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 advertised in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited SCADA over the 6 months to 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 354 409 465
Rank change year-on-year +55 +56 -59
Contract jobs citing SCADA 36 50 50
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.17% 0.21% 0.16%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.59% 0.64% 0.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 33 44
10th Percentile - £313 £364
25th Percentile £425 £425 £421
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £525 £493
Median % change year-on-year +9.52% +6.49% +1.13%
75th Percentile £700 £588 £659
90th Percentile £770 £651 £750
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £525
% change year-on-year - +4.76% +16.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 0
Median hourly rate £26.66 £48.13 -
Median % change year-on-year -44.61% - -
UK median hourly rate £26.66 £48.13 -
% change year-on-year -44.61% - -

All Generic Skills
UK excluding London

SCADA is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 6,132 7,829 9,812
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 29.51% 32.43% 31.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,655 5,298 6,773
10th Percentile £208 £213 £200
25th Percentile £375 £381 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £600 £615 £575
90th Percentile £688 £700 £668
UK median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 720 445 471
10th Percentile £12.15 £9.80 £12.02
25th Percentile £14.06 £10.63 £15.25
Median hourly rate £28.00 £22.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +27.27% +10.00% -16.67%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £44.28
90th Percentile £70.00 £74.60 £61.50
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £22.49 £27.00
% change year-on-year +33.42% -16.72% +2.16%

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 26 April 2024.

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 26 April 2024. 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
South East +21 11 £575 +4.55% 39
Midlands +23 8 £450 -10.00% 58
North of England +29 7 £638 - 47
Scotland +29 7 £646 +98.85% 23
West Midlands +25 7 £450 -10.00% 38
North East - 5 £638 - 5
South West +24 3 £700 - 15
North West +20 2 - - 25
East Midlands - 1 - - 20
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:

Applications
1 2 (5.56%) Microsoft Project
1 2 (5.56%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (2.78%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 5 (13.89%) Azure
2 4 (11.11%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (19.44%) LTE
2 5 (13.89%) WAN
3 3 (8.33%) Cisco ASA
3 3 (8.33%) Cisco Nexus
3 3 (8.33%) Firewall
3 3 (8.33%) Reverse Proxy
3 3 (8.33%) TETRA
4 2 (5.56%) LAN
5 1 (2.78%) ADSL
5 1 (2.78%) DSL
5 1 (2.78%) GPRS
5 1 (2.78%) GSM
5 1 (2.78%) Network Security
5 1 (2.78%) SDH
5 1 (2.78%) VSAT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (11.11%) GIS
General
1 12 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 6 (16.67%) Telecoms
3 4 (11.11%) Social Skills
4 3 (8.33%) Legal
5 2 (5.56%) Aerospace
5 2 (5.56%) Automotive
5 2 (5.56%) Finance
5 2 (5.56%) Law
6 1 (2.78%) Billing
6 1 (2.78%) Electronics
6 1 (2.78%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 6 (16.67%) Analyst
1 6 (16.67%) Architect
2 5 (13.89%) SCADA Engineer
2 5 (13.89%) Systems Engineer
3 4 (11.11%) Graduate
3 4 (11.11%) Solutions Architect
4 2 (5.56%) Consultant
4 2 (5.56%) Coordinator
4 2 (5.56%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 2 (5.56%) Graduate Systems Engineer
4 2 (5.56%) Project Coordinator
4 2 (5.56%) Security Analyst
4 2 (5.56%) Security Consultant
4 2 (5.56%) Systems Analyst
4 2 (5.56%) Telecoms Engineer
5 1 (2.78%) 1st Line Support Engineer
5 1 (2.78%) IT Support
5 1 (2.78%) Real Time Engineer
5 1 (2.78%) Security Engineer
5 1 (2.78%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (13.89%) Middleware
2 3 (8.33%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 19 (52.78%) Operational Technology
2 8 (22.22%) Data Centre
3 5 (13.89%) CCTV
4 3 (8.33%) Virtual Team
5 2 (5.56%) Management Information System
6 1 (2.78%) Fibre Optics
6 1 (2.78%) FMCG
6 1 (2.78%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 5 (13.89%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
1 9 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (19.44%) Decision-Making
3 5 (13.89%) Analytical Thinking
3 5 (13.89%) Computer Science
3 5 (13.89%) Data Centre Operations
3 5 (13.89%) ITIL
3 5 (13.89%) Proactive Monitoring
3 5 (13.89%) Release Management
3 5 (13.89%) Service Management
4 4 (11.11%) TOGAF
5 3 (8.33%) Agile
5 3 (8.33%) Cyber Resilience
5 3 (8.33%) Identity Access Management
5 3 (8.33%) Network Design
5 3 (8.33%) Network Virtualisation
5 3 (8.33%) Risk Assessment
5 3 (8.33%) Risk Management
5 3 (8.33%) Roadmaps
5 3 (8.33%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.78%) C#
1 1 (2.78%) Python
1 1 (2.78%) SQL
Qualifications
1 12 (33.33%) Degree
2 5 (13.89%) CCNA
2 5 (13.89%) Cisco Certification
3 4 (11.11%) CISSP
4 3 (8.33%) CCNP
4 3 (8.33%) Network+ Certification
5 2 (5.56%) DBS Check
5 2 (5.56%) Master's Degree
5 2 (5.56%) OSCP
6 1 (2.78%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (8.33%) GDPR
2 2 (5.56%) GRC
2 2 (5.56%) QA
3 1 (2.78%) ISA99
3 1 (2.78%) NIST
3 1 (2.78%) NIST 800
System Software
1 3 (8.33%) VMware Infrastructure
1 3 (8.33%) VMware NSX
Vendors
1 5 (13.89%) BMC
2 3 (8.33%) CheckPoint
2 3 (8.33%) Cisco
2 3 (8.33%) Palo Alto
2 3 (8.33%) VMware
3 2 (5.56%) SAP
4 1 (2.78%) LogRhythm
4 1 (2.78%) Microsoft