SCADA Job Trends in Glasgow

Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition (SCADA)
Scotland > Glasgow

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term SCADA in permanent job vacancies in Glasgow. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited SCADA over the 6 months leading up to 28 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 69 - 232
Rank change year-on-year - - -114
Permanent jobs citing SCADA 2 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Glasgow 0.21% - 0.027%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.88% - 0.042%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £66,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,000 - £72,500
75th Percentile - - £78,750
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median annual salary £45,000 £60,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year -25.00% -17.24% +95.27%

All Generic Skills
Glasgow

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 Glasgow.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 228 115 2,383
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Glasgow 23.46% 27.06% 63.46%
Number of salaries quoted 152 73 290
10th Percentile £26,550 £35,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £30,000 £43,750 £40,200
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £62,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -27.42% +24.00% -16.67%
75th Percentile £68,125 £77,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £97,000 £82,500
Scotland median annual salary £45,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -21.74% +4.55% -6.49%

SCADA
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing SCADA relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Glasgow.

SCADA job vacancy trend in Glasgow

SCADA
Salary Trend in Glasgow

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing SCADA.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing SCADA

SCADA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Glasgow 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:

Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Control Systems Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Operations Technician
1 1 (50.00%) Systems Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Configuration Management
1 1 (50.00%) Data Acquisition
1 1 (50.00%) Matrix Management
1 1 (50.00%) Matrix Organization
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) BPSS Clearance