SCADA Job Trends in Devon

Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition (SCADA)
South West > Devon

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term SCADA in permanent job vacancies in Devon. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited SCADA over the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 51 52 -
Rank change year-on-year +1 - -
Permanent jobs citing SCADA 2 3 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Devon 0.34% 0.67% -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.19% 1.39% -
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £53,000 - -
25th Percentile £53,750 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 - -
75th Percentile £61,250 - -
90th Percentile £62,000 - -
South West median annual salary £57,500 - £48,750
% change year-on-year - - -15.22%

All Generic Skills
Devon

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 Devon.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 168 216 131
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Devon 28.97% 48.00% 36.39%
Number of salaries quoted 92 70 97
10th Percentile £25,000 £31,600 £27,000
25th Percentile £27,000 £37,274 £34,854
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £45,000 £42,048
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +7.02% +9.21%
75th Percentile £48,750 £65,272 £54,000
90th Percentile £67,785 £82,500 £57,500
South West median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £52,750
% change year-on-year -10.00% -5.21% +0.48%

SCADA
Job Vacancy Trend in Devon

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

SCADA job vacancy trend in Devon

SCADA
Salary Trend in Devon

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Devon citing SCADA.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Devon citing SCADA

SCADA
Job Locations in Devon

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SCADA within the Devon region over the 6 months to 14 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
Exeter -3 1 £60,000 - 1
SCADA
South West

SCADA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Devon 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Modbus
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Field Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) SCADA Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Operational Technology
2 1 (50.00%) Driving Licence
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Asset Management
1 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) NCSC
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Allen-Bradley
1 1 (50.00%) Rockwell
1 1 (50.00%) Siemens