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 3 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 575 445 619
Rank change year-on-year -130 +174 +230
Permanent jobs citing SCADA 90 152 188
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.13% 0.42% 0.24%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.42% 1.07% 0.67%
Number of salaries quoted 61 68 152
10th Percentile £37,500 £45,650 £41,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £51,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +27.45% -7.27%
75th Percentile £64,500 £71,250 £66,250
90th Percentile £90,000 £72,875 £76,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £51,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +22.55% -7.27%

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 21,433 14,145 27,914
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 30.15% 38.70% 35.50%
Number of salaries quoted 11,119 8,056 20,313
10th Percentile £29,500 £32,000 £28,000
25th Percentile £39,000 £45,000 £38,130
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,985 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.36% +9.09% -15.38%
75th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £77,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £98,750
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -15.38%

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 3 April 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 3 April 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
North of England -67 24 £57,500 -11.54% 32
Midlands -74 24 £45,000 -30.77% 36
South East -32 18 £55,000 -15.38% 15
North West -12 17 £52,500 - 20
London -10 13 £90,000 +26.94% 10
East Midlands -45 13 £45,000 -13.46% 15
West Midlands -55 11 £45,000 -33.33% 21
South West -42 6 £52,500 -4.55% 11
Yorkshire -71 6 £57,500 +15.00% 6
East of England -33 5 £55,000 - 7
North East -25 1 £64,000 -1.54% 6
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 1 (1.11%) Confluence
1 1 (1.11%) FactoryTalk
1 1 (1.11%) Mendix
Applications
1 4 (4.44%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (3.33%) AutoCAD
3 2 (2.22%) EPLAN
3 2 (2.22%) MS Visio
4 1 (1.11%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (1.11%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 8 (8.89%) Power Platform
2 7 (7.78%) Azure
3 2 (2.22%) AWS
4 1 (1.11%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 15 (16.67%) Modbus
2 5 (5.56%) MQTT
3 4 (4.44%) Firewall
4 3 (3.33%) DMZ
4 3 (3.33%) Network Security
5 2 (2.22%) Ethernet
5 2 (2.22%) LoRaWAN
5 2 (2.22%) Profibus
5 2 (2.22%) Wireless
6 1 (1.11%) 4G
6 1 (1.11%) Cisco IOS
6 1 (1.11%) IPsec
6 1 (1.11%) MPLS
6 1 (1.11%) SD-WAN
6 1 (1.11%) VLAN
6 1 (1.11%) VPN
6 1 (1.11%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (8.89%) Power BI
2 2 (2.22%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (1.11%) GIS
3 1 (1.11%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (1.11%) JIRA
General
1 21 (23.33%) Manufacturing
2 20 (22.22%) Social Skills
3 6 (6.67%) Retail
4 5 (5.56%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (5.56%) Pharmaceutical
5 4 (4.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (3.33%) Finance
7 2 (2.22%) Automotive
7 2 (2.22%) Back Office
7 2 (2.22%) Games
7 2 (2.22%) Legal
7 2 (2.22%) Public Sector
8 1 (1.11%) Aerospace
8 1 (1.11%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (1.11%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 38 (42.22%) Systems Engineer
2 29 (32.22%) Control Systems Engineer
3 13 (14.44%) Senior
4 7 (7.78%) Lead
4 7 (7.78%) Lead Systems Engineer
4 7 (7.78%) Operations Technician
4 7 (7.78%) SCADA Engineer
5 6 (6.67%) Automation Engineer
5 6 (6.67%) Cybersecurity Engineer
5 6 (6.67%) Security Engineer
5 6 (6.67%) Support Engineer
6 5 (5.56%) Implementation Engineer
6 5 (5.56%) PLC Engineer
6 5 (5.56%) Senior Systems Engineer
6 5 (5.56%) Systems Support
6 5 (5.56%) Systems Support Engineer
7 4 (4.44%) Manufacturing Engineer
7 4 (4.44%) Project Engineer
8 3 (3.33%) Consultant
8 3 (3.33%) Vulnerability Management Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.22%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 14 (15.56%) Driving Licence
2 12 (13.33%) IoT
3 11 (12.22%) Operational Technology
4 7 (7.78%) Manufacturing Execution System
5 5 (5.56%) Renewable Energy
6 3 (3.33%) CCTV
6 3 (3.33%) Industry 4.0
7 2 (2.22%) Industrial Internet of Things
7 2 (2.22%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (2.22%) Management Information System
7 2 (2.22%) NB-IoT
7 2 (2.22%) Robotics
7 2 (2.22%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (2.22%) Smart Meter
8 1 (1.11%) Cloud Native
8 1 (1.11%) Cyber Threat
8 1 (1.11%) Hybrid Cloud
8 1 (1.11%) Low-Code
8 1 (1.11%) Replication
8 1 (1.11%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 6 (6.67%) Linux
1 6 (6.67%) Windows
2 4 (4.44%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 12 (13.33%) Systems Engineering
3 11 (12.22%) ERP
3 11 (12.22%) Software Engineering
4 10 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
5 9 (10.00%) Business Intelligence
5 9 (10.00%) Cybersecurity
5 9 (10.00%) Data Visualisation
5 9 (10.00%) Incident Response
5 9 (10.00%) Visualisation
6 8 (8.89%) Project Delivery
6 8 (8.89%) Project Management
7 7 (7.78%) Computer Science
7 7 (7.78%) Data Integration
7 7 (7.78%) Mentoring
7 7 (7.78%) Validation
8 6 (6.67%) Decision-Making
9 5 (5.56%) Red Team
9 5 (5.56%) Threat Modelling
9 5 (5.56%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 12 (13.33%) SQL
2 5 (5.56%) Ladder Logic
3 4 (4.44%) Python
3 4 (4.44%) VBA
4 3 (3.33%) C#
4 3 (3.33%) VB
5 2 (2.22%) C
5 2 (2.22%) C++
Qualifications
1 19 (21.11%) Degree
2 15 (16.67%) HND
3 10 (11.11%) HNC
3 10 (11.11%) Security Cleared
4 9 (10.00%) SC Cleared
5 2 (2.22%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (2.22%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (2.22%) Master's Degree
5 2 (2.22%) NVQ Level 3
5 2 (2.22%) PMI Certification
5 2 (2.22%) PMP
6 1 (1.11%) CCNA
6 1 (1.11%) CCNP
6 1 (1.11%) Chartered Engineer
6 1 (1.11%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (1.11%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (8.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (6.67%) NIST
3 4 (4.44%) PCI DSS
4 3 (3.33%) NIST 800
5 2 (2.22%) GDPR
6 1 (1.11%) Accessibility
6 1 (1.11%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (1.11%) GMP
6 1 (1.11%) HAZOP
6 1 (1.11%) IEC 61508
6 1 (1.11%) NCSC
System Software
1 1 (1.11%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (1.11%) Functional Safety
1 1 (1.11%) Terraform
1 1 (1.11%) Wonderware InTouch
Vendors
1 13 (14.44%) Siemens
2 12 (13.33%) Allen-Bradley
3 9 (10.00%) Microsoft
4 7 (7.78%) Rockwell
5 4 (4.44%) Wonderware
6 3 (3.33%) Qualys
7 2 (2.22%) Cisco
8 1 (1.11%) Juniper