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 29 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 442 568 615
Rank change year-on-year +126 +47 +318
Permanent jobs citing SCADA 197 150 85
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.46% 0.25% 0.17%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.16% 0.74% 0.45%
Number of salaries quoted 130 59 58
10th Percentile £43,750 £49,250 £45,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £53,750 £50,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £58,750
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +2.13% +11.90%
75th Percentile £62,500 £68,125 £72,188
90th Percentile £74,375 £71,500 £91,438
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £63,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% -5.51% +20.95%

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 16,996 20,205 19,052
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 39.42% 33.07% 39.17%
Number of salaries quoted 9,429 9,820 14,219
10th Percentile £28,000 £33,125 £34,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £46,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,987 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.36% -4.00% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £113,750 £110,000
UK median annual salary £53,500 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -10.83% -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 29 October 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 29 October 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 62 £47,500 -17.39% 27
West Midlands +64 50 £47,500 -17.39% 12
North of England +24 49 £52,500 -4.55% 33
South East +42 40 £62,500 - 24
North West +15 30 £60,000 +11.26% 19
London +63 23 £60,000 -7.69% 19
East of England +21 17 £47,500 -25.49% 14
East Midlands +17 12 £47,500 -9.52% 15
North East +27 11 £45,000 - 8
South West +44 10 £57,500 - 16
Yorkshire 0 8 £50,000 -12.28% 7
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 (6.60%) WinCC
2 6 (3.05%) FactoryTalk
3 2 (1.02%) ArchestrA
4 1 (0.51%) Confluence
Applications
1 15 (7.61%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (2.03%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.51%) AutoCAD
3 1 (0.51%) EPLAN
3 1 (0.51%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 8 (4.06%) Azure
2 7 (3.55%) Power Platform
3 5 (2.54%) AWS
3 5 (2.54%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (1.02%) Amazon EC2
5 1 (0.51%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (0.51%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 44 (22.34%) Modbus
2 33 (16.75%) Ethernet
3 22 (11.17%) Profibus
4 13 (6.60%) MQTT
5 12 (6.09%) Firewall
6 3 (1.52%) Network Security
6 3 (1.52%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.51%) Intrusion Detection
7 1 (0.51%) NAS
7 1 (0.51%) SAN
7 1 (0.51%) SD-WAN
7 1 (0.51%) VPN
7 1 (0.51%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (7.61%) GIS
2 7 (3.55%) Power BI
3 6 (3.05%) SQL Server
4 5 (2.54%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.51%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 5 (2.54%) Git
2 4 (2.03%) LabVIEW
3 2 (1.02%) JIRA
General
1 69 (35.03%) Manufacturing
2 40 (20.30%) Social Skills
3 31 (15.74%) Legal
4 29 (14.72%) Pharmaceutical
5 28 (14.21%) Finance
6 26 (13.20%) Analytical Skills
7 15 (7.61%) Electronics
8 14 (7.11%) Fire and Rescue
9 10 (5.08%) Advertising
9 10 (5.08%) Organisational Skills
10 8 (4.06%) Retail
11 7 (3.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 4 (2.03%) Automotive
12 4 (2.03%) Military
13 3 (1.52%) Aerospace
13 3 (1.52%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 70 (35.53%) Systems Engineer
2 47 (23.86%) Control Systems Engineer
3 33 (16.75%) Automation Engineer
4 25 (12.69%) Senior
5 18 (9.14%) Senior Systems Engineer
6 15 (7.61%) Lead
6 15 (7.61%) Network Engineer
