SCADA Jobs 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 16 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 469 613 749
Rank change year-on-year +144 +136 +309
Permanent jobs citing SCADA 238 241 110
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.45% 0.27% 0.15%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.20% 0.81% 0.35%
Number of salaries quoted 131 176 54
10th Percentile £46,250 £41,250 £43,750
25th Percentile £50,500 £46,250 £46,531
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £51,000 £54,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.84% -6.42% +3.81%
75th Percentile £67,500 £65,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £74,850 £75,000 £88,375
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £55,750
% change year-on-year +4.76% -5.83% +6.19%

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 19,759 29,814 31,854
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 37.64% 33.21% 42.28%
Number of salaries quoted 9,483 19,640 19,493
10th Percentile £29,750 £28,500 £35,448
25th Percentile £40,000 £39,000 £46,570
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,560 £55,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.65% -15.38% +4.00%
75th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £86,250
90th Percentile £107,500 £100,000 £110,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £64,470
% change year-on-year +4.55% -14.69% +3.15%

SCADA
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing SCADA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for SCADA in England

SCADA
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SCADA in England.

Salary trend for SCADA in England

SCADA
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing SCADA in England over the 6 months to 16 July 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 16 July 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 +78 68 £55,000 -3.08% 82
North of England +39 62 £60,000 +20.00% 103
West Midlands +70 50 £57,500 - 34
South East +77 41 £60,000 +20.00% 55
North West +16 34 £60,000 - 61
East of England +44 28 £55,000 -12.00% 25
London +98 21 £65,000 -13.33% 57
East Midlands +46 18 £52,000 +4.82% 48
North East +47 15 £60,000 +26.32% 14
South West - 14 £55,000 - 29
Yorkshire +22 13 £50,000 +5.26% 31
SCADA
UK

