SCADA Job Trends in Bolton

Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition (SCADA)
Manchester > Bolton

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term SCADA in permanent job vacancies in Bolton. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited SCADA over the 6 months leading up to 8 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 36 - 16
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing SCADA 1 0 2
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bolton 0.74% - 3.57%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.87% - 7.41%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £61,625
25th Percentile £43,750 - £62,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 - £63,750
75th Percentile £81,250 - £64,688
90th Percentile - - £64,875
Manchester median annual salary £61,250 - £62,500

All Generic Skills
Bolton

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 Bolton.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 115 53 27
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bolton 84.56% 45.30% 48.21%
Number of salaries quoted 95 21 12
10th Percentile £25,480 £36,250 £31,600
25th Percentile £30,500 £41,250 £35,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £47,500 £46,250
Median % change year-on-year -15.79% +2.70% -7.50%
75th Percentile £50,000 £55,000 £53,438
90th Percentile £77,500 £67,500 £64,875
Manchester median annual salary £50,000 £54,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.41% -10.00% +9.09%

SCADA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bolton 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Automation Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Field Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Automation Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Field Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Driving Licence
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Coaching
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) HNC
1 1 (100.00%) HND