Hybrid/Remote SCADA Contract Job Trends

Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition (SCADA)
UK > Work from Home

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term SCADA in remote or hybrid contract work. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited SCADA over the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 268 302 380
Rank change year-on-year +34 +78 +152
Contract jobs citing SCADA 50 14 11
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.49% 0.12% 0.062%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.40% 0.37% 0.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 40 9 6
10th Percentile £412 £420 £573
25th Percentile £494 £450 £613
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £545 £490 £750
Median % change year-on-year +11.22% -34.67% +50.00%
75th Percentile £608 £675 £769
90th Percentile £800 £715 £788
UK median daily rate £550 £619 £559
% change year-on-year -11.11% +10.74% +5.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £75.00 -
UK median hourly rate £40.34 £75.00 £53.75
% change year-on-year -46.22% +39.53% -

All Generic Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 3,570 3,750 5,369
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 35.05% 30.91% 30.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,237 2,401 3,720
10th Percentile £329 £325 £325
25th Percentile £420 £420 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -
75th Percentile £638 £675 £672
90th Percentile £750 £808 £750
UK median daily rate £503 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -6.51% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 135 68 124
10th Percentile £17.50 £17.37 £19.99
25th Percentile £21.25 £22.66 £22.00
Median hourly rate £45.46 £40.00 £45.63
Median % change year-on-year +13.65% -12.34% -17.93%
75th Percentile £65.75 £66.50 £69.06
90th Percentile £70.16 £75.00 £77.28
UK median hourly rate £26.50 £34.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -22.06% -20.00% +21.43%

SCADA
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing SCADA and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

SCADA job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

SCADA
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing SCADA.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing SCADA

SCADA
Daily Rate Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing SCADA over the 6 months to 13 December 2025.

SCADA daily rate histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

SCADA
Hourly Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing SCADA.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing SCADA

