SCADA Job Trends in the Midlands

Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition (SCADA)
England > Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term SCADA in permanent job vacancies in the Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited SCADA over the 6 months leading up to 23 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 186 162 239
Rank change year-on-year -24 +77 +4
Permanent jobs citing SCADA 84 77 53
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.57% 1.33% 0.50%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.76% 3.11% 1.77%
Number of salaries quoted 37 47 30
10th Percentile £31,264 - £44,125
25th Percentile £35,000 £45,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £52,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.73% -9.57% +7.73%
75th Percentile £67,500 £56,000 £61,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £71,250 £67,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - -2.65%

All Generic Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 3,040 2,479 2,986
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 20.73% 42.66% 27.95%
Number of salaries quoted 2,034 1,262 1,595
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,375 £27,600
25th Percentile £36,763 £31,313 £36,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £65,000 £62,500 £63,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -4.35% -11.54%

SCADA
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

SCADA job vacancy trend in the Midlands

SCADA
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing SCADA.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing SCADA

SCADA
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing SCADA in the Midlands over the 6 months to 23 August 2026.

Salary histogram for SCADA in the Midlands

SCADA
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SCADA within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 23 August 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
East Midlands -1 42 £52,500 +9.95% 23
West Midlands -50 42 £45,000 -18.18% 21
SCADA
England

SCADA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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 2 (2.38%) ArchestrA
1 2 (2.38%) FactoryTalk
2 1 (1.19%) WinCC
Applications
1 2 (2.38%) EPLAN
1 2 (2.38%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.19%) Siemens NX
Cloud Services
1 2 (2.38%) Azure
1 2 (2.38%) Azure DevOps
1 2 (2.38%) Entra ID
1 2 (2.38%) GitHub
1 2 (2.38%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 12 (14.29%) Modbus
2 9 (10.71%) Profibus
3 8 (9.52%) Ethernet
4 6 (7.14%) VPN
5 4 (4.76%) Firewall
5 4 (4.76%) TCP/IP
5 4 (4.76%) VLAN
6 2 (2.38%) DMZ
6 2 (2.38%) IPv4
6 2 (2.38%) Network Security
6 2 (2.38%) OSPF
6 2 (2.38%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.38%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 2 (2.38%) Git
1 2 (2.38%) LabVIEW
General
1 22 (26.19%) Electronics
2 9 (10.71%) Social Skills
3 8 (9.52%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (9.52%) Manufacturing
4 6 (7.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 4 (4.76%) Telecoms
6 2 (2.38%) Finance
6 2 (2.38%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (2.38%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (2.38%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (2.38%) Retail
7 1 (1.19%) Military
Job Titles
1 29 (34.52%) Control Systems Engineer
1 29 (34.52%) Senior
2 27 (32.14%) Systems Engineer
3 21 (25.00%) Senior Technician
4 11 (13.10%) Lead
5 9 (10.71%) Automation Engineer
6 8 (9.52%) Software Engineer
7 7 (8.33%) Junior
8 4 (4.76%) Junior Software Engineer
8 4 (4.76%) Lead Test Engineer
8 4 (4.76%) Test Engineer
9 3 (3.57%) Industrial Engineer
9 3 (3.57%) Junior Systems Engineer
9 3 (3.57%) Lead Systems Engineer
9 3 (3.57%) Senior Systems Engineer
9 3 (3.57%) Support Technician
9 3 (3.57%) Systems Support
9 3 (3.57%) Team Leader
10 2 (2.38%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 2 (2.38%) Principal Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (4.76%) XML
2 2 (2.38%) CSS
2 2 (2.38%) Middleware
2 2 (2.38%) RabbitMQ
2 2 (2.38%) Terraform
3 1 (1.19%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 29 (34.52%) Onboarding
2 23 (27.38%) Robotics
3 8 (9.52%) Driving Licence
4 5 (5.95%) Operational Technology
5 4 (4.76%) Client/Server
5 4 (4.76%) Renewable Energy
6 2 (2.38%) Enterprise Storage
7 1 (1.19%) CCTV
7 1 (1.19%) FMCG
7 1 (1.19%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.38%) Linux
1 2 (2.38%) Windows
1 2 (2.38%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (39.29%) Preventative Maintenance
2 27 (32.14%) Line Management
2 27 (32.14%) Mechatronics
3 26 (30.95%) Proactive Maintenance
4 16 (19.05%) Technical Leadership
5 14 (16.67%) Order Management
6 12 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
7 11 (13.10%) Customer Requirements
7 11 (13.10%) Cybersecurity
7 11 (13.10%) Software Engineering
7 11 (13.10%) Validation
8 10 (11.90%) Mentoring
9 7 (8.33%) Continuous Improvement
9 7 (8.33%) Project Delivery
9 7 (8.33%) Test Automation
10 6 (7.14%) Root Cause Analysis
11 5 (5.95%) Code Quality
11 5 (5.95%) Data Acquisition
11 5 (5.95%) Project Management
11 5 (5.95%) Systems Engineering
Programming Languages
1 5 (5.95%) Ladder Logic
2 2 (2.38%) Bash
2 2 (2.38%) PowerShell
2 2 (2.38%) Python
3 1 (1.19%) C#
3 1 (1.19%) Java
3 1 (1.19%) SQL
3 1 (1.19%) VB
Qualifications
1 43 (51.19%) Degree
2 27 (32.14%) NVQ Level 3
3 19 (22.62%) City & Guilds
4 5 (5.95%) HND
5 4 (4.76%) HNC
5 4 (4.76%) SC Cleared
5 4 (4.76%) Security Cleared
6 3 (3.57%) CISSP
6 3 (3.57%) Master's Degree
7 2 (2.38%) Chartered Engineer
7 2 (2.38%) CompTIA Security+
8 1 (1.19%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (3.57%) QA
2 2 (2.38%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (1.19%) GRC
3 1 (1.19%) IEC 61131
3 1 (1.19%) IEC 61508
3 1 (1.19%) NIST
System Software
1 2 (2.38%) Active Directory
1 2 (2.38%) Docker
1 2 (2.38%) Hyper-V
1 2 (2.38%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (2.38%) Ansible
1 2 (2.38%) Grafana
1 2 (2.38%) Kubernetes
1 2 (2.38%) Prometheus
2 1 (1.19%) MOM
Vendors
1 14 (16.67%) NEC
2 9 (10.71%) Siemens
3 4 (4.76%) Allen-Bradley
4 3 (3.57%) Rockwell
5 2 (2.38%) Microsoft
5 2 (2.38%) VMware
6 1 (1.19%) ServiceNow
6 1 (1.19%) Wonderware