SCADA Contracts in the South East

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

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term SCADA in contract job vacancies in the South East. 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 134 194 207
Rank change year-on-year +60 +13 +48
Contract jobs citing SCADA 25 11 15
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.83% 0.20% 0.26%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.48% 0.69% 0.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 3 12
10th Percentile £431 £265 £403
25th Percentile £500 £376 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +26.44%
75th Percentile £635 £588 £600
90th Percentile £681 - £638
England median daily rate £550 £533 £550
% change year-on-year +3.29% -3.18% -

All Generic Skills
South 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 South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 1,009 1,583 1,962
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 33.52% 28.48% 33.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 633 936 1,323
10th Percentile £211 £205 £213
25th Percentile £360 £363 £373
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year - -2.44% +2.50%
75th Percentile £600 £608 £638
90th Percentile £661 £688 £725
England median daily rate £548 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -0.36% -4.35% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 63 154 90
10th Percentile £16.95 £11.74 £18.23
25th Percentile £23.50 £18.35 £20.48
Median hourly rate £47.81 £47.19 £51.25
Median % change year-on-year +1.31% -7.93% +138.37%
75th Percentile £64.13 £61.30 £67.50
90th Percentile £85.50 £65.00 £75.00
England median hourly rate £33.00 £30.16 £22.50
% change year-on-year +9.42% +34.04% -16.67%

SCADA
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing SCADA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for SCADA in the South East

SCADA
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SCADA in the South East.

Daily rate trend for SCADA in the South East

SCADA
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

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

Daily rate histogram for SCADA in the South East

SCADA
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SCADA in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for SCADA in the South East

SCADA
Contract Job Locations in the South 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 South East 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
Thames Valley +57 22 £550 - 35
Berkshire +44 21 £550 - 23
Hampshire +29 5 £550 -4.35% 35
West Sussex - 1 £775 - 5
Buckinghamshire - 1 £450 - 9
SCADA
England

SCADA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (4.00%) ThingWorx
1 1 (4.00%) WinCC
Business Applications
1 2 (8.00%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 2 (8.00%) AWS
2 1 (4.00%) Azure
2 1 (4.00%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 2 (8.00%) Ethernet
1 2 (8.00%) Modbus
1 2 (8.00%) MPLS
1 2 (8.00%) SDH
2 1 (4.00%) Firewall
2 1 (4.00%) Profibus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (24.00%) GIS
2 2 (8.00%) Big Data
2 2 (8.00%) SQL Server
2 2 (8.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 4 (16.00%) JIRA
General
1 3 (12.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (8.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (8.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 6 (24.00%) Consultant
2 5 (20.00%) Solutions Consultant
3 4 (16.00%) Tester
4 3 (12.00%) Analyst
4 3 (12.00%) Architect
4 3 (12.00%) Programme Manager
4 3 (12.00%) SCADA Engineer
4 3 (12.00%) Test Engineer
5 2 (8.00%) Network Analyst
5 2 (8.00%) Solutions Architect
6 1 (4.00%) Enterprise Architect
6 1 (4.00%) Enterprise Security Architect
6 1 (4.00%) Infrastructure Analyst
6 1 (4.00%) Network Infrastructure Analyst
6 1 (4.00%) Security Analyst
6 1 (4.00%) Security Architect
6 1 (4.00%) Senior Analyst
6 1 (4.00%) Senior Network Analyst
6 1 (4.00%) Solutions Designer
6 1 (4.00%) Technology Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (20.00%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 16 (64.00%) Operational Technology
2 4 (16.00%) Product Ownership
3 3 (12.00%) IoT
4 2 (8.00%) Management Information System
4 2 (8.00%) Replication
5 1 (4.00%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (4.00%) Driving Licence
5 1 (4.00%) Industrial Internet of Things
Operating Systems
1 10 (40.00%) Windows
2 9 (36.00%) Linux
3 1 (4.00%) Windows Server
3 1 (4.00%) Windows Server 2016
3 1 (4.00%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (24.00%) Cybersecurity
1 6 (24.00%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (20.00%) Cartography
2 5 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (16.00%) Test Assurance
3 4 (16.00%) Test Management
3 4 (16.00%) Test Strategy
3 4 (16.00%) Validation
4 3 (12.00%) Decision-Making
4 3 (12.00%) Root Cause Analysis
4 3 (12.00%) Test Automation
4 3 (12.00%) Test Scripting
5 2 (8.00%) Big Data Analytics
5 2 (8.00%) Data Analytics
5 2 (8.00%) Data Integration
5 2 (8.00%) Disaster Recovery
5 2 (8.00%) Incident Management
5 2 (8.00%) ITIL
5 2 (8.00%) Logistics
5 2 (8.00%) System Testing
Programming Languages
1 12 (48.00%) Perl
1 12 (48.00%) PL/SQL
1 12 (48.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (32.00%) Security Cleared
2 7 (28.00%) SC Cleared
3 6 (24.00%) Degree
4 2 (8.00%) CCNA
4 2 (8.00%) CCNP
4 2 (8.00%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (4.00%) CISM
5 1 (4.00%) CISSP
5 1 (4.00%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (4.00%) PMI Certification
5 1 (4.00%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (8.00%) NIST
3 1 (4.00%) Actionable Recommendations
3 1 (4.00%) IEC 61131
3 1 (4.00%) NCSC
System Software
1 1 (4.00%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 2 (8.00%) CSIRT
1 2 (8.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 3 (12.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (8.00%) SAP
2 2 (8.00%) Virgin Media
3 1 (4.00%) Rockwell
3 1 (4.00%) Siemens
3 1 (4.00%) VMware