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

6 months to
2 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 503 520 630
Rank change year-on-year +17 +110 +226
Permanent jobs citing SCADA 108 151 124
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.19% 0.32% 0.19%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.57% 0.87% 0.53%
Number of salaries quoted 68 39 97
10th Percentile £41,725 £36,600 £37,800
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,250 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.87% +9.52% -
75th Percentile £67,500 £71,250 £68,750
90th Percentile £90,750 £72,750 £77,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £58,250 £55,500
% change year-on-year -5.58% +4.95% +5.71%

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 18,913 17,368 23,297
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 33.62% 37.30% 35.91%
Number of salaries quoted 9,622 8,045 17,728
10th Percentile £28,000 £34,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £46,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +8.70% -11.54%
75th Percentile £78,750 £85,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £113,750 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,158 £57,500
% change year-on-year -10.07% +6.36% -11.54%

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 2 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 2 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
Midlands -10 35 £45,000 -13.46% 41
North of England -14 35 £57,500 +4.55% 26
North West +32 27 £60,000 +11.26% 17
West Midlands +5 26 £45,000 -32.08% 20
South East +30 17 £70,000 - 16
London +46 12 £92,500 +42.31% 16
East Midlands -10 9 £45,000 -13.46% 21
East of England +24 7 £51,000 - 7
Yorkshire -37 5 £57,500 +0.88% 8
South West -9 4 £111,500 - 6
North East -1 3 £31,000 - 1
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 7 (6.48%) WinCC
2 6 (5.56%) FactoryTalk
3 2 (1.85%) ArchestrA
4 1 (0.93%) Confluence
4 1 (0.93%) Mendix
Applications
1 9 (8.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (3.70%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.85%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.93%) EPLAN
Cloud Services
1 8 (7.41%) Azure
2 7 (6.48%) Power Platform
3 5 (4.63%) AWS
4 2 (1.85%) Amazon EC2
5 1 (0.93%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 19 (17.59%) Modbus
2 9 (8.33%) Firewall
3 5 (4.63%) MQTT
4 4 (3.70%) Profibus
5 3 (2.78%) DMZ
5 3 (2.78%) Ethernet
5 3 (2.78%) Network Security
6 1 (0.93%) NAS
6 1 (0.93%) SAN
6 1 (0.93%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.93%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.93%) VPN
6 1 (0.93%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (7.41%) GIS
2 7 (6.48%) Power BI
3 1 (0.93%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (0.93%) JIRA
1 1 (0.93%) LabVIEW
General
1 25 (23.15%) Manufacturing
2 23 (21.30%) Social Skills
3 14 (12.96%) Finance
4 10 (9.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 8 (7.41%) Legal
6 7 (6.48%) Analytical Skills
6 7 (6.48%) Fire and Rescue
7 5 (4.63%) Retail
8 4 (3.70%) Advertising
8 4 (3.70%) Pharmaceutical
9 2 (1.85%) Back Office
9 2 (1.85%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (1.85%) Public Sector
9 2 (1.85%) Telecoms
10 1 (0.93%) Aerospace
10 1 (0.93%) Automotive
10 1 (0.93%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.93%) Electronics
10 1 (0.93%) Military
Job Titles
1 36 (33.33%) Systems Engineer
2 25 (23.15%) Control Systems Engineer
3 14 (12.96%) Automation Engineer
3 14 (12.96%) Senior
