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

6 months to
20 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 424 412 572
Rank change year-on-year -12 +160 +67
Permanent jobs citing SCADA 383 234 168
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.37% 0.54% 0.24%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.44% 1.29% 0.76%
Number of salaries quoted 135 148 79
10th Percentile £38,600 £43,750 £45,800
25th Percentile £46,073 £46,438 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.82% -4.35% -
75th Percentile £66,250 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £75,625 £70,050
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -4.35% -4.17%

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 26,634 18,087 22,239
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 26.00% 41.98% 32.25%
Number of salaries quoted 17,349 9,179 11,714
10th Percentile £31,000 £28,742 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,000 £43,744
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £83,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £106,250 £112,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% -8.33% -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 20 September 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 20 September 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 +7 136 £55,000 +14.58% 86
North of England -37 87 £65,000 +8.33% 124
East Midlands +26 76 £53,750 +13.16% 28
West Midlands -48 60 £55,500 +11.00% 58
East of England -4 56 £50,000 -9.09% 38
London -45 50 £60,000 - 113
South East -51 39 £55,000 -8.33% 78
North West -10 38 £57,500 -4.17% 63
Yorkshire -15 35 £57,500 +12.20% 47
South West -67 16 £67,500 +22.73% 35
North East -64 14 £70,000 +16.67% 20
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 14 (3.66%) FactoryTalk
2 8 (2.09%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (2.09%) WinCC
3 2 (0.52%) ArchestrA
3 2 (0.52%) SharePoint
Applications
1 20 (5.22%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (4.44%) EPLAN
3 11 (2.87%) Maple
4 5 (1.31%) AutoCAD
5 3 (0.78%) Simulink
6 2 (0.52%) Microsoft Excel
6 2 (0.52%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 1 (0.26%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.26%) Siemens NX
7 1 (0.26%) SOLIDWORKS
7 1 (0.26%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 7 (1.83%) SAP PM
2 2 (0.52%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 6 (1.57%) Azure
2 3 (0.78%) Entra ID
3 2 (0.52%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (0.52%) GitHub
3 2 (0.52%) GitHub Actions
4 1 (0.26%) Power Platform
4 1 (0.26%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 59 (15.40%) Modbus
2 49 (12.79%) Profibus
3 47 (12.27%) Ethernet
4 14 (3.66%) Firewall
5 13 (3.39%) VLAN
6 12 (3.13%) VPN
7 10 (2.61%) TCP/IP
8 9 (2.35%) Intrusion Detection
9 7 (1.83%) DMZ
9 7 (1.83%) IPv4
9 7 (1.83%) OSPF
10 5 (1.31%) Network Security
11 3 (0.78%) MQTT
11 3 (0.78%) Wi-Fi
12 2 (0.52%) LAN
12 2 (0.52%) Software-Defined Networking
12 2 (0.52%) TETRA
12 2 (0.52%) WAN
13 1 (0.26%) AMQP
13 1 (0.26%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.52%) GIS
1 2 (0.52%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (0.26%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 6 (1.57%) LabVIEW
2 2 (0.52%) Git
General
1 89 (23.24%) Social Skills
2 63 (16.45%) Manufacturing
3 62 (16.19%) Electronics
4 51 (13.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 36 (9.40%) Analytical Skills
6 27 (7.05%) Finance
7 16 (4.18%) Telecoms
8 14 (3.66%) Aerospace
8 14 (3.66%) Pharmaceutical
9 13 (3.39%) Retail
10 8 (2.09%) Presentation Skills
11 7 (1.83%) Organisational Skills
12 4 (1.04%) Aviation
12 4 (1.04%) Military
13 3 (0.78%) Automotive
13 3 (0.78%) Games
13 3 (0.78%) Influencing Skills
14 2 (0.52%) French Language
14 2 (0.52%) Legal
14 2 (0.52%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 88 (22.98%) Senior
2 79 (20.63%) Systems Engineer
3 70 (18.28%) Control Systems Engineer
4 56 (14.62%) Senior Technician
5 49 (12.79%) Lead
6 43 (11.23%) Automation Engineer
7 26 (6.79%) Electrical Engineer
