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 26 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 434 577 593
Rank change year-on-year +143 +16 +273
Permanent jobs citing SCADA 191 150 79
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.41% 0.25% 0.17%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.13% 0.73% 0.45%
Number of salaries quoted 129 51 54
10th Percentile £44,750 £46,250 £45,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £53,928 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - +14.29%
75th Percentile £62,500 £68,750 £71,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £96,688
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 16,929 20,668 17,563
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 36.30% 34.35% 38.41%
Number of salaries quoted 9,685 10,051 13,103
10th Percentile £27,707 £33,750 £33,448
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,250 £45,653
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% -4.00% -2.34%
75th Percentile £77,500 £84,982 £85,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £112,250 £110,000
UK median annual salary £54,939 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -8.44% -4.00% -

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 26 November 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 26 November 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 +65 58 £45,000 -14.29% 33
North of England +69 54 £52,500 -4.55% 37
West Midlands +74 44 £45,000 -21.74% 19
North West +65 36 £60,000 +11.26% 17
South East +51 34 £62,500 -3.85% 32
London +67 26 £60,000 -7.69% 22
East Midlands +26 14 £47,500 - 14
East of England +25 12 £47,500 -26.92% 6
South West +29 11 £57,500 - 5
North East +26 10 £38,000 - 6
Yorkshire +7 8 £50,000 -12.28% 14
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 (6.81%) WinCC
2 6 (3.14%) FactoryTalk
3 2 (1.05%) ArchestrA
4 1 (0.52%) Confluence
Applications
1 16 (8.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (2.09%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.52%) AutoCAD
3 1 (0.52%) EPLAN
Cloud Services
1 9 (4.71%) Power Platform
2 8 (4.19%) Azure
3 4 (2.09%) AWS
4 3 (1.57%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (1.05%) Amazon EC2
6 1 (0.52%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 43 (22.51%) Modbus
2 28 (14.66%) Ethernet
3 17 (8.90%) Profibus
4 15 (7.85%) MQTT
5 12 (6.28%) Firewall
6 4 (2.09%) Network Security
7 3 (1.57%) TCP/IP
8 2 (1.05%) DMZ
9 1 (0.52%) Intrusion Detection
9 1 (0.52%) NAS
9 1 (0.52%) SAN
9 1 (0.52%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (7.85%) GIS
2 9 (4.71%) Power BI
3 4 (2.09%) SQL Server
4 3 (1.57%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.52%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 4 (2.09%) LabVIEW
2 3 (1.57%) Git
3 1 (0.52%) JIRA
General
1 65 (34.03%) Manufacturing
2 37 (19.37%) Social Skills
3 28 (14.66%) Pharmaceutical
4 27 (14.14%) Legal
5 25 (13.09%) Finance
6 20 (10.47%) Analytical Skills
7 14 (7.33%) Fire and Rescue
8 10 (5.24%) Advertising
9 9 (4.71%) Electronics
9 9 (4.71%) Retail
10 6 (3.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 6 (3.14%) Organisational Skills
11 4 (2.09%) Automotive
11 4 (2.09%) Military
12 3 (1.57%) Aerospace
13 2 (1.05%) Back Office
13 2 (1.05%) Telecoms
14 1 (0.52%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 74 (38.74%) Systems Engineer
2 49 (25.65%) Control Systems Engineer
3 29 (15.18%) Automation Engineer
4 28 (14.66%) Senior
5 20 (10.47%) Senior Systems Engineer
6 16 (8.38%) Lead
7 15 (7.85%) Support Engineer
8 14 (7.33%) Network Engineer
9 13 (6.81%) SCADA Engineer
10 11 (5.76%) Analyst
10 11 (5.76%) Field Engineer
