SCADA Jobs 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 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 587 723 1043
Rank change year-on-year +136 +320 -183
Permanent jobs citing SCADA 218 111 147
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.28% 0.16% 0.100%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.84% 0.38% 0.21%
Number of salaries quoted 151 58 87
10th Percentile £42,500 £43,750 £37,005
25th Percentile £46,250 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £71,250 £98,438 £84,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -4.55%

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 25,806 29,571 69,564
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 32.93% 41.60% 47.31%
Number of salaries quoted 16,283 18,664 32,310
10th Percentile £30,000 £35,408 £34,506
25th Percentile £40,523 £46,570 £46,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,124 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.66% +4.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £78,750 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £102,500 £110,000 £105,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £64,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -14.06% +2.40% +4.17%

SCADA
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for SCADA in England

SCADA
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for SCADA in England

SCADA
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing SCADA in England over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

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 July 2024. 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
North of England +47 62 £50,000 -4.76% 44
Midlands +12 58 £57,500 +1.43% 36
West Midlands +21 46 £57,500 -4.17% 18
South East +34 45 £50,000 -28.57% 28
Yorkshire +76 30 £47,500 -11.21% 17
London +86 29 £72,500 +26.09% 19
North West +6 25 £60,000 - 24
East of England +17 22 £62,500 - 11
East Midlands -19 12 £46,250 -7.50% 18
North East -5 7 £47,500 -4.52% 5
South West -8 1 - - 11
SCADA
UK

