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

6 months to
8 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 565 450 616
Rank change year-on-year -115 +166 +205
Permanent jobs citing SCADA 114 186 212
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.14% 0.48% 0.25%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.50% 1.15% 0.72%
Number of salaries quoted 63 87 172
10th Percentile £37,750 £47,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £50,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £51,000
Median % change year-on-year - +12.75% -6.42%
75th Percentile £71,375 £71,250 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £72,250 £76,250
UK median annual salary £56,685 £57,500 £51,000
% change year-on-year -1.42% +12.75% -5.45%

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 22,703 16,125 29,386
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 28.12% 41.42% 35.08%
Number of salaries quoted 12,124 8,333 20,842
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,000 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -15.38%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £76,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -15.38%

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 8 May 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 8 May 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 -77 26 £45,000 -22.75% 50
London -6 24 £72,500 +2.26% 12
South East -28 23 £55,000 - 20
North of England -61 23 £58,250 -10.38% 19
East of England -20 14 £55,000 - 8
West Midlands -69 14 £45,000 -33.33% 32
East Midlands -34 12 £45,000 -13.46% 18
North West -11 10 £52,500 - 8
Yorkshire -63 9 £57,500 - 8
North East -39 4 £70,000 +7.69% 3
South West -60 4 £52,500 -4.55% 9
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 7 (6.14%) FactoryTalk
2 5 (4.39%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.88%) ArchestrA
3 1 (0.88%) Mendix
3 1 (0.88%) WinCC
Applications
1 4 (3.51%) AutoCAD
2 2 (1.75%) EPLAN
2 2 (1.75%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.75%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.88%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.88%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (1.75%) Maximo
2 1 (0.88%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 7 (6.14%) Azure
1 7 (6.14%) Power Platform
2 1 (0.88%) AWS
2 1 (0.88%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 14 (12.28%) Modbus
2 8 (7.02%) Ethernet
2 8 (7.02%) Profibus
3 6 (5.26%) MQTT
4 4 (3.51%) Network Security
5 3 (2.63%) DMZ
5 3 (2.63%) Wi-Fi
6 2 (1.75%) Firewall
6 2 (1.75%) LoRaWAN
6 2 (1.75%) Wireless
7 1 (0.88%) 4G
7 1 (0.88%) AMQP
7 1 (0.88%) Cisco IOS
7 1 (0.88%) Intrusion Detection
7 1 (0.88%) IPsec
7 1 (0.88%) MPLS
7 1 (0.88%) SD-WAN
7 1 (0.88%) Software-Defined Networking
7 1 (0.88%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.88%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (6.14%) Power BI
2 2 (1.75%) GIS
2 2 (1.75%) PostgreSQL
General
1 26 (22.81%) Manufacturing
1 26 (22.81%) Social Skills
2 10 (8.77%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (7.02%) Finance
3 8 (7.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 5 (4.39%) Pharmaceutical
4 5 (4.39%) Retail
5 4 (3.51%) Aerospace
6 3 (2.63%) Games
6 3 (2.63%) Telecoms
7 2 (1.75%) Automotive
7 2 (1.75%) Back Office
7 2 (1.75%) Legal
7 2 (1.75%) Public Sector
8 1 (0.88%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (0.88%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 54 (47.37%) Systems Engineer
2 42 (36.84%) Control Systems Engineer
