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 26 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 496 517 632
Rank change year-on-year +21 +115 +222
Permanent jobs citing SCADA 122 151 107
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.22% 0.32% 0.18%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.65% 0.85% 0.50%
Number of salaries quoted 79 41 81
10th Percentile £39,400 £38,250 £38,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £59,000 £55,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.25% +6.31% +5.71%
75th Percentile £62,375 £71,250 £70,250
90th Percentile £87,000 £72,500 £77,500
UK median annual salary £54,000 £60,750 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.11% +1.25% +14.29%

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 18,834 17,717 21,583
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 34.15% 37.38% 35.97%
Number of salaries quoted 9,547 8,254 16,326
10th Percentile £28,000 £34,296 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £46,250 £41,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,644 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.78% +7.21% -11.54%
75th Percentile £78,125 £85,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £113,994 £102,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -11.54%

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 job vacancy trend in England

SCADA
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing SCADA.

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 26 January 2026.

Salary histogram for SCADA in England

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 26 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
Midlands -1 40 £45,000 -13.46% 47
North of England +13 38 £52,500 -4.55% 36
West Midlands +13 29 £45,000 -33.33% 20
North West +42 28 £56,250 +4.31% 21
South East +24 18 £62,500 -10.71% 25
London +38 16 £85,000 +30.77% 12
East Midlands -15 11 £45,000 -13.46% 27
East of England +22 8 £47,500 - 14
Yorkshire -25 7 £57,500 +0.88% 12
South West -4 4 £111,500 - 11
North East +1 3 £31,000 - 4
SCADA
UK

SCADA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 11 (9.02%) WinCC
2 6 (4.92%) FactoryTalk
3 2 (1.64%) ArchestrA
4 1 (0.82%) Confluence
4 1 (0.82%) Mendix
Applications
1 11 (9.02%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (3.28%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.64%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.82%) EPLAN
Cloud Services
1 8 (6.56%) Azure
2 7 (5.74%) Power Platform
3 5 (4.10%) AWS
4 2 (1.64%) Amazon EC2
5 1 (0.82%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 19 (15.57%) Modbus
2 9 (7.38%) Firewall
3 8 (6.56%) Profibus
4 7 (5.74%) Ethernet
5 5 (4.10%) MQTT
6 3 (2.46%) DMZ
6 3 (2.46%) Network Security
7 1 (0.82%) NAS
7 1 (0.82%) SAN
7 1 (0.82%) SD-WAN
7 1 (0.82%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.82%) VPN
7 1 (0.82%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (8.20%) GIS
2 7 (5.74%) Power BI
3 1 (0.82%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (1.64%) LabVIEW
2 1 (0.82%) JIRA
General
1 28 (22.95%) Manufacturing
2 27 (22.13%) Social Skills
3 16 (13.11%) Finance
4 13 (10.66%) Legal
5 10 (8.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 9 (7.38%) Analytical Skills
6 9 (7.38%) Fire and Rescue
6 9 (7.38%) Pharmaceutical
7 8 (6.56%) Advertising
8 7 (5.74%) Retail
9 2 (1.64%) Automotive
9 2 (1.64%) Back Office
9 2 (1.64%) Public Sector
9 2 (1.64%) Telecoms
10 1 (0.82%) Aerospace
10 1 (0.82%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.82%) Electronics
10 1 (0.82%) Military
10 1 (0.82%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 41 (33.61%) Systems Engineer
2 30 (24.59%) Control Systems Engineer
3 15 (12.30%) Automation Engineer
4 14 (11.48%) Senior
4 14 (11.48%) Support Engineer
5 11 (9.02%) Lead
6 9 (7.38%) Network Engineer
6 9 (7.38%) PLC Engineer
7 8 (6.56%) Lead Systems Engineer
7 8 (6.56%) SCADA Engineer
7 8 (6.56%) Systems Support
7 8 (6.56%) Systems Support Engineer
8 7 (5.74%) Analyst
8 7 (5.74%) Operations Technician
9 6 (4.92%) Cybersecurity Engineer
9 6 (4.92%) Electrical Engineer
9 6 (4.92%) Project Engineer
9 6 (4.92%) Security Engineer
10 5 (4.10%) Field Engineer
10 5 (4.10%) Implementation Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.64%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 22 (18.03%) Driving Licence
2 20 (16.39%) Operational Technology
3 14 (11.48%) Renewable Energy
4 10 (8.20%) IoT
5 7 (5.74%) Manufacturing Execution System
6 6 (4.92%) Industrial Internet of Things
7 5 (4.10%) Legacy Systems
8 4 (3.28%) Fibre Optics
8 4 (3.28%) LIMS
8 4 (3.28%) Self-Motivation
9 3 (2.46%) Onboarding
10 2 (1.64%) CCTV
10 2 (1.64%) Hybrid Cloud
10 2 (1.64%) Industry 4.0
10 2 (1.64%) Management Information System
10 2 (1.64%) Security Posture
11 1 (0.82%) Cyber Threat
11 1 (0.82%) Life Science
11 1 (0.82%) Robotics
11 1 (0.82%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 14 (11.48%) Windows
2 10 (8.20%) Windows Server
3 4 (3.28%) Linux
4 3 (2.46%) Windows 10
5 2 (1.64%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (16.39%) Problem-Solving
2 16 (13.11%) Continuous Improvement
3 14 (11.48%) Cybersecurity
4 11 (9.02%) Customer Service
4 11 (9.02%) Software Engineering
5 10 (8.20%) Computer Science
5 10 (8.20%) Incident Response
5 10 (8.20%) Regulatory Compliance
6 9 (7.38%) ERP
6 9 (7.38%) Incident Management
6 9 (7.38%) Validation
7 8 (6.56%) Mentoring
7 8 (6.56%) Project Delivery
7 8 (6.56%) Project Management
8 7 (5.74%) Business Intelligence
8 7 (5.74%) Data Integration
8 7 (5.74%) ITIL
8 7 (5.74%) Systems Engineering
9 6 (4.92%) Information Security
9 6 (4.92%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 12 (9.84%) SQL
2 5 (4.10%) Python
3 4 (3.28%) Ladder Logic
3 4 (3.28%) VBA
4 3 (2.46%) C++
4 3 (2.46%) VB
5 2 (1.64%) C
5 2 (1.64%) C#
Qualifications
1 28 (22.95%) Degree
2 18 (14.75%) HNC
3 16 (13.11%) HND
4 11 (9.02%) Security Cleared
5 9 (7.38%) SC Cleared
6 6 (4.92%) NVQ Level 3
7 3 (2.46%) A+ Certification
7 3 (2.46%) CCNA
7 3 (2.46%) Cisco Certification
7 3 (2.46%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (2.46%) MCSA
7 3 (2.46%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (2.46%) Network+ Certification
8 2 (1.64%) CISM
8 2 (1.64%) CISSP
8 2 (1.64%) City & Guilds
8 2 (1.64%) Master's Degree
8 2 (1.64%) PMI Certification
8 2 (1.64%) PMP
9 1 (0.82%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (5.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 7 (5.74%) NIST
1 7 (5.74%) QA
2 4 (3.28%) IEC 61508
3 3 (2.46%) 21 CFR Part 11
3 3 (2.46%) GxP
3 3 (2.46%) IEC 61131
3 3 (2.46%) NIST 800
3 3 (2.46%) PCI DSS
4 2 (1.64%) NCSC
5 1 (0.82%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.82%) GDPR
5 1 (0.82%) GMP
System Software
1 5 (4.10%) Active Directory
1 5 (4.10%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (3.28%) Hyper-V
3 3 (2.46%) Firmware
4 2 (1.64%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 5 (4.10%) Functional Safety
2 2 (1.64%) AssetCenter
2 2 (1.64%) SCCM
2 2 (1.64%) Terraform
3 1 (0.82%) Grafana
3 1 (0.82%) MOM
3 1 (0.82%) Wonderware InTouch
Vendors
1 24 (19.67%) Siemens
2 22 (18.03%) Microsoft
3 19 (15.57%) Rockwell
4 9 (7.38%) Allen-Bradley
5 7 (5.74%) Cisco
5 7 (5.74%) VMware
6 5 (4.10%) AVEVA
7 3 (2.46%) ServiceNow
8 2 (1.64%) Kepware
8 2 (1.64%) Wonderware
9 1 (0.82%) Juniper
9 1 (0.82%) Qualys