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

6 months to
11 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 355 438 582
Rank change year-on-year +83 +144 +37
Permanent jobs citing SCADA 499 205 160
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.48% 0.48% 0.25%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.81% 1.14% 0.76%
Number of salaries quoted 179 134 68
10th Percentile £39,750 £43,750 £48,875
25th Percentile £46,973 £46,250 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.82% -8.33% +4.35%
75th Percentile £65,000 £64,375 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £71,875 £71,625
UK median annual salary £55,428 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +0.78% -8.33% -

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 27,496 17,952 21,126
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 26.45% 41.72% 32.62%
Number of salaries quoted 17,712 9,260 10,427
10th Percentile £31,000 £28,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,000 £36,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.82% -8.33% -4.08%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £112,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -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 11 October 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 11 October 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 +49 189 £52,500 +10.53% 145
East Midlands +58 110 £52,500 +10.53% 65
North of England -6 109 £57,500 +9.52% 151
West Midlands -24 79 £56,175 +12.35% 78
East of England +10 72 £50,800 -0.88% 73
London -22 55 £60,000 - 121
South East -40 51 £52,500 -14.29% 93
North West -1 48 £55,053 -8.25% 62
Yorkshire -6 45 £57,500 +15.00% 72
South West -57 24 £67,500 +22.73% 64
North East -63 16 £70,000 +33.33% 22
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 (2.61%) FactoryTalk
2 9 (1.80%) WinCC
3 6 (1.20%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (0.60%) ArchestrA
5 2 (0.40%) SharePoint
Applications
1 34 (6.81%) Microsoft Office
2 33 (6.61%) EPLAN
3 13 (2.61%) Maple
4 7 (1.40%) AutoCAD
5 5 (1.00%) Microsoft Excel
6 4 (0.80%) Simulink
7 2 (0.40%) Microsoft Project
8 1 (0.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 1 (0.20%) MS Visio
8 1 (0.20%) Siemens NX
8 1 (0.20%) SOLIDWORKS
8 1 (0.20%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (1.20%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 5 (1.00%) Azure
2 3 (0.60%) Entra ID
2 3 (0.60%) GitHub
3 2 (0.40%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (0.40%) GitHub Actions
3 2 (0.40%) WhatsApp
4 1 (0.20%) GitHub Copilot
4 1 (0.20%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 79 (15.83%) Modbus
2 66 (13.23%) Profibus
3 63 (12.63%) Ethernet
4 19 (3.81%) VLAN
5 17 (3.41%) Firewall
6 16 (3.21%) VPN
7 13 (2.61%) DMZ
8 12 (2.40%) TCP/IP
9 11 (2.20%) IPv4
9 11 (2.20%) OSPF
10 9 (1.80%) Intrusion Detection
11 4 (0.80%) Network Security
12 2 (0.40%) LAN
12 2 (0.40%) MQTT
12 2 (0.40%) Software-Defined Networking
12 2 (0.40%) TETRA
12 2 (0.40%) WAN
13 1 (0.20%) Internet
13 1 (0.20%) LoRaWAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.40%) GIS
1 2 (0.40%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (0.20%) Power BI
2 1 (0.20%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 10 (2.00%) LabVIEW
2 3 (0.60%) Git
General
1 120 (24.05%) Social Skills
2 90 (18.04%) Electronics
2 90 (18.04%) Manufacturing
3 62 (12.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 47 (9.42%) Analytical Skills
5 28 (5.61%) Finance
6 25 (5.01%) Pharmaceutical
7 24 (4.81%) Aerospace
8 18 (3.61%) Telecoms
9 14 (2.81%) Presentation Skills
10 13 (2.61%) Organisational Skills
10 13 (2.61%) Retail
11 11 (2.20%) Automotive
12 6 (1.20%) Military
13 4 (0.80%) Aviation
13 4 (0.80%) Legal
14 3 (0.60%) French Language
14 3 (0.60%) Games
14 3 (0.60%) German Language
14 3 (0.60%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 124 (24.85%) Senior
2 83 (16.63%) Senior Technician
3 71 (14.23%) Systems Engineer
4 67 (13.43%) Control Systems Engineer
5 63 (12.63%) Automation Engineer
6 61 (12.22%) Lead
7 37 (7.41%) Electrical Engineer
8 21 (4.21%) SCADA Engineer