SCADA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (4.00%) ThingWorx
Business Applications
1 1 (2.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 5 (10.00%) AWS
1 5 (10.00%) Azure
2 3 (6.00%) GCP
2 3 (6.00%) SaaS
3 2 (4.00%) Entra ID
4 1 (2.00%) Amazon EMR
4 1 (2.00%) Amazon S3
4 1 (2.00%) AWS CloudFormation
4 1 (2.00%) AWS Control Tower
4 1 (2.00%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (2.00%) GitHub
4 1 (2.00%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 12 (24.00%) Firewall
2 6 (12.00%) DNS
2 6 (12.00%) Modbus
3 5 (10.00%) Network Security
4 4 (8.00%) TCP/IP
5 3 (6.00%) Ethernet
5 3 (6.00%) FTP
5 3 (6.00%) LAN
5 3 (6.00%) VPN
6 2 (4.00%) 4G
6 2 (4.00%) ADSL
6 2 (4.00%) DKIM
6 2 (4.00%) DMARC
6 2 (4.00%) EIGRP
6 2 (4.00%) NGFW
6 2 (4.00%) NX-OS
6 2 (4.00%) OSPF
6 2 (4.00%) SD-WAN
6 2 (4.00%) SMTP
6 2 (4.00%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (12.00%) Apache Cassandra
2 2 (4.00%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (2.00%) Amazon Athena
3 1 (2.00%) Amazon Redshift
3 1 (2.00%) GIS
3 1 (2.00%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (6.00%) JIRA
2 1 (2.00%) HP UFT
2 1 (2.00%) JUnit
2 1 (2.00%) LoadRunner
2 1 (2.00%) NeoLoad
2 1 (2.00%) TestRail
General
1 22 (44.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (8.00%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (8.00%) Manufacturing
3 3 (6.00%) Documentation Skills
3 3 (6.00%) Finance
3 3 (6.00%) Public Sector
4 1 (2.00%) Aerospace
4 1 (2.00%) Banking
4 1 (2.00%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (2.00%) Pharmaceutical
4 1 (2.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 18 (36.00%) Architect
2 7 (14.00%) Security Architect
3 6 (12.00%) Solutions Architect
4 4 (8.00%) Network Security Architect
4 4 (8.00%) SCADA Engineer
4 4 (8.00%) Security Solutions Architect
5 3 (6.00%) Lead
5 3 (6.00%) Network Engineer
6 2 (4.00%) Automation Engineer
6 2 (4.00%) Consultant
6 2 (4.00%) Customer Engineer
6 2 (4.00%) Customer Support Engineer
6 2 (4.00%) Cybersecurity Architect
6 2 (4.00%) IT Architect
6 2 (4.00%) IT Security Architect
6 2 (4.00%) Network Architect
6 2 (4.00%) Project Manager
6 2 (4.00%) Support Engineer
6 2 (4.00%) Test Manager
7 1 (2.00%) Cybersecurity Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (6.00%) LDAP
2 2 (4.00%) SOAP
3 1 (2.00%) AWS CDK
3 1 (2.00%) Playwright
3 1 (2.00%) PyTorch
3 1 (2.00%) REST
3 1 (2.00%) TensorFlow
3 1 (2.00%) Web Services
3 1 (2.00%) XML
3 1 (2.00%) XSD
Miscellaneous
1 20 (40.00%) Operational Technology
2 4 (8.00%) Data Centre
3 3 (6.00%) Cloud Native
3 3 (6.00%) Industrial Internet of Things
3 3 (6.00%) Security Posture
4 2 (4.00%) Hybrid Cloud
4 2 (4.00%) IoT
4 2 (4.00%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (2.00%) Cyber Security Posture
5 1 (2.00%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (2.00%) FMCG
5 1 (2.00%) Low-Code
5 1 (2.00%) Management Information System
5 1 (2.00%) Manufacturing Execution System
5 1 (2.00%) Onboarding
5 1 (2.00%) State Machine
Operating Systems
1 7 (14.00%) Linux
1 7 (14.00%) Windows
2 2 (4.00%) CentOS
2 2 (4.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 2 (4.00%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (24.00%) Cybersecurity
2 7 (14.00%) Network Segmentation
3 6 (12.00%) Network Architecture
3 6 (12.00%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (10.00%) Design Patterns
4 5 (10.00%) Project Management
4 5 (10.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 5 (10.00%) Test Automation
5 4 (8.00%) Capacity Management
5 4 (8.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 4 (8.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
5 4 (8.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 4 (8.00%) Test Scripting
5 4 (8.00%) Zero Trust
6 3 (6.00%) High Availability
6 3 (6.00%) Security Monitoring
6 3 (6.00%) SIEM
6 3 (6.00%) Test Strategy
6 3 (6.00%) Threat Modelling
6 3 (6.00%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (10.00%) SQL
2 2 (4.00%) Bash
2 2 (4.00%) Python
3 1 (2.00%) C#
3 1 (2.00%) C++
3 1 (2.00%) Java
3 1 (2.00%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 11 (22.00%) Security Cleared
2 8 (16.00%) SC Cleared
3 5 (10.00%) CISSP
4 4 (8.00%) CCNP
4 4 (8.00%) Cisco Certification
5 3 (6.00%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (4.00%) CCIE
6 2 (4.00%) CCNA
6 2 (4.00%) CISM
7 1 (2.00%) APMG
7 1 (2.00%) AWS Certification
7 1 (2.00%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 1 (2.00%) CEH
7 1 (2.00%) GCFA
7 1 (2.00%) GIAC
7 1 (2.00%) ISTQB
7 1 (2.00%) PMP
7 1 (2.00%) SANS
7 1 (2.00%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (18.00%) NIST
2 2 (4.00%) QA
3 1 (2.00%) GDPR
3 1 (2.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (2.00%) NCSC
3 1 (2.00%) NIST 800
System Software
1 7 (14.00%) Active Directory
2 5 (10.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (4.00%) Postfix
3 2 (4.00%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 5 (10.00%) FortiGate
2 2 (4.00%) Nagios
2 2 (4.00%) Terraform
3 1 (2.00%) Ansible
3 1 (2.00%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
3 1 (2.00%) HP ALM
3 1 (2.00%) MOM
3 1 (2.00%) QRadar
3 1 (2.00%) Wonderware InTouch
Vendors
1 8 (16.00%) Broadcom
1 8 (16.00%) VMware
2 5 (10.00%) Microsoft
3 4 (8.00%) Cisco
3 4 (8.00%) Oracle
4 3 (6.00%) CheckPoint
4 3 (6.00%) Palo Alto
5 2 (4.00%) AVEVA
5 2 (4.00%) FireEye
5 2 (4.00%) Globalscape
5 2 (4.00%) Infoblox
5 2 (4.00%) MuleSoft
5 2 (4.00%) SolarWinds
6 1 (2.00%) AlgoSec
6 1 (2.00%) CyberArk
6 1 (2.00%) Fortinet
6 1 (2.00%) ServiceNow
6 1 (2.00%) Splunk
6 1 (2.00%) Tufin
6 1 (2.00%) Wonderware