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 4 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 159 232 226
Rank change year-on-year +73 -6 +122
Permanent jobs citing SCADA 61 37 6
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 1.09% 0.42% 0.12%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.90% 1.46% 0.30%
Number of salaries quoted 38 12 5
10th Percentile £42,600 £30,000 -
25th Percentile £45,000 £36,188 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £57,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.39% +15.00% +85.19%
75th Percentile £55,000 £61,250 £55,000
90th Percentile - £66,875 £62,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% +9.52%

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 2,107 2,531 1,970
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 37.61% 28.60% 38.87%
Number of salaries quoted 1,170 983 1,414
10th Percentile £26,000 £31,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £30,500 £41,250 £38,031
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £54,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +2.86% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,500 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £79,750 £75,000
England median annual salary £54,500 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -9.17% -4.00% -0.79%

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 4 November 2025.

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 4 November 2025. 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
West Midlands +71 48 £45,000 -21.74% 10
East Midlands +29 13 £47,500 -9.52% 15
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 7 (11.48%) WinCC
2 4 (6.56%) FactoryTalk
3 2 (3.28%) ArchestrA
4 1 (1.64%) Confluence
Applications
1 14 (22.95%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (6.56%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (1.64%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 1 (1.64%) AWS
1 1 (1.64%) Azure
1 1 (1.64%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 24 (39.34%) Modbus
2 16 (26.23%) Ethernet
3 13 (21.31%) Profibus
4 10 (16.39%) Firewall
5 5 (8.20%) MQTT
6 1 (1.64%) NAS
6 1 (1.64%) SAN
6 1 (1.64%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (22.95%) GIS
Development Applications
1 1 (1.64%) JIRA
General
1 25 (40.98%) Manufacturing
2 14 (22.95%) Finance
2 14 (22.95%) Fire and Rescue
2 14 (22.95%) Legal
3 11 (18.03%) Electronics
4 7 (11.48%) Social Skills
5 6 (9.84%) Pharmaceutical
6 5 (8.20%) Advertising
7 4 (6.56%) Analytical Skills
8 3 (4.92%) Retail
Job Titles
1 17 (27.87%) Systems Engineer
2 15 (24.59%) Control Systems Engineer
3 14 (22.95%) Network Engineer
4 10 (16.39%) Automation Engineer
5 8 (13.11%) Lead
6 7 (11.48%) Senior
7 6 (9.84%) Support Engineer
8 5 (8.20%) Technical Engineer
8 5 (8.20%) Technical Support
8 5 (8.20%) Technical Support Engineer
9 4 (6.56%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 4 (6.56%) Software Engineer
10 3 (4.92%) Cybersecurity Engineer
10 3 (4.92%) Security Engineer
11 2 (3.28%) Lead Infrastructure Engineer
11 2 (3.28%) Lead Software Engineer
11 2 (3.28%) Lead Systems Engineer
11 2 (3.28%) Senior Automation Engineer
11 2 (3.28%) Senior Security Engineer
11 2 (3.28%) Senior Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (4.92%) .NET
1 3 (4.92%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 18 (29.51%) Operational Technology
1 18 (29.51%) Renewable Energy
2 12 (19.67%) Driving Licence
3 5 (8.20%) Biopharmaceutical
3 5 (8.20%) Data Centre
3 5 (8.20%) Industrial Internet of Things
3 5 (8.20%) Industry 4.0
3 5 (8.20%) IoT
3 5 (8.20%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (3.28%) CCTV
4 2 (3.28%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.64%) Fibre Optics
5 1 (1.64%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (1.64%) Replication
5 1 (1.64%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.64%) Solar Energy
Operating Systems
1 6 (9.84%) Windows
1 6 (9.84%) Windows Server
2 4 (6.56%) Windows Server 2016
3 2 (3.28%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (31.15%) Problem-Solving
2 16 (26.23%) Cybersecurity
3 15 (24.59%) Risk Assessment
4 14 (22.95%) Incident Management
4 14 (22.95%) Regulatory Compliance
5 12 (19.67%) Mentoring
5 12 (19.67%) Network Design
6 11 (18.03%) Project Delivery
7 10 (16.39%) Mechatronics
7 10 (16.39%) Validation
8 8 (13.11%) Business Development
9 7 (11.48%) Customer Service
9 7 (11.48%) Software Engineering
10 5 (8.20%) Asset Management
10 5 (8.20%) Commercial Awareness
10 5 (8.20%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 5 (8.20%) Prototyping
10 5 (8.20%) System Testing
11 4 (6.56%) Presales
11 4 (6.56%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 14 (22.95%) Ladder Logic
2 5 (8.20%) C#
3 3 (4.92%) JavaScript
3 3 (4.92%) Python
4 2 (3.28%) C
4 2 (3.28%) C++
4 2 (3.28%) VB
4 2 (3.28%) VBA
Qualifications
1 25 (40.98%) Degree
2 10 (16.39%) Master's Degree
3 9 (14.75%) HNC
4 8 (13.11%) HND
5 6 (9.84%) Chartered Engineer
6 5 (8.20%) Security Cleared
7 4 (6.56%) SC Cleared
8 2 (3.28%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (1.64%) CISA
9 1 (1.64%) CISM
9 1 (1.64%) CISSP
9 1 (1.64%) CREST Certified
9 1 (1.64%) GIAC
9 1 (1.64%) NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (14.75%) QA
2 6 (9.84%) IEC 61508
3 5 (8.20%) IEC 61131
4 4 (6.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (4.92%) NIST
5 3 (4.92%) NIST 800
6 1 (1.64%) ISO 14001
System Software
1 12 (19.67%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (9.84%) Hyper-V
3 5 (8.20%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 9 (14.75%) Functional Safety
2 1 (1.64%) MOM
2 1 (1.64%) Terraform
2 1 (1.64%) Wonderware InTouch
Vendors
1 25 (40.98%) Rockwell
1 25 (40.98%) Siemens
2 20 (32.79%) Microsoft
3 12 (19.67%) VMware
4 10 (16.39%) Allen-Bradley
5 7 (11.48%) AVEVA
6 2 (3.28%) Wonderware
7 1 (1.64%) Cisco
7 1 (1.64%) ServiceNow