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

6 months to
25 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 445 545 587
Rank change year-on-year +100 +42 +301
Permanent jobs citing SCADA 167 150 75
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.32% 0.30% 0.17%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.89% 0.80% 0.45%
Number of salaries quoted 119 43 50
10th Percentile £43,750 £39,850 £44,825
25th Percentile £45,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - +14.29%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £70,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £72,500 £83,875
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £61,750
% change year-on-year -8.33% -2.83% +17.62%

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 18,766 18,729 16,504
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 35.80% 37.19% 37.22%
Number of salaries quoted 9,486 9,082 12,324
10th Percentile £27,750 £33,638 £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 £83,750 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,500 £110,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £61,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% -1.64% -6.15%

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 25 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 25 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
Midlands +23 48 £45,000 -13.46% 44
North of England +32 47 £52,500 -4.55% 47
West Midlands +33 38 £45,000 -21.74% 18
North West +39 30 £52,500 -2.65% 25
London +69 28 £60,000 -7.69% 19
South East +35 27 £63,750 -1.92% 27
East of England +41 10 £47,500 - 24
South West +12 10 £57,500 - 11
East Midlands -13 10 £46,250 -11.06% 25
Yorkshire -17 10 £51,250 -10.09% 21
North East +18 7 £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 (7.78%) WinCC
2 6 (3.59%) FactoryTalk
3 2 (1.20%) ArchestrA
4 1 (0.60%) Confluence
4 1 (0.60%) Mendix
Applications
1 16 (9.58%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (2.40%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.20%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.60%) EPLAN
Cloud Services
1 10 (5.99%) Power Platform
2 6 (3.59%) Azure
3 4 (2.40%) AWS
4 2 (1.20%) Amazon EC2
5 1 (0.60%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 23 (13.77%) Modbus
2 11 (6.59%) Firewall
3 10 (5.99%) Profibus
4 9 (5.39%) Ethernet
5 5 (2.99%) Network Security
6 4 (2.40%) MQTT
7 3 (1.80%) DMZ
8 2 (1.20%) TCP/IP
9 1 (0.60%) NAS
9 1 (0.60%) SAN
9 1 (0.60%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (8.98%) GIS
2 10 (5.99%) Power BI
3 1 (0.60%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (2.40%) LabVIEW
2 1 (0.60%) JIRA
General
1 41 (24.55%) Manufacturing
2 34 (20.36%) Social Skills
3 23 (13.77%) Legal
4 21 (12.57%) Finance
5 14 (8.38%) Analytical Skills
5 14 (8.38%) Fire and Rescue
6 12 (7.19%) Pharmaceutical
7 10 (5.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 10 (5.99%) Retail
8 8 (4.79%) Advertising
9 4 (2.40%) Automotive
9 4 (2.40%) Military
10 2 (1.20%) Aerospace
10 2 (1.20%) Back Office
10 2 (1.20%) Electronics
10 2 (1.20%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.60%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.60%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 59 (35.33%) Systems Engineer
2 39 (23.35%) Control Systems Engineer
3 20 (11.98%) Senior
4 17 (10.18%) SCADA Engineer
5 15 (8.98%) Automation Engineer
5 15 (8.98%) Support Engineer
6 14 (8.38%) Network Engineer
7 11 (6.59%) Analyst
