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 23 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 176 260 287
Rank change year-on-year +84 +27 -
Permanent jobs citing SCADA 80 66 30
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 1.17% 0.54% 0.33%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.53% 1.66% 0.76%
Number of salaries quoted 42 47 4
10th Percentile £47,000 £45,000 £51,789
25th Percentile £47,250 £47,500 £53,853
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,875 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.65% -4.17% -
75th Percentile £71,250 £65,824 £65,000
90th Percentile - £77,500 -
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 2,268 3,966 3,954
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 33.26% 32.60% 43.84%
Number of salaries quoted 970 2,645 1,457
10th Percentile £26,500 £25,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £33,750 £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 £73,750 £75,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -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 23 May 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 23 May 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 +79 60 £67,500 +17.39% 71
East Midlands +39 20 £52,000 +4.00% 53
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 (2.50%) WinCC
2 1 (1.25%) FactoryTalk
Applications
1 2 (2.50%) Microsoft Project
Communications & Networking
1 18 (22.50%) Modbus
2 7 (8.75%) Ethernet
2 7 (8.75%) Profibus
3 1 (1.25%) 5G
3 1 (1.25%) Internet
3 1 (1.25%) LoRaWAN
3 1 (1.25%) MQTT
Development Applications
1 23 (28.75%) JIRA
2 18 (22.50%) Selenium
General
1 22 (27.50%) Electronics
1 22 (27.50%) Manufacturing
2 20 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 17 (21.25%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (20.00%) Law
5 3 (3.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 3 (3.75%) Legal
5 3 (3.75%) Organisational Skills
5 3 (3.75%) Public Sector
6 1 (1.25%) Advertising
6 1 (1.25%) Aerospace
6 1 (1.25%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (1.25%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 35 (43.75%) Lead
2 28 (35.00%) Automation Engineer
3 18 (22.50%) Validation Engineer
4 16 (20.00%) Technical Leader
5 14 (17.50%) Systems Engineer
6 13 (16.25%) Control Systems Engineer
7 5 (6.25%) SCADA Engineer
8 4 (5.00%) Senior
8 4 (5.00%) Senior Electrical Engineer
8 4 (5.00%) Software Engineer
8 4 (5.00%) Test Engineer
9 3 (3.75%) Commissioning Engineer
10 2 (2.50%) Project Manager
11 1 (1.25%) Architect
11 1 (1.25%) IT Manager
11 1 (1.25%) PLC Engineer
11 1 (1.25%) PLC Software Engineer
11 1 (1.25%) Service Manager
11 1 (1.25%) Systems Architect
11 1 (1.25%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (6.25%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 21 (26.25%) Operational Technology
2 17 (21.25%) IoT
3 16 (20.00%) Legacy Systems
3 16 (20.00%) Manufacturing Execution System
4 3 (3.75%) Driving Licence
4 3 (3.75%) Renewable Energy
5 1 (1.25%) Data Centre
5 1 (1.25%) Fibre Optics
5 1 (1.25%) Industrial Internet of Things
5 1 (1.25%) NB-IoT
5 1 (1.25%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (41.25%) Validation
2 28 (35.00%) Computer Science
3 21 (26.25%) Mechatronics
4 19 (23.75%) Cybersecurity
4 19 (23.75%) Mentoring
5 18 (22.50%) Model Validation
5 18 (22.50%) Penetration Testing
5 18 (22.50%) Test Automation
6 17 (21.25%) Problem-Solving
7 16 (20.00%) Data Collection
8 10 (12.50%) Decarbonisation
8 10 (12.50%) Verification and Validation
9 7 (8.75%) Software Engineering
10 6 (7.50%) Agile
11 5 (6.25%) Defect Management
11 5 (6.25%) Mathematics
11 5 (6.25%) Network Monitoring
11 5 (6.25%) System Integration Testing
11 5 (6.25%) Test Management
11 5 (6.25%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 9 (11.25%) Ladder Logic
Qualifications
1 40 (50.00%) Degree
2 18 (22.50%) ISTQB
3 13 (16.25%) Security Cleared
4 12 (15.00%) SC Cleared
5 7 (8.75%) Master's Degree
6 4 (5.00%) BPSS Clearance
6 4 (5.00%) HNC
6 4 (5.00%) Numerate Degree
7 2 (2.50%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.00%) IEC 61131
2 1 (1.25%) NCSC
2 1 (1.25%) QA
2 1 (1.25%) SLA
Systems Management
1 5 (6.25%) HP ALM
2 1 (1.25%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 28 (35.00%) Siemens
2 26 (32.50%) Rockwell
3 5 (6.25%) Allen-Bradley
3 5 (6.25%) HP
3 5 (6.25%) MuleSoft
3 5 (6.25%) Oracle
4 3 (3.75%) Facebook
4 3 (3.75%) YouTube
5 2 (2.50%) Microsoft
6 1 (1.25%) AVEVA
6 1 (1.25%) SAP