SCADA Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

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 7 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 271 324 434
Rank change year-on-year +53 +110 +131
Contract jobs citing SCADA 34 20 40
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.34% 0.13% 0.16%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.04% 0.46% 0.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 17 31
10th Percentile £463 £485 £495
25th Percentile £500 £500 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% +20.00%
75th Percentile £688 £700 £644
90th Percentile £700 £770 £700
UK median daily rate £550 £563 £550
% change year-on-year -2.22% +2.27% +4.76%

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 3,284 4,352 8,034
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 33.30% 28.58% 31.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,239 2,976 5,650
10th Percentile £350 £325 £363
25th Percentile £425 £431 £452
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £545 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.91% - +1.85%
75th Percentile £688 £675 £684
90th Percentile £825 £800 £792
UK median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.42% -2.18% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 75 195 154
10th Percentile £18.33 £15.45 £19.00
25th Percentile £24.50 £25.50 £25.75
Median hourly rate £41.00 £48.50 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.46% -11.82% +23.60%
75th Percentile £64.52 £65.02 £70.00
90th Percentile £78.25 £72.50 £85.00
UK median hourly rate £32.50 £30.14 £22.49
% change year-on-year +7.83% +34.04% -18.24%

SCADA
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing SCADA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

SCADA trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

SCADA
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing SCADA.

SCADA daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

SCADA
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing SCADA over the 6 months to 7 May 2025.

SCADA daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

SCADA
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing SCADA.

SCADA hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

SCADA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 (5.88%) ThingWorx
2 1 (2.94%) FactoryTalk
2 1 (2.94%) SAS
Cloud Services
1 3 (8.82%) Azure
2 2 (5.88%) AWS
2 2 (5.88%) GCP
3 1 (2.94%) Entra ID
3 1 (2.94%) IaaS
3 1 (2.94%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (2.94%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (17.65%) Ethernet
2 5 (14.71%) Firewall
3 3 (8.82%) Modbus
3 3 (8.82%) Network Security
4 2 (5.88%) Internet
4 2 (5.88%) iSCSI
4 2 (5.88%) MPLS
4 2 (5.88%) MQTT
4 2 (5.88%) SDH
4 2 (5.88%) TCP/IP
5 1 (2.94%) ADSL
5 1 (2.94%) BGP
5 1 (2.94%) DHCP
5 1 (2.94%) DNS
5 1 (2.94%) EIGRP
5 1 (2.94%) OSPF
5 1 (2.94%) SSL
5 1 (2.94%) VPN
5 1 (2.94%) VRRP
5 1 (2.94%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.88%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.94%) GIS
2 1 (2.94%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 9 (26.47%) JIRA
2 1 (2.94%) MSI
General
1 11 (32.35%) Social Skills
2 2 (5.88%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (2.94%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (2.94%) Automotive
3 1 (2.94%) Manufacturing
3 1 (2.94%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 8 (23.53%) Tester
2 7 (20.59%) Architect
3 6 (17.65%) Consultant
4 5 (14.71%) Security Architect
5 3 (8.82%) Analyst
5 3 (8.82%) Senior
6 2 (5.88%) Network Analyst
6 2 (5.88%) Network Security Architect
6 2 (5.88%) Security Engineer
6 2 (5.88%) Senior Consultant
7 1 (2.94%) Applications Tester
7 1 (2.94%) Data Centre Architect
7 1 (2.94%) IT Architect
7 1 (2.94%) IT Security Architect
7 1 (2.94%) Network Architect
7 1 (2.94%) Network Infrastructure Analyst
7 1 (2.94%) Senior Analyst
7 1 (2.94%) Senior Network Analyst
7 1 (2.94%) Senior Security Consultant
7 1 (2.94%) Technology Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.88%) Middleware
2 1 (2.94%) SOAP
2 1 (2.94%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 15 (44.12%) Operational Technology
2 8 (23.53%) Legacy Systems
3 5 (14.71%) Industrial Internet of Things
3 5 (14.71%) IoT
4 4 (11.76%) Cyber Threat
5 3 (8.82%) Data Centre
6 2 (5.88%) Cyberattack
6 2 (5.88%) Management Information System
6 2 (5.88%) Product Ownership
6 2 (5.88%) Security Posture
7 1 (2.94%) Embedded Systems
7 1 (2.94%) Manufacturing Execution System
7 1 (2.94%) Renewable Energy
7 1 (2.94%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 2 (5.88%) Linux
1 2 (5.88%) VMS
1 2 (5.88%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (35.29%) Network Monitoring
2 8 (23.53%) Cybersecurity
2 8 (23.53%) Systems Engineering
3 6 (17.65%) Functional Testing
3 6 (17.65%) Performance Testing
4 5 (14.71%) Agile
4 5 (14.71%) Stakeholder Management
4 5 (14.71%) Threat Modelling
5 4 (11.76%) MITRE ATT&CK
6 3 (8.82%) Actionable Insight
6 3 (8.82%) Application Security
6 3 (8.82%) Cloud Security
6 3 (8.82%) Mentoring
6 3 (8.82%) Root Cause Analysis
6 3 (8.82%) Scenario Testing
6 3 (8.82%) Security Architecture
6 3 (8.82%) SIEM
6 3 (8.82%) Test Strategy
7 2 (5.88%) Computer Science
7 2 (5.88%) Open Source
Programming Languages
1 2 (5.88%) SQL
2 1 (2.94%) Bash
2 1 (2.94%) Perl
2 1 (2.94%) PL/SQL
2 1 (2.94%) PowerShell
2 1 (2.94%) Python
Qualifications
1 10 (29.41%) SC Cleared
1 10 (29.41%) Security Cleared
2 3 (8.82%) Degree
3 2 (5.88%) CCNA
3 2 (5.88%) CCNP
3 2 (5.88%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (5.88%) CISSP
3 2 (5.88%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 1 (2.94%) CISM
4 1 (2.94%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (2.94%) CREST Certified
4 1 (2.94%) OSCE
4 1 (2.94%) PMI Certification
4 1 (2.94%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (17.65%) NIST
2 3 (8.82%) Actionable Recommendations
3 2 (5.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (5.88%) NCSC
3 2 (5.88%) NIST 800
4 1 (2.94%) QA
System Software
1 4 (11.76%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (2.94%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (5.88%) Ansible
1 2 (5.88%) CSIRT
1 2 (5.88%) HP ALM
2 1 (2.94%) Terraform
2 1 (2.94%) TrustSec
Vendors
1 4 (11.76%) VMware
2 3 (8.82%) Microsoft
3 2 (5.88%) Cisco
3 2 (5.88%) Fortinet
3 2 (5.88%) Foundry
3 2 (5.88%) HP
3 2 (5.88%) MuleSoft
3 2 (5.88%) Oracle
3 2 (5.88%) Palo Alto
3 2 (5.88%) Siemens
4 1 (2.94%) Arista
4 1 (2.94%) Aruba
4 1 (2.94%) AVEVA
4 1 (2.94%) Broadcom
4 1 (2.94%) F5
4 1 (2.94%) Juniper
4 1 (2.94%) Rockwell
4 1 (2.94%) SolarWinds
4 1 (2.94%) Tanium
4 1 (2.94%) Zscaler