8 18 (4.70%) SCADA Engineer
9 17 (4.44%) Project Engineer
9 17 (4.44%) Team Leader
10 9 (2.35%) Junior
10 9 (2.35%) Senior Systems Engineer
10 9 (2.35%) Software Engineer
11 8 (2.09%) Lead Systems Engineer
11 8 (2.09%) PLC Engineer
12 7 (1.83%) Lead Test Engineer
12 7 (1.83%) Principal Engineer
12 7 (1.83%) Principal Systems Engineer
12 7 (1.83%) Test Engineer
13 6 (1.57%) Business Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (1.83%) XML
2 4 (1.04%) CSS
3 2 (0.52%) .NET
3 2 (0.52%) Middleware
3 2 (0.52%) RabbitMQ
3 2 (0.52%) STL
3 2 (0.52%) Terraform
4 1 (0.26%) Django
4 1 (0.26%) REST
4 1 (0.26%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 99 (25.85%) Onboarding
2 81 (21.15%) Robotics
3 58 (15.14%) Driving Licence
4 47 (12.27%) Operational Technology
5 20 (5.22%) Renewable Energy
6 17 (4.44%) FMCG
6 17 (4.44%) Self-Motivation
7 12 (3.13%) Replication
8 8 (2.09%) Algorithms
8 8 (2.09%) Analytical Mindset
9 7 (1.83%) Client/Server
10 5 (1.31%) Cyber Threat
10 5 (1.31%) IoT
10 5 (1.31%) Manufacturing Execution System
11 4 (1.04%) Industry 4.0
11 4 (1.04%) Management Information System
12 3 (0.78%) Enterprise Software
12 3 (0.78%) Industrial Internet of Things
13 2 (0.52%) Legacy Systems
13 2 (0.52%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.52%) Linux
1 2 (0.52%) Windows
1 2 (0.52%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 112 (29.24%) Preventative Maintenance
2 89 (23.24%) Mechatronics
3 86 (22.45%) Line Management
4 83 (21.67%) Proactive Maintenance
5 64 (16.71%) Technical Leadership
6 62 (16.19%) Continuous Improvement
7 54 (14.10%) Problem-Solving
8 48 (12.53%) Cybersecurity
9 45 (11.75%) Validation
10 37 (9.66%) Project Delivery
11 36 (9.40%) Customer Requirements
11 36 (9.40%) Order Management
12 35 (9.14%) Mentoring
13 33 (8.62%) Data Acquisition
14 31 (8.09%) Systems Engineering
15 30 (7.83%) Project Management
16 28 (7.31%) Software Engineering
17 21 (5.48%) Visualisation
18 18 (4.70%) Root Cause Analysis
18 18 (4.70%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 19 (4.96%) Ladder Logic
2 11 (2.87%) MATLAB
3 7 (1.83%) SQL
4 5 (1.31%) PowerShell
4 5 (1.31%) Python
5 2 (0.52%) Bash
6 1 (0.26%) C#
6 1 (0.26%) Java
Qualifications
1 181 (47.26%) Degree
2 94 (24.54%) NVQ Level 3
3 62 (16.19%) HNC
4 54 (14.10%) City & Guilds
5 40 (10.44%) HND
6 19 (4.96%) Security Cleared
7 17 (4.44%) SC Cleared
8 11 (2.87%) Chartered Engineer
8 11 (2.87%) DBS Check
8 11 (2.87%) Master's Degree
9 5 (1.31%) CISSP
10 3 (0.78%) Computer Science Degree
11 2 (0.52%) Azure Certification
11 2 (0.52%) CompTIA Security+
11 2 (0.52%) CTC Cleared
11 2 (0.52%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
11 2 (0.52%) MCSA
11 2 (0.52%) Microsoft Certification
12 1 (0.26%) CBAP
12 1 (0.26%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (3.66%) Accessibility
2 13 (3.39%) IEC 61131
3 12 (3.13%) HAZOP
4 8 (2.09%) ARP4754
4 8 (2.09%) DO-254
4 8 (2.09%) NIST
5 5 (1.31%) GDPR
5 5 (1.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (1.31%) QA
6 3 (0.78%) NEBOSH
7 2 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (0.52%) GRC
7 2 (0.52%) NCSC
7 2 (0.52%) SLA
8 1 (0.26%) Data Quality
8 1 (0.26%) IEC 61508
System Software
1 5 (1.31%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.78%) Docker
3 2 (0.52%) Hyper-V
3 2 (0.52%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 10 (2.61%) Wonderware InTouch
2 7 (1.83%) Functional Safety
3 4 (1.04%) Network Intrusion Detection System
4 2 (0.52%) Ansible
4 2 (0.52%) Grafana
4 2 (0.52%) Kubernetes
4 2 (0.52%) MOM
4 2 (0.52%) Prometheus
4 2 (0.52%) SCCM
4 2 (0.52%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
5 1 (0.26%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
Vendors
1 54 (14.10%) Siemens
2 37 (9.66%) Allen-Bradley
3 36 (9.40%) NEC
4 30 (7.83%) Rockwell
5 23 (6.01%) Microsoft
6 19 (4.96%) Wonderware
7 13 (3.39%) AVEVA
8 8 (2.09%) SAP
9 7 (1.83%) Google
10 4 (1.04%) VMware
11 3 (0.78%) CA Agile Central
12 2 (0.52%) Cognizant
12 2 (0.52%) Dell
12 2 (0.52%) EMC
12 2 (0.52%) Symantec
12 2 (0.52%) Veeam
13 1 (0.26%) Oracle
13 1 (0.26%) ServiceNow
13 1 (0.26%) Yahoo!