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

6 months to
1 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 560 454 610
Rank change year-on-year -106 +156 +186
Permanent jobs citing SCADA 125 187 229
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.15% 0.48% 0.26%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.55% 1.11% 0.76%
Number of salaries quoted 75 93 173
10th Percentile £29,550 £47,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £50,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £51,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +7.84% -6.42%
75th Percentile £70,000 £71,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £74,130 £76,250
UK median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £51,000
% change year-on-year -4.55% +7.84% -6.42%

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 22,662 16,889 30,085
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 27.20% 43.15% 33.94%
Number of salaries quoted 13,188 8,046 20,940
10th Percentile £30,500 £30,000 £28,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,000 £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 £81,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £59,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +1.69% +7.27% -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 1 June 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 1 June 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 -68 37 £45,000 -18.18% 31
London -14 25 £62,250 -12.20% 18
South East -16 25 £42,500 -22.73% 14
West Midlands -62 22 £45,000 -33.33% 15
East of England -25 18 £50,000 -9.09% 11
North of England -46 18 £62,000 -4.62% 22
East Midlands -38 15 £45,000 -13.46% 16
Yorkshire -63 7 £57,500 - 8
North East -47 6 £70,000 +7.69% 3
North West -5 5 £56,250 - 11
South West -63 3 £52,500 - 11
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 10 (8.00%) FactoryTalk
2 8 (6.40%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.60%) ArchestrA
4 1 (0.80%) WinCC
Applications
1 3 (2.40%) AutoCAD
2 2 (1.60%) EPLAN
2 2 (1.60%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.60%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.80%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.80%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (1.60%) Maximo
2 1 (0.80%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 6 (4.80%) Azure
1 6 (4.80%) Power Platform
2 1 (0.80%) AWS
2 1 (0.80%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 12 (9.60%) Ethernet
1 12 (9.60%) Profibus
2 11 (8.80%) Modbus
3 5 (4.00%) MQTT
4 3 (2.40%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (1.60%) Firewall
5 2 (1.60%) LoRaWAN
5 2 (1.60%) Network Security
5 2 (1.60%) Software-Defined Networking
5 2 (1.60%) Wireless
6 1 (0.80%) 4G
6 1 (0.80%) AMQP
6 1 (0.80%) Cisco IOS
6 1 (0.80%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (0.80%) IPsec
6 1 (0.80%) MPLS
6 1 (0.80%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.80%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.80%) VLAN
6 1 (0.80%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (4.80%) Power BI
2 2 (1.60%) GIS
2 2 (1.60%) PostgreSQL
General
1 28 (22.40%) Social Skills
2 26 (20.80%) Manufacturing
3 13 (10.40%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (8.80%) Finance
5 7 (5.60%) Aerospace
6 6 (4.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 6 (4.80%) Telecoms
7 4 (3.20%) Pharmaceutical
7 4 (3.20%) Retail
8 3 (2.40%) Games
9 2 (1.60%) Automotive
9 2 (1.60%) Legal
9 2 (1.60%) Public Sector
10 1 (0.80%) Electronics
