SCADA Jobs in the North West

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

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term SCADA in permanent job vacancies in the North West. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited SCADA over the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 263 263 282
Rank change year-on-year 0 +19 +46
Permanent jobs citing SCADA 26 28 12
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 0.33% 0.27% 0.16%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.02% 0.88% 0.38%
Number of salaries quoted 0 20 1
10th Percentile - £37,000 -
25th Percentile - £50,000 £76,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £60,000 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year - -22.58% +72.22%
75th Percentile - £65,313 £78,750
90th Percentile - £66,250 -
England median annual salary £55,000 £51,000 £54,500
% change year-on-year +7.84% -6.42% +3.81%

All Generic Skills
North West

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 West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 2,560 3,182 3,170
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 32.62% 30.58% 42.16%
Number of salaries quoted 907 2,284 1,463
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,750 £32,572
25th Percentile £38,750 £36,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,603 £70,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £82,500 £83,750
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 West

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

Job vacancy trend for SCADA in the North West

SCADA
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for SCADA in the North West

SCADA
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SCADA within the North West region over the 6 months to 31 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
Cumbria - 24 - - 1
Cheshire -13 2 - - 13
SCADA
England

SCADA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (7.69%) Modbus
2 1 (3.85%) MQTT
General
1 24 (92.31%) Documentation Skills
2 2 (7.69%) Manufacturing
2 2 (7.69%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 25 (96.15%) Senior
2 24 (92.31%) Instrumentation Engineer
2 24 (92.31%) Senior Electrical Engineer
3 1 (3.85%) Automation Test Lead
3 1 (3.85%) Lead
3 1 (3.85%) Lead Test Engineer
3 1 (3.85%) Senior Systems Engineer
3 1 (3.85%) Systems Engineer
3 1 (3.85%) Test Automation Engineer
3 1 (3.85%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.85%) Node-RED
Miscellaneous
1 2 (7.69%) Biopharmaceutical
1 2 (7.69%) Operational Technology
1 2 (7.69%) Renewable Energy
2 1 (3.85%) Industry 4.0
2 1 (3.85%) IoT
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (92.31%) Acceptance Criteria
1 24 (92.31%) Mathematics
2 2 (7.69%) Asset Management
2 2 (7.69%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (7.69%) Network Design
2 2 (7.69%) Risk Assessment
2 2 (7.69%) System Testing
3 1 (3.85%) Business Development
3 1 (3.85%) Edge Computing
3 1 (3.85%) Gantt Chart
3 1 (3.85%) Mentoring
3 1 (3.85%) Project Delivery
3 1 (3.85%) Project Management
3 1 (3.85%) Prototyping
3 1 (3.85%) Risk Management
3 1 (3.85%) Software Testing
3 1 (3.85%) Test Automation
Qualifications
1 26 (100.00%) Degree
2 24 (92.31%) BPSS Clearance
2 24 (92.31%) Numerate Degree
3 1 (3.85%) Chartered Engineer
3 1 (3.85%) DBS Check
3 1 (3.85%) HNC
3 1 (3.85%) HND
3 1 (3.85%) ISTQB
3 1 (3.85%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
3 1 (3.85%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.85%) ISO 9001
1 1 (3.85%) QA
Systems Management
1 2 (7.69%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 1 (3.85%) AVEVA
1 1 (3.85%) Rockwell
1 1 (3.85%) Siemens