SCADA Job Trends in the North East

Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition (SCADA)
England > North East

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term SCADA in permanent job vacancies in the North East. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited SCADA over the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 73 87 -
Rank change year-on-year +14 - -
Permanent jobs citing SCADA 5 2 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the North East 0.49% 0.22% -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.67% 0.68% -
Number of salaries quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £30,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,000 - -
75th Percentile £31,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £61,220
% change year-on-year -12.50% -1.99% +16.61%

All Generic Skills
North East

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 North East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 299 292 238
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North East 29.03% 31.40% 31.86%
Number of salaries quoted 171 98 206
10th Percentile £28,500 £33,000 £28,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £42,241 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,404 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -0.80% +6.11% -5.00%
75th Percentile £69,375 £69,498 £63,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £91,875 £79,375
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -7.69%

SCADA
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing SCADA relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the North East.

SCADA job vacancy trend in the North East

SCADA
Salary Trend in the North East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing SCADA.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing SCADA

SCADA
Job Locations in the North East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SCADA within the North East region over the 6 months to 14 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
Northumberland - 5 £31,000 -
SCADA
England

SCADA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North East 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:

General
1 5 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 5 (100.00%) Pharmaceutical
1 5 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) Analyst
1 5 (100.00%) IT Analyst
1 5 (100.00%) IT Support
1 5 (100.00%) IT Support Analyst
1 5 (100.00%) Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 5 (100.00%) LIMS
1 5 (100.00%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 5 (100.00%) Windows
1 5 (100.00%) Windows 10
1 5 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Biotechnology
1 5 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 5 (100.00%) ITIL
1 5 (100.00%) Service Management
1 5 (100.00%) User Experience
1 5 (100.00%) Validation
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) A+ Certification
1 5 (100.00%) CCNA
1 5 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 5 (100.00%) MCSA
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 5 (100.00%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (100.00%) 21 CFR Part 11
1 5 (100.00%) GxP
System Software
1 5 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Cisco
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft