SCADA Contracts in the UK excluding London

Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition (SCADA)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term SCADA in contract job vacancies in the UK excluding London. 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 255 363 412
Rank change year-on-year +108 +49 +54
Contract jobs citing SCADA 81 36 50
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.63% 0.17% 0.21%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.91% 0.59% 0.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 57 17 33
10th Percentile £423 - £313
25th Percentile £475 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% +2.44%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £588
90th Percentile £715 £770 £651
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £44.82
Median hourly rate - £26.66 £48.13
Median % change year-on-year - -44.61% -
75th Percentile - - £51.45
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £42.50 £26.66 £48.13
% change year-on-year +59.41% -44.61% -

All Generic Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 4,241 6,126 7,826
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 33.22% 29.49% 32.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,608 3,665 5,276
10th Percentile £210 £210 £213
25th Percentile £363 £378 £386
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £496 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.80% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £588 £598 £618
90th Percentile £665 £688 £700
UK median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 301 723 439
10th Percentile £16.67 £12.15 £9.80
25th Percentile £20.00 £14.06 £10.63
Median hourly rate £31.08 £28.25 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +10.02% +28.41% +9.64%
75th Percentile £64.52 £61.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £83.20 £70.00 £75.00
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 the UK excluding London

Job postings citing SCADA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for SCADA in the UK excluding London

SCADA
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SCADA in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for SCADA in the UK excluding London

SCADA
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate histogram for SCADA in the UK excluding London

SCADA
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SCADA in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for SCADA in the UK excluding London

SCADA
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SCADA within the UK excluding London 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
Midlands +53 39 £550 +22.22% 102
West Midlands +46 39 £550 +22.22% 65
South East +60 25 £550 -4.35% 104
North of England +18 6 £413 -35.29% 93
North West +20 5 £413 - 36
Scotland +11 5 £500 -22.63% 35
South West +47 4 £575 -17.86% 34
East of England - 2 £452 - 48
Yorkshire - 1 - - 42
Wales - 1 £650 - 13
SCADA
UK