SCADA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Application Platforms
1 10 (4.59%) WinCC
2 8 (3.67%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (3.21%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (2.75%) Microsoft Project
3 5 (2.29%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (2.29%) MS Visio
4 4 (1.83%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.46%) EPLAN
5 1 (0.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 8 (3.67%) Power Platform
2 6 (2.75%) Power Automate
2 6 (2.75%) PowerApps
3 1 (0.46%) Azure
3 1 (0.46%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 15 (6.88%) Modbus
2 14 (6.42%) Ethernet
3 11 (5.05%) Profibus
3 11 (5.05%) TCP/IP
4 8 (3.67%) Firewall
5 3 (1.38%) DMZ
5 3 (1.38%) VLAN
5 3 (1.38%) VPN
6 2 (0.92%) 802.11
6 2 (0.92%) Bluetooth
6 2 (0.92%) MPLS
6 2 (0.92%) SDH
6 2 (0.92%) ZigBee
7 1 (0.46%) ADSL
7 1 (0.46%) Intrusion Detection
7 1 (0.46%) LAN
7 1 (0.46%) MQTT
7 1 (0.46%) Network Security
7 1 (0.46%) WAN
7 1 (0.46%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (5.05%) MongoDB
1 11 (5.05%) MySQL
2 8 (3.67%) Power BI
3 5 (2.29%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 7 (3.21%) LabVIEW
2 3 (1.38%) Visual Studio
3 2 (0.92%) GitLab
4 1 (0.46%) JIRA
General
1 26 (11.93%) Manufacturing
2 23 (10.55%) Social Skills
3 15 (6.88%) Pharmaceutical
4 11 (5.05%) Legal
5 10 (4.59%) Marketing
6 9 (4.13%) Games
7 7 (3.21%) Finance
8 6 (2.75%) Organisational Skills
9 5 (2.29%) Analytical Skills
9 5 (2.29%) Retail
10 3 (1.38%) Advertising
10 3 (1.38%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (1.38%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (1.38%) Telecoms
11 2 (0.92%) Agriculture
11 2 (0.92%) Automotive
11 2 (0.92%) Cyber-Physical System
11 2 (0.92%) Electronics
12 1 (0.46%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.46%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 61 (27.98%) Systems Engineer
2 42 (19.27%) SCADA Engineer
3 33 (15.14%) Software Engineer
4 22 (10.09%) Control Systems Engineer
5 21 (9.63%) SCADA Software Engineer
6 13 (5.96%) Lead
6 13 (5.96%) Senior
7 12 (5.50%) Security Engineer
8 11 (5.05%) Data Engineer
9 9 (4.13%) Cybersecurity Engineer
10 7 (3.21%) Analyst
10 7 (3.21%) Project Manager
10 7 (3.21%) Senior Systems Engineer
11 6 (2.75%) Automation Engineer
11 6 (2.75%) Consultant
11 6 (2.75%) Project Engineer
11 6 (2.75%) Security Consultant
11 6 (2.75%) Security Manager
12 5 (2.29%) Industrial Engineer
12 5 (2.29%) Senior Automation Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (4.13%) .NET
2 3 (1.38%) REST
2 3 (1.38%) SOAP
2 3 (1.38%) Web Services
3 2 (0.92%) 802.1X
4 1 (0.46%) Middleware
4 1 (0.46%) Node-RED
Miscellaneous
1 71 (32.57%) Operational Technology
2 17 (7.80%) Data Centre
3 11 (5.05%) Cyber Threat
3 11 (5.05%) Mainframe
4 8 (3.67%) Industry 4.0
5 7 (3.21%) Embedded Systems
5 7 (3.21%) IoT
6 6 (2.75%) Augmented Reality
6 6 (2.75%) Fibre Optics
6 6 (2.75%) Industrial Internet of Things
6 6 (2.75%) Management Information System
6 6 (2.75%) PMI
6 6 (2.75%) Virtual Reality
7 5 (2.29%) Driving Licence
7 5 (2.29%) Renewable Energy
8 4 (1.83%) CAN bus
8 4 (1.83%) Product Ownership
8 4 (1.83%) Security Posture
9 3 (1.38%) Legacy Applications
9 3 (1.38%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 15 (6.88%) Windows
2 11 (5.05%) Windows Server
3 3 (1.38%) VxWorks
4 2 (0.92%) VMS
5 1 (0.46%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.46%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (20.18%) Cybersecurity
2 38 (17.43%) Software Engineering
3 21 (9.63%) Data Acquisition
4 17 (7.80%) Systems Engineering
5 16 (7.34%) Problem-Solving
6 12 (5.50%) User Experience
7 11 (5.05%) Continuous Integration
7 11 (5.05%) Incident Response
7 11 (5.05%) Line Management
7 11 (5.05%) Security Operations
8 10 (4.59%) Continuous Improvement
8 10 (4.59%) Project Management
8 10 (4.59%) SIEM
8 10 (4.59%) UX Design
8 10 (4.59%) Value Proposition
9 9 (4.13%) Data Loss Prevention
9 9 (4.13%) Identity Access Management
9 9 (4.13%) Red Team
9 9 (4.13%) Software Testing
9 9 (4.13%) Strategic Management
Programming Languages
1 30 (13.76%) C#
2 20 (9.17%) SQL
3 17 (7.80%) C++
4 10 (4.59%) Python
5 9 (4.13%) Ladder Logic
6 8 (3.67%) VB
7 7 (3.21%) Java
8 6 (2.75%) VBA
9 4 (1.83%) C
9 4 (1.83%) VB.NET
10 3 (1.38%) Perl
10 3 (1.38%) PHP
Qualifications
1 28 (12.84%) Security Cleared
2 27 (12.39%) Degree
3 23 (10.55%) SC Cleared
4 6 (2.75%) PMI Certification
5 3 (1.38%) CEH
5 3 (1.38%) CISSP
5 3 (1.38%) HND
6 2 (0.92%) CISA
6 2 (0.92%) CISM
6 2 (0.92%) CompTIA CySA+
6 2 (0.92%) ECSA
6 2 (0.92%) GPEN
6 2 (0.92%) HNC
7 1 (0.46%) CASP
7 1 (0.46%) CCSA
7 1 (0.46%) CRISC
7 1 (0.46%) GCIA
7 1 (0.46%) GIAC
7 1 (0.46%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.46%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (5.50%) NIST
2 11 (5.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (3.21%) NIST 800
4 5 (2.29%) QA
5 4 (1.83%) GDPR
5 4 (1.83%) ISO/IEC 15288
6 3 (1.38%) NCSC
7 2 (0.92%) ISO/IEC 27005
8 1 (0.46%) GRC
8 1 (0.46%) ISA99
8 1 (0.46%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.46%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 1 (0.46%) TickIT
System Software
1 13 (5.96%) VMware Infrastructure
2 10 (4.59%) Hyper-V
3 3 (1.38%) VirtualBox
4 2 (0.92%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 9 (4.13%) QRadar
2 4 (1.83%) Wonderware InTouch
3 3 (1.38%) Functional Safety
4 2 (0.92%) Kubernetes
5 1 (0.46%) Nessus
Vendors
1 19 (8.72%) Rockwell
2 17 (7.80%) Microsoft
3 15 (6.88%) Siemens
4 13 (5.96%) VMware
5 11 (5.05%) AVEVA
6 9 (4.13%) Darktrace
6 9 (4.13%) Wonderware
7 7 (3.21%) Allen-Bradley
8 4 (1.83%) Oracle
9 1 (0.46%) Fortinet
9 1 (0.46%) IFS
9 1 (0.46%) MuleSoft
9 1 (0.46%) Rapid7
9 1 (0.46%) Toshiba