SCADA Contract Job Trends in Staffordshire

Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition (SCADA)
West Midlands > Staffordshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term SCADA in contract job vacancies in Staffordshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited SCADA over the 6 months leading up to 21 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 13 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing SCADA 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Staffordshire 1.41% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.45% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
West Midlands median daily rate £540 £625 £750
% change year-on-year -13.60% -16.67% +91.08%

All Generic Skills
Staffordshire

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 Staffordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 29 19 39
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Staffordshire 40.85% 19.00% 26.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 15 29
10th Percentile £138 £283 £355
25th Percentile £174 £353 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £313 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year -30.56% -10.00% +17.65%
75th Percentile £413 £513 £575
90th Percentile £519 £545 £648
West Midlands median daily rate £488 £550 £500
% change year-on-year -11.36% +10.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £29.00 £46.25 -
Median hourly rate £30.00 £47.50 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -36.84% +106.52% -53.54%
75th Percentile £31.00 £48.75 -
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median hourly rate £23.05 £24.18 £23.00
% change year-on-year -4.67% +5.13% +29.80%

SCADA
Job Vacancy Trend in Staffordshire

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

SCADA job vacancy trend in Staffordshire

SCADA
Hourly Rate Trend in Staffordshire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Staffordshire citing SCADA

SCADA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Staffordshire 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:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Control Systems Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Systems Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) IEC 61131
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Rockwell
1 1 (100.00%) Siemens
1 1 (100.00%) Wonderware