SCADA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 2 (2.47%) FactoryTalk
2 1 (1.23%) SAS
2 1 (1.23%) ThingWorx
2 1 (1.23%) WinCC
Applications
1 1 (1.23%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (2.47%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 5 (6.17%) AWS
1 5 (6.17%) Azure
2 2 (2.47%) GCP
3 1 (1.23%) Entra ID
3 1 (1.23%) IaaS
3 1 (1.23%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (1.23%) OpenShift
3 1 (1.23%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (8.64%) Modbus
2 6 (7.41%) Firewall
3 5 (6.17%) WAN
4 4 (4.94%) Ethernet
4 4 (4.94%) LAN
4 4 (4.94%) MPLS
5 3 (3.70%) MQTT
5 3 (3.70%) Network Security
5 3 (3.70%) SDH
6 2 (2.47%) 4G
6 2 (2.47%) 5G
6 2 (2.47%) Internet
6 2 (2.47%) iSCSI
6 2 (2.47%) LoRaWAN
6 2 (2.47%) VPN
7 1 (1.23%) ISDN
7 1 (1.23%) Profibus
7 1 (1.23%) PSTN
7 1 (1.23%) SD-WAN
7 1 (1.23%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (8.64%) GIS
2 3 (3.70%) SQL Server
2 3 (3.70%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 2 (2.47%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 19 (23.46%) JIRA
2 3 (3.70%) MSI
General
1 20 (24.69%) Social Skills
2 5 (6.17%) Documentation Skills
3 4 (4.94%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (4.94%) Manufacturing
4 3 (3.70%) Public Sector
5 2 (2.47%) Electronics
5 2 (2.47%) Presentation Skills
5 2 (2.47%) Telecoms
6 1 (1.23%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 15 (18.52%) Tester
2 14 (17.28%) Architect
3 10 (12.35%) Consultant
4 9 (11.11%) Analyst
5 6 (7.41%) Security Architect
5 6 (7.41%) Solutions Consultant
6 4 (4.94%) Network Analyst
6 4 (4.94%) OAT Analyst
6 4 (4.94%) Solutions Architect
7 3 (3.70%) Programme Manager
7 3 (3.70%) SCADA Engineer
7 3 (3.70%) Systems Architect
7 3 (3.70%) Test Engineer
8 2 (2.47%) Developer
8 2 (2.47%) Enterprise Architect
8 2 (2.47%) IT Architect
8 2 (2.47%) IT Security Architect
8 2 (2.47%) Network Architect
8 2 (2.47%) Security Engineer
8 2 (2.47%) Technical Writer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (7.41%) SOAP
2 5 (6.17%) Middleware
3 3 (3.70%) Software Packaging
4 1 (1.23%) Java RMI
Miscellaneous
1 37 (45.68%) Operational Technology
2 9 (11.11%) Product Ownership
3 8 (9.88%) Industrial Internet of Things
3 8 (9.88%) IoT
4 7 (8.64%) Legacy Systems
5 6 (7.41%) Data Centre
6 4 (4.94%) Management Information System
7 3 (3.70%) Cyber Threat
7 3 (3.70%) Driving Licence
7 3 (3.70%) Replication
8 2 (2.47%) Data Protection Act
8 2 (2.47%) Fibre Optics
8 2 (2.47%) Manufacturing Execution System
8 2 (2.47%) NB-IoT
8 2 (2.47%) Security Posture
9 1 (1.23%) Analytical Mindset
9 1 (1.23%) Cyberattack
9 1 (1.23%) Embedded Systems
9 1 (1.23%) Industry 4.0
9 1 (1.23%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 14 (17.28%) Linux
1 14 (17.28%) Windows
2 2 (2.47%) VMS
3 1 (1.23%) Windows Server
3 1 (1.23%) Windows Server 2016
3 1 (1.23%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (24.69%) Cybersecurity
2 16 (19.75%) Network Monitoring
3 13 (16.05%) Test Strategy
4 12 (14.81%) Systems Engineering
5 10 (12.35%) Problem-Solving
6 9 (11.11%) Scenario Testing
6 9 (11.11%) Test Assurance
6 9 (11.11%) Test Management
7 7 (8.64%) Agile
7 7 (8.64%) Project Delivery
7 7 (8.64%) Stakeholder Management
8 6 (7.41%) Cartography
8 6 (7.41%) Functional Testing
8 6 (7.41%) Performance Testing
9 5 (6.17%) Defect Management
9 5 (6.17%) Root Cause Analysis
9 5 (6.17%) Scrum
9 5 (6.17%) System Integration Testing
9 5 (6.17%) Threat Modelling
9 5 (6.17%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 13 (16.05%) Perl
1 13 (16.05%) PL/SQL
1 13 (16.05%) SQL
2 4 (4.94%) PowerShell
2 4 (4.94%) Python
3 3 (3.70%) Bash
Qualifications
1 25 (30.86%) Security Cleared
2 23 (28.40%) SC Cleared
3 6 (7.41%) Degree
4 4 (4.94%) CCNP
4 4 (4.94%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (2.47%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (2.47%) CCNA
5 2 (2.47%) CISSP
5 2 (2.47%) Citrix Certification
5 2 (2.47%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 1 (1.23%) BC Cleared
6 1 (1.23%) CISM
6 1 (1.23%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (1.23%) CREST Certified
6 1 (1.23%) CTC Cleared
6 1 (1.23%) HNC
6 1 (1.23%) NVQ Level 3
6 1 (1.23%) OSCE
6 1 (1.23%) PMI Certification
6 1 (1.23%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (8.64%) NIST
2 6 (7.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (7.41%) NCSC
3 3 (3.70%) NIST 800
4 2 (2.47%) Actionable Recommendations
4 2 (2.47%) QA
5 1 (1.23%) IEC 61131
5 1 (1.23%) IEC 61508
5 1 (1.23%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (6.17%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (2.47%) Active Directory
3 1 (1.23%) Hyper-V
3 1 (1.23%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 5 (6.17%) Ansible
1 5 (6.17%) HP ALM
2 2 (2.47%) CSIRT
2 2 (2.47%) Kubernetes
3 1 (1.23%) Terraform
Vendors
1 6 (7.41%) VMware
2 5 (6.17%) HP
2 5 (6.17%) Microsoft
2 5 (6.17%) MuleSoft
2 5 (6.17%) Oracle
3 4 (4.94%) Siemens
4 3 (3.70%) Rockwell
4 3 (3.70%) Tanium
5 2 (2.47%) AVEVA
5 2 (2.47%) Cisco
5 2 (2.47%) DataCore
5 2 (2.47%) Foundry
5 2 (2.47%) Nokia
5 2 (2.47%) SAP
5 2 (2.47%) SolarWinds
5 2 (2.47%) Virgin Media
6 1 (1.23%) Broadcom