SCADA Job Trends in England

Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition (SCADA)
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term SCADA in permanent job vacancies in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited SCADA over the 6 months leading up to 16 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

	6 months to 16 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	336	425	578
Rank change year-on-year	+89	+153	+39
Permanent jobs citing SCADA	541	202	155
As % of all permanent jobs in England	0.52%	0.47%	0.25%
As % of the Miscellaneous category	1.93%	1.16%	0.75%
Number of salaries quoted	203	132	64
10^th Percentile	£39,000	£43,750	£50,000
25^th Percentile	£46,525	£46,250	£53,750
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£55,750	£55,000	£60,000
Median % change year-on-year	+1.36%	-8.33%	+4.35%
75^th Percentile	£67,500	£63,125	£67,813
90^th Percentile	£80,000	£73,125	£72,125
UK median annual salary	£55,053	£55,000	£60,000
% change year-on-year	+0.10%	-8.33%	-

All Generic Skills
England

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 England.

	6 months to 16 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills	28,046	17,469	20,677
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England	26.75%	41.03%	32.75%
Number of salaries quoted	18,081	9,227	10,172
10^th Percentile	£31,000	£28,000	£32,750
25^th Percentile	£41,000	£36,250	£45,250
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£56,000	£55,000	£60,000
Median % change year-on-year	+1.82%	-8.33%	-4.00%
75^th Percentile	£80,000	£77,500	£85,000
90^th Percentile	£100,000	£105,000	£115,000
UK median annual salary	£55,000	£55,000	£60,000
% change year-on-year	-	-8.33%	-4.00%

SCADA Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

SCADA Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing SCADA.

SCADA Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing SCADA in England over the 6 months to 16 October 2026.

SCADA Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SCADA within the England region over the 6 months to 16 October 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
Midlands	+59	201	£52,500	+10.53%	41
North of England	+3	117	£57,500	+9.52%	41
East Midlands	+55	115	£52,250	+10.00%	15
West Midlands	-15	86	£56,000	+12.00%	26
East of England	+11	77	£54,500	+14.74%	14
South East	-37	60	£53,750	-12.24%	26
London	-41	58	£60,000	-	60
North West	-5	52	£55,000	-8.33%	12
Yorkshire	+5	48	£57,500	+15.00%	22
South West	-49	29	£52,500	-8.70%	23
North East	-65	17	£70,000	+55.56%	8
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SCADA Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 16 October 2026, job vacancies citing SCADA also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the England region with a requirement for SCADA.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Degree	47.5%	257
2	Preventative Maintenance	32.3%	175
3	NVQ Level 3	27.5%	149
4	Line Management	24.0%	130
5	Mechatronics	23.8%	129
6	Proactive Maintenance	22.7%	123
7	Technical Leadership	19.2%	104
8	Continuous Improvement	16.6%	90
8	HNC	16.6%	90
8	Problem-Solving	16.6%	90
11	Siemens	16.3%	88
12	Modbus	15.9%	86
13	City & Guilds	15.2%	82
14	Cybersecurity	14.2%	77
15	Profibus	12.9%	70
16	Ethernet	12.6%	68
17	Validation	10.9%	59
18	HND	9.8%	53
18	NEC	9.8%	53
18	Order Management	9.8%	53
21	Customer Requirements	9.6%	52
22	Project Delivery	8.9%	48
23	Microsoft	8.5%	46
23	Rockwell	8.5%	46
25	Project Management	8.3%	45
26	Allen-Bradley	7.8%	42
27	Data Acquisition	7.0%	38
27	Mentoring	7.0%	38
29	Microsoft Office	6.8%	37
30	EPLAN	6.7%	36

SCADA Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Miscellaneous

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Onboarding	27.7%	150
2	Robotics	23.5%	127
3	Driving Licence	14.8%	80
4	Operational Technology	10.9%	59
5	Renewable Energy	5.4%	29
6	FMCG	5.0%	27
7	Self-Motivation	3.0%	16
8	IoT	2.0%	11
9	Client/Server	1.7%	9
9	Replication	1.7%	9
11	Legacy Systems	1.5%	8
12	Analytical Mindset	1.3%	7
13	Cyber Threat	1.1%	6
13	Management Information System	1.1%	6
15	Algorithms	0.9%	5
15	Enterprise Software	0.9%	5
15	Industry 4.0	0.9%	5
18	Data Centre	0.7%	4
19	Distributed Systems	0.6%	3
19	Fibre Optics	0.6%	3