7 13 (6.60%) Field Engineer
7 13 (6.60%) Principal Engineer
7 13 (6.60%) SCADA Engineer
8 12 (6.09%) Support Engineer
9 11 (5.58%) Analyst
10 10 (5.08%) Field Service Engineer
10 10 (5.08%) Project Engineer
11 8 (4.06%) PLC Engineer
11 8 (4.06%) Principal Systems Engineer
12 7 (3.55%) Design Engineer
12 7 (3.55%) Senior Automation Engineer
12 7 (3.55%) Software Engineer
13 6 (3.05%) Systems Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (3.05%) .NET
1 6 (3.05%) CSS
2 5 (2.54%) Flash
3 2 (1.02%) Node-RED
4 1 (0.51%) Middleware
4 1 (0.51%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 59 (29.95%) Operational Technology
2 39 (19.80%) Renewable Energy
3 30 (15.23%) Driving Licence
4 18 (9.14%) Industry 4.0
5 17 (8.63%) Data Centre
5 17 (8.63%) IoT
6 15 (7.61%) Biopharmaceutical
7 8 (4.06%) Industrial Internet of Things
7 8 (4.06%) Self-Motivation
8 7 (3.55%) Onboarding
9 6 (3.05%) Legacy Systems
10 5 (2.54%) Life Science
10 5 (2.54%) LIMS
11 4 (2.03%) Fibre Optics
11 4 (2.03%) Manufacturing Execution System
12 3 (1.52%) Cyber Kill Chain
12 3 (1.52%) Cyber Threat
12 3 (1.52%) Robotics
13 2 (1.02%) Cyber Defence
13 2 (1.02%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 15 (7.61%) Windows
2 11 (5.58%) Windows Server
3 5 (2.54%) Windows 10
4 4 (2.03%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (1.02%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (0.51%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (26.40%) Problem-Solving
2 36 (18.27%) Cybersecurity
3 29 (14.72%) Project Delivery
4 28 (14.21%) Risk Assessment
5 27 (13.71%) Continuous Improvement
6 26 (13.20%) Mentoring
7 22 (11.17%) Software Engineering
8 21 (10.66%) Project Management
9 20 (10.15%) Network Design
9 20 (10.15%) Regulatory Compliance
10 19 (9.64%) Validation
11 18 (9.14%) Asset Management
12 17 (8.63%) Customer Service
13 15 (7.61%) Incident Management
13 15 (7.61%) System Testing
14 14 (7.11%) Computer Science
14 14 (7.11%) Preventative Maintenance
15 13 (6.60%) Business Development
15 13 (6.60%) Mechatronics
15 13 (6.60%) Prototyping
Programming Languages
1 18 (9.14%) Python
2 14 (7.11%) Ladder Logic
2 14 (7.11%) SQL
3 12 (6.09%) C#
4 6 (3.05%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.51%) C++
5 1 (0.51%) VB
5 1 (0.51%) VBA
Qualifications
1 73 (37.06%) Degree
2 34 (17.26%) HNC
3 27 (13.71%) HND
4 18 (9.14%) Master's Degree
5 16 (8.12%) NVQ Level 3
5 16 (8.12%) Security Cleared
6 14 (7.11%) Chartered Engineer
7 11 (5.58%) SC Cleared
8 5 (2.54%) A+ Certification
8 5 (2.54%) CCNA
8 5 (2.54%) Cisco Certification
8 5 (2.54%) CISM
8 5 (2.54%) CISSP
8 5 (2.54%) Computer Science Degree
8 5 (2.54%) MCSA
8 5 (2.54%) Microsoft Certification
8 5 (2.54%) Network+ Certification
9 4 (2.03%) DBS Check
10 3 (1.52%) PMP
11 2 (1.02%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (5.58%) QA
2 8 (4.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 8 (4.06%) NIST
3 6 (3.05%) IEC 61508
4 5 (2.54%) 21 CFR Part 11
4 5 (2.54%) GxP
4 5 (2.54%) IEC 61131
5 4 (2.03%) ISO 9001
6 3 (1.52%) ISO 14001
6 3 (1.52%) NCSC
6 3 (1.52%) NIST 800
7 1 (0.51%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.51%) GDPR
System Software
1 18 (9.14%) VMware Infrastructure
2 13 (6.60%) VMware ESXi
3 8 (4.06%) Firmware
4 7 (3.55%) Active Directory
5 6 (3.05%) Hyper-V
6 5 (2.54%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 20 (10.15%) Functional Safety
2 2 (1.02%) AssetCenter
2 2 (1.02%) SCCM
3 1 (0.51%) Grafana
3 1 (0.51%) HP ALM
3 1 (0.51%) MOM
3 1 (0.51%) Terraform
3 1 (0.51%) Wonderware InTouch
Vendors
1 67 (34.01%) Siemens
2 51 (25.89%) Rockwell
3 26 (13.20%) Allen-Bradley
4 25 (12.69%) Microsoft
5 20 (10.15%) VMware
6 18 (9.14%) AVEVA
7 8 (4.06%) Cisco
8 5 (2.54%) DIgSILENT
9 3 (1.52%) ServiceNow
10 2 (1.02%) Kepware
10 2 (1.02%) Wonderware
11 1 (0.51%) HP
11 1 (0.51%) MuleSoft
11 1 (0.51%) NEC
11 1 (0.51%) Oracle