SCADA Job Trends in Leeds

Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition (SCADA)
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term SCADA in permanent job vacancies in Leeds. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited SCADA over the 6 months leading up to 5 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 103 85 110
Rank change year-on-year -18 +25 -
Permanent jobs citing SCADA 1 5 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Leeds 0.075% 0.48% 0.076%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.26% 1.52% 0.21%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £43,750 - £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 - £55,000
75th Percentile £61,250 - £60,000
90th Percentile - - -
West Yorkshire median annual salary £57,500 £95,000 £30,000
% change year-on-year -39.47% +216.67% -

All Generic Skills
Leeds

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 Leeds.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 380 329 487
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds 28.57% 31.73% 36.81%
Number of salaries quoted 229 160 347
10th Percentile £29,950 £26,900 £35,000
25th Percentile £40,750 £45,000 £46,903
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £50,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -23.08% +8.33%
75th Percentile £77,500 £69,500 £83,750
90th Percentile £92,500 £78,658 £92,500
West Yorkshire median annual salary £60,000 £50,000 £63,624
% change year-on-year +20.00% -21.41% +6.04%

SCADA
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

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

SCADA job vacancy trend in Leeds

SCADA
Salary Trend in Leeds

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Leeds citing SCADA.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Leeds citing SCADA

SCADA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leeds 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 (100.00%) WinCC
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Ethernet
1 1 (100.00%) Profibus
General
1 1 (100.00%) Advertising
1 1 (100.00%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Control Systems Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Fibre Optics
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) AVEVA
1 1 (100.00%) Rockwell
1 1 (100.00%) Siemens