
1 1 (7.69%) JIRA
1 1 (7.69%) JUnit
1 1 (7.69%) LoadRunner
1 1 (7.69%) Tricentis qTest
General
1 4 (30.77%) Manufacturing
2 1 (7.69%) Finance
2 1 (7.69%) Pharmaceutical
2 1 (7.69%) Public Sector
2 1 (7.69%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (23.08%) SCADA Engineer
2 2 (15.38%) Network Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Analyst
3 1 (7.69%) Architect
3 1 (7.69%) Cybersecurity Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Developer
3 1 (7.69%) Integration Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) IT Analyst
3 1 (7.69%) IT Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) IT Support
3 1 (7.69%) IT Support Analyst
3 1 (7.69%) Manufacturing Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Network Security Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Principal Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Principal Network Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Principal Security Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Security Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (23.08%) Web Services
2 2 (15.38%) Apache Axis
2 2 (15.38%) Apache Camel
2 2 (15.38%) Middleware
2 2 (15.38%) TIBCO EMS
3 1 (7.69%) REST
3 1 (7.69%) SOAP
3 1 (7.69%) XML
3 1 (7.69%) XSD
Miscellaneous
1 4 (30.77%) Operational Technology
2 2 (15.38%) Manufacturing Execution System
3 1 (7.69%) Data Centre
3 1 (7.69%) FMCG
3 1 (7.69%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (7.69%) Life Science
3 1 (7.69%) Renewable Energy
3 1 (7.69%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 3 (23.08%) Linux
2 2 (15.38%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (30.77%) Test Automation
2 2 (15.38%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (15.38%) Data Modelling
2 2 (15.38%) Energy Management
2 2 (15.38%) Test Management
2 2 (15.38%) Test Scripting
3 1 (7.69%) Architecture Governance
3 1 (7.69%) Compliance Management
3 1 (7.69%) Data Flow Diagram
3 1 (7.69%) Fault Analysis
3 1 (7.69%) Information Security Management
3 1 (7.69%) Low Latency
3 1 (7.69%) Mentoring
3 1 (7.69%) Operational Acceptance Testing
3 1 (7.69%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (7.69%) Project Delivery
3 1 (7.69%) Project Management
3 1 (7.69%) Regression Testing
3 1 (7.69%) Scenario Testing
3 1 (7.69%) Security Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (30.77%) Java
1 4 (30.77%) SQL
2 3 (23.08%) PL/SQL
3 1 (7.69%) C#
3 1 (7.69%) C++
3 1 (7.69%) PowerShell
3 1 (7.69%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (7.69%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (7.69%) Degree
1 1 (7.69%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.69%) GRC
1 1 (7.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (7.69%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 1 (7.69%) Virtual Machines
Vendors
1 3 (23.08%) Oracle
2 2 (15.38%) SAP
2 2 (15.38%) Siemens
2 2 (15.38%) TIBCO
3 1 (7.69%) AVEVA
3 1 (7.69%) Cisco
3 1 (7.69%) Rockwell