9 18 (3.61%) Team Leader
10 17 (3.41%) Project Engineer
11 11 (2.20%) Design Engineer
11 11 (2.20%) PLC Engineer
11 11 (2.20%) Principal Engineer
11 11 (2.20%) Principal Systems Engineer
11 11 (2.20%) Software Engineer
12 9 (1.80%) Junior
13 8 (1.60%) Electrical Design Engineer
13 8 (1.60%) Lead Systems Engineer
13 8 (1.60%) PLC SCADA Engineer
13 8 (1.60%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (1.60%) XML
2 7 (1.40%) STL
3 5 (1.00%) .NET
4 4 (0.80%) CSS
5 3 (0.60%) Django
5 3 (0.60%) REST
5 3 (0.60%) Web Services
6 2 (0.40%) Middleware
6 2 (0.40%) RabbitMQ
6 2 (0.40%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 141 (28.26%) Onboarding
2 120 (24.05%) Robotics
3 77 (15.43%) Driving Licence
4 50 (10.02%) Operational Technology
5 27 (5.41%) Renewable Energy
6 24 (4.81%) FMCG
7 16 (3.21%) Self-Motivation
8 10 (2.00%) Replication
9 8 (1.60%) Client/Server
9 8 (1.60%) IoT
9 8 (1.60%) Legacy Systems
10 7 (1.40%) Analytical Mindset
11 6 (1.20%) Cyber Threat
12 5 (1.00%) Algorithms
12 5 (1.00%) Enterprise Software
13 4 (0.80%) Industry 4.0
13 4 (0.80%) Management Information System
14 3 (0.60%) Data Centre
14 3 (0.60%) Distributed Systems
14 3 (0.60%) Industrial Internet of Things
Operating Systems
1 3 (0.60%) Windows
1 3 (0.60%) Windows Server
2 2 (0.40%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 164 (32.87%) Preventative Maintenance
2 123 (24.65%) Line Management
2 123 (24.65%) Mechatronics
3 117 (23.45%) Proactive Maintenance
4 95 (19.04%) Technical Leadership
5 84 (16.83%) Continuous Improvement
6 80 (16.03%) Problem-Solving
7 67 (13.43%) Cybersecurity
8 57 (11.42%) Validation
9 49 (9.82%) Customer Requirements
9 49 (9.82%) Order Management
10 46 (9.22%) Project Delivery
11 42 (8.42%) Project Management
12 37 (7.41%) Data Acquisition
13 35 (7.01%) Mentoring
14 33 (6.61%) Systems Engineering
15 30 (6.01%) Computer Science
15 30 (6.01%) Software Engineering
16 29 (5.81%) Visualisation
17 27 (5.41%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 26 (5.21%) Ladder Logic
2 11 (2.20%) MATLAB
3 7 (1.40%) Python
3 7 (1.40%) SQL
4 6 (1.20%) PowerShell
5 3 (0.60%) C#
6 2 (0.40%) Bash
7 1 (0.20%) Java
Qualifications
1 241 (48.30%) Degree
2 142 (28.46%) NVQ Level 3
3 86 (17.23%) HNC
4 76 (15.23%) City & Guilds
5 51 (10.22%) HND
6 28 (5.61%) Security Cleared
7 22 (4.41%) SC Cleared
8 16 (3.21%) Master's Degree
9 15 (3.01%) Chartered Engineer
10 10 (2.00%) DBS Check
11 7 (1.40%) Computer Science Degree
12 6 (1.20%) CISSP
13 2 (0.40%) Azure Certification
13 2 (0.40%) CompTIA Security+
13 2 (0.40%) CTC Cleared
13 2 (0.40%) MCSA
13 2 (0.40%) Microsoft Certification
14 1 (0.20%) BPSS Clearance
14 1 (0.20%) CISM
14 1 (0.20%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (4.21%) IEC 61131
2 12 (2.40%) Accessibility
3 11 (2.20%) HAZOP
4 10 (2.00%) NIST
5 8 (1.60%) NEBOSH
6 7 (1.40%) ARP4754
6 7 (1.40%) DO-254
7 6 (1.20%) GDPR
8 5 (1.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 5 (1.00%) QA
9 3 (0.60%) NCSC
9 3 (0.60%) NIST 800
10 2 (0.40%) 21 CFR Part 11
10 2 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials
10 2 (0.40%) SLA
11 1 (0.20%) Actionable Recommendations
11 1 (0.20%) GAMP
11 1 (0.20%) GMP
11 1 (0.20%) GxP
11 1 (0.20%) IEC 61508
System Software
1 5 (1.00%) Active Directory
1 5 (1.00%) Docker
2 3 (0.60%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.40%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 12 (2.40%) Functional Safety
2 8 (1.60%) Wonderware InTouch
3 4 (0.80%) Network Intrusion Detection System
4 2 (0.40%) Ansible
4 2 (0.40%) Grafana
4 2 (0.40%) Kubernetes
4 2 (0.40%) MOM
4 2 (0.40%) Prometheus
4 2 (0.40%) SCCM
4 2 (0.40%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
5 1 (0.20%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
Vendors
1 78 (15.63%) Siemens
2 49 (9.82%) NEC
3 39 (7.82%) Allen-Bradley
3 39 (7.82%) Microsoft
3 39 (7.82%) Rockwell
4 15 (3.01%) Wonderware
5 13 (2.61%) AVEVA
6 9 (1.80%) SAP
7 7 (1.40%) Google
8 5 (1.00%) VMware
9 3 (0.60%) CA Agile Central
9 3 (0.60%) EMC
10 2 (0.40%) Dell
10 2 (0.40%) Symantec
10 2 (0.40%) Tenable
10 2 (0.40%) Veeam
11 1 (0.20%) Huawei
11 1 (0.20%) ServiceNow
11 1 (0.20%) Yahoo!