3 14 (12.28%) Senior
4 10 (8.77%) Lead
5 9 (7.89%) Lead Systems Engineer
6 8 (7.02%) Senior Systems Engineer
7 7 (6.14%) Operations Technician
7 7 (6.14%) SCADA Engineer
7 7 (6.14%) Software Engineer
8 6 (5.26%) Project Engineer
8 6 (5.26%) Security Engineer
9 5 (4.39%) Cybersecurity Engineer
9 5 (4.39%) Implementation Engineer
10 4 (3.51%) Manufacturing Engineer
11 3 (2.63%) Business Development Manager
11 3 (2.63%) Business Manager
11 3 (2.63%) Development Manager
11 3 (2.63%) Electrical Engineer
11 3 (2.63%) Junior
11 3 (2.63%) Vulnerability Management Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.75%) HTML
2 1 (0.88%) STL
Miscellaneous
1 19 (16.67%) Operational Technology
2 18 (15.79%) Driving Licence
3 11 (9.65%) Manufacturing Execution System
4 10 (8.77%) IoT
5 6 (5.26%) Replication
6 4 (3.51%) Renewable Energy
7 3 (2.63%) Algorithms
7 3 (2.63%) Analytical Mindset
7 3 (2.63%) Industrial Internet of Things
7 3 (2.63%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (1.75%) Industry 4.0
8 2 (1.75%) Legacy Systems
8 2 (1.75%) Management Information System
8 2 (1.75%) NB-IoT
8 2 (1.75%) Robotics
8 2 (1.75%) Security Operations Centre
8 2 (1.75%) Smart Meter
9 1 (0.88%) Biopharmaceutical
9 1 (0.88%) Cloud Native
9 1 (0.88%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 6 (5.26%) Linux
1 6 (5.26%) Windows
2 4 (3.51%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (18.42%) Problem-Solving
2 18 (15.79%) Continuous Improvement
2 18 (15.79%) Systems Engineering
3 16 (14.04%) ERP
4 15 (13.16%) Software Engineering
5 14 (12.28%) Mentoring
6 11 (9.65%) Cybersecurity
6 11 (9.65%) Project Delivery
6 11 (9.65%) Validation
7 10 (8.77%) Data Acquisition
7 10 (8.77%) Visualisation
8 9 (7.89%) Data Visualisation
9 8 (7.02%) Business Intelligence
9 8 (7.02%) Incident Response
10 7 (6.14%) Project Management
10 7 (6.14%) Vulnerability Scanning
11 6 (5.26%) Customer Requirements
11 6 (5.26%) Information Security
11 6 (5.26%) Machine Learning
11 6 (5.26%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 13 (11.40%) SQL
2 4 (3.51%) Ladder Logic
3 3 (2.63%) MATLAB
4 2 (1.75%) Python
5 1 (0.88%) C#
5 1 (0.88%) VB
Qualifications
1 29 (25.44%) Degree
2 18 (15.79%) HND
3 16 (14.04%) HNC
4 8 (7.02%) Security Cleared
5 7 (6.14%) SC Cleared
6 3 (2.63%) DBS Check
7 2 (1.75%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (1.75%) CISSP
7 2 (1.75%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
7 2 (1.75%) NVQ Level 3
8 1 (0.88%) CBAP
8 1 (0.88%) CCNA
8 1 (0.88%) CCNP
8 1 (0.88%) Chartered Engineer
8 1 (0.88%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (0.88%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.88%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (6.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (5.26%) Accessibility
2 6 (5.26%) HAZOP
3 5 (4.39%) NIST
4 4 (3.51%) PCI DSS
5 3 (2.63%) ARP4754
5 3 (2.63%) DO-254
6 2 (1.75%) GDPR
6 2 (1.75%) GRC
7 1 (0.88%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.88%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.88%) GMP
7 1 (0.88%) IEC 61131
7 1 (0.88%) IEC 61508
7 1 (0.88%) NCSC
7 1 (0.88%) QA
System Software
1 1 (0.88%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 6 (5.26%) Wonderware InTouch
2 2 (1.75%) Functional Safety
3 1 (0.88%) Terraform
Vendors
1 18 (15.79%) Allen-Bradley
2 17 (14.91%) Rockwell
3 16 (14.04%) Siemens
4 14 (12.28%) Wonderware
5 8 (7.02%) Microsoft
6 5 (4.39%) AVEVA
7 3 (2.63%) Qualys
8 2 (1.75%) Cisco
8 2 (1.75%) Cognizant
8 2 (1.75%) SAP
9 1 (0.88%) Juniper
9 1 (0.88%) Oracle