4 13 (12.04%) Support Engineer
5 11 (10.19%) Lead
6 9 (8.33%) PLC Engineer
7 8 (7.41%) Lead Systems Engineer
7 8 (7.41%) SCADA Engineer
7 8 (7.41%) Systems Support
7 8 (7.41%) Systems Support Engineer
8 7 (6.48%) Network Engineer
8 7 (6.48%) Operations Technician
9 6 (5.56%) Analyst
9 6 (5.56%) Cybersecurity Engineer
9 6 (5.56%) Electrical Engineer
9 6 (5.56%) Project Engineer
9 6 (5.56%) Security Engineer
10 5 (4.63%) Implementation Engineer
10 5 (4.63%) Senior Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.85%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 22 (20.37%) Driving Licence
2 20 (18.52%) Operational Technology
3 11 (10.19%) Renewable Energy
4 10 (9.26%) IoT
5 7 (6.48%) Manufacturing Execution System
6 5 (4.63%) Industrial Internet of Things
6 5 (4.63%) Legacy Systems
7 4 (3.70%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (2.78%) LIMS
8 3 (2.78%) Management Information System
9 2 (1.85%) CCTV
9 2 (1.85%) Hybrid Cloud
9 2 (1.85%) Industry 4.0
9 2 (1.85%) Onboarding
9 2 (1.85%) Security Posture
10 1 (0.93%) Biopharmaceutical
10 1 (0.93%) Cloud Native
10 1 (0.93%) Cyber Threat
10 1 (0.93%) Low-Code
10 1 (0.93%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 13 (12.04%) Windows
2 9 (8.33%) Windows Server
3 4 (3.70%) Linux
4 2 (1.85%) Windows 10
4 2 (1.85%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (14.81%) Problem-Solving
2 15 (13.89%) Continuous Improvement
3 14 (12.96%) Cybersecurity
4 11 (10.19%) Software Engineering
5 10 (9.26%) Computer Science
5 10 (9.26%) Incident Response
6 9 (8.33%) ERP
7 8 (7.41%) Customer Service
7 8 (7.41%) Mentoring
7 8 (7.41%) Project Delivery
7 8 (7.41%) Project Management
7 8 (7.41%) Validation
8 7 (6.48%) Business Intelligence
8 7 (6.48%) Data Integration
8 7 (6.48%) Incident Management
8 7 (6.48%) Regulatory Compliance
8 7 (6.48%) Systems Engineering
9 6 (5.56%) Information Security
9 6 (5.56%) Threat Modelling
10 5 (4.63%) System Testing
Programming Languages
1 12 (11.11%) SQL
2 5 (4.63%) Python
3 4 (3.70%) Ladder Logic
3 4 (3.70%) VBA
4 3 (2.78%) C++
4 3 (2.78%) VB
5 2 (1.85%) C
5 2 (1.85%) C#
Qualifications
1 28 (25.93%) Degree
2 18 (16.67%) HNC
3 15 (13.89%) HND
4 11 (10.19%) Security Cleared
5 9 (8.33%) SC Cleared
6 3 (2.78%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (1.85%) A+ Certification
7 2 (1.85%) CCNA
7 2 (1.85%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (1.85%) CISM
7 2 (1.85%) CISSP
7 2 (1.85%) City & Guilds
7 2 (1.85%) Master's Degree
7 2 (1.85%) MCSA
7 2 (1.85%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (1.85%) Network+ Certification
7 2 (1.85%) NVQ Level 3
7 2 (1.85%) PMI Certification
7 2 (1.85%) PMP
8 1 (0.93%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (6.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 7 (6.48%) NIST
1 7 (6.48%) QA
2 4 (3.70%) IEC 61508
3 3 (2.78%) IEC 61131
3 3 (2.78%) NIST 800
3 3 (2.78%) PCI DSS
4 2 (1.85%) 21 CFR Part 11
4 2 (1.85%) GxP
4 2 (1.85%) NCSC
5 1 (0.93%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.93%) GDPR
5 1 (0.93%) GMP
System Software
1 5 (4.63%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (3.70%) Active Directory
2 4 (3.70%) Hyper-V
3 2 (1.85%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 5 (4.63%) Functional Safety
2 2 (1.85%) AssetCenter
2 2 (1.85%) SCCM
2 2 (1.85%) Terraform
3 1 (0.93%) Grafana
Vendors
1 19 (17.59%) Microsoft
2 18 (16.67%) Siemens
3 15 (13.89%) Rockwell
4 8 (7.41%) Allen-Bradley
5 7 (6.48%) VMware
6 6 (5.56%) Cisco
7 2 (1.85%) Kepware
7 2 (1.85%) ServiceNow
8 1 (0.93%) Juniper
8 1 (0.93%) Qualys
8 1 (0.93%) Wonderware