10 1 (0.80%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 67 (53.60%) Systems Engineer
2 58 (46.40%) Control Systems Engineer
3 14 (11.20%) Senior
4 10 (8.00%) Senior Systems Engineer
5 9 (7.20%) Lead
5 9 (7.20%) Software Engineer
6 8 (6.40%) Junior
7 7 (5.60%) Lead Systems Engineer
8 5 (4.00%) Business Development Manager
8 5 (4.00%) Business Manager
8 5 (4.00%) Development Manager
8 5 (4.00%) Project Engineer
9 4 (3.20%) Junior Systems Engineer
9 4 (3.20%) Security Engineer
10 3 (2.40%) Applications Engineer
10 3 (2.40%) Architect
10 3 (2.40%) Implementation Engineer
10 3 (2.40%) Junior Software Engineer
10 3 (2.40%) Support Technician
10 3 (2.40%) Systems Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.60%) HTML
2 1 (0.80%) STL
Miscellaneous
1 23 (18.40%) Driving Licence
2 19 (15.20%) Operational Technology
3 10 (8.00%) Manufacturing Execution System
4 9 (7.20%) Replication
5 8 (6.40%) IoT
6 6 (4.80%) Analytical Mindset
7 5 (4.00%) Renewable Energy
8 4 (3.20%) Self-Motivation
9 3 (2.40%) Algorithms
9 3 (2.40%) Industrial Internet of Things
10 2 (1.60%) Industry 4.0
10 2 (1.60%) NB-IoT
10 2 (1.60%) Robotics
10 2 (1.60%) Security Operations Centre
10 2 (1.60%) Smart Meter
11 1 (0.80%) CCTV
11 1 (0.80%) Cloud Native
11 1 (0.80%) CSOC
11 1 (0.80%) Cyber Defence
11 1 (0.80%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 5 (4.00%) Linux
1 5 (4.00%) Windows
2 3 (2.40%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (21.60%) Problem-Solving
2 23 (18.40%) Software Engineering
3 21 (16.80%) Mentoring
3 21 (16.80%) Systems Engineering
4 14 (11.20%) Project Delivery
5 13 (10.40%) Continuous Improvement
5 13 (10.40%) Data Acquisition
5 13 (10.40%) ERP
6 10 (8.00%) Customer Requirements
6 10 (8.00%) Cybersecurity
6 10 (8.00%) Validation
7 9 (7.20%) Visualisation
8 8 (6.40%) Collaborative Culture
8 8 (6.40%) Project Management
8 8 (6.40%) Technical Leadership
9 7 (5.60%) Data Visualisation
10 6 (4.80%) Business Intelligence
10 6 (4.80%) Compliance Audit
10 6 (4.80%) Decision-Making
10 6 (4.80%) Incident Response
Programming Languages
1 12 (9.60%) SQL
2 6 (4.80%) MATLAB
3 5 (4.00%) Ladder Logic
4 3 (2.40%) Python
5 1 (0.80%) C#
5 1 (0.80%) PowerShell
5 1 (0.80%) VB
Qualifications
1 30 (24.00%) Degree
2 16 (12.80%) HNC
2 16 (12.80%) HND
3 5 (4.00%) Security Cleared
4 4 (3.20%) DBS Check
4 4 (3.20%) SC Cleared
5 2 (1.60%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (1.60%) CISSP
5 2 (1.60%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
5 2 (1.60%) NVQ Level 3
6 1 (0.80%) CBAP
6 1 (0.80%) CCNA
6 1 (0.80%) CCNP
6 1 (0.80%) Chartered Engineer
6 1 (0.80%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (0.80%) DV Cleared
6 1 (0.80%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (7.20%) Accessibility
1 9 (7.20%) HAZOP
2 6 (4.80%) ARP4754
2 6 (4.80%) DO-254
2 6 (4.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (2.40%) PCI DSS
3 3 (2.40%) QA
4 2 (1.60%) GDPR
4 2 (1.60%) GRC
4 2 (1.60%) NIST
5 1 (0.80%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (0.80%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.80%) IEC 61131
5 1 (0.80%) IEC 61508
5 1 (0.80%) NCSC
System Software
1 1 (0.80%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 9 (7.20%) Wonderware InTouch
2 2 (1.60%) Functional Safety
3 1 (0.80%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
3 1 (0.80%) MOM
3 1 (0.80%) Terraform
Vendors
1 23 (18.40%) Allen-Bradley
2 21 (16.80%) Rockwell
3 19 (15.20%) Wonderware
4 18 (14.40%) Siemens
5 7 (5.60%) AVEVA
5 7 (5.60%) Microsoft
6 3 (2.40%) Qualys
7 2 (1.60%) Cisco
7 2 (1.60%) Cognizant
7 2 (1.60%) SAP
8 1 (0.80%) Juniper
8 1 (0.80%) Oracle