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

6 months to
17 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 531 512 625
Rank change year-on-year -19 +113 +232
Permanent jobs citing SCADA 93 156 123
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.16% 0.35% 0.18%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.47% 0.93% 0.51%
Number of salaries quoted 62 44 98
10th Percentile £43,875 £32,475 £37,850
25th Percentile £45,375 £47,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £51,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.84% -2.86%
75th Percentile £73,813 £71,250 £66,438
90th Percentile £92,250 £72,500 £75,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £51,000
% change year-on-year - +7.84% -2.86%

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 19,642 16,802 23,906
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 33.02% 38.07% 35.91%
Number of salaries quoted 10,066 7,848 18,013
10th Percentile £28,000 £34,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £47,000 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £55,440
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +12.73% -14.71%
75th Percentile £78,790 £85,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £55,440
% change year-on-year -12.00% +12.73% -14.71%

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 17 February 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 17 February 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 -23 32 £57,500 +4.55% 31
Midlands -28 26 £45,000 -13.46% 36
North West +18 25 £56,250 +4.31% 21
West Midlands -13 16 £50,000 -25.93% 19
South East +13 14 £62,500 -10.71% 15
London +17 13 £90,000 +38.46% 12
East Midlands -15 10 £45,000 -13.46% 17
Yorkshire -56 6 £57,500 +0.88% 8
East of England +22 4 £55,000 - 8
South West -8 4 £111,500 - 7
North East -8 1 £64,000 - 2
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 2 (2.15%) FactoryTalk
1 2 (2.15%) WinCC
2 1 (1.08%) Confluence
2 1 (1.08%) Mendix
Applications
1 6 (6.45%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (4.30%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (1.08%) AutoCAD
3 1 (1.08%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 8 (8.60%) Azure
1 8 (8.60%) Power Platform
2 5 (5.38%) AWS
3 2 (2.15%) Amazon EC2
4 1 (1.08%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 15 (16.13%) Modbus
2 5 (5.38%) Firewall
2 5 (5.38%) MQTT
3 3 (3.23%) DMZ
3 3 (3.23%) Network Security
4 2 (2.15%) Ethernet
5 1 (1.08%) LoRaWAN
5 1 (1.08%) NAS
5 1 (1.08%) SAN
5 1 (1.08%) SD-WAN
5 1 (1.08%) VPN
5 1 (1.08%) WAN
5 1 (1.08%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (8.60%) Power BI
2 4 (4.30%) GIS
3 1 (1.08%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (1.08%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (1.08%) JIRA
General
1 20 (21.51%) Manufacturing
2 19 (20.43%) Social Skills
3 8 (8.60%) Finance
3 8 (8.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 6 (6.45%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (6.45%) Retail
5 4 (4.30%) Advertising
5 4 (4.30%) Legal
6 3 (3.23%) Fire and Rescue
7 2 (2.15%) Back Office
7 2 (2.15%) Pharmaceutical
7 2 (2.15%) Public Sector
8 1 (1.08%) Aerospace
8 1 (1.08%) Automotive
8 1 (1.08%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (1.08%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 31 (33.33%) Systems Engineer
