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 18 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 430 587 648
Rank change year-on-year +157 +61 +342
Permanent jobs citing SCADA 235 174 94
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.54% 0.25% 0.17%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.30% 0.78% 0.42%
Number of salaries quoted 148 83 69
10th Percentile £43,750 £46,050 £45,000
25th Percentile £46,438 £50,000 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - +9.52%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £75,625 £71,050 £87,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +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 18,083 22,186 22,203
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 41.84% 32.15% 41.17%
Number of salaries quoted 9,181 11,818 15,926
10th Percentile £28,750 £31,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £37,000 £43,742 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% -7.69% +4.00%
75th Percentile £78,750 £83,750 £85,000
90th Percentile £106,250 £112,500 £110,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% -4.00% -

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

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 18 September 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 18 September 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 +76 77 £48,000 -16.52% 57
West Midlands +64 62 £50,000 -13.04% 35
North of England +42 52 £60,000 +11.26% 77
South East +53 44 £60,000 - 64
East of England -4 27 £55,000 -12.00% 28
London +66 26 £60,000 -19.46% 21
North West +15 23 £60,000 +11.26% 39
North East +36 17 £60,000 - 9
East Midlands +41 15 £47,500 -17.39% 20
Yorkshire +26 12 £51,250 +7.89% 30
South West +82 11 £55,000 - 30
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 14 (5.96%) WinCC
2 7 (2.98%) FactoryTalk
3 3 (1.28%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.85%) ArchestrA
4 2 (0.85%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.43%) ThingWorx
Applications
1 14 (5.96%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (2.98%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.85%) AutoCAD
3 2 (0.85%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.43%) EPLAN
4 1 (0.43%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 14 (5.96%) Azure
2 9 (3.83%) AWS
3 7 (2.98%) Azure DevOps
4 6 (2.55%) Power Platform
5 5 (2.13%) OCI
5 5 (2.13%) SaaS
6 2 (0.85%) Amazon EC2
7 1 (0.43%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (0.43%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 42 (17.87%) Modbus
2 34 (14.47%) Ethernet
3 23 (9.79%) Profibus
4 14 (5.96%) MQTT
5 10 (4.26%) Firewall
6 5 (2.13%) TCP/IP
7 3 (1.28%) Network Security
8 2 (0.85%) SD-WAN
8 2 (0.85%) VPN
8 2 (0.85%) WAN
9 1 (0.43%) 802.11
9 1 (0.43%) BGP
9 1 (0.43%) DNS
9 1 (0.43%) Internet
9 1 (0.43%) MPLS
9 1 (0.43%) OSPF
9 1 (0.43%) SAN
9 1 (0.43%) SS7
9 1 (0.43%) TACACS
9 1 (0.43%) VRRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (5.96%) GIS
2 7 (2.98%) Relational Database
2 7 (2.98%) SQL Server
3 6 (2.55%) Power BI
4 1 (0.43%) Apache Cassandra
4 1 (0.43%) JasperReports
4 1 (0.43%) MongoDB
4 1 (0.43%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 7 (2.98%) Git
1 7 (2.98%) JIRA
2 4 (1.70%) LabVIEW
3 2 (0.85%) Selenium
General
1 67 (28.51%) Manufacturing
2 50 (21.28%) Social Skills
3 35 (14.89%) Pharmaceutical
4 33 (14.04%) Legal
5 30 (12.77%) Finance
6 29 (12.34%) Analytical Skills
7 17 (7.23%) Electronics
8 16 (6.81%) Organisational Skills
9 15 (6.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 14 (5.96%) Fire and Rescue
11 10 (4.26%) Advertising
12 9 (3.83%) Public Sector
13 7 (2.98%) Retail
14 4 (1.70%) Automotive
14 4 (1.70%) Military
15 3 (1.28%) Aerospace
15 3 (1.28%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 72 (30.64%) Systems Engineer
2 48 (20.43%) Control Systems Engineer
3 38 (16.17%) Automation Engineer
4 23 (9.79%) Senior
5 18 (7.66%) Field Engineer
5 18 (7.66%) SCADA Engineer
6 17 (7.23%) Lead
7 16 (6.81%) Senior Systems Engineer
8 15 (6.38%) Field Service Engineer
8 15 (6.38%) Network Engineer
8 15 (6.38%) Principal Engineer
9 10 (4.26%) Analyst
9 10 (4.26%) Design Engineer
9 10 (4.26%) Software Engineer
10 9 (3.83%) Architect
10 9 (3.83%) Project Engineer
11 8 (3.40%) Principal Systems Engineer
11 8 (3.40%) Support Engineer
11 8 (3.40%) Test Engineer
12 7 (2.98%) Senior Automation Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.55%) .NET
1 6 (2.55%) CSS
1 6 (2.55%) Middleware
2 5 (2.13%) Flash
3 2 (0.85%) Node-RED
4 1 (0.43%) 802.1X
4 1 (0.43%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 70 (29.79%) Operational Technology
2 49 (20.85%) Renewable Energy
3 30 (12.77%) Data Centre
4 29 (12.34%) Driving Licence
5 17 (7.23%) Industry 4.0
5 17 (7.23%) IoT
6 15 (6.38%) Biopharmaceutical
7 10 (4.26%) Industrial Internet of Things
8 7 (2.98%) Life Science
8 7 (2.98%) Onboarding
8 7 (2.98%) Self-Motivation
9 6 (2.55%) Legacy Systems
10 5 (2.13%) LIMS
11 4 (1.70%) Fibre Optics
11 4 (1.70%) Manufacturing Execution System
12 3 (1.28%) Analytical Mindset
12 3 (1.28%) Cyber Threat
12 3 (1.28%) Robotics
13 2 (0.85%) Cyber Defence
13 2 (0.85%) Cyber Kill Chain
Operating Systems
1 21 (8.94%) Windows
2 11 (4.68%) Windows Server
3 6 (2.55%) Linux
4 5 (2.13%) Windows 10
5 4 (1.70%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (0.85%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (23.83%) Problem-Solving
2 37 (15.74%) Cybersecurity
3 36 (15.32%) Mentoring
3 36 (15.32%) Project Delivery
4 29 (12.34%) Project Management
4 29 (12.34%) Risk Assessment
5 26 (11.06%) Continuous Improvement
5 26 (11.06%) Software Engineering
6 22 (9.36%) Validation
7 21 (8.94%) Asset Management
8 20 (8.51%) Regulatory Compliance
9 19 (8.09%) Business Development
9 19 (8.09%) Network Design
10 18 (7.66%) Customer Service
10 18 (7.66%) Software Testing
11 17 (7.23%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 15 (6.38%) Computer Science
12 15 (6.38%) Incident Management
12 15 (6.38%) Preventative Maintenance
12 15 (6.38%) System Testing
Programming Languages
1 19 (8.09%) Python
2 16 (6.81%) Ladder Logic
2 16 (6.81%) SQL
3 14 (5.96%) C#
4 6 (2.55%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.43%) C++
5 1 (0.43%) Scala
5 1 (0.43%) VB
Qualifications
1 93 (39.57%) Degree
2 41 (17.45%) HNC
3 34 (14.47%) HND
4 23 (9.79%) Master's Degree
5 18 (7.66%) Security Cleared
6 16 (6.81%) Chartered Engineer
6 16 (6.81%) NVQ Level 3
7 13 (5.53%) SC Cleared
8 5 (2.13%) A+ Certification
8 5 (2.13%) CCNA
8 5 (2.13%) Cisco Certification
8 5 (2.13%) MCSA
8 5 (2.13%) Microsoft Certification
8 5 (2.13%) Network+ Certification
8 5 (2.13%) TOGAF Certification
9 4 (1.70%) CISM
9 4 (1.70%) CISSP
9 4 (1.70%) DBS Check
9 4 (1.70%) ISTQB
10 3 (1.28%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (5.11%) QA
2 7 (2.98%) IEC 61131
3 6 (2.55%) IEC 61508
4 5 (2.13%) 21 CFR Part 11
4 5 (2.13%) GxP
4 5 (2.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (1.70%) ISO 9001
5 4 (1.70%) NCSC
5 4 (1.70%) NIST
6 3 (1.28%) ISO 14001
7 1 (0.43%) Data Quality
System Software
1 18 (7.66%) VMware Infrastructure
2 13 (5.53%) VMware ESXi
3 8 (3.40%) Firmware
4 7 (2.98%) Active Directory
4 7 (2.98%) Virtual Machines
5 6 (2.55%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 20 (8.51%) Functional Safety
2 6 (2.55%) Terraform
3 5 (2.13%) HP ALM
4 2 (0.85%) AssetCenter
4 2 (0.85%) SCCM
5 1 (0.43%) Grafana
5 1 (0.43%) MOM
5 1 (0.43%) Wonderware InTouch
Vendors
1 69 (29.36%) Siemens
2 54 (22.98%) Rockwell
3 28 (11.91%) Microsoft
4 25 (10.64%) Allen-Bradley
4 25 (10.64%) VMware
5 18 (7.66%) AVEVA
6 11 (4.68%) Oracle
7 9 (3.83%) Facebook
7 9 (3.83%) YouTube
8 8 (3.40%) Cisco
9 5 (2.13%) DIgSILENT
9 5 (2.13%) HP
9 5 (2.13%) MuleSoft
10 4 (1.70%) Wonderware
11 3 (1.28%) ServiceNow
12 2 (0.85%) Kepware
13 1 (0.43%) Avaya
13 1 (0.43%) Extreme Networks
13 1 (0.43%) F5
13 1 (0.43%) NEC