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 20 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 170 218 223
Rank change year-on-year +48 +5 +116
Permanent jobs citing SCADA 63 44 8
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 1.14% 0.49% 0.15%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.78% 1.71% 0.39%
Number of salaries quoted 39 19 6
10th Percentile £43,500 £30,000 -
25th Percentile £45,000 £49,375 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £57,500 £51,250
Median % change year-on-year -17.39% +12.20% +89.81%
75th Percentile £55,000 £61,875 £62,500
90th Percentile - £67,750 £66,250
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 2,267 2,570 2,033
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 41.07% 28.45% 38.18%
Number of salaries quoted 1,143 989 1,466
10th Percentile £26,050 £31,250 £27,760
25th Percentile £30,500 £40,000 £38,856
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £66,650 £66,000
90th Percentile £76,180 £78,750 £77,500
England median annual salary £54,000 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% -4.00% -

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 20 October 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 20 October 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 +68 51 £50,000 -13.04% 16
East Midlands +19 12 £47,500 -9.52% 9
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 (11.11%) WinCC
2 4 (6.35%) FactoryTalk
3 2 (3.17%) ArchestrA
Applications
1 14 (22.22%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (6.35%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (3.17%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 1 (1.59%) AWS
1 1 (1.59%) Azure
1 1 (1.59%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 24 (38.10%) Modbus
2 19 (30.16%) Ethernet
3 16 (25.40%) Profibus
4 7 (11.11%) Firewall
5 5 (7.94%) MQTT
6 1 (1.59%) NAS
6 1 (1.59%) SAN
6 1 (1.59%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (22.22%) GIS
Development Applications
1 2 (3.17%) JIRA
General
1 24 (38.10%) Manufacturing
2 14 (22.22%) Finance
2 14 (22.22%) Fire and Rescue
2 14 (22.22%) Legal
3 13 (20.63%) Electronics
4 6 (9.52%) Pharmaceutical
5 5 (7.94%) Advertising
5 5 (7.94%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (7.94%) Social Skills
6 3 (4.76%) Retail
Job Titles
1 20 (31.75%) Systems Engineer
2 18 (28.57%) Control Systems Engineer
3 14 (22.22%) Network Engineer
4 10 (15.87%) Automation Engineer
5 8 (12.70%) Lead
6 6 (9.52%) Support Engineer
7 5 (7.94%) Software Engineer
7 5 (7.94%) Technical Engineer
7 5 (7.94%) Technical Support
7 5 (7.94%) Technical Support Engineer
8 4 (6.35%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 4 (6.35%) Senior
9 3 (4.76%) SCADA Engineer
9 3 (4.76%) Test Engineer
10 2 (3.17%) Lead Infrastructure Engineer
10 2 (3.17%) Lead Software Engineer
10 2 (3.17%) Lead Systems Engineer
10 2 (3.17%) Project Manager
10 2 (3.17%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
10 2 (3.17%) Senior Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (4.76%) .NET
1 3 (4.76%) CSS
2 2 (3.17%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 16 (25.40%) Operational Technology
2 15 (23.81%) Renewable Energy
3 11 (17.46%) Driving Licence
4 5 (7.94%) Biopharmaceutical
4 5 (7.94%) Data Centre
4 5 (7.94%) Industrial Internet of Things
4 5 (7.94%) Industry 4.0
4 5 (7.94%) IoT
4 5 (7.94%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (3.17%) Onboarding
6 1 (1.59%) Fibre Optics
6 1 (1.59%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (1.59%) Replication
6 1 (1.59%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (1.59%) Solar Energy
Operating Systems
1 6 (9.52%) Windows
1 6 (9.52%) Windows Server
2 4 (6.35%) Windows Server 2016
3 2 (3.17%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (31.75%) Problem-Solving
2 17 (26.98%) Risk Assessment
3 14 (22.22%) Incident Management
3 14 (22.22%) Regulatory Compliance
4 13 (20.63%) Cybersecurity
5 12 (19.05%) Mechatronics
5 12 (19.05%) Validation
6 8 (12.70%) Business Development
6 8 (12.70%) Mentoring
6 8 (12.70%) Network Design
7 7 (11.11%) Customer Service
7 7 (11.11%) Project Delivery
8 6 (9.52%) Software Engineering
9 5 (7.94%) Asset Management
9 5 (7.94%) Commercial Awareness
9 5 (7.94%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 5 (7.94%) Prototyping
9 5 (7.94%) System Testing
10 4 (6.35%) B2B Sales
10 4 (6.35%) Customer Experience
Programming Languages
1 15 (23.81%) Ladder Logic
2 3 (4.76%) C#
2 3 (4.76%) JavaScript
2 3 (4.76%) Python
Qualifications
1 24 (38.10%) Degree
2 12 (19.05%) Master's Degree
3 9 (14.29%) HNC
4 6 (9.52%) Chartered Engineer
4 6 (9.52%) HND
5 2 (3.17%) Security Cleared
6 1 (1.59%) CISA
6 1 (1.59%) CISM
6 1 (1.59%) CISSP
6 1 (1.59%) CREST Certified
6 1 (1.59%) GIAC
6 1 (1.59%) NVQ Level 3
6 1 (1.59%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (14.29%) QA
2 6 (9.52%) IEC 61508
3 5 (7.94%) IEC 61131
4 1 (1.59%) ISO 14001
4 1 (1.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 12 (19.05%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (9.52%) Hyper-V
3 5 (7.94%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 9 (14.29%) Functional Safety
2 2 (3.17%) HP ALM
3 1 (1.59%) MOM
3 1 (1.59%) Terraform
3 1 (1.59%) Wonderware InTouch
Vendors
1 27 (42.86%) Rockwell
1 27 (42.86%) Siemens
2 20 (31.75%) Microsoft
3 12 (19.05%) Allen-Bradley
3 12 (19.05%) VMware
4 7 (11.11%) AVEVA
5 2 (3.17%) HP
5 2 (3.17%) MuleSoft
5 2 (3.17%) Oracle
5 2 (3.17%) Wonderware
6 1 (1.59%) Cisco
6 1 (1.59%) ServiceNow