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 17 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 444 550 598
Rank change year-on-year +106 +48 +293
Permanent jobs citing SCADA 174 143 73
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.34% 0.28% 0.17%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.92% 0.76% 0.45%
Number of salaries quoted 124 44 50
10th Percentile £44,125 £40,650 £45,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £52,500 £50,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.17% - +14.29%
75th Percentile £63,875 £70,000 £70,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £72,500 £83,875
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% -4.00% +19.05%

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 18,862 18,918 16,380
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 36.62% 36.76% 37.91%
Number of salaries quoted 9,574 9,307 12,326
10th Percentile £27,750 £33,875 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% -4.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £102,500 £112,500 £110,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% -4.00% -3.25%

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 17 December 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 17 December 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
North of England +38 50 £52,500 -4.55% 26
Midlands +34 50 £45,000 -9.55% 20
West Midlands +38 41 £45,000 +2.86% 7
North West +51 31 £56,250 +4.31% 10
London +63 29 £60,000 -7.69% 12
South East +39 28 £62,500 -5.66% 9
Yorkshire -16 11 £52,500 -7.89% 15
East of England +33 10 £47,500 -25.49% 5
South West +11 10 £57,500 - 1
East Midlands -1 9 £47,500 -4.52% 13
North East +11 8 £31,000 - 3
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 (7.47%) WinCC
2 6 (3.45%) FactoryTalk
3 2 (1.15%) ArchestrA
4 1 (0.57%) Confluence
4 1 (0.57%) Mendix
Applications
1 16 (9.20%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (2.30%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.15%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.57%) EPLAN
Cloud Services
1 9 (5.17%) Power Platform
2 5 (2.87%) Azure
3 4 (2.30%) AWS
4 2 (1.15%) Amazon EC2
5 1 (0.57%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 25 (14.37%) Modbus
2 13 (7.47%) Profibus
3 12 (6.90%) Ethernet
3 12 (6.90%) Firewall
4 5 (2.87%) Network Security
5 3 (1.72%) DMZ
5 3 (1.72%) MQTT
5 3 (1.72%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.57%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (0.57%) NAS
6 1 (0.57%) SAN
6 1 (0.57%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (8.62%) GIS
2 9 (5.17%) Power BI
3 1 (0.57%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (2.30%) LabVIEW
2 1 (0.57%) JIRA
General
1 44 (25.29%) Manufacturing
2 35 (20.11%) Social Skills
3 23 (13.22%) Legal
4 21 (12.07%) Finance
5 16 (9.20%) Analytical Skills
6 14 (8.05%) Fire and Rescue
7 13 (7.47%) Pharmaceutical
8 10 (5.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 10 (5.75%) Retail
9 9 (5.17%) Advertising
10 4 (2.30%) Automotive
10 4 (2.30%) Electronics
10 4 (2.30%) Military
11 3 (1.72%) Aerospace
12 2 (1.15%) Back Office
12 2 (1.15%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (1.15%) Telecoms
13 1 (0.57%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 62 (35.63%) Systems Engineer
2 42 (24.14%) Control Systems Engineer
3 21 (12.07%) Senior
4 17 (9.77%) SCADA Engineer
5 15 (8.62%) Automation Engineer
5 15 (8.62%) Support Engineer
6 14 (8.05%) Network Engineer
7 11 (6.32%) Analyst
7 11 (6.32%) Field Engineer
7 11 (6.32%) Senior Systems Engineer