11 10 (5.24%) PLC Engineer
11 10 (5.24%) Principal Engineer
12 8 (4.19%) Field Service Engineer
12 8 (4.19%) Systems Support
12 8 (4.19%) Systems Support Engineer
13 7 (3.66%) Principal Systems Engineer
13 7 (3.66%) Project Engineer
13 7 (3.66%) Senior Automation Engineer
13 7 (3.66%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (3.14%) .NET
1 6 (3.14%) CSS
2 4 (2.09%) Flash
3 2 (1.05%) Node-RED
4 1 (0.52%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 52 (27.23%) Operational Technology
2 39 (20.42%) Renewable Energy
3 29 (15.18%) Driving Licence
4 21 (10.99%) IoT
5 19 (9.95%) Industry 4.0
6 16 (8.38%) Biopharmaceutical
6 16 (8.38%) Data Centre
7 7 (3.66%) Industrial Internet of Things
7 7 (3.66%) Legacy Systems
7 7 (3.66%) Onboarding
7 7 (3.66%) Self-Motivation
8 6 (3.14%) LIMS
8 6 (3.14%) Manufacturing Execution System
9 4 (2.09%) Fibre Optics
9 4 (2.09%) Life Science
10 3 (1.57%) Cyber Kill Chain
10 3 (1.57%) Cyber Threat
11 2 (1.05%) CCTV
11 2 (1.05%) Cyber Defence
11 2 (1.05%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 15 (7.85%) Windows
2 11 (5.76%) Windows Server
3 5 (2.62%) Windows 10
4 4 (2.09%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (1.05%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (0.52%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (23.04%) Problem-Solving
2 37 (19.37%) Cybersecurity
3 27 (14.14%) Project Delivery
4 26 (13.61%) Continuous Improvement
4 26 (13.61%) Mentoring
4 26 (13.61%) Software Engineering
5 24 (12.57%) Risk Assessment
6 22 (11.52%) Network Design
7 19 (9.95%) Project Management
8 18 (9.42%) Asset Management
9 17 (8.90%) Customer Service
9 17 (8.90%) Regulatory Compliance
9 17 (8.90%) System Testing
9 17 (8.90%) Validation
10 15 (7.85%) Incident Management
11 14 (7.33%) Computer Science
12 13 (6.81%) Business Development
12 13 (6.81%) Preventative Maintenance
12 13 (6.81%) Prototyping
13 12 (6.28%) Systems Engineering
Programming Languages
1 17 (8.90%) Python
2 15 (7.85%) SQL
3 12 (6.28%) C#
4 11 (5.76%) Ladder Logic
5 6 (3.14%) JavaScript
6 4 (2.09%) VBA
7 3 (1.57%) C++
7 3 (1.57%) VB
8 2 (1.05%) C
Qualifications
1 61 (31.94%) Degree
2 32 (16.75%) HNC
3 29 (15.18%) HND
4 16 (8.38%) NVQ Level 3
4 16 (8.38%) Security Cleared
5 14 (7.33%) Chartered Engineer
6 13 (6.81%) Master's Degree
7 11 (5.76%) SC Cleared
8 5 (2.62%) A+ Certification
8 5 (2.62%) CCNA
8 5 (2.62%) Cisco Certification
8 5 (2.62%) CISM
8 5 (2.62%) CISSP
8 5 (2.62%) MCSA
8 5 (2.62%) Microsoft Certification
8 5 (2.62%) Network+ Certification
9 4 (2.09%) Computer Science Degree
9 4 (2.09%) PMP
10 3 (1.57%) PMI Certification
11 2 (1.05%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (5.76%) QA
2 9 (4.71%) NIST
3 6 (3.14%) IEC 61508
3 6 (3.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (2.62%) 21 CFR Part 11
4 5 (2.62%) GxP
4 5 (2.62%) IEC 61131
5 3 (1.57%) NCSC
5 3 (1.57%) NIST 800
6 2 (1.05%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.52%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.52%) GDPR
7 1 (0.52%) GMP
7 1 (0.52%) ISO 14001
System Software
1 18 (9.42%) VMware Infrastructure
2 13 (6.81%) VMware ESXi
3 8 (4.19%) Firmware
4 7 (3.66%) Active Directory
5 6 (3.14%) Hyper-V
6 3 (1.57%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 20 (10.47%) Functional Safety
2 2 (1.05%) AssetCenter
2 2 (1.05%) SCCM
3 1 (0.52%) Grafana
3 1 (0.52%) MOM
3 1 (0.52%) Terraform
3 1 (0.52%) Wonderware InTouch
Vendors
1 63 (32.98%) Siemens
2 47 (24.61%) Rockwell
3 26 (13.61%) Microsoft
4 24 (12.57%) Allen-Bradley
5 20 (10.47%) VMware
6 18 (9.42%) AVEVA
7 8 (4.19%) Cisco
8 4 (2.09%) DIgSILENT
9 3 (1.57%) ServiceNow
10 2 (1.05%) Kepware
10 2 (1.05%) Wonderware
11 1 (0.52%) NEC