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 16 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 149 239 225
Rank change year-on-year +90 -14 +131
Permanent jobs citing SCADA 77 48 11
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 1.38% 0.48% 0.19%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.24% 1.75% 0.48%
Number of salaries quoted 45 23 9
10th Percentile - £30,000 -
25th Percentile £45,000 £49,375 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,000 £57,500 £53,375
Median % change year-on-year -16.52% +7.73% +97.69%
75th Percentile £55,000 £61,875 £65,000
90th Percentile - £66,500 £65,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -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 2,374 2,749 2,305
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 42.45% 27.42% 40.07%
Number of salaries quoted 1,208 1,234 1,469
10th Percentile £26,375 £30,000 £27,760
25th Percentile £31,250 £37,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,500 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% -2.78% +10.20%
75th Percentile £61,250 £63,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% -7.69% +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

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 16 September 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 16 September 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 +73 62 £50,000 -13.04% 23
East Midlands +30 15 £47,500 -17.39% 14
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 8 (10.39%) WinCC
2 5 (6.49%) FactoryTalk
3 2 (2.60%) ArchestrA
Applications
1 14 (18.18%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (5.19%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (2.60%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 1 (1.30%) AWS
1 1 (1.30%) Azure
1 1 (1.30%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 25 (32.47%) Modbus
2 19 (24.68%) Ethernet
3 16 (20.78%) Profibus
4 7 (9.09%) Firewall
5 6 (7.79%) MQTT
6 1 (1.30%) 5G
6 1 (1.30%) Internet
6 1 (1.30%) LoRaWAN
6 1 (1.30%) NAS
6 1 (1.30%) SAN
6 1 (1.30%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (18.18%) GIS
Development Applications
1 6 (7.79%) JIRA
2 2 (2.60%) Selenium
General
1 24 (31.17%) Manufacturing
2 16 (20.78%) Legal
3 14 (18.18%) Finance
3 14 (18.18%) Fire and Rescue
4 13 (16.88%) Electronics
5 9 (11.69%) Social Skills
6 6 (7.79%) Pharmaceutical
7 5 (6.49%) Advertising
7 5 (6.49%) Analytical Skills
8 3 (3.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (3.90%) Organisational Skills
8 3 (3.90%) Public Sector
8 3 (3.90%) Retail
Job Titles
1 23 (29.87%) Systems Engineer
2 21 (27.27%) Control Systems Engineer
3 14 (18.18%) Network Engineer
4 12 (15.58%) Automation Engineer
5 10 (12.99%) Lead
6 7 (9.09%) Software Engineer
7 6 (7.79%) Support Engineer
8 5 (6.49%) SCADA Engineer
8 5 (6.49%) Technical Engineer
8 5 (6.49%) Technical Support
8 5 (6.49%) Technical Support Engineer
8 5 (6.49%) Test Engineer
9 4 (5.19%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 4 (5.19%) Senior
10 3 (3.90%) Commissioning Engineer
11 2 (2.60%) Lead Infrastructure Engineer
11 2 (2.60%) Lead Software Engineer
11 2 (2.60%) Senior Automation Engineer
11 2 (2.60%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
11 2 (2.60%) Senior Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (5.19%) Middleware
2 3 (3.90%) .NET
2 3 (3.90%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 19 (24.68%) Operational Technology
2 18 (23.38%) Renewable Energy
3 14 (18.18%) Driving Licence
4 6 (7.79%) Data Centre
4 6 (7.79%) Industrial Internet of Things
4 6 (7.79%) IoT
5 5 (6.49%) Biopharmaceutical
5 5 (6.49%) Industry 4.0
5 5 (6.49%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (2.60%) Onboarding
7 1 (1.30%) Fibre Optics
7 1 (1.30%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (1.30%) NB-IoT
7 1 (1.30%) Replication
7 1 (1.30%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (1.30%) Solar Energy
Operating Systems
1 6 (7.79%) Windows
1 6 (7.79%) Windows Server
2 4 (5.19%) Windows Server 2016
3 2 (2.60%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (25.97%) Problem-Solving
2 17 (22.08%) Risk Assessment
3 16 (20.78%) Cybersecurity
4 14 (18.18%) Incident Management
4 14 (18.18%) Regulatory Compliance
4 14 (18.18%) Validation
5 12 (15.58%) Mechatronics
6 11 (14.29%) Mentoring
7 9 (11.69%) Business Development
7 9 (11.69%) Software Engineering
8 8 (10.39%) Commercial Awareness
8 8 (10.39%) Network Design
8 8 (10.39%) Project Delivery
9 7 (9.09%) Customer Service
10 5 (6.49%) Asset Management
10 5 (6.49%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 5 (6.49%) Prototyping
10 5 (6.49%) Software Testing
10 5 (6.49%) System Testing
11 4 (5.19%) Test Management
Programming Languages
1 16 (20.78%) Ladder Logic
2 3 (3.90%) C#
2 3 (3.90%) JavaScript
2 3 (3.90%) Python
Qualifications
1 29 (37.66%) Degree
2 14 (18.18%) Master's Degree
3 11 (14.29%) HNC
4 8 (10.39%) HND
5 6 (7.79%) Chartered Engineer
6 2 (2.60%) ISTQB
6 2 (2.60%) Security Cleared
7 1 (1.30%) CISA
7 1 (1.30%) CISM
7 1 (1.30%) CISSP
7 1 (1.30%) CREST Certified
7 1 (1.30%) GIAC
7 1 (1.30%) NVQ Level 3
7 1 (1.30%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (12.99%) QA
2 7 (9.09%) IEC 61131
3 6 (7.79%) IEC 61508
4 1 (1.30%) ISO 14001
4 1 (1.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (1.30%) NCSC
System Software
1 12 (15.58%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (7.79%) Hyper-V
3 5 (6.49%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 9 (11.69%) Functional Safety
2 4 (5.19%) HP ALM
3 1 (1.30%) MOM
3 1 (1.30%) Terraform
3 1 (1.30%) Wonderware InTouch
Vendors
1 29 (37.66%) Rockwell
1 29 (37.66%) Siemens
2 20 (25.97%) Microsoft
3 12 (15.58%) Allen-Bradley
3 12 (15.58%) VMware
4 7 (9.09%) AVEVA
5 4 (5.19%) HP
5 4 (5.19%) MuleSoft
5 4 (5.19%) Oracle
6 3 (3.90%) Facebook
6 3 (3.90%) YouTube
7 2 (2.60%) Wonderware
8 1 (1.30%) Cisco
8 1 (1.30%) ServiceNow