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 29 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 431 568 599
Rank change year-on-year +137 +31 +279
Permanent jobs citing SCADA 191 153 77
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.41% 0.26% 0.17%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.14% 0.74% 0.44%
Number of salaries quoted 127 51 53
10th Percentile £44,500 £46,250 £45,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £53,928 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - +14.29%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £71,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £72,500 £98,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £63,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% -4.76% +20.00%

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 16,828 20,608 17,571
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 35.81% 34.72% 38.41%
Number of salaries quoted 9,648 10,036 13,130
10th Percentile £27,707 £33,750 £33,448
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,250 £45,653
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% -4.00% -2.95%
75th Percentile £77,500 £84,973 £85,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £111,250 £110,000
UK median annual salary £54,963 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -8.40% -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 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 29 November 2025.

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 29 November 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
Midlands +71 58 £45,000 -14.29% 31
North of England +71 54 £52,500 -4.55% 33
West Midlands +71 44 £45,000 -21.74% 20
North West +75 36 £60,000 +11.26% 18
South East +54 32 £62,500 -3.85% 20
London +71 27 £60,000 -7.69% 18
East Midlands +27 14 £47,500 - 11
East of England +34 13 £47,500 -26.92% 5
South West +30 10 £60,000 - 5
North East +22 9 £31,000 - 5
Yorkshire -5 9 £50,000 -12.28% 10
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 13 (6.81%) WinCC
2 6 (3.14%) FactoryTalk
3 2 (1.05%) ArchestrA
4 1 (0.52%) Confluence
4 1 (0.52%) Mendix
Applications
1 16 (8.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (2.09%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.05%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.52%) EPLAN
Cloud Services
1 9 (4.71%) Power Platform
2 6 (3.14%) Azure
3 4 (2.09%) AWS
4 2 (1.05%) Amazon EC2
5 1 (0.52%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (0.52%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 42 (21.99%) Modbus
2 27 (14.14%) Ethernet
3 16 (8.38%) Profibus
4 15 (7.85%) MQTT
5 12 (6.28%) Firewall
6 4 (2.09%) Network Security
7 3 (1.57%) TCP/IP
8 2 (1.05%) DMZ
9 1 (0.52%) Intrusion Detection
9 1 (0.52%) NAS
9 1 (0.52%) SAN
9 1 (0.52%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (7.85%) GIS
2 9 (4.71%) Power BI
3 2 (1.05%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.52%) MongoDB
4 1 (0.52%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 4 (2.09%) LabVIEW
2 1 (0.52%) Git
2 1 (0.52%) JIRA
General
1 63 (32.98%) Manufacturing
2 37 (19.37%) Social Skills
3 28 (14.66%) Pharmaceutical
4 27 (14.14%) Legal
5 25 (13.09%) Finance
6 19 (9.95%) Analytical Skills
7 14 (7.33%) Fire and Rescue
8 10 (5.24%) Advertising
9 9 (4.71%) Retail
10 8 (4.19%) Electronics
11 7 (3.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 6 (3.14%) Organisational Skills
13 4 (2.09%) Automotive
13 4 (2.09%) Military
14 3 (1.57%) Aerospace
15 2 (1.05%) Back Office
15 2 (1.05%) Telecoms
16 1 (0.52%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 72 (37.70%) Systems Engineer
2 46 (24.08%) Control Systems Engineer
3 29 (15.18%) Senior
4 27 (14.14%) Automation Engineer
5 20 (10.47%) Senior Systems Engineer
6 18 (9.42%) Lead
7 15 (7.85%) SCADA Engineer
