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 19 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 215 156 248
Rank change year-on-year -59 +92 +53
Permanent jobs citing SCADA 22 62 44
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.22% 1.22% 0.45%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.75% 3.26% 1.28%
Number of salaries quoted 15 32 33
10th Percentile £30,872 - £45,000
25th Percentile £41,875 £47,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £63,163 £56,000
Median % change year-on-year -28.76% +12.79% -17.04%
75th Percentile £54,375 £71,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £60,750 - £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £65,000 £51,000
% change year-on-year -15.38% +27.45% +2.00%

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 2,927 1,903 3,436
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 28.91% 37.51% 34.76%
Number of salaries quoted 1,202 1,009 2,530
10th Percentile £26,250 £29,000 £25,750
25th Percentile £30,500 £36,925 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,398 £48,919
Median % change year-on-year -14.12% +7.11% -11.06%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,625 £62,088
90th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £72,625
England median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -15.38%

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 19 March 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 19 March 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 -48 13 £45,000 -13.46% 13
West Midlands -38 9 £67,500 - 25
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 1 (4.55%) Confluence
Communications & Networking
1 4 (18.18%) Modbus
2 3 (13.64%) Firewall
3 1 (4.55%) Ethernet
3 1 (4.55%) Profibus
Development Applications
1 1 (4.55%) JIRA
General
1 6 (27.27%) Manufacturing
1 6 (27.27%) Social Skills
2 1 (4.55%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 12 (54.55%) Systems Engineer
2 11 (50.00%) Control Systems Engineer
3 4 (18.18%) Senior
4 3 (13.64%) Cybersecurity Engineer
4 3 (13.64%) Security Engineer
5 2 (9.09%) Lead
5 2 (9.09%) Lead Systems Engineer
5 2 (9.09%) Senior Security Engineer
6 1 (4.55%) Graduate
6 1 (4.55%) Junior
6 1 (4.55%) Operations Technician
6 1 (4.55%) Project Engineer
6 1 (4.55%) SCADA Engineer
6 1 (4.55%) Senior Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (9.09%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (18.18%) Renewable Energy
2 3 (13.64%) CCTV
2 3 (13.64%) Driving Licence
2 3 (13.64%) Operational Technology
3 2 (9.09%) Manufacturing Execution System
Operating Systems
1 2 (9.09%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (27.27%) Mentoring
2 5 (22.73%) Project Delivery
2 5 (22.73%) Systems Engineering
3 4 (18.18%) Network Design
3 4 (18.18%) Project Management
4 3 (13.64%) Cybersecurity
4 3 (13.64%) Penetration Testing
4 3 (13.64%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (13.64%) Red Team
4 3 (13.64%) Software Engineering
4 3 (13.64%) Threat Modelling
5 2 (9.09%) Collaborative Working
5 2 (9.09%) Computer Science
5 2 (9.09%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (9.09%) Data Acquisition
5 2 (9.09%) Decision-Making
5 2 (9.09%) Domain Models
5 2 (9.09%) Machine Learning
5 2 (9.09%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (9.09%) Vulnerability Assessment
Programming Languages
1 4 (18.18%) Ladder Logic
2 3 (13.64%) C#
2 3 (13.64%) SQL
2 3 (13.64%) VB
3 2 (9.09%) C
3 2 (9.09%) C++
3 2 (9.09%) Python
3 2 (9.09%) VBA
Qualifications
1 5 (22.73%) Degree
2 3 (13.64%) HND
2 3 (13.64%) SC Cleared
2 3 (13.64%) Security Cleared
3 2 (9.09%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (13.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (13.64%) NIST
1 3 (13.64%) NIST 800
Vendors
1 2 (9.09%) Siemens
2 1 (4.55%) Allen-Bradley
2 1 (4.55%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.55%) Rockwell