SCADA Job Trends in Buckinghamshire

Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition (SCADA)
South East > Buckinghamshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term SCADA in permanent job vacancies in Buckinghamshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited SCADA over the 6 months leading up to 9 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 84 - 95
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing SCADA 8 0 2
As % of all permanent jobs in Buckinghamshire 0.60% - 0.18%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.52% - 0.52%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £107,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - £115,000
75th Percentile - - £122,500
90th Percentile - - -
South East median annual salary £61,250 £70,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -12.50% +33.33% +5.00%

All Generic Skills
Buckinghamshire

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 Buckinghamshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 317 373 384
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 23.94% 38.65% 35.04%
Number of salaries quoted 204 160 192
10th Percentile £20,000 £36,250 £32,650
25th Percentile £33,500 £49,688 £42,798
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £60,000 £56,470
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% +6.25% +12.94%
75th Percentile £65,000 £73,833 £68,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £87,500 £79,750
South East median annual salary £45,000 £56,509 £55,000
% change year-on-year -20.37% +2.74% -

SCADA
Job Vacancy Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

SCADA job vacancy trend in Buckinghamshire

SCADA
Salary Trend in Buckinghamshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Buckinghamshire citing SCADA.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Buckinghamshire citing SCADA

SCADA
Job Locations in Buckinghamshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SCADA within the Buckinghamshire region over the 6 months to 9 January 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
Gerrards Cross - 4 - -
SCADA
South East

SCADA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Buckinghamshire 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 3 (37.50%) WinCC
2 2 (25.00%) FactoryTalk
3 1 (12.50%) ArchestrA
Communications & Networking
1 4 (50.00%) Firewall
1 4 (50.00%) Modbus
2 1 (12.50%) Profibus
General
1 4 (50.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 2 (25.00%) Manufacturing
3 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (50.00%) Electrical Engineer
1 4 (50.00%) Project Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Lead
2 2 (25.00%) Senior
3 1 (12.50%) Control Systems Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Cybersecurity Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Lead Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Lead Software Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Lead Systems Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Security Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Senior Security Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Software Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (50.00%) Operational Technology
2 3 (37.50%) Driving Licence
2 3 (37.50%) Renewable Energy
3 2 (25.00%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 3 (37.50%) Windows
1 3 (37.50%) Windows Server
2 2 (25.00%) Windows Server 2016
3 1 (12.50%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (37.50%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 2 (25.00%) Network Design
2 2 (25.00%) Presales
2 2 (25.00%) Project Delivery
3 1 (12.50%) Computer Science
3 1 (12.50%) Domain Models
3 1 (12.50%) Mentoring
3 1 (12.50%) Network Architecture
3 1 (12.50%) Penetration Testing
3 1 (12.50%) Red Team
3 1 (12.50%) Software Engineering
3 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (12.50%) Systems Engineering
3 1 (12.50%) Technical Leadership
3 1 (12.50%) Threat Modelling
3 1 (12.50%) Vulnerability Assessment
Programming Languages
1 1 (12.50%) Ladder Logic
Qualifications
1 5 (62.50%) Degree
2 4 (50.00%) HNC
2 4 (50.00%) HND
3 1 (12.50%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (12.50%) SC Cleared
3 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (37.50%) IEC 61508
1 3 (37.50%) QA
2 2 (25.00%) IEC 61131
3 1 (12.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (12.50%) NIST
3 1 (12.50%) NIST 800
System Software
1 3 (37.50%) Hyper-V
1 3 (37.50%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 3 (37.50%) Rockwell
1 3 (37.50%) Siemens
1 3 (37.50%) VMware