7 15 (7.85%) Support Engineer
8 14 (7.33%) Network Engineer
9 11 (5.76%) Analyst
9 11 (5.76%) Field Engineer
10 10 (5.24%) PLC Engineer
11 8 (4.19%) Field Service Engineer
11 8 (4.19%) Systems Support
11 8 (4.19%) Systems Support Engineer
12 7 (3.66%) Manufacturing Engineer
12 7 (3.66%) Principal Engineer
12 7 (3.66%) Project Engineer
12 7 (3.66%) Senior Automation Engineer
12 7 (3.66%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (3.14%) .NET
1 6 (3.14%) CSS
2 3 (1.57%) Flash
3 2 (1.05%) Node-RED
4 1 (0.52%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 49 (25.65%) Operational Technology
2 39 (20.42%) Renewable Energy
3 29 (15.18%) Driving Licence
4 21 (10.99%) IoT
5 19 (9.95%) Industry 4.0
6 16 (8.38%) Biopharmaceutical
7 14 (7.33%) Data Centre
8 7 (3.66%) Legacy Systems
8 7 (3.66%) Onboarding
8 7 (3.66%) Self-Motivation
9 6 (3.14%) Industrial Internet of Things
9 6 (3.14%) LIMS
9 6 (3.14%) Manufacturing Execution System
10 4 (2.09%) Fibre Optics
11 3 (1.57%) Cyber Kill Chain
11 3 (1.57%) Cyber Threat
12 2 (1.05%) CCTV
12 2 (1.05%) Cyber Defence
12 2 (1.05%) Life Science
12 2 (1.05%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 15 (7.85%) Windows
2 11 (5.76%) Windows Server
3 5 (2.62%) Windows 10
4 4 (2.09%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (1.05%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (0.52%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (23.04%) Problem-Solving
2 37 (19.37%) Cybersecurity
3 27 (14.14%) Project Delivery
4 26 (13.61%) Continuous Improvement
5 24 (12.57%) Software Engineering
6 23 (12.04%) Mentoring
6 23 (12.04%) Risk Assessment
7 22 (11.52%) Network Design
8 18 (9.42%) Asset Management
8 18 (9.42%) Project Management
9 17 (8.90%) Customer Service
9 17 (8.90%) Regulatory Compliance
9 17 (8.90%) System Testing
10 16 (8.38%) Validation
11 15 (7.85%) Incident Management
12 13 (6.81%) Business Development
12 13 (6.81%) Preventative Maintenance
12 13 (6.81%) Prototyping
13 11 (5.76%) Software Testing
13 11 (5.76%) Systems Engineering
Programming Languages
1 15 (7.85%) Python
2 13 (6.81%) SQL
3 10 (5.24%) C#
3 10 (5.24%) Ladder Logic
4 6 (3.14%) JavaScript
5 4 (2.09%) VBA
6 3 (1.57%) C++
6 3 (1.57%) VB
7 2 (1.05%) C
Qualifications
1 57 (29.84%) Degree
2 33 (17.28%) HNC
3 30 (15.71%) HND
4 16 (8.38%) NVQ Level 3
4 16 (8.38%) Security Cleared
5 14 (7.33%) Chartered Engineer
6 11 (5.76%) Master's Degree
6 11 (5.76%) SC Cleared
7 5 (2.62%) A+ Certification
7 5 (2.62%) CCNA
7 5 (2.62%) Cisco Certification
7 5 (2.62%) CISM
7 5 (2.62%) CISSP
7 5 (2.62%) MCSA
7 5 (2.62%) Microsoft Certification
7 5 (2.62%) Network+ Certification
8 3 (1.57%) Computer Science Degree
8 3 (1.57%) PMP
9 2 (1.05%) City & Guilds
9 2 (1.05%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (5.76%) QA
2 9 (4.71%) NIST
3 6 (3.14%) IEC 61508
3 6 (3.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (2.62%) 21 CFR Part 11
4 5 (2.62%) GxP
4 5 (2.62%) IEC 61131
5 3 (1.57%) NCSC
5 3 (1.57%) NIST 800
6 2 (1.05%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.52%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.52%) GDPR
7 1 (0.52%) GMP
7 1 (0.52%) ISO 14001
System Software
1 18 (9.42%) VMware Infrastructure
2 13 (6.81%) VMware ESXi
3 8 (4.19%) Firmware
4 7 (3.66%) Active Directory
5 6 (3.14%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.52%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 20 (10.47%) Functional Safety
2 2 (1.05%) AssetCenter
2 2 (1.05%) SCCM
3 1 (0.52%) Grafana
3 1 (0.52%) MOM
3 1 (0.52%) Terraform
3 1 (0.52%) Wonderware InTouch
Vendors
1 60 (31.41%) Siemens
2 44 (23.04%) Rockwell
3 26 (13.61%) Microsoft
4 23 (12.04%) Allen-Bradley
5 20 (10.47%) VMware
6 18 (9.42%) AVEVA
7 8 (4.19%) Cisco
8 3 (1.57%) DIgSILENT
8 3 (1.57%) ServiceNow
9 2 (1.05%) Kepware
9 2 (1.05%) Wonderware
10 1 (0.52%) NEC