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

6 months to
20 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 151 158 224
Rank change year-on-year +7 +66 +10
Permanent jobs citing SCADA 136 77 49
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.87% 1.37% 0.49%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.95% 3.24% 1.75%
Number of salaries quoted 38 45 23
10th Percentile £31,460 - £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £45,000 £49,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £48,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +14.58% -16.52% +7.73%
75th Percentile £68,250 £55,000 £61,875
90th Percentile £80,000 - £66,500
England median annual salary £56,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +1.82% -4.35% -

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 2,378 2,801
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 22.03% 42.40% 27.84%
Number of salaries quoted 2,231 1,213 1,237
10th Percentile £29,750 £26,375 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -14.29% -2.78%
75th Percentile £63,750 £62,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £75,200
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% -8.33% -7.69%

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 September 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 20 September 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 +26 76 £53,750 +13.16% 29
West Midlands -48 60 £55,500 +11.00% 57
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 (1.47%) ArchestrA
1 2 (1.47%) FactoryTalk
2 1 (0.74%) WinCC
Applications
1 8 (5.88%) EPLAN
1 8 (5.88%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (2.21%) Simulink
3 1 (0.74%) Siemens NX
Cloud Services
1 2 (1.47%) Azure
1 2 (1.47%) Azure DevOps
1 2 (1.47%) Entra ID
1 2 (1.47%) GitHub
1 2 (1.47%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 26 (19.12%) Modbus
2 14 (10.29%) Profibus
3 13 (9.56%) Ethernet
4 11 (8.09%) VPN
5 9 (6.62%) VLAN
6 7 (5.15%) DMZ
6 7 (5.15%) IPv4
6 7 (5.15%) OSPF
6 7 (5.15%) TCP/IP
7 5 (3.68%) Firewall
8 2 (1.47%) Network Security
8 2 (1.47%) Software-Defined Networking
9 1 (0.74%) Internet
9 1 (0.74%) Intrusion Detection
9 1 (0.74%) LoRaWAN
9 1 (0.74%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.47%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 6 (4.41%) LabVIEW
2 2 (1.47%) Git
General
1 46 (33.82%) Electronics
2 19 (13.97%) Social Skills
3 16 (11.76%) Manufacturing
4 14 (10.29%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (10.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 7 (5.15%) Telecoms
6 6 (4.41%) Organisational Skills
6 6 (4.41%) Presentation Skills
7 5 (3.68%) Finance
8 4 (2.94%) Military
9 3 (2.21%) Retail
10 2 (1.47%) Aerospace
10 2 (1.47%) Automotive
10 2 (1.47%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (1.47%) Pharmaceutical
11 1 (0.74%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 50 (36.76%) Senior
2 39 (28.68%) Senior Technician
3 29 (21.32%) Control Systems Engineer
4 28 (20.59%) Automation Engineer
5 23 (16.91%) Systems Engineer
6 21 (15.44%) Lead
7 8 (5.88%) Software Engineer
8 7 (5.15%) Junior
8 7 (5.15%) Lead Test Engineer
8 7 (5.15%) Principal Engineer
8 7 (5.15%) Principal Systems Engineer
8 7 (5.15%) Test Engineer
9 5 (3.68%) Team Leader
10 4 (2.94%) Junior Software Engineer
10 4 (2.94%) Reliability Engineer
10 4 (2.94%) Senior Reliability Engineer
10 4 (2.94%) Systems Support
11 3 (2.21%) Industrial Engineer
11 3 (2.21%) Junior Systems Engineer
11 3 (2.21%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (5.15%) XML
2 4 (2.94%) CSS
3 2 (1.47%) .NET
3 2 (1.47%) Middleware
3 2 (1.47%) RabbitMQ
3 2 (1.47%) Terraform
4 1 (0.74%) Django
4 1 (0.74%) REST
4 1 (0.74%) STL
4 1 (0.74%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 58 (42.65%) Onboarding
2 40 (29.41%) Robotics
3 9 (6.62%) Driving Licence
4 7 (5.15%) Client/Server
4 7 (5.15%) Operational Technology
5 6 (4.41%) Renewable Energy
6 3 (2.21%) FMCG
7 2 (1.47%) Enterprise Storage
7 2 (1.47%) IoT
7 2 (1.47%) Legacy Systems
8 1 (0.74%) CCTV
8 1 (0.74%) Distributed Systems
8 1 (0.74%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (0.74%) Industrial Internet of Things
8 1 (0.74%) Industry 4.0
8 1 (0.74%) NB-IoT
8 1 (0.74%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.47%) Linux
1 2 (1.47%) Windows
1 2 (1.47%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (47.06%) Preventative Maintenance
2 52 (38.24%) Mechatronics
3 51 (37.50%) Line Management
4 48 (35.29%) Proactive Maintenance
5 36 (26.47%) Technical Leadership
6 29 (21.32%) Cybersecurity
7 28 (20.59%) Customer Requirements
7 28 (20.59%) Validation
8 23 (16.91%) Order Management
9 18 (13.24%) Problem-Solving
10 16 (11.76%) Computer Science
10 16 (11.76%) Continuous Improvement
10 16 (11.76%) Test Automation
11 15 (11.03%) Project Management
12 14 (10.29%) Data Acquisition
12 14 (10.29%) Project Delivery
13 13 (9.56%) Decarbonisation
13 13 (9.56%) Programme Delivery
13 13 (9.56%) Verification and Validation
14 12 (8.82%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 9 (6.62%) Ladder Logic
2 3 (2.21%) MATLAB
2 3 (2.21%) Python
3 2 (1.47%) Bash
3 2 (1.47%) PowerShell
4 1 (0.74%) C#
4 1 (0.74%) Java
4 1 (0.74%) SQL
Qualifications
1 87 (63.97%) Degree
2 53 (38.97%) NVQ Level 3
3 33 (24.26%) City & Guilds
4 13 (9.56%) Security Cleared
5 11 (8.09%) Master's Degree
5 11 (8.09%) SC Cleared
6 9 (6.62%) HNC
7 8 (5.88%) HND
8 4 (2.94%) Chartered Engineer
9 3 (2.21%) CISSP
9 3 (2.21%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (1.47%) CompTIA Security+
11 1 (0.74%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (2.94%) IEC 61131
1 4 (2.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (2.21%) QA
3 2 (1.47%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (1.47%) NIST
4 1 (0.74%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.74%) GDPR
4 1 (0.74%) GRC
4 1 (0.74%) IEC 61508
4 1 (0.74%) NCSC
4 1 (0.74%) NEBOSH
System Software
1 3 (2.21%) Docker
2 2 (1.47%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.47%) Hyper-V
2 2 (1.47%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (1.47%) Ansible
1 2 (1.47%) Functional Safety
1 2 (1.47%) Grafana
1 2 (1.47%) Kubernetes
1 2 (1.47%) Prometheus
2 1 (0.74%) MOM
Vendors
1 23 (16.91%) NEC
2 13 (9.56%) Siemens
3 8 (5.88%) Microsoft
4 3 (2.21%) Allen-Bradley
4 3 (2.21%) Rockwell
5 2 (1.47%) VMware
6 1 (0.74%) ServiceNow
6 1 (0.74%) Wonderware