SCADA Job Trends in Reading

Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition (SCADA)
Berkshire > Reading

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term SCADA in permanent job vacancies in Reading. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited SCADA over the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 51 72 103
Rank change year-on-year +21 +31 +18
Permanent jobs citing SCADA 1 4 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Reading 0.17% 0.55% 0.093%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.68% 1.63% 0.24%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £40,000 - £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 - £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +29.41%
75th Percentile £60,000 - £57,500
90th Percentile - - -
Berkshire median annual salary £62,500 £70,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.71% +27.27% +29.41%

All Generic Skills
Reading

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 Reading.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 147 245 410
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Reading 25.21% 33.89% 37.93%
Number of salaries quoted 103 102 266
10th Percentile £26,000 £40,013 £32,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £48,125 £37,528
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £55,050
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +8.99% -8.25%
75th Percentile £67,500 £75,000 £71,188
90th Percentile £80,000 £122,500 £83,750
Berkshire median annual salary £45,000 £62,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -28.00% +19.05% -8.70%

SCADA
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

SCADA job vacancy trend in Reading

SCADA
Salary Trend in Reading

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing SCADA.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing SCADA

SCADA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Reading 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 1 (100.00%) WinCC
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Ethernet
1 1 (100.00%) Profibus
General
1 1 (100.00%) Advertising
1 1 (100.00%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Control Systems Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Fibre Optics
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) AVEVA
1 1 (100.00%) Rockwell
1 1 (100.00%) Siemens