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

6 months to
18 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 478 521 617
Rank change year-on-year +43 +96 +266
Permanent jobs citing SCADA 137 157 89
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.26% 0.33% 0.17%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.74% 0.88% 0.47%
Number of salaries quoted 90 42 61
10th Percentile £43,375 £39,125 £45,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £50,313 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,250 £59,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.87% -0.83% +14.29%
75th Percentile £61,250 £71,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £81,750 £72,500 £82,671
UK median annual salary £54,000 £61,250 £61,439
% change year-on-year -11.84% -0.31% +17.03%

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 18,637 17,936 19,062
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 34.71% 37.39% 36.18%
Number of salaries quoted 9,441 8,422 14,261
10th Percentile £27,784 £34,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,750 £46,250 £42,439
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,454 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.02% +0.76% -7.69%
75th Percentile £78,500 £85,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,500 £105,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -7.69%

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 18 January 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 18 January 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
Midlands +12 45 £45,000 -15.89% 40
North of England +16 40 £52,500 -4.55% 27
West Midlands +15 33 £45,000 -32.08% 17
North West +29 29 £52,500 -2.65% 16
South East +38 21 £61,250 -12.50% 17
London +55 20 £70,000 +1.82% 7
East Midlands -12 12 £45,000 -13.46% 23
East of England +35 9 £47,500 - 8
Yorkshire -22 7 £57,500 +0.88% 9
South West +2 5 £80,750 - 4
North East +4 4 £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 (9.49%) WinCC
2 6 (4.38%) FactoryTalk
3 2 (1.46%) ArchestrA
4 1 (0.73%) Confluence
4 1 (0.73%) Mendix
Applications
1 13 (9.49%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (2.92%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.46%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.73%) EPLAN
Cloud Services
1 9 (6.57%) Power Platform
2 8 (5.84%) Azure
3 5 (3.65%) AWS
4 2 (1.46%) Amazon EC2
5 1 (0.73%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 21 (15.33%) Modbus
2 11 (8.03%) Firewall
3 8 (5.84%) Profibus
4 7 (5.11%) Ethernet
5 5 (3.65%) MQTT
5 5 (3.65%) Network Security
6 3 (2.19%) DMZ
7 1 (0.73%) NAS
7 1 (0.73%) SAN
7 1 (0.73%) SD-WAN
7 1 (0.73%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.73%) VPN
7 1 (0.73%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (8.76%) GIS
2 9 (6.57%) Power BI
3 1 (0.73%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (2.19%) LabVIEW
2 1 (0.73%) JIRA
General
1 34 (24.82%) Manufacturing
2 31 (22.63%) Social Skills
3 18 (13.14%) Finance
3 18 (13.14%) Legal
4 11 (8.03%) Fire and Rescue
5 10 (7.30%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (7.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 10 (7.30%) Pharmaceutical
6 8 (5.84%) Advertising
6 8 (5.84%) Retail
7 3 (2.19%) Automotive
8 2 (1.46%) Back Office
8 2 (1.46%) Public Sector
8 2 (1.46%) Telecoms
9 1 (0.73%) Aerospace
9 1 (0.73%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (0.73%) Electronics
9 1 (0.73%) Military
9 1 (0.73%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 44 (32.12%) Systems Engineer
2 32 (23.36%) Control Systems Engineer
3 17 (12.41%) Senior
4 15 (10.95%) Automation Engineer
5 14 (10.22%) Support Engineer
6 11 (8.03%) Lead
6 11 (8.03%) Network Engineer
7 10 (7.30%) Analyst
8 9 (6.57%) PLC Engineer
9 8 (5.84%) Field Engineer
9 8 (5.84%) Lead Systems Engineer
9 8 (5.84%) SCADA Engineer
9 8 (5.84%) Systems Support
9 8 (5.84%) Systems Support Engineer
10 7 (5.11%) Operations Technician
10 7 (5.11%) Senior Systems Engineer
11 6 (4.38%) Cybersecurity Engineer
11 6 (4.38%) Electrical Engineer
11 6 (4.38%) Project Engineer
11 6 (4.38%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.46%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 24 (17.52%) Driving Licence
1 24 (17.52%) Operational Technology
2 20 (14.60%) Renewable Energy
3 10 (7.30%) IoT
4 9 (6.57%) Manufacturing Execution System
5 7 (5.11%) Legacy Systems
6 6 (4.38%) Industrial Internet of Things
6 6 (4.38%) Self-Motivation
7 5 (3.65%) LIMS
8 4 (2.92%) Fibre Optics
8 4 (2.92%) Industry 4.0
8 4 (2.92%) Onboarding
9 3 (2.19%) Cyber Kill Chain
9 3 (2.19%) Cyber Threat
10 2 (1.46%) CCTV
10 2 (1.46%) Cyber Defence
10 2 (1.46%) Hybrid Cloud
10 2 (1.46%) Management Information System
10 2 (1.46%) Security Posture
11 1 (0.73%) Biopharmaceutical
Operating Systems
1 16 (11.68%) Windows
2 12 (8.76%) Windows Server
3 4 (2.92%) Windows 10
3 4 (2.92%) Windows Server 2016
4 3 (2.19%) Linux
5 2 (1.46%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (18.25%) Problem-Solving
2 19 (13.87%) Continuous Improvement
3 16 (11.68%) Cybersecurity
4 14 (10.22%) Customer Service
5 13 (9.49%) Regulatory Compliance
6 12 (8.76%) Software Engineering
6 12 (8.76%) Validation
7 11 (8.03%) Incident Management
7 11 (8.03%) Incident Response
8 10 (7.30%) Computer Science
8 10 (7.30%) Project Delivery
9 9 (6.57%) Business Intelligence
9 9 (6.57%) ERP
9 9 (6.57%) Project Management
10 8 (5.84%) ITIL
10 8 (5.84%) Mentoring
10 8 (5.84%) Preventative Maintenance
11 7 (5.11%) Data Integration
11 7 (5.11%) Network Design
11 7 (5.11%) Systems Engineering
Programming Languages
1 14 (10.22%) SQL
2 7 (5.11%) Python
3 4 (2.92%) Ladder Logic
3 4 (2.92%) VBA
4 3 (2.19%) C++
4 3 (2.19%) VB
5 2 (1.46%) C
5 2 (1.46%) C#
Qualifications
1 28 (20.44%) Degree
2 19 (13.87%) HNC
3 17 (12.41%) HND
4 13 (9.49%) Security Cleared
5 11 (8.03%) SC Cleared
6 10 (7.30%) NVQ Level 3
7 4 (2.92%) A+ Certification
7 4 (2.92%) CCNA
7 4 (2.92%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (2.92%) MCSA
7 4 (2.92%) Microsoft Certification
7 4 (2.92%) Network+ Certification
8 3 (2.19%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (1.46%) CISM
9 2 (1.46%) CISSP
9 2 (1.46%) City & Guilds
9 2 (1.46%) Master's Degree
9 2 (1.46%) PMI Certification
9 2 (1.46%) PMP
10 1 (0.73%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (6.57%) NIST
1 9 (6.57%) QA
2 6 (4.38%) IEC 61508
2 6 (4.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (3.65%) IEC 61131
4 4 (2.92%) 21 CFR Part 11
4 4 (2.92%) GxP
5 3 (2.19%) NIST 800
6 2 (1.46%) NCSC
6 2 (1.46%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.73%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.73%) GDPR
7 1 (0.73%) GMP
System Software
1 7 (5.11%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (4.38%) Active Directory
2 6 (4.38%) Firmware
2 6 (4.38%) Hyper-V
3 2 (1.46%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 5 (3.65%) Functional Safety
2 2 (1.46%) AssetCenter
2 2 (1.46%) SCCM
2 2 (1.46%) Terraform
3 1 (0.73%) Grafana
3 1 (0.73%) MOM
3 1 (0.73%) Wonderware InTouch
Vendors
1 30 (21.90%) Siemens
2 25 (18.25%) Microsoft
3 21 (15.33%) Rockwell
4 12 (8.76%) Allen-Bradley
5 9 (6.57%) VMware
6 8 (5.84%) Cisco
7 5 (3.65%) AVEVA
8 3 (2.19%) ServiceNow
9 2 (1.46%) Kepware
9 2 (1.46%) Wonderware
10 1 (0.73%) Juniper