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 27 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 559 459 622
Rank change year-on-year -100 +163 +175
Permanent jobs citing SCADA 131 176 221
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.16% 0.46% 0.26%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.58% 1.07% 0.74%
Number of salaries quoted 73 89 172
10th Percentile £29,400 £47,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £50,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £51,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +7.84% -6.42%
75th Percentile £70,000 £71,250 £65,313
90th Percentile £80,000 £71,970 £76,250
UK median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £51,000
% change year-on-year -4.55% +7.84% -6.42%

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 22,425 16,424 29,709
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 27.04% 43.26% 34.38%
Number of salaries quoted 13,027 7,749 20,875
10th Percentile £30,500 £30,000 £28,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -15.38%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +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 27 May 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 27 May 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 -66 36 £45,000 -20.53% 28
South East -7 27 £42,500 -22.73% 13
London -10 25 £64,500 -9.03% 15
North of England -34 21 £59,500 -8.46% 18
West Midlands -70 21 £45,000 -33.33% 19
East of England -30 19 £50,000 -9.09% 9
East Midlands -34 15 £45,000 -13.46% 9
Yorkshire -50 9 £57,500 - 9
North West -6 7 £56,250 - 7
North East -42 5 £70,000 +7.69% 3
South West -66 4 £52,500 -4.55% 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 10 (7.63%) FactoryTalk
2 8 (6.11%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.53%) ArchestrA
4 1 (0.76%) WinCC
Applications
1 4 (3.05%) AutoCAD
2 2 (1.53%) EPLAN
2 2 (1.53%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.53%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.76%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.76%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (1.53%) Maximo
2 1 (0.76%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 6 (4.58%) Azure
1 6 (4.58%) Power Platform
2 1 (0.76%) AWS
2 1 (0.76%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 12 (9.16%) Ethernet
1 12 (9.16%) Modbus
1 12 (9.16%) Profibus
2 5 (3.82%) MQTT
3 3 (2.29%) Network Security
3 3 (2.29%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (1.53%) Firewall
4 2 (1.53%) LoRaWAN
4 2 (1.53%) Software-Defined Networking
4 2 (1.53%) Wireless
5 1 (0.76%) 4G
5 1 (0.76%) AMQP
5 1 (0.76%) Cisco IOS
5 1 (0.76%) DMZ
5 1 (0.76%) IPsec
5 1 (0.76%) MPLS
5 1 (0.76%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.76%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.76%) VPN
5 1 (0.76%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (4.58%) Power BI
2 2 (1.53%) GIS
2 2 (1.53%) PostgreSQL
General
1 30 (22.90%) Social Skills
2 26 (19.85%) Manufacturing
3 14 (10.69%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (8.40%) Finance
5 9 (6.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 7 (5.34%) Aerospace
7 5 (3.82%) Retail
7 5 (3.82%) Telecoms
8 4 (3.05%) Pharmaceutical
9 3 (2.29%) Games
10 2 (1.53%) Automotive
10 2 (1.53%) Legal
10 2 (1.53%) Public Sector
11 1 (0.76%) Electronics
11 1 (0.76%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 66 (50.38%) Systems Engineer
2 56 (42.75%) Control Systems Engineer
3 15 (11.45%) Senior
4 10 (7.63%) Lead
