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 31 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 226 155 256
Rank change year-on-year -71 +101 +20
Permanent jobs citing SCADA 37 74 67
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.28% 1.48% 0.53%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.07% 3.38% 1.67%
Number of salaries quoted 29 43 47
10th Percentile £24,125 £47,000 £45,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £56,250 £71,250 £65,824
90th Percentile £80,000 - £77,500
England median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £51,000
% change year-on-year -4.55% +7.84% -6.42%

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 3,444 2,192 4,012
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 26.01% 43.85% 31.61%
Number of salaries quoted 1,617 1,001 2,662
10th Percentile £28,650 £26,500 £25,750
25th Percentile £36,500 £32,500 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -7.41%
75th Percentile £65,000 £62,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £73,750 £75,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +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 31 May 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 31 May 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
West Midlands -66 22 £45,000 -33.33% 11
East Midlands -29 15 £45,000 -13.46% 7
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 (5.41%) ArchestrA
2 1 (2.70%) FactoryTalk
2 1 (2.70%) WinCC
Communications & Networking
1 3 (8.11%) Modbus
1 3 (8.11%) Profibus
2 2 (5.41%) Ethernet
2 2 (5.41%) Software-Defined Networking
General
1 8 (21.62%) Social Skills
2 3 (8.11%) Manufacturing
3 2 (5.41%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (2.70%) Finance
Job Titles
1 27 (72.97%) Control Systems Engineer
1 27 (72.97%) Systems Engineer
2 6 (16.22%) Junior
2 6 (16.22%) Software Engineer
3 3 (8.11%) Junior Systems Engineer
3 3 (8.11%) Lead
3 3 (8.11%) Lead Systems Engineer
3 3 (8.11%) Senior
3 3 (8.11%) Senior Systems Engineer
3 3 (8.11%) Support Technician
3 3 (8.11%) Systems Support
4 2 (5.41%) Junior Software Engineer
4 2 (5.41%) Lead Software Engineer
4 2 (5.41%) Senior Software Engineer
5 1 (2.70%) Analyst
5 1 (2.70%) Graduate
5 1 (2.70%) Operations Analyst
5 1 (2.70%) Security Analyst
5 1 (2.70%) Security Engineer
5 1 (2.70%) Security Operations Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.41%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 8 (21.62%) Driving Licence
2 4 (10.81%) Renewable Energy
3 3 (8.11%) Operational Technology
4 2 (5.41%) Manufacturing Execution System
5 1 (2.70%) CCTV
5 1 (2.70%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 2 (5.41%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (24.32%) Mentoring
2 7 (18.92%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (18.92%) Software Engineering
3 5 (13.51%) Project Delivery
4 4 (10.81%) Customer Service
4 4 (10.81%) Preventative Maintenance
4 4 (10.81%) Systems Engineering
5 3 (8.11%) Data Acquisition
6 2 (5.41%) CAD
6 2 (5.41%) Change Control
6 2 (5.41%) Coaching
6 2 (5.41%) Collaborative Working
6 2 (5.41%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (5.41%) Decision-Making
6 2 (5.41%) ERP
6 2 (5.41%) Machine Learning
6 2 (5.41%) Project Management
6 2 (5.41%) V-Model
7 1 (2.70%) Code Quality
7 1 (2.70%) Technology Strategy
Programming Languages
1 3 (8.11%) Ladder Logic
1 3 (8.11%) SQL
2 2 (5.41%) Python
3 1 (2.70%) C#
3 1 (2.70%) VB
Qualifications
1 3 (8.11%) Degree
2 1 (2.70%) CISSP
2 1 (2.70%) HND
2 1 (2.70%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (8.11%) QA
2 1 (2.70%) GRC
2 1 (2.70%) IEC 61131
2 1 (2.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (2.70%) NIST
Vendors
1 4 (10.81%) Siemens
2 2 (5.41%) Allen-Bradley
2 2 (5.41%) Rockwell