7 11 (6.59%) Field Engineer
7 11 (6.59%) Lead
8 10 (5.99%) Senior Systems Engineer
9 9 (5.39%) PLC Engineer
10 8 (4.79%) Field Service Engineer
10 8 (4.79%) Lead Systems Engineer
10 8 (4.79%) Systems Support
10 8 (4.79%) Systems Support Engineer
11 7 (4.19%) Manufacturing Engineer
11 7 (4.19%) Operations Technician
12 6 (3.59%) Cybersecurity Engineer
12 6 (3.59%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.20%) HTML
2 1 (0.60%) Flash
Miscellaneous
1 26 (15.57%) Operational Technology
2 25 (14.97%) Driving Licence
3 24 (14.37%) Renewable Energy
4 10 (5.99%) Manufacturing Execution System
5 9 (5.39%) IoT
6 7 (4.19%) Legacy Systems
6 7 (4.19%) Self-Motivation
7 6 (3.59%) Industry 4.0
7 6 (3.59%) LIMS
7 6 (3.59%) Onboarding
8 5 (2.99%) Industrial Internet of Things
9 4 (2.40%) Fibre Optics
10 3 (1.80%) Cyber Kill Chain
10 3 (1.80%) Cyber Threat
11 2 (1.20%) CCTV
11 2 (1.20%) Cyber Defence
11 2 (1.20%) Management Information System
11 2 (1.20%) Security Posture
12 1 (0.60%) Biopharmaceutical
12 1 (0.60%) Solar Energy
Operating Systems
1 17 (10.18%) Windows
2 13 (7.78%) Windows Server
3 5 (2.99%) Windows 10
4 4 (2.40%) Windows Server 2016
5 3 (1.80%) Linux
6 2 (1.20%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (19.76%) Problem-Solving
2 22 (13.17%) Continuous Improvement
3 19 (11.38%) Software Engineering
4 17 (10.18%) Customer Service
4 17 (10.18%) Cybersecurity
4 17 (10.18%) Regulatory Compliance
5 14 (8.38%) Incident Management
6 13 (7.78%) Validation
7 11 (6.59%) Preventative Maintenance
8 10 (5.99%) Business Intelligence
8 10 (5.99%) Computer Science
8 10 (5.99%) Incident Response
8 10 (5.99%) Project Delivery
8 10 (5.99%) Project Management
9 9 (5.39%) Software Testing
10 8 (4.79%) Analytics
10 8 (4.79%) ERP
10 8 (4.79%) ITIL
10 8 (4.79%) Mentoring
10 8 (4.79%) Systems Engineering
Programming Languages
1 15 (8.98%) SQL
2 9 (5.39%) Python
3 5 (2.99%) Ladder Logic
4 4 (2.40%) VBA
5 3 (1.80%) C++
5 3 (1.80%) VB
6 2 (1.20%) C
6 2 (1.20%) C#
Qualifications
1 31 (18.56%) Degree
2 21 (12.57%) HNC
3 19 (11.38%) HND
4 14 (8.38%) NVQ Level 3
4 14 (8.38%) Security Cleared
5 11 (6.59%) SC Cleared
6 5 (2.99%) A+ Certification
6 5 (2.99%) CCNA
6 5 (2.99%) Cisco Certification
6 5 (2.99%) MCSA
6 5 (2.99%) Microsoft Certification
6 5 (2.99%) Network+ Certification
7 4 (2.40%) Master's Degree
8 3 (1.80%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (1.20%) CISM
9 2 (1.20%) CISSP
9 2 (1.20%) City & Guilds
9 2 (1.20%) PMI Certification
9 2 (1.20%) PMP
10 1 (0.60%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (5.39%) NIST
1 9 (5.39%) QA
2 6 (3.59%) IEC 61508
3 5 (2.99%) 21 CFR Part 11
3 5 (2.99%) GxP
3 5 (2.99%) IEC 61131
3 5 (2.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (1.80%) NCSC
4 3 (1.80%) NIST 800
5 2 (1.20%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.60%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.60%) GDPR
6 1 (0.60%) GMP
System Software
1 8 (4.79%) Firmware
2 7 (4.19%) Active Directory
2 7 (4.19%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (3.59%) Hyper-V
4 2 (1.20%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 4 (2.40%) Functional Safety
2 2 (1.20%) AssetCenter
2 2 (1.20%) SCCM
3 1 (0.60%) Grafana
3 1 (0.60%) MOM
3 1 (0.60%) Terraform
3 1 (0.60%) Wonderware InTouch
Vendors
1 37 (22.16%) Siemens
2 28 (16.77%) Microsoft
3 23 (13.77%) Rockwell
4 17 (10.18%) Allen-Bradley
5 9 (5.39%) VMware
6 8 (4.79%) Cisco
7 5 (2.99%) AVEVA
8 3 (1.80%) ServiceNow
9 2 (1.20%) Kepware
9 2 (1.20%) Wonderware
10 1 (0.60%) DIgSILENT