SCADA Jobs 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 14 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 261 313 419
Rank change year-on-year +52 +106 +24
Permanent jobs citing SCADA 75 75 20
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 0.65% 0.43% 0.12%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.00% 1.40% 0.29%
Number of salaries quoted 9 70 9
10th Percentile £52,500 £40,875 £49,475
25th Percentile £62,500 £41,250 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +36.84% -9.52% +16.67%
75th Percentile £67,500 £54,000 £53,750
90th Percentile - £65,000 £59,350
England median annual salary £55,000 £51,000 £54,500
% change year-on-year +7.84% -6.42% +3.81%

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 3,745 5,373 6,841
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 32.57% 30.73% 39.66%
Number of salaries quoted 1,541 3,979 3,119
10th Percentile £28,800 £27,000 £32,200
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £71,250 £66,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £86,250 £82,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -15.38% +4.00%

SCADA
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing SCADA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for SCADA in the North of England

SCADA
Salary Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SCADA in the North of England.

Salary trend for SCADA in the North of England

SCADA
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing SCADA in the North of England over the 6 months to 14 May 2025.

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 14 May 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
Yorkshire +71 35 £57,500 +21.05% 38
North West +12 31 - - 41
North East +42 9 £65,000 +36.84% 19
SCADA
England

SCADA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 15 (20.00%) WinCC
2 5 (6.67%) SharePoint
Applications
1 14 (18.67%) EPLAN
2 5 (6.67%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 7 (9.33%) AWS
1 7 (9.33%) Azure
1 7 (9.33%) OCI
2 5 (6.67%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 15 (20.00%) Ethernet
1 15 (20.00%) Profibus
2 14 (18.67%) Modbus
2 14 (18.67%) RS-485
General
1 24 (32.00%) Documentation Skills
2 16 (21.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 14 (18.67%) Retail
4 5 (6.67%) Finance
4 5 (6.67%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (2.67%) Manufacturing
5 2 (2.67%) Public Sector
5 2 (2.67%) Social Skills
6 1 (1.33%) Advertising
6 1 (1.33%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (1.33%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 45 (60.00%) Senior
1 45 (60.00%) Senior Electrical Engineer
2 24 (32.00%) Instrumentation Engineer
3 16 (21.33%) Systems Engineer
4 14 (18.67%) Process Engineer
5 7 (9.33%) Architect
5 7 (9.33%) Infrastructure Architect
6 5 (6.67%) Cloud Architect
6 5 (6.67%) Cloud Infrastructure Architect
7 2 (2.67%) Technical Director
8 1 (1.33%) Control Systems Engineer
8 1 (1.33%) Design Engineer
8 1 (1.33%) Principal Engineer
8 1 (1.33%) Principal Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.33%) Flash
Miscellaneous
1 10 (13.33%) Data Centre
2 7 (9.33%) Operational Technology
2 7 (9.33%) Renewable Energy
3 1 (1.33%) Fibre Optics
Operating Systems
1 7 (9.33%) Linux
1 7 (9.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (60.00%) Mathematics
2 24 (32.00%) Acceptance Criteria
3 14 (18.67%) CAD
4 7 (9.33%) Agile
4 7 (9.33%) DevOps
4 7 (9.33%) TOGAF
5 5 (6.67%) Asset Management
5 5 (6.67%) Data Management
6 3 (4.00%) Systems Engineering
7 2 (2.67%) Business Development
7 2 (2.67%) Business Strategy
7 2 (2.67%) Mentoring
7 2 (2.67%) Project Delivery
7 2 (2.67%) Project Management
7 2 (2.67%) Resource Allocation
7 2 (2.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 2 (2.67%) Strategic Planning
7 2 (2.67%) Systems Analysis
8 1 (1.33%) Continuous Improvement
8 1 (1.33%) Software Testing
Qualifications
1 48 (64.00%) Degree
2 45 (60.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 45 (60.00%) Numerate Degree
3 14 (18.67%) HNC
4 7 (9.33%) TOGAF Certification
5 1 (1.33%) Master's Degree
Systems Management
1 14 (18.67%) Wonderware InTouch
2 7 (9.33%) Terraform
Vendors
1 15 (20.00%) Siemens
2 14 (18.67%) Allen-Bradley
2 14 (18.67%) Google
2 14 (18.67%) Wonderware
3 7 (9.33%) Oracle
3 7 (9.33%) VMware
4 5 (6.67%) Microsoft
5 2 (2.67%) Facebook
5 2 (2.67%) YouTube
6 1 (1.33%) AVEVA
6 1 (1.33%) Rockwell