WinCC Job Trends in the Midlands

Siemens SIMATIC WinCC
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring WinCC skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 216 244 219
Rank change year-on-year +28 -25 -
Permanent jobs citing WinCC 7 1 1
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.090% 0.015% 0.020%
As % of the Application Platforms category 2.03% 0.22% 0.22%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 1
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - £50,000
England median annual salary £57,935 £48,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year +19.45% -22.40% +25.00%

All Application Platform Skills
Midlands

WinCC falls under the Application Platforms category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring application platform skills in the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 345 448 451
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 4.42% 6.76% 8.93%
Number of salaries quoted 257 275 397
10th Percentile £26,250 £29,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £31,500 £32,500 £33,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £42,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% -15.00% +9.89%
75th Percentile £60,000 £60,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £75,250 £65,000 £74,250
England median annual salary £50,000 £56,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -11.50% +2.73% -

WinCC
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing WinCC relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

WinCC job vacancy trend in the Midlands

WinCC
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing WinCC.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing WinCC

WinCC
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 WinCC within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 2 January 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
West Midlands - 7 - - 1
WinCC
England

WinCC
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 4 (57.14%) FactoryTalk
2 2 (28.57%) ArchestrA
Communications & Networking
1 6 (85.71%) Firewall
1 6 (85.71%) Modbus
2 3 (42.86%) Profibus
3 1 (14.29%) Ethernet
General
1 2 (28.57%) Manufacturing
2 1 (14.29%) Advertising
2 1 (14.29%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 4 (57.14%) Lead
2 3 (42.86%) Control Systems Engineer
2 3 (42.86%) Systems Engineer
3 2 (28.57%) Lead Infrastructure Engineer
3 2 (28.57%) Lead Software Engineer
3 2 (28.57%) Lead Systems Engineer
3 2 (28.57%) Senior
3 2 (28.57%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
3 2 (28.57%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (100.00%) SCADA
2 6 (85.71%) Driving Licence
2 6 (85.71%) Operational Technology
3 4 (57.14%) Legacy Systems
3 4 (57.14%) Renewable Energy
4 1 (14.29%) Fibre Optics
Operating Systems
1 6 (85.71%) Windows
1 6 (85.71%) Windows Server
2 4 (57.14%) Windows Server 2016
3 2 (28.57%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Cybersecurity
1 4 (57.14%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 4 (57.14%) Presales
2 2 (28.57%) Network Architecture
2 2 (28.57%) Network Design
2 2 (28.57%) Project Delivery
2 2 (28.57%) Software Engineering
2 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 2 (28.57%) Technical Leadership
3 1 (14.29%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (28.57%) Ladder Logic
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (85.71%) IEC 61508
1 6 (85.71%) QA
2 4 (57.14%) IEC 61131
System Software
1 6 (85.71%) Hyper-V
1 6 (85.71%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 7 (100.00%) Rockwell
1 7 (100.00%) Siemens
2 6 (85.71%) VMware
3 1 (14.29%) AVEVA