4 10 (7.63%) Senior Systems Engineer
5 8 (6.11%) Lead Systems Engineer
5 8 (6.11%) Software Engineer
6 7 (5.34%) Junior
6 7 (5.34%) Project Engineer
7 6 (4.58%) Operations Technician
8 5 (3.82%) Security Engineer
9 4 (3.05%) Business Development Manager
9 4 (3.05%) Business Manager
9 4 (3.05%) Cybersecurity Engineer
9 4 (3.05%) Development Manager
9 4 (3.05%) Junior Systems Engineer
9 4 (3.05%) SCADA Engineer
10 3 (2.29%) Support Technician
10 3 (2.29%) Systems Support
10 3 (2.29%) Vulnerability Management Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.53%) HTML
2 1 (0.76%) STL
Miscellaneous
1 24 (18.32%) Driving Licence
2 21 (16.03%) Operational Technology
3 10 (7.63%) Manufacturing Execution System
4 9 (6.87%) Replication
5 8 (6.11%) IoT
6 6 (4.58%) Analytical Mindset
7 5 (3.82%) Renewable Energy
8 4 (3.05%) Self-Motivation
9 3 (2.29%) Algorithms
9 3 (2.29%) Industrial Internet of Things
10 2 (1.53%) Cyber Threat
10 2 (1.53%) Industry 4.0
10 2 (1.53%) Management Information System
10 2 (1.53%) NB-IoT
10 2 (1.53%) Robotics
10 2 (1.53%) Security Operations Centre
10 2 (1.53%) Smart Meter
11 1 (0.76%) CSOC
11 1 (0.76%) Legacy Systems
11 1 (0.76%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 6 (4.58%) Linux
1 6 (4.58%) Windows
2 4 (3.05%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (20.61%) Problem-Solving
2 22 (16.79%) Mentoring
3 21 (16.03%) Software Engineering
3 21 (16.03%) Systems Engineering
4 15 (11.45%) Project Delivery
5 14 (10.69%) Continuous Improvement
6 13 (9.92%) Data Acquisition
6 13 (9.92%) ERP
7 11 (8.40%) Cybersecurity
8 10 (7.63%) Customer Requirements
8 10 (7.63%) Validation
9 9 (6.87%) Visualisation
10 8 (6.11%) Collaborative Culture
10 8 (6.11%) Incident Response
10 8 (6.11%) Project Management
10 8 (6.11%) Technical Leadership
11 7 (5.34%) Data Visualisation
11 7 (5.34%) Vulnerability Scanning
12 6 (4.58%) Compliance Audit
12 6 (4.58%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 12 (9.16%) SQL
2 6 (4.58%) MATLAB
3 5 (3.82%) Ladder Logic
4 3 (2.29%) Python
5 1 (0.76%) C#
5 1 (0.76%) PowerShell
5 1 (0.76%) VB
Qualifications
1 34 (25.95%) Degree
2 20 (15.27%) HND
3 19 (14.50%) HNC
4 6 (4.58%) Security Cleared
5 5 (3.82%) SC Cleared
6 4 (3.05%) DBS Check
7 2 (1.53%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (1.53%) CISSP
7 2 (1.53%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
7 2 (1.53%) NVQ Level 3
8 1 (0.76%) CBAP
8 1 (0.76%) CCNA
8 1 (0.76%) CCNP
8 1 (0.76%) Chartered Engineer
8 1 (0.76%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (0.76%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.76%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (6.87%) Accessibility
1 9 (6.87%) HAZOP
2 7 (5.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (4.58%) ARP4754
3 6 (4.58%) DO-254
4 4 (3.05%) PCI DSS
5 3 (2.29%) NIST
5 3 (2.29%) QA
6 2 (1.53%) GDPR
6 2 (1.53%) GRC
7 1 (0.76%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.76%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.76%) IEC 61131
7 1 (0.76%) IEC 61508
7 1 (0.76%) NCSC
System Software
1 1 (0.76%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 9 (6.87%) Wonderware InTouch
2 2 (1.53%) Functional Safety
3 1 (0.76%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
3 1 (0.76%) MOM
3 1 (0.76%) Terraform
Vendors
1 23 (17.56%) Allen-Bradley
2 21 (16.03%) Rockwell
3 19 (14.50%) Wonderware
4 18 (13.74%) Siemens
5 7 (5.34%) AVEVA
5 7 (5.34%) Microsoft
6 3 (2.29%) Qualys
7 2 (1.53%) Cisco
7 2 (1.53%) Cognizant
7 2 (1.53%) SAP
8 1 (0.76%) Juniper
8 1 (0.76%) Oracle