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

6 months to
3 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 555 499 631
Rank change year-on-year -56 +132 +243
Permanent jobs citing SCADA 90 146 137
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.14% 0.36% 0.20%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.45% 0.93% 0.55%
Number of salaries quoted 58 46 112
10th Percentile £40,500 £42,500 £38,325
25th Percentile £45,438 £47,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,750 £51,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.93% +21.08% -2.86%
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £66,250
90th Percentile £93,250 £72,500 £75,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,750 £51,000
% change year-on-year -9.47% +19.12% -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 20,131 15,736 24,995
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 32.27% 38.40% 35.86%
Number of salaries quoted 10,337 7,752 18,698
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £46,250 £39,085
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +13.64% -15.38%
75th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,644 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.78% +12.08% -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 3 March 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 3 March 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 -35 30 £57,500 +1.83% 32
North West +18 23 £52,500 -2.65% 21
Midlands -55 22 £45,000 -20.00% 28
South East -15 16 £55,000 -21.43% 16
London +18 13 £90,000 +38.46% 7
West Midlands -14 11 £50,000 -25.93% 16
East Midlands -35 11 £45,000 -13.46% 12
Yorkshire -54 6 £57,500 -2.54% 7
South West -21 5 £82,000 - 9
East of England +8 4 £55,000 - 10
North East - 1 £64,000 - 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 1 (1.11%) Confluence
1 1 (1.11%) Mendix
Applications
1 4 (4.44%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (2.22%) AutoCAD
2 2 (2.22%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.22%) MS Visio
3 1 (1.11%) EPLAN
Cloud Services
1 9 (10.00%) Power Platform
2 8 (8.89%) Azure
3 3 (3.33%) AWS
4 1 (1.11%) Entra ID
4 1 (1.11%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 17 (18.89%) Modbus
2 6 (6.67%) Firewall
3 5 (5.56%) MQTT
4 3 (3.33%) DMZ
4 3 (3.33%) Network Security
5 2 (2.22%) LoRaWAN
5 2 (2.22%) VPN
5 2 (2.22%) Wireless
6 1 (1.11%) 4G
6 1 (1.11%) Cisco IOS
6 1 (1.11%) Ethernet
6 1 (1.11%) IPsec
6 1 (1.11%) MPLS
6 1 (1.11%) NAS
6 1 (1.11%) Profibus
6 1 (1.11%) SAN
6 1 (1.11%) SD-WAN
6 1 (1.11%) VLAN
6 1 (1.11%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (10.00%) Power BI
2 2 (2.22%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (1.11%) GIS
3 1 (1.11%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (1.11%) JIRA
General
1 19 (21.11%) Manufacturing
2 17 (18.89%) Social Skills
3 8 (8.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 6 (6.67%) Retail
5 5 (5.56%) Finance
6 4 (4.44%) Analytical Skills
7 3 (3.33%) Pharmaceutical
8 2 (2.22%) Advertising
8 2 (2.22%) Automotive
8 2 (2.22%) Back Office
8 2 (2.22%) Legal
8 2 (2.22%) Public Sector
9 1 (1.11%) Aerospace
9 1 (1.11%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (1.11%) Games
9 1 (1.11%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 33 (36.67%) Systems Engineer
2 24 (26.67%) Control Systems Engineer
3 15 (16.67%) Senior
4 12 (13.33%) Automation Engineer
5 11 (12.22%) Support Engineer
6 9 (10.00%) PLC Engineer
7 8 (8.89%) SCADA Engineer
7 8 (8.89%) Systems Support
7 8 (8.89%) Systems Support Engineer
8 7 (7.78%) Lead
8 7 (7.78%) Operations Technician
9 6 (6.67%) Cybersecurity Engineer
9 6 (6.67%) Lead Systems Engineer
9 6 (6.67%) Security Engineer
10 5 (5.56%) Implementation Engineer
10 5 (5.56%) Project Engineer
10 5 (5.56%) Senior Systems Engineer
11 4 (4.44%) Electrical Engineer
12 3 (3.33%) Architect
12 3 (3.33%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.22%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 18 (20.00%) Driving Licence
2 13 (14.44%) Operational Technology
3 12 (13.33%) IoT
4 8 (8.89%) Renewable Energy
5 7 (7.78%) Manufacturing Execution System
6 3 (3.33%) Industrial Internet of Things
6 3 (3.33%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (2.22%) CCTV
7 2 (2.22%) Hybrid Cloud
7 2 (2.22%) Industry 4.0
7 2 (2.22%) Management Information System
7 2 (2.22%) NB-IoT
7 2 (2.22%) Security Posture
7 2 (2.22%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (2.22%) Smart Meter
8 1 (1.11%) Biopharmaceutical
8 1 (1.11%) Life Science
8 1 (1.11%) Low-Code
8 1 (1.11%) Replication
8 1 (1.11%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 7 (7.78%) Linux
2 6 (6.67%) Windows
3 4 (4.44%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (17.78%) Continuous Improvement
2 11 (12.22%) Cybersecurity
2 11 (12.22%) ERP
2 11 (12.22%) Incident Response
3 9 (10.00%) Business Intelligence
3 9 (10.00%) Data Visualisation
3 9 (10.00%) Project Delivery
3 9 (10.00%) Software Engineering
3 9 (10.00%) Systems Engineering
3 9 (10.00%) Visualisation
4 8 (8.89%) Computer Science
4 8 (8.89%) Mentoring
5 7 (7.78%) Data Integration
5 7 (7.78%) Information Security
5 7 (7.78%) Problem-Solving
5 7 (7.78%) Project Management
6 6 (6.67%) Threat Modelling
6 6 (6.67%) Validation
7 5 (5.56%) Network Design
7 5 (5.56%) System Testing
Programming Languages
1 12 (13.33%) SQL
2 5 (5.56%) Python
3 4 (4.44%) VBA
4 3 (3.33%) Ladder Logic
5 2 (2.22%) C
5 2 (2.22%) C#
5 2 (2.22%) C++
5 2 (2.22%) VB
Qualifications
1 22 (24.44%) Degree
2 15 (16.67%) HND
3 13 (14.44%) HNC
4 11 (12.22%) Security Cleared
5 9 (10.00%) SC Cleared
6 3 (3.33%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (2.22%) CISM
7 2 (2.22%) CISSP
7 2 (2.22%) Master's Degree
7 2 (2.22%) PMI Certification
7 2 (2.22%) PMP
8 1 (1.11%) CCNA
8 1 (1.11%) CCNP
8 1 (1.11%) Chartered Engineer
8 1 (1.11%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (1.11%) DV Cleared
8 1 (1.11%) GCFA
8 1 (1.11%) GCIH
8 1 (1.11%) GIAC
8 1 (1.11%) NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (8.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (7.78%) NIST
3 4 (4.44%) PCI DSS
4 3 (3.33%) NIST 800
5 2 (2.22%) GDPR
5 2 (2.22%) NCSC
6 1 (1.11%) Data Quality
6 1 (1.11%) GMP
6 1 (1.11%) IEC 61131
System Software
1 1 (1.11%) Active Directory
1 1 (1.11%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (3.33%) Functional Safety
2 2 (2.22%) Terraform
3 1 (1.11%) Grafana
Vendors
1 13 (14.44%) Siemens
2 11 (12.22%) Microsoft
3 10 (11.11%) Allen-Bradley
3 10 (11.11%) Rockwell
4 3 (3.33%) Cisco
4 3 (3.33%) Qualys
5 2 (2.22%) Wonderware
6 1 (1.11%) Juniper
6 1 (1.11%) VMware