SCADA Contracts in the Thames Valley

Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition (SCADA)
South East > Thames Valley

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term SCADA in contract job vacancies in the Thames Valley. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited SCADA over the 6 months leading up to 18 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 80 130 140
Rank change year-on-year +50 +10 +19
Contract jobs citing SCADA 21 8 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 1.40% 0.31% 0.32%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 4.02% 1.04% 0.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 0 6
10th Percentile £429 - £364
25th Percentile £500 - £503
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - £575
Median % change year-on-year - - +36.90%
75th Percentile £600 - £638
90th Percentile £638 - £644
South East median daily rate £550 £575 £538
% change year-on-year -4.35% +6.98% +19.44%

All Generic Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 522 771 906
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 34.80% 29.62% 32.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 312 466 599
10th Percentile £300 £205 £275
25th Percentile £406 £300 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £515
Median % change year-on-year - -2.91% +3.00%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £623
90th Percentile £650 £663 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £515
% change year-on-year - -2.91% +3.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 58 23
10th Percentile £13.13 £11.79 £18.08
25th Percentile £23.50 £21.00 £19.25
Median hourly rate £46.50 £27.75 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +67.57% -34.71% +112.50%
75th Percentile £64.18 £58.65 £71.80
90th Percentile £88.46 £65.00 £78.35
South East median hourly rate £47.81 £47.19 £50.00
% change year-on-year +1.31% -5.63% +132.56%

SCADA
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing SCADA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for SCADA in the Thames Valley

SCADA
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SCADA in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for SCADA in the Thames Valley

SCADA
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SCADA in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 18 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for SCADA in the Thames Valley

SCADA
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SCADA in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for SCADA in the Thames Valley

SCADA
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SCADA within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 18 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
Berkshire +47 20 £550 - 29
Buckinghamshire - 1 £450 - 8
SCADA
South East

SCADA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 (4.76%) WinCC
Business Applications
1 2 (9.52%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 1 (4.76%) AWS
1 1 (4.76%) Azure
1 1 (4.76%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 2 (9.52%) Ethernet
1 2 (9.52%) Modbus
1 2 (9.52%) MPLS
1 2 (9.52%) SDH
2 1 (4.76%) Firewall
2 1 (4.76%) Profibus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (28.57%) GIS
2 2 (9.52%) Big Data
2 2 (9.52%) SQL Server
2 2 (9.52%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 4 (19.05%) JIRA
General
1 2 (9.52%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (9.52%) Public Sector
1 2 (9.52%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (28.57%) Consultant
2 5 (23.81%) Solutions Consultant
3 4 (19.05%) Tester
4 3 (14.29%) Analyst
5 2 (9.52%) Architect
5 2 (9.52%) Network Analyst
5 2 (9.52%) Programme Manager
5 2 (9.52%) SCADA Engineer
5 2 (9.52%) Solutions Architect
5 2 (9.52%) Test Engineer
6 1 (4.76%) Cybersecurity Analyst
6 1 (4.76%) Infrastructure Analyst
6 1 (4.76%) Network Infrastructure Analyst
6 1 (4.76%) Security Analyst
6 1 (4.76%) Senior
6 1 (4.76%) Senior Analyst
6 1 (4.76%) Senior Network Analyst
6 1 (4.76%) Siemens Engineer
6 1 (4.76%) Technology Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (23.81%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 12 (57.14%) Operational Technology
2 4 (19.05%) Product Ownership
3 2 (9.52%) Replication
4 1 (4.76%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (4.76%) Driving Licence
4 1 (4.76%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 9 (42.86%) Windows
2 8 (38.10%) Linux
3 1 (4.76%) Windows Server
3 1 (4.76%) Windows Server 2016
3 1 (4.76%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (23.81%) Cybersecurity
3 4 (19.05%) Cartography
3 4 (19.05%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (19.05%) Test Assurance
3 4 (19.05%) Test Management
3 4 (19.05%) Test Strategy
3 4 (19.05%) Validation
4 3 (14.29%) Decision-Making
4 3 (14.29%) Root Cause Analysis
5 2 (9.52%) Analytics
5 2 (9.52%) Big Data Analytics
5 2 (9.52%) Data Analytics
5 2 (9.52%) Data Integration
5 2 (9.52%) Incident Response
5 2 (9.52%) Network Monitoring
5 2 (9.52%) Roadmaps
5 2 (9.52%) System Testing
5 2 (9.52%) Test Automation
5 2 (9.52%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 11 (52.38%) Perl
1 11 (52.38%) PL/SQL
1 11 (52.38%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (38.10%) Security Cleared
2 7 (33.33%) SC Cleared
3 4 (19.05%) Degree
4 2 (9.52%) CCNA
4 2 (9.52%) CCNP
4 2 (9.52%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (4.76%) CISM
5 1 (4.76%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (23.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (9.52%) NIST
3 1 (4.76%) Actionable Recommendations
3 1 (4.76%) IEC 61131
3 1 (4.76%) NCSC
System Software
1 1 (4.76%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 2 (9.52%) CSIRT
1 2 (9.52%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (9.52%) Microsoft
1 2 (9.52%) SAP
1 2 (9.52%) Virgin Media
2 1 (4.76%) Rockwell
2 1 (4.76%) Siemens
2 1 (4.76%) VMware