SCADA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 8 (3.36%) WinCC
2 5 (2.10%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.84%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.84%) ThingWorx
4 1 (0.42%) FactoryTalk
Applications
1 7 (2.94%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.84%) AutoCAD
2 2 (0.84%) EPLAN
2 2 (0.84%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.84%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.42%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 15 (6.30%) Azure
2 8 (3.36%) AWS
3 7 (2.94%) Azure DevOps
3 7 (2.94%) OCI
4 5 (2.10%) SaaS
5 3 (1.26%) Power Platform
6 1 (0.42%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 42 (17.65%) Modbus
2 32 (13.45%) Ethernet
3 20 (8.40%) Profibus
4 14 (5.88%) MQTT
5 4 (1.68%) TCP/IP
6 2 (0.84%) Firewall
6 2 (0.84%) Network Security
6 2 (0.84%) RS-485
6 2 (0.84%) SD-WAN
6 2 (0.84%) WAN
7 1 (0.42%) 5G
7 1 (0.42%) DMVPN
7 1 (0.42%) HSRP
7 1 (0.42%) Intrusion Detection
7 1 (0.42%) IPsec
7 1 (0.42%) LoRaWAN
7 1 (0.42%) LTE
7 1 (0.42%) Multicast
7 1 (0.42%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (0.42%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (2.94%) Relational Database
1 7 (2.94%) SQL Server
2 3 (1.26%) Power BI
3 2 (0.84%) GIS
4 1 (0.42%) Apache Cassandra
4 1 (0.42%) JasperReports
4 1 (0.42%) MongoDB
4 1 (0.42%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 21 (8.82%) JIRA
2 13 (5.46%) Selenium
3 7 (2.94%) Git
4 1 (0.42%) LabVIEW
General
1 57 (23.95%) Manufacturing
2 36 (15.13%) Pharmaceutical
3 32 (13.45%) Social Skills
4 24 (10.08%) Documentation Skills
4 24 (10.08%) Electronics
5 21 (8.82%) Analytical Skills
5 21 (8.82%) Finance
5 21 (8.82%) Legal
6 17 (7.14%) Organisational Skills
7 12 (5.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 11 (4.62%) Public Sector
9 5 (2.10%) Advertising
9 5 (2.10%) Retail
10 4 (1.68%) Aerospace
11 3 (1.26%) Military
11 3 (1.26%) Telecoms
12 2 (0.84%) Automotive
12 2 (0.84%) Fire and Rescue
12 2 (0.84%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 65 (27.31%) Systems Engineer
2 52 (21.85%) Automation Engineer
3 41 (17.23%) Control Systems Engineer
4 40 (16.81%) Senior
5 25 (10.50%) Lead
6 24 (10.08%) Instrumentation Engineer
6 24 (10.08%) Senior Electrical Engineer
7 17 (7.14%) SCADA Engineer
8 16 (6.72%) Principal Engineer
9 15 (6.30%) Field Engineer
10 14 (5.88%) Field Service Engineer
11 13 (5.46%) Senior Systems Engineer
11 13 (5.46%) Validation Engineer
12 10 (4.20%) Architect
13 8 (3.36%) Design Engineer
13 8 (3.36%) Principal Systems Engineer
13 8 (3.36%) Project Engineer
13 8 (3.36%) Test Engineer
14 7 (2.94%) Infrastructure Architect
14 7 (2.94%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (2.94%) Middleware
2 6 (2.52%) .NET
2 6 (2.52%) CSS
3 5 (2.10%) Flash
4 2 (0.84%) Node-RED
5 1 (0.42%) 802.1X
5 1 (0.42%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 69 (28.99%) Operational Technology
2 39 (16.39%) Renewable Energy
3 32 (13.45%) Data Centre
4 22 (9.24%) Driving Licence
5 18 (7.56%) IoT
6 15 (6.30%) Biopharmaceutical
6 15 (6.30%) Industry 4.0
7 7 (2.94%) Life Science
7 7 (2.94%) Robotics
8 6 (2.52%) Industrial Internet of Things
9 5 (2.10%) Photovoltaics
10 4 (1.68%) Solar Energy
11 3 (1.26%) Analytical Mindset
11 3 (1.26%) Fibre Optics
11 3 (1.26%) Onboarding
11 3 (1.26%) Product Ownership
11 3 (1.26%) Self-Motivation
12 2 (0.84%) Management Information System
12 2 (0.84%) Manufacturing Execution System
13 1 (0.42%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 11 (4.62%) Windows
2 10 (4.20%) Linux
3 2 (0.84%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.42%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.42%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (20.59%) Mentoring
2 39 (16.39%) Cybersecurity
3 35 (14.71%) Computer Science
3 35 (14.71%) Problem-Solving
3 35 (14.71%) Validation
4 34 (14.29%) Project Delivery
5 29 (12.18%) Risk Assessment
6 27 (11.34%) Project Management
7 24 (10.08%) Acceptance Criteria
7 24 (10.08%) Continuous Improvement
7 24 (10.08%) Mathematics
8 22 (9.24%) Asset Management
9 20 (8.40%) Software Engineering
10 19 (7.98%) Software Testing
10 19 (7.98%) Systems Engineering
10 19 (7.98%) Test Automation
11 18 (7.56%) Agile
12 16 (6.72%) Network Design
12 16 (6.72%) System Testing
13 15 (6.30%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 16 (6.72%) C#
1 16 (6.72%) Python
2 14 (5.88%) Ladder Logic
3 13 (5.46%) SQL
4 6 (2.52%) JavaScript
5 2 (0.84%) C++
5 2 (0.84%) VB
6 1 (0.42%) Scala
Qualifications
1 131 (55.04%) Degree
2 34 (14.29%) HNC
3 32 (13.45%) HND
4 27 (11.34%) Security Cleared
5 24 (10.08%) BPSS Clearance
5 24 (10.08%) Numerate Degree
6 23 (9.66%) Master's Degree
7 22 (9.24%) SC Cleared
8 15 (6.30%) Chartered Engineer
8 15 (6.30%) ISTQB
9 7 (2.94%) TOGAF Certification
10 4 (1.68%) Computer Science Degree
10 4 (1.68%) DBS Check
10 4 (1.68%) NVQ Level 3
10 4 (1.68%) PMP
11 3 (1.26%) CISM
11 3 (1.26%) CISSP
11 3 (1.26%) PMI Certification
12 2 (0.84%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 1 (0.42%) APMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (2.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (1.68%) ISO 9001
3 3 (1.26%) ISO 14001
3 3 (1.26%) QA
4 2 (0.84%) Accessibility
4 2 (0.84%) Data Quality
4 2 (0.84%) IEC 61131
4 2 (0.84%) NCSC
4 2 (0.84%) NIST
5 1 (0.42%) 21 CFR Part 11
5 1 (0.42%) GxP
5 1 (0.42%) SLA
System Software
1 11 (4.62%) VMware ESXi
1 11 (4.62%) VMware Infrastructure
2 7 (2.94%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (0.84%) Firmware
4 1 (0.42%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 18 (7.56%) Functional Safety
2 7 (2.94%) Terraform
3 6 (2.52%) HP ALM
4 2 (0.84%) Wonderware InTouch
Vendors
1 54 (22.69%) Siemens
2 43 (18.07%) Rockwell
3 22 (9.24%) Allen-Bradley
4 18 (7.56%) VMware
5 16 (6.72%) AVEVA
5 16 (6.72%) Oracle
6 12 (5.04%) Microsoft
7 9 (3.78%) Facebook
7 9 (3.78%) YouTube
8 6 (2.52%) HP
8 6 (2.52%) MuleSoft
9 5 (2.10%) DIgSILENT
10 4 (1.68%) Wonderware
11 2 (0.84%) Google
11 2 (0.84%) Red Hat
11 2 (0.84%) SAP
12 1 (0.42%) Avaya
12 1 (0.42%) Cisco
12 1 (0.42%) F5
12 1 (0.42%) NEC