SCADA Job Trends in Bedfordshire

Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition (SCADA)
East of England > Bedfordshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term SCADA in permanent job vacancies in Bedfordshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited SCADA over the 6 months leading up to 18 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 55 43 -
Rank change year-on-year -12 - -
Permanent jobs citing SCADA 3 2 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Bedfordshire 0.39% 0.38% -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.60% 0.54% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £50,950 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,300 - -
75th Percentile £57,650 - -
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% -12.00% -

All Generic Skills
Bedfordshire

SCADA falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in Bedfordshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 187 373 91
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bedfordshire 24.38% 71.73% 26.30%
Number of salaries quoted 121 44 71
10th Percentile £27,000 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £34,500 £40,313 £33,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,500 £48,585
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -2.23% -19.03%
75th Percentile £65,000 £56,625 £61,875
90th Percentile £75,000 £66,000 £75,000
East of England median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - - -9.09%

SCADA
Job Vacancy Trend in Bedfordshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing SCADA relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Bedfordshire.

SCADA job vacancy trend in Bedfordshire

SCADA
Salary Trend in Bedfordshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bedfordshire citing SCADA.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bedfordshire citing SCADA

SCADA
Job Locations in Bedfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SCADA within the Bedfordshire region over the 6 months to 18 August 2026. 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Dunstable - 2 - -
SCADA
East of England

SCADA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bedfordshire 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:

Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (33.33%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) WhatsApp
General
1 2 (66.67%) Electronics
1 2 (66.67%) Manufacturing
2 1 (33.33%) Aerospace
2 1 (33.33%) Law
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Senior
1 2 (66.67%) Senior Technician
2 1 (33.33%) PLC Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) PLC Software Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Robotics
2 2 (66.67%) Onboarding
3 1 (33.33%) Driving Licence
3 1 (33.33%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (66.67%) Line Management
1 2 (66.67%) Mechatronics
1 2 (66.67%) Order Management
1 2 (66.67%) Preventative Maintenance
1 2 (66.67%) Proactive Maintenance
2 1 (33.33%) Logistics
2 1 (33.33%) Project Management
2 1 (33.33%) Robotic Control
2 1 (33.33%) Software Engineering
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (33.33%) Time Management
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) City & Guilds
1 2 (66.67%) Degree
1 2 (66.67%) NVQ Level 3
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) NEC
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) Rockwell
2 1 (33.33%) Yahoo!