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

6 months to
18 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 576 450 624
Rank change year-on-year -126 +174 +215
Permanent jobs citing SCADA 105 168 201
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.14% 0.45% 0.24%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.47% 1.15% 0.69%
Number of salaries quoted 62 75 162
10th Percentile £37,625 £47,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £49,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £51,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +27.45% -5.12%
75th Percentile £64,313 £71,250 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £74,410 £76,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,913 £51,000
% change year-on-year -11.16% +21.40% -7.27%

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 22,440 14,637 29,090
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 29.16% 39.38% 35.30%
Number of salaries quoted 11,651 8,254 20,814
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £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 £83,000 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £98,474
UK median annual salary £59,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -1.67% +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 18 April 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 April 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
North of England -66 25 £57,500 -11.54% 26
Midlands -81 25 £45,000 -30.77% 45
London +8 21 £80,000 +11.58% 15
South East -30 20 £55,000 -4.35% 30
North West -10 15 £56,250 - 13
East Midlands -50 14 £45,000 -13.46% 20
West Midlands -67 11 £45,000 -33.33% 25
Yorkshire -79 9 £57,500 - 9
East of England -41 8 £55,000 - 17
South West -54 6 £52,500 -4.55% 10
North East -38 1 £64,000 -1.54% 4
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 3 (2.86%) FactoryTalk
1 3 (2.86%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.95%) Confluence
2 1 (0.95%) Mendix
Applications
1 4 (3.81%) AutoCAD
1 4 (3.81%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.90%) EPLAN
2 2 (1.90%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.95%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.95%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (1.90%) Maximo
2 1 (0.95%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 7 (6.67%) Azure
1 7 (6.67%) Power Platform
2 1 (0.95%) AWS
2 1 (0.95%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 16 (15.24%) Modbus
2 6 (5.71%) MQTT
3 4 (3.81%) Ethernet
3 4 (3.81%) Firewall
3 4 (3.81%) Network Security
3 4 (3.81%) Profibus
4 3 (2.86%) DMZ
4 3 (2.86%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (1.90%) LoRaWAN
5 2 (1.90%) Wireless
6 1 (0.95%) 4G
6 1 (0.95%) AMQP
6 1 (0.95%) Cisco IOS
6 1 (0.95%) IPsec
6 1 (0.95%) MPLS
6 1 (0.95%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.95%) VLAN
6 1 (0.95%) VPN
6 1 (0.95%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (6.67%) Power BI
2 2 (1.90%) GIS
2 2 (1.90%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (0.95%) JIRA
General
1 29 (27.62%) Social Skills
2 28 (26.67%) Manufacturing
3 8 (7.62%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (6.67%) Finance
4 7 (6.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 7 (6.67%) Retail
5 5 (4.76%) Pharmaceutical
6 3 (2.86%) Games
7 2 (1.90%) Aerospace
7 2 (1.90%) Automotive
7 2 (1.90%) Back Office
7 2 (1.90%) Legal
7 2 (1.90%) Public Sector
8 1 (0.95%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (0.95%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 43 (40.95%) Systems Engineer
2 33 (31.43%) Control Systems Engineer
