SCADA Job Trends in Leicester

Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition (SCADA)
Leicestershire > Leicester

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term SCADA in permanent job vacancies in Leicester. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited SCADA over the 6 months leading up to 9 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 44 28 47
Rank change year-on-year -16 +19 -
Permanent jobs citing SCADA 1 1 5
As % of all permanent jobs in Leicester 0.22% 0.64% 1.18%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.81% 1.82% 3.31%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £51,250 - £58,730
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 - £61,439
75th Percentile £53,750 - £82,671
90th Percentile - - -
Leicestershire median annual salary £52,500 £52,000 £61,439
% change year-on-year +0.96% -15.36% -

All Generic Skills
Leicester

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 Leicester.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 124 55 151
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leicester 27.80% 35.03% 35.61%
Number of salaries quoted 76 34 115
10th Percentile £35,625 £25,950 £24,500
25th Percentile £44,688 £31,000 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £43,750 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -12.50% +14.94%
75th Percentile £65,000 £58,625 £64,148
90th Percentile £70,000 £67,750 £77,000
Leicestershire median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year - +12.50% -5.88%

SCADA
Job Vacancy Trend in Leicester

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

SCADA job vacancy trend in Leicester

SCADA
Salary Trend in Leicester

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Leicester citing SCADA.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Leicester citing SCADA

SCADA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leicester 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 (100.00%) Control Systems Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Systems Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Systems Engineering
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Allen-Bradley
1 1 (100.00%) Siemens