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 5 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 504 522 635
Rank change year-on-year +18 +113 +224
Permanent jobs citing SCADA 104 152 121
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.18% 0.33% 0.19%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.54% 0.88% 0.52%
Number of salaries quoted 66 41 96
10th Percentile £40,375 £38,250 £37,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,000 £46,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.09% +9.52% -
75th Percentile £73,813 £71,250 £67,813
90th Percentile £91,250 £72,500 £77,500
UK median annual salary £55,435 £58,250 £55,250
% change year-on-year -4.83% +5.43% +5.24%

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 19,126 17,235 23,166
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 33.55% 37.41% 35.75%
Number of salaries quoted 9,764 8,071 17,581
10th Percentile £28,000 £34,500 £29,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £46,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £57,494
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +8.71% -11.55%
75th Percentile £78,750 £85,000 £79,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,500 £57,291
% change year-on-year -10.57% +7.35% -11.86%

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 5 February 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 5 February 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 -3 35 £57,500 +4.55% 27
Midlands -9 31 £45,000 -13.46% 37
North West +17 27 £60,000 +11.26% 17
West Midlands +1 22 £45,000 -33.33% 19
South East +14 16 £70,000 - 16
London +46 13 £90,000 +38.46% 15
East Midlands -18 9 £45,000 -13.46% 18
East of England +24 6 £55,000 - 6
Yorkshire -36 5 £57,500 +0.88% 9
South West +2 4 £111,500 - 5
North East -9 3 £31,000 - 1
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 5 (4.81%) WinCC
2 4 (3.85%) FactoryTalk
3 1 (0.96%) Confluence
3 1 (0.96%) Mendix
Applications
1 7 (6.73%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (3.85%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.92%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.96%) EPLAN
Cloud Services
1 8 (7.69%) Azure
2 7 (6.73%) Power Platform
3 5 (4.81%) AWS
4 2 (1.92%) Amazon EC2
5 1 (0.96%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 17 (16.35%) Modbus
2 7 (6.73%) Firewall
3 5 (4.81%) MQTT
4 3 (2.88%) DMZ
4 3 (2.88%) Ethernet
4 3 (2.88%) Network Security
5 2 (1.92%) Profibus
6 1 (0.96%) NAS
6 1 (0.96%) SAN
6 1 (0.96%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.96%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.96%) VPN
6 1 (0.96%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (6.73%) Power BI
2 6 (5.77%) GIS
3 1 (0.96%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (0.96%) JIRA
1 1 (0.96%) LabVIEW
General
1 24 (23.08%) Manufacturing
2 22 (21.15%) Social Skills
3 12 (11.54%) Finance
4 10 (9.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 7 (6.73%) Analytical Skills
6 6 (5.77%) Legal
7 5 (4.81%) Fire and Rescue
7 5 (4.81%) Pharmaceutical
7 5 (4.81%) Retail
8 4 (3.85%) Advertising
9 2 (1.92%) Aerospace
9 2 (1.92%) Back Office
9 2 (1.92%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (1.92%) Public Sector
9 2 (1.92%) Telecoms
10 1 (0.96%) Automotive
10 1 (0.96%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.96%) Electronics
10 1 (0.96%) Military
Job Titles
1 35 (33.65%) Systems Engineer
2 24 (23.08%) Control Systems Engineer
3 14 (13.46%) Automation Engineer
3 14 (13.46%) Senior
4 13 (12.50%) Support Engineer
