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 9 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 175 222 218
Rank change year-on-year +47 -4 +112
Permanent jobs citing SCADA 56 45 5
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.79% 0.57% 0.10%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.20% 1.75% 0.27%
Number of salaries quoted 34 11 5
10th Percentile £39,400 - -
25th Percentile - £30,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +85.19%
75th Percentile £52,500 £58,750 £55,000
90th Percentile £55,000 £67,500 £62,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - +14.29%

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 2,542 2,574 1,852
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 35.66% 32.62% 38.30%
Number of salaries quoted 1,182 1,049 1,393
10th Percentile £25,750 £32,000 £26,768
25th Percentile £29,750 £40,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £51,128
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +7.57% -2.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £66,967 £64,250
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% -4.00% -3.85%

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 9 December 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 9 December 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 +47 44 £45,000 +2.86% 23
East Midlands +13 12 £47,500 - 12
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 (12.50%) WinCC
2 4 (7.14%) FactoryTalk
3 2 (3.57%) ArchestrA
4 1 (1.79%) Confluence
Applications
1 14 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (7.14%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (1.79%) AWS
1 1 (1.79%) Azure
1 1 (1.79%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 18 (32.14%) Modbus
2 10 (17.86%) Ethernet
2 10 (17.86%) Firewall
3 8 (14.29%) Profibus
4 4 (7.14%) MQTT
5 1 (1.79%) NAS
5 1 (1.79%) SAN
5 1 (1.79%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (25.00%) GIS
Development Applications
1 1 (1.79%) JIRA
General
1 20 (35.71%) Manufacturing
2 14 (25.00%) Finance
2 14 (25.00%) Fire and Rescue
2 14 (25.00%) Legal
3 8 (14.29%) Social Skills
4 6 (10.71%) Electronics
5 5 (8.93%) Advertising
5 5 (8.93%) Pharmaceutical
6 4 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
7 3 (5.36%) Retail
Job Titles
1 14 (25.00%) Network Engineer
2 13 (23.21%) Systems Engineer
3 10 (17.86%) Control Systems Engineer
4 9 (16.07%) Automation Engineer
5 7 (12.50%) Lead
5 7 (12.50%) Senior
6 6 (10.71%) Support Engineer
7 5 (8.93%) Technical Engineer
7 5 (8.93%) Technical Support
7 5 (8.93%) Technical Support Engineer
8 4 (7.14%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 4 (7.14%) Software Engineer
9 3 (5.36%) Cybersecurity Engineer
9 3 (5.36%) Lead Systems Engineer
9 3 (5.36%) Security Engineer
10 2 (3.57%) Lead Software Engineer
10 2 (3.57%) SCADA Engineer
10 2 (3.57%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
10 2 (3.57%) Senior Security Engineer
10 2 (3.57%) Senior Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.57%) .NET
1 2 (3.57%) CSS
2 1 (1.79%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 17 (30.36%) Renewable Energy
2 15 (26.79%) Operational Technology
3 12 (21.43%) Driving Licence
4 5 (8.93%) Industrial Internet of Things
5 4 (7.14%) Biopharmaceutical
5 4 (7.14%) Data Centre
5 4 (7.14%) Industry 4.0
5 4 (7.14%) IoT
5 4 (7.14%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (3.57%) CCTV
6 2 (3.57%) Onboarding
7 1 (1.79%) Fibre Optics
7 1 (1.79%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (1.79%) Manufacturing Execution System
7 1 (1.79%) Replication
7 1 (1.79%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (1.79%) Solar Energy
Operating Systems
1 7 (12.50%) Windows
2 6 (10.71%) Windows Server
3 4 (7.14%) Windows Server 2016
4 2 (3.57%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (33.93%) Problem-Solving
2 14 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
2 14 (25.00%) Incident Management
2 14 (25.00%) Regulatory Compliance
3 11 (19.64%) Network Design
4 10 (17.86%) Mentoring
4 10 (17.86%) Project Delivery
5 9 (16.07%) Risk Assessment
6 7 (12.50%) Business Development
6 7 (12.50%) Customer Service
7 6 (10.71%) Software Engineering
8 5 (8.93%) Commercial Awareness
8 5 (8.93%) Mechatronics
8 5 (8.93%) Validation
9 4 (7.14%) Asset Management
9 4 (7.14%) B2B
9 4 (7.14%) B2B Sales
9 4 (7.14%) Customer Experience
9 4 (7.14%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 4 (7.14%) Prototyping
Programming Languages
1 9 (16.07%) Ladder Logic
2 4 (7.14%) C#
3 3 (5.36%) Python
4 2 (3.57%) C
4 2 (3.57%) C++
4 2 (3.57%) JavaScript
4 2 (3.57%) VB
4 2 (3.57%) VBA
5 1 (1.79%) SQL
Qualifications
1 18 (32.14%) Degree
2 8 (14.29%) HNC
3 7 (12.50%) HND
4 5 (8.93%) Chartered Engineer
4 5 (8.93%) Master's Degree
4 5 (8.93%) Security Cleared
5 4 (7.14%) SC Cleared
6 2 (3.57%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (1.79%) CREST Certified
7 1 (1.79%) NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (16.07%) QA
2 6 (10.71%) IEC 61508
3 5 (8.93%) IEC 61131
4 3 (5.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (5.36%) NIST
4 3 (5.36%) NIST 800
5 1 (1.79%) ISO 14001
System Software
1 11 (19.64%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (10.71%) Hyper-V
3 4 (7.14%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 8 (14.29%) Functional Safety
2 1 (1.79%) MOM
2 1 (1.79%) Terraform
2 1 (1.79%) Wonderware InTouch
Vendors
1 19 (33.93%) Microsoft
1 19 (33.93%) Rockwell
1 19 (33.93%) Siemens
2 11 (19.64%) VMware
3 6 (10.71%) AVEVA
4 5 (8.93%) Allen-Bradley
5 2 (3.57%) Wonderware
6 1 (1.79%) Cisco
6 1 (1.79%) ServiceNow