3 17 (16.19%) Senior
4 8 (7.62%) Cybersecurity Engineer
4 8 (7.62%) Lead
4 8 (7.62%) Security Engineer
4 8 (7.62%) Senior Systems Engineer
5 7 (6.67%) Lead Systems Engineer
5 7 (6.67%) Operations Technician
5 7 (6.67%) SCADA Engineer
6 6 (5.71%) Project Engineer
7 5 (4.76%) Implementation Engineer
8 4 (3.81%) Analyst
8 4 (3.81%) Automation Engineer
8 4 (3.81%) Consultant
8 4 (3.81%) Manufacturing Engineer
8 4 (3.81%) Support Engineer
9 3 (2.86%) Architect
9 3 (2.86%) PLC Engineer
9 3 (2.86%) Vulnerability Management Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.90%) HTML
2 1 (0.95%) STL
Miscellaneous
1 19 (18.10%) Operational Technology
2 17 (16.19%) Driving Licence
3 12 (11.43%) IoT
4 11 (10.48%) Manufacturing Execution System
5 5 (4.76%) Renewable Energy
6 4 (3.81%) Industry 4.0
6 4 (3.81%) Self-Motivation
7 3 (2.86%) Algorithms
7 3 (2.86%) CCTV
7 3 (2.86%) Industrial Internet of Things
7 3 (2.86%) Replication
8 2 (1.90%) Legacy Systems
8 2 (1.90%) Management Information System
8 2 (1.90%) NB-IoT
8 2 (1.90%) Robotics
8 2 (1.90%) Security Operations Centre
8 2 (1.90%) Smart Meter
9 1 (0.95%) Biopharmaceutical
9 1 (0.95%) Low-Code
9 1 (0.95%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 6 (5.71%) Linux
1 6 (5.71%) Windows
2 4 (3.81%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (18.10%) Continuous Improvement
1 19 (18.10%) Problem-Solving
2 18 (17.14%) Systems Engineering
3 16 (15.24%) ERP
4 15 (14.29%) Mentoring
4 15 (14.29%) Software Engineering
5 13 (12.38%) Cybersecurity
6 11 (10.48%) Project Delivery
6 11 (10.48%) Project Management
6 11 (10.48%) Validation
7 10 (9.52%) Visualisation
8 9 (8.57%) Data Visualisation
8 9 (8.57%) Incident Response
9 8 (7.62%) Business Intelligence
9 8 (7.62%) Data Acquisition
10 7 (6.67%) Change Management
10 7 (6.67%) Computer Science
10 7 (6.67%) Data Integration
10 7 (6.67%) Vulnerability Scanning
11 6 (5.71%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 15 (14.29%) SQL
2 6 (5.71%) Ladder Logic
3 4 (3.81%) Python
3 4 (3.81%) VBA
4 3 (2.86%) C#
4 3 (2.86%) VB
5 2 (1.90%) C
5 2 (1.90%) C++
6 1 (0.95%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 28 (26.67%) Degree
2 17 (16.19%) HND
3 13 (12.38%) HNC
4 11 (10.48%) Security Cleared
5 10 (9.52%) SC Cleared
6 2 (1.90%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (1.90%) CISSP
6 2 (1.90%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (1.90%) DBS Check
6 2 (1.90%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
6 2 (1.90%) Master's Degree
6 2 (1.90%) NVQ Level 3
6 2 (1.90%) PMI Certification
6 2 (1.90%) PMP
7 1 (0.95%) CCNA
7 1 (0.95%) CCNP
7 1 (0.95%) Chartered Engineer
7 1 (0.95%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (0.95%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.95%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (9.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 8 (7.62%) NIST
3 4 (3.81%) PCI DSS
4 3 (2.86%) Accessibility
4 3 (2.86%) HAZOP
4 3 (2.86%) NIST 800
5 2 (1.90%) GDPR
5 2 (1.90%) GRC
6 1 (0.95%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.95%) ARP4754
6 1 (0.95%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.95%) DO-254
6 1 (0.95%) GMP
6 1 (0.95%) IEC 61508
6 1 (0.95%) NCSC
System Software
1 1 (0.95%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (2.86%) Wonderware InTouch
2 2 (1.90%) Functional Safety
3 1 (0.95%) Terraform
Vendors
1 15 (14.29%) Allen-Bradley
1 15 (14.29%) Siemens
2 13 (12.38%) Rockwell
3 9 (8.57%) Microsoft
3 9 (8.57%) Wonderware
4 3 (2.86%) AVEVA
4 3 (2.86%) Qualys
5 2 (1.90%) Cisco
5 2 (1.90%) Cognizant
5 2 (1.90%) SAP
6 1 (0.95%) Juniper
6 1 (0.95%) Oracle