5 9 (8.65%) Lead
5 9 (8.65%) PLC Engineer
6 8 (7.69%) SCADA Engineer
6 8 (7.69%) Systems Support
6 8 (7.69%) Systems Support Engineer
7 7 (6.73%) Operations Technician
8 6 (5.77%) Analyst
8 6 (5.77%) Cybersecurity Engineer
8 6 (5.77%) Electrical Engineer
8 6 (5.77%) Lead Systems Engineer
8 6 (5.77%) Project Engineer
8 6 (5.77%) Security Engineer
9 5 (4.81%) Implementation Engineer
9 5 (4.81%) Network Engineer
9 5 (4.81%) Senior Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.92%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 20 (19.23%) Driving Licence
2 18 (17.31%) Operational Technology
3 10 (9.62%) IoT
4 9 (8.65%) Renewable Energy
5 7 (6.73%) Manufacturing Execution System
6 5 (4.81%) Industrial Internet of Things
6 5 (4.81%) Legacy Systems
7 4 (3.85%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (2.88%) LIMS
8 3 (2.88%) Management Information System
9 2 (1.92%) CCTV
9 2 (1.92%) Hybrid Cloud
9 2 (1.92%) Industry 4.0
9 2 (1.92%) Onboarding
9 2 (1.92%) Security Posture
10 1 (0.96%) Cloud Native
10 1 (0.96%) Cyber Kill Chain
10 1 (0.96%) Cyber Threat
10 1 (0.96%) Low-Code
10 1 (0.96%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 11 (10.58%) Windows
2 7 (6.73%) Windows Server
3 4 (3.85%) Linux
4 2 (1.92%) Windows 10
4 2 (1.92%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (14.42%) Continuous Improvement
2 14 (13.46%) Problem-Solving
3 12 (11.54%) Cybersecurity
4 10 (9.62%) Computer Science
4 10 (9.62%) Incident Response
4 10 (9.62%) Software Engineering
5 9 (8.65%) ERP
6 8 (7.69%) Customer Service
6 8 (7.69%) Mentoring
6 8 (7.69%) Project Delivery
6 8 (7.69%) Project Management
6 8 (7.69%) Systems Engineering
6 8 (7.69%) Validation
7 7 (6.73%) Business Intelligence
7 7 (6.73%) Data Integration
8 6 (5.77%) Information Security
8 6 (5.77%) Threat Modelling
9 5 (4.81%) Data Visualisation
9 5 (4.81%) Regulatory Compliance
9 5 (4.81%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 12 (11.54%) SQL
2 5 (4.81%) Python
3 4 (3.85%) VBA
4 3 (2.88%) C++
4 3 (2.88%) VB
5 2 (1.92%) C
5 2 (1.92%) C#
5 2 (1.92%) Ladder Logic
Qualifications
1 29 (27.88%) Degree
2 18 (17.31%) HNC
3 16 (15.38%) HND
4 12 (11.54%) Security Cleared
5 10 (9.62%) SC Cleared
6 3 (2.88%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (1.92%) A+ Certification
7 2 (1.92%) CCNA
7 2 (1.92%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (1.92%) CISM
7 2 (1.92%) CISSP
7 2 (1.92%) Master's Degree
7 2 (1.92%) MCSA
7 2 (1.92%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (1.92%) Network+ Certification
7 2 (1.92%) PMI Certification
7 2 (1.92%) PMP
8 1 (0.96%) GCFA
8 1 (0.96%) GCIH
8 1 (0.96%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (6.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 7 (6.73%) NIST
2 5 (4.81%) QA
3 3 (2.88%) NIST 800
3 3 (2.88%) PCI DSS
4 2 (1.92%) 21 CFR Part 11
4 2 (1.92%) GxP
4 2 (1.92%) IEC 61508
4 2 (1.92%) NCSC
5 1 (0.96%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.96%) GDPR
5 1 (0.96%) GMP
5 1 (0.96%) IEC 61131
System Software
1 4 (3.85%) Active Directory
2 3 (2.88%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (1.92%) Hyper-V
3 2 (1.92%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 5 (4.81%) Functional Safety
2 2 (1.92%) AssetCenter
2 2 (1.92%) SCCM
2 2 (1.92%) Terraform
3 1 (0.96%) Grafana
Vendors
1 17 (16.35%) Microsoft
1 17 (16.35%) Siemens
2 13 (12.50%) Rockwell
3 8 (7.69%) Allen-Bradley
4 6 (5.77%) Cisco
5 5 (4.81%) VMware
6 2 (1.92%) Kepware
6 2 (1.92%) ServiceNow
7 1 (0.96%) Juniper
7 1 (0.96%) Qualys
7 1 (0.96%) Wonderware