SCADA Jobs 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 12 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 186 267 266
Rank change year-on-year +81 -1 +113
Permanent jobs citing SCADA 68 64 33
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.98% 0.48% 0.41%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.88% 1.56% 0.97%
Number of salaries quoted 44 44 8
10th Percentile £47,000 £45,000 -
25th Percentile £48,000 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £56,000 £56,688
Median % change year-on-year -1.79% -1.21% +109.95%
75th Percentile £71,250 £62,500 £65,000
90th Percentile - £72,750 £65,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £51,000 £54,500
% change year-on-year +7.84% -6.42% +3.81%

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 2,365 4,109 3,387
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 34.11% 30.75% 42.57%
Number of salaries quoted 1,189 2,460 1,515
10th Percentile £26,375 £26,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £33,966 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -7.41% +13.68%
75th Percentile £62,500 £62,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £73,770 £77,500
England median annual salary £57,836 £55,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +5.16% -15.38% +4.00%

SCADA
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Job postings citing SCADA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for SCADA in the Midlands

SCADA
Salary Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SCADA in the Midlands.

Salary trend for SCADA in the Midlands

SCADA
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing SCADA in the Midlands over the 6 months to 12 July 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 12 July 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 50 £57,500 - 34
East Midlands +44 18 £52,000 +5.66% 44
SCADA
England

SCADA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 2 (2.94%) WinCC
2 1 (1.47%) FactoryTalk
Applications
1 2 (2.94%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (2.94%) Microsoft Project
Communications & Networking
1 26 (38.24%) Modbus
2 19 (27.94%) Ethernet
3 14 (20.59%) Profibus
4 6 (8.82%) MQTT
5 1 (1.47%) 5G
5 1 (1.47%) Internet
5 1 (1.47%) LoRaWAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.94%) GIS
Development Applications
1 18 (26.47%) JIRA
2 13 (19.12%) Selenium
General
1 17 (25.00%) Manufacturing
2 14 (20.59%) Electronics
3 6 (8.82%) Pharmaceutical
3 6 (8.82%) Social Skills
4 5 (7.35%) Legal
5 3 (4.41%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (4.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 3 (4.41%) Organisational Skills
5 3 (4.41%) Public Sector
6 2 (2.94%) Finance
6 2 (2.94%) Fire and Rescue
7 1 (1.47%) Advertising
7 1 (1.47%) Aerospace
7 1 (1.47%) Retail
Job Titles
1 24 (35.29%) Automation Engineer
2 22 (32.35%) Systems Engineer
3 19 (27.94%) Control Systems Engineer
4 18 (26.47%) Lead
5 13 (19.12%) Validation Engineer
6 5 (7.35%) SCADA Engineer
6 5 (7.35%) Test Engineer
7 4 (5.88%) Software Engineer
8 3 (4.41%) Commissioning Engineer
9 2 (2.94%) Network Engineer
9 2 (2.94%) Project Manager
9 2 (2.94%) Senior
9 2 (2.94%) Senior Automation Engineer
9 2 (2.94%) Senior Systems Engineer
10 1 (1.47%) IT Services Manager
10 1 (1.47%) Service Manager
10 1 (1.47%) Systems Architect
10 1 (1.47%) Technical Engineer
10 1 (1.47%) Technical Leader
10 1 (1.47%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (7.35%) Middleware
2 3 (4.41%) .NET
2 3 (4.41%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 23 (33.82%) Operational Technology
2 9 (13.24%) Renewable Energy
3 6 (8.82%) Data Centre
3 6 (8.82%) IoT
4 5 (7.35%) Biopharmaceutical
4 5 (7.35%) Industry 4.0
5 4 (5.88%) Driving Licence
6 2 (2.94%) Onboarding
7 1 (1.47%) Fibre Optics
7 1 (1.47%) Industrial Internet of Things
7 1 (1.47%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (1.47%) NB-IoT
7 1 (1.47%) Product Ownership
7 1 (1.47%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (1.47%) Solar Energy
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (45.59%) Validation
2 22 (32.35%) Cybersecurity
3 21 (30.88%) Mentoring
4 20 (29.41%) Computer Science
5 17 (25.00%) Risk Assessment
6 14 (20.59%) Test Automation
7 13 (19.12%) Model Validation
7 13 (19.12%) Penetration Testing
8 12 (17.65%) Mechatronics
9 6 (8.82%) Agile
9 6 (8.82%) Decarbonisation
9 6 (8.82%) Problem-Solving
9 6 (8.82%) Project Delivery
9 6 (8.82%) Software Engineering
9 6 (8.82%) Verification and Validation
10 5 (7.35%) Asset Management
10 5 (7.35%) Business Development
10 5 (7.35%) Network Design
10 5 (7.35%) Software Testing
10 5 (7.35%) Test Management
Programming Languages
1 14 (20.59%) Ladder Logic
2 3 (4.41%) C#
2 3 (4.41%) JavaScript
2 3 (4.41%) Python
Qualifications
1 41 (60.29%) Degree
2 14 (20.59%) Master's Degree
3 13 (19.12%) ISTQB
4 8 (11.76%) HND
5 7 (10.29%) HNC
5 7 (10.29%) Security Cleared
6 6 (8.82%) SC Cleared
7 5 (7.35%) Chartered Engineer
8 1 (1.47%) CISA
8 1 (1.47%) CISM
8 1 (1.47%) CISSP
8 1 (1.47%) CREST Certified
8 1 (1.47%) GIAC
8 1 (1.47%) NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.94%) IEC 61131
2 1 (1.47%) ISO 14001
2 1 (1.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (1.47%) NCSC
2 1 (1.47%) QA
2 1 (1.47%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (7.35%) VMware ESXi
1 5 (7.35%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (7.35%) Functional Safety
1 5 (7.35%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 23 (33.82%) Siemens
2 22 (32.35%) Rockwell
3 12 (17.65%) Allen-Bradley
4 6 (8.82%) AVEVA
5 5 (7.35%) HP
5 5 (7.35%) MuleSoft
5 5 (7.35%) Oracle
5 5 (7.35%) VMware
6 4 (5.88%) Microsoft
7 3 (4.41%) Facebook
7 3 (4.41%) YouTube