2 22 (23.66%) Control Systems Engineer
3 15 (16.13%) Senior
4 14 (15.05%) Automation Engineer
5 13 (13.98%) Support Engineer
6 9 (9.68%) PLC Engineer
7 8 (8.60%) Systems Support
7 8 (8.60%) Systems Support Engineer
8 7 (7.53%) Lead
8 7 (7.53%) Operations Technician
8 7 (7.53%) SCADA Engineer
9 6 (6.45%) Cybersecurity Engineer
9 6 (6.45%) Lead Systems Engineer
9 6 (6.45%) Security Engineer
10 5 (5.38%) Implementation Engineer
10 5 (5.38%) Project Engineer
10 5 (5.38%) Senior Systems Engineer
11 4 (4.30%) Analyst
11 4 (4.30%) Electrical Engineer
11 4 (4.30%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.15%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 17 (18.28%) Driving Licence
2 14 (15.05%) Operational Technology
3 11 (11.83%) IoT
4 9 (9.68%) Renewable Energy
5 7 (7.53%) Manufacturing Execution System
6 5 (5.38%) Industrial Internet of Things
7 3 (3.23%) Legacy Systems
7 3 (3.23%) Management Information System
7 3 (3.23%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (2.15%) CCTV
8 2 (2.15%) Hybrid Cloud
8 2 (2.15%) Industry 4.0
8 2 (2.15%) Security Posture
9 1 (1.08%) Cloud Native
9 1 (1.08%) Cyber Kill Chain
9 1 (1.08%) Cyber Threat
9 1 (1.08%) Life Science
9 1 (1.08%) Robotics
9 1 (1.08%) Security Operations Centre
9 1 (1.08%) Smart Meter
Operating Systems
1 8 (8.60%) Windows
2 6 (6.45%) Linux
3 4 (4.30%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (16.13%) Continuous Improvement
2 11 (11.83%) Incident Response
3 10 (10.75%) Cybersecurity
3 10 (10.75%) ERP
3 10 (10.75%) Problem-Solving
4 9 (9.68%) Computer Science
4 9 (9.68%) Software Engineering
5 8 (8.60%) Business Intelligence
5 8 (8.60%) Systems Engineering
6 7 (7.53%) Data Integration
6 7 (7.53%) Data Visualisation
6 7 (7.53%) Information Security
6 7 (7.53%) Mentoring
6 7 (7.53%) Project Delivery
6 7 (7.53%) Project Management
6 7 (7.53%) Visualisation
7 6 (6.45%) Threat Modelling
7 6 (6.45%) Validation
8 5 (5.38%) Red Team
8 5 (5.38%) Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 13 (13.98%) SQL
2 5 (5.38%) Python
3 4 (4.30%) VBA
4 2 (2.15%) C
4 2 (2.15%) C#
4 2 (2.15%) C++
4 2 (2.15%) Ladder Logic
4 2 (2.15%) VB
Qualifications
1 24 (25.81%) Degree
2 15 (16.13%) HNC
3 14 (15.05%) HND
4 11 (11.83%) Security Cleared
5 9 (9.68%) SC Cleared
6 3 (3.23%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (2.15%) CISM
7 2 (2.15%) CISSP
7 2 (2.15%) Master's Degree
7 2 (2.15%) PMI Certification
7 2 (2.15%) PMP
8 1 (1.08%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (1.08%) Chartered Engineer
8 1 (1.08%) City & Guilds
8 1 (1.08%) DV Cleared
8 1 (1.08%) GCFA
8 1 (1.08%) GCIH
8 1 (1.08%) GIAC
8 1 (1.08%) NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (8.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (7.53%) NIST
3 4 (4.30%) PCI DSS
4 3 (3.23%) NIST 800
5 2 (2.15%) NCSC
6 1 (1.08%) Data Quality
6 1 (1.08%) GDPR
6 1 (1.08%) GMP
6 1 (1.08%) IEC 61131
6 1 (1.08%) QA
System Software
1 2 (2.15%) Active Directory
1 2 (2.15%) VMware ESXi
2 1 (1.08%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (5.38%) Functional Safety
2 2 (2.15%) AssetCenter
2 2 (2.15%) SCCM
2 2 (2.15%) Terraform
3 1 (1.08%) Grafana
Vendors
1 14 (15.05%) Microsoft
2 12 (12.90%) Siemens
3 11 (11.83%) Rockwell
4 8 (8.60%) Allen-Bradley
5 4 (4.30%) Cisco
6 3 (3.23%) VMware
7 2 (2.15%) Kepware
7 2 (2.15%) Qualys
7 2 (2.15%) ServiceNow
8 1 (1.08%) Juniper
8 1 (1.08%) Wonderware