SCADA Job Trends in the North of England

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

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term SCADA in permanent job vacancies in the North of England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited SCADA over the 6 months leading up to 7 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 317 268 303
Rank change year-on-year -49 +35 +82
Permanent jobs citing SCADA 17 32 80
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.086% 0.39% 0.43%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.39% 0.88% 1.42%
Number of salaries quoted 13 12 69
10th Percentile £48,750 - £40,500
25th Percentile £53,750 £55,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £64,000 £65,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.54% +36.84% -9.52%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £54,000
90th Percentile - - £65,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £58,250 £51,000
% change year-on-year -9.87% +14.22% -6.42%

All Generic Skills
North of England

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 of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 4,360 3,653 5,626
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 22.08% 44.95% 30.07%
Number of salaries quoted 2,862 1,373 3,966
10th Percentile £30,000 £25,480 £27,000
25th Percentile £37,875 £33,250 £35,579
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.77% +4.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £71,250 £66,250
90th Percentile £92,500 £87,500 £80,249
England median annual salary £60,000 £58,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.45% +5.45% -15.38%

SCADA
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

SCADA job vacancy trend in the North of England

SCADA
Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing SCADA.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing SCADA

SCADA
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing SCADA in the North of England over the 6 months to 7 June 2026.

Salary histogram for SCADA in the North of England

SCADA
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SCADA within the North of England region over the 6 months to 7 June 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
North East -47 6 £70,000 +7.69% 3
Yorkshire -55 6 £57,500 - 7
North West -16 5 £56,250 -6.25% 13
SCADA
England

SCADA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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:

Communications & Networking
1 3 (17.65%) Modbus
1 3 (17.65%) Wi-Fi
2 2 (11.76%) LoRaWAN
2 2 (11.76%) Wireless
3 1 (5.88%) Ethernet
3 1 (5.88%) Firewall
3 1 (5.88%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (5.88%) TCP/IP
General
1 5 (29.41%) Social Skills
1 5 (29.41%) Telecoms
2 3 (17.65%) Manufacturing
3 2 (11.76%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (11.76%) Retail
4 1 (5.88%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (5.88%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (29.41%) Business Development Manager
1 5 (29.41%) Business Manager
1 5 (29.41%) Development Manager
2 2 (11.76%) Senior
2 2 (11.76%) Systems Engineer
2 2 (11.76%) Systems Integrator
2 2 (11.76%) Vulnerability Management Engineer
3 1 (5.88%) Architect
3 1 (5.88%) Control Systems Engineer
3 1 (5.88%) Graduate
3 1 (5.88%) Graduate Systems Engineer
3 1 (5.88%) Robotics Engineer
3 1 (5.88%) Security Engineer
3 1 (5.88%) Support Manager
3 1 (5.88%) Technology Architect
Miscellaneous
1 5 (29.41%) Operational Technology
2 3 (17.65%) Algorithms
2 3 (17.65%) Manufacturing Execution System
3 2 (11.76%) IoT
3 2 (11.76%) NB-IoT
3 2 (11.76%) Smart Meter
4 1 (5.88%) Industrial Internet of Things
4 1 (5.88%) Management Information System
4 1 (5.88%) Renewable Energy
4 1 (5.88%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 2 (11.76%) Linux
1 2 (11.76%) Windows
1 2 (11.76%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (35.29%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (29.41%) Business Development
2 5 (29.41%) Project Management
3 4 (23.53%) Validation
4 3 (17.65%) Analytics
4 3 (17.65%) Benchmarking
4 3 (17.65%) Change Management
4 3 (17.65%) Cybersecurity
4 3 (17.65%) Data Analytics
4 3 (17.65%) ERP
4 3 (17.65%) Incident Response
4 3 (17.65%) Machine Learning
4 3 (17.65%) Mentoring
4 3 (17.65%) Six Sigma
4 3 (17.65%) Smart Manufacturing
5 2 (11.76%) End-to-End Testing
5 2 (11.76%) Offensive Security
5 2 (11.76%) Red Team
5 2 (11.76%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
5 2 (11.76%) Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 3 (17.65%) SQL
2 1 (5.88%) Ladder Logic
Qualifications
1 2 (11.76%) Security Cleared
2 1 (5.88%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (5.88%) Chartered Engineer
2 1 (5.88%) DV Cleared
2 1 (5.88%) HNC
2 1 (5.88%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (11.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (11.76%) PCI DSS
2 1 (5.88%) IEC 61508
Systems Management
1 1 (5.88%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 3 (17.65%) Rockwell
2 2 (11.76%) Qualys