8 10 (5.75%) Lead
8 10 (5.75%) PLC Engineer
9 8 (4.60%) Field Service Engineer
9 8 (4.60%) Systems Support
9 8 (4.60%) Systems Support Engineer
10 7 (4.02%) Lead Systems Engineer
10 7 (4.02%) Manufacturing Engineer
10 7 (4.02%) Operations Technician
11 6 (3.45%) Cybersecurity Engineer
11 6 (3.45%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.15%) Flash
1 2 (1.15%) HTML
2 1 (0.57%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 27 (15.52%) Operational Technology
2 25 (14.37%) Driving Licence
3 24 (13.79%) Renewable Energy
4 9 (5.17%) Manufacturing Execution System
5 8 (4.60%) IoT
6 7 (4.02%) Legacy Systems
6 7 (4.02%) Self-Motivation
7 6 (3.45%) Industry 4.0
7 6 (3.45%) LIMS
7 6 (3.45%) Onboarding
8 5 (2.87%) Industrial Internet of Things
9 4 (2.30%) Cyber Threat
9 4 (2.30%) Fibre Optics
10 3 (1.72%) Cyber Kill Chain
10 3 (1.72%) Security Posture
11 2 (1.15%) CCTV
11 2 (1.15%) Cyber Defence
11 2 (1.15%) Data Centre
11 2 (1.15%) Management Information System
12 1 (0.57%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 18 (10.34%) Windows
2 13 (7.47%) Windows Server
3 5 (2.87%) Windows 10
4 4 (2.30%) Windows Server 2016
5 3 (1.72%) Linux
6 2 (1.15%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (21.26%) Problem-Solving
2 24 (13.79%) Continuous Improvement
3 21 (12.07%) Software Engineering
4 19 (10.92%) Cybersecurity
5 17 (9.77%) Customer Service
5 17 (9.77%) Regulatory Compliance
6 15 (8.62%) Incident Management
7 14 (8.05%) Validation
8 12 (6.90%) Preventative Maintenance
9 11 (6.32%) Incident Response
9 11 (6.32%) Project Management
10 10 (5.75%) Computer Science
10 10 (5.75%) Project Delivery
10 10 (5.75%) Systems Engineering
11 9 (5.17%) Business Intelligence
11 9 (5.17%) Software Testing
12 8 (4.60%) Analytics
12 8 (4.60%) ITIL
12 8 (4.60%) Mentoring
13 7 (4.02%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 14 (8.05%) SQL
2 9 (5.17%) Python
3 7 (4.02%) Ladder Logic
4 4 (2.30%) VBA
5 3 (1.72%) C++
5 3 (1.72%) VB
6 2 (1.15%) C
6 2 (1.15%) C#
Qualifications
1 35 (20.11%) Degree
2 22 (12.64%) HNC
3 20 (11.49%) HND
4 15 (8.62%) NVQ Level 3
4 15 (8.62%) Security Cleared
5 12 (6.90%) SC Cleared
6 7 (4.02%) Master's Degree
7 5 (2.87%) A+ Certification
7 5 (2.87%) CCNA
7 5 (2.87%) Cisco Certification
7 5 (2.87%) MCSA
7 5 (2.87%) Microsoft Certification
7 5 (2.87%) Network+ Certification
8 3 (1.72%) CISM
8 3 (1.72%) CISSP
8 3 (1.72%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (1.15%) City & Guilds
9 2 (1.15%) PMI Certification
9 2 (1.15%) PMP
10 1 (0.57%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (5.17%) NIST
1 9 (5.17%) QA
2 6 (3.45%) IEC 61508
3 5 (2.87%) 21 CFR Part 11
3 5 (2.87%) GxP
3 5 (2.87%) IEC 61131
3 5 (2.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (1.72%) NCSC
4 3 (1.72%) NIST 800
5 2 (1.15%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.57%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.57%) GDPR
6 1 (0.57%) GMP
System Software
1 8 (4.60%) Firmware
2 7 (4.02%) Active Directory
2 7 (4.02%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (3.45%) Hyper-V
4 2 (1.15%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 5 (2.87%) Functional Safety
2 2 (1.15%) AssetCenter
2 2 (1.15%) SCCM
3 1 (0.57%) Grafana
3 1 (0.57%) MOM
3 1 (0.57%) Terraform
3 1 (0.57%) Wonderware InTouch
Vendors
1 41 (23.56%) Siemens
2 27 (15.52%) Microsoft
3 26 (14.94%) Rockwell
4 19 (10.92%) Allen-Bradley
5 9 (5.17%) VMware
6 8 (4.60%) Cisco
7 5 (2.87%) AVEVA
8 3 (1.72%) ServiceNow
9 2 (1.15%) DIgSILENT
9 2 (1.15%) Kepware
9 2 (1.15%) Wonderware
10 1 (0.57%) NEC