SCADA Jobs in Cheshire

Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition (SCADA)
North West > Cheshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term SCADA in permanent job vacancies in Cheshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited SCADA over the 6 months leading up to 16 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 86 80 -
Rank change year-on-year -6 - -
Permanent jobs citing SCADA 9 21 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cheshire 0.85% 1.21% -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.84% 4.28% -
Number of salaries quoted 4 16 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 -
North West median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £77,500
% change year-on-year - -22.58% +55.00%

All Generic Skills
Cheshire

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 Cheshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 317 491 318
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cheshire 30.10% 28.40% 43.50%
Number of salaries quoted 56 301 167
10th Percentile £27,000 £23,125 £25,468
25th Percentile £34,750 £27,500 £37,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,250 £45,000 £54,882
Median % change year-on-year +13.89% -18.01% +9.76%
75th Percentile £64,094 £61,250 £79,875
90th Percentile £84,875 £78,750 £96,250
North West median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% +3.77%

SCADA
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

Job postings citing SCADA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cheshire.

Job vacancy trend for SCADA in Cheshire

SCADA
Salary Trend in Cheshire

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SCADA in Cheshire.

Salary trend for SCADA in Cheshire

SCADA
Job Locations in Cheshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SCADA within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 16 July 2025. 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
Chester +16 4 £60,000 -7.69% 5
SCADA
North West

SCADA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheshire 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:

Communications & Networking
1 4 (44.44%) Modbus
2 2 (22.22%) MQTT
General
1 5 (55.56%) Manufacturing
2 4 (44.44%) Pharmaceutical
3 1 (11.11%) Retail
Job Titles
1 6 (66.67%) Senior
1 6 (66.67%) Senior Systems Engineer
1 6 (66.67%) Systems Engineer
2 4 (44.44%) Control Systems Engineer
3 2 (22.22%) Automation Test Lead
3 2 (22.22%) Lead
3 2 (22.22%) Lead Test Engineer
3 2 (22.22%) Test Automation Engineer
3 2 (22.22%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (22.22%) Node-RED
Miscellaneous
1 4 (44.44%) Biopharmaceutical
1 4 (44.44%) Operational Technology
1 4 (44.44%) Renewable Energy
2 2 (22.22%) Industry 4.0
2 2 (22.22%) IoT
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (55.56%) Risk Assessment
2 4 (44.44%) Asset Management
2 4 (44.44%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (44.44%) Network Design
2 4 (44.44%) Software Engineering
2 4 (44.44%) System Testing
3 2 (22.22%) Business Development
3 2 (22.22%) Edge Computing
3 2 (22.22%) Gantt Chart
3 2 (22.22%) Mentoring
3 2 (22.22%) Project Delivery
3 2 (22.22%) Project Management
3 2 (22.22%) Prototyping
3 2 (22.22%) Risk Management
3 2 (22.22%) Software Testing
3 2 (22.22%) Test Automation
Qualifications
1 4 (44.44%) Degree
2 3 (33.33%) HNC
3 2 (22.22%) Chartered Engineer
3 2 (22.22%) DBS Check
3 2 (22.22%) HND
3 2 (22.22%) ISTQB
3 2 (22.22%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
3 2 (22.22%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (22.22%) ISO 9001
1 2 (22.22%) QA
Systems Management
1 4 (44.44%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 2 (22.22%) AVEVA
1 2 (22.22%) Rockwell
1 2 (22.22%) Siemens