SCADA Job Trends in Gwent

Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition (SCADA)
South Wales > Gwent

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term SCADA in permanent job vacancies in Gwent. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited SCADA over the 6 months leading up to 18 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing SCADA 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Gwent 3.85% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 7.14% - -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - -
South Wales median annual salary - £63,375 -

All Generic Skills
Gwent

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 Gwent.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 14 25 7
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Gwent 53.85% 40.98% 28.00%
Number of salaries quoted 9 3 5
10th Percentile £27,700 - £27,600
25th Percentile - £42,500 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £28,000 £45,000 £101,117
Median % change year-on-year -37.78% -55.50% -
75th Percentile £85,000 £50,000 £103,726
90th Percentile - £51,500 -
South Wales median annual salary £52,500 £47,500 £45,802
% change year-on-year +10.53% +3.71% +1.78%

SCADA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Gwent 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:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
General
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Control Systems Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Systems Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Systems Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) System Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Systems Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) IEC 61508
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Allen-Bradley
1 1 (100.00%) Siemens