SCADA Jobs in the South East

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

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term SCADA in permanent job vacancies in the South East. 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 290 356 381
Rank change year-on-year +66 +25 +54
Permanent jobs citing SCADA 25 37 18
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.26% 0.21% 0.13%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.66% 0.62% 0.30%
Number of salaries quoted 11 29 15
10th Percentile £33,750 £42,000 £40,350
25th Percentile £38,125 £45,000 £43,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - -
75th Percentile £69,375 £55,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £71,750 £88,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £51,000 £54,500
% change year-on-year +7.84% -6.42% +3.81%

All Generic Skills
South 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 South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 3,779 5,922 5,933
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 39.02% 33.61% 42.67%
Number of salaries quoted 1,889 3,792 3,056
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,250 £32,000
25th Percentile £39,000 £34,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £50,000 £56,588
Median % change year-on-year +15.00% -11.64% +2.89%
75th Percentile £70,000 £63,750 £73,875
90th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £87,500
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 South East

Job postings citing SCADA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for SCADA in the South East

SCADA
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SCADA in the South East.

Salary trend for SCADA in the South East

SCADA
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing SCADA in the South East over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for SCADA in the South East

SCADA
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SCADA within the South East 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
Hampshire +73 10 £57,500 +15.00% 30
West Sussex +37 5 £77,500 +72.22% 1
Thames Valley +52 4 £50,000 - 25
Surrey +48 4 £27,500 -55.10% 7
Berkshire +23 3 £50,000 - 15
Kent - 2 £37,500 - 6
Oxfordshire - 1 - - 6
SCADA
England

SCADA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 2 (8.00%) ThingWorx
2 1 (4.00%) WinCC
Applications
1 2 (8.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 6 (24.00%) Azure
1 6 (24.00%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 3 (12.00%) Ethernet
2 2 (8.00%) Modbus
2 2 (8.00%) MQTT
3 1 (4.00%) Broadband
3 1 (4.00%) Mobile Broadband
3 1 (4.00%) Network Security
3 1 (4.00%) Profibus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (24.00%) Relational Database
1 6 (24.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (24.00%) Git
2 2 (8.00%) JIRA
General
1 12 (48.00%) Manufacturing
2 5 (20.00%) Electronics
2 5 (20.00%) Social Skills
3 4 (16.00%) Telecoms
4 3 (12.00%) Pharmaceutical
5 2 (8.00%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (8.00%) Finance
5 2 (8.00%) Marketing
5 2 (8.00%) Public Sector
6 1 (4.00%) Advertising
6 1 (4.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (4.00%) Legal
Job Titles
1 10 (40.00%) Automation Engineer
2 6 (24.00%) Principal Engineer
3 4 (16.00%) Programme Manager
4 3 (12.00%) Senior
4 3 (12.00%) Systems Engineer
5 2 (8.00%) Administrator
5 2 (8.00%) Design Engineer
5 2 (8.00%) Project Administrator
5 2 (8.00%) Security Manager
5 2 (8.00%) Senior Design Engineer
6 1 (4.00%) Analyst
6 1 (4.00%) Compliance Manager
6 1 (4.00%) Graduate
6 1 (4.00%) Infrastructure Manager
6 1 (4.00%) Infrastructure Programme Manager
6 1 (4.00%) Network Manager
6 1 (4.00%) Project Manager
6 1 (4.00%) SCADA Engineer
6 1 (4.00%) Security Project Manager
6 1 (4.00%) Senior Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.00%) .NET
1 1 (4.00%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 12 (48.00%) Operational Technology
2 6 (24.00%) Life Science
3 5 (20.00%) Driving Licence
3 5 (20.00%) IoT
4 4 (16.00%) Data Centre
5 3 (12.00%) Industrial Internet of Things
5 3 (12.00%) Renewable Energy
6 2 (8.00%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (8.00%) Biopharmaceutical
6 2 (8.00%) Industry 4.0
6 2 (8.00%) Management Information System
6 2 (8.00%) Product Ownership
6 2 (8.00%) Robotics
6 2 (8.00%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (4.00%) Fibre Optics
7 1 (4.00%) Photovoltaics
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (44.00%) Mentoring
2 9 (36.00%) Computer Science
2 9 (36.00%) Project Delivery
3 6 (24.00%) Biotechnology
3 6 (24.00%) DevOps
3 6 (24.00%) Programme Management
3 6 (24.00%) Roadmaps
3 6 (24.00%) Technical Leadership
3 6 (24.00%) Technology Roadmap
4 4 (16.00%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (12.00%) Agile
5 3 (12.00%) Capacity Management
5 3 (12.00%) Coaching
5 3 (12.00%) Cybersecurity
5 3 (12.00%) People Management
5 3 (12.00%) Performance Management
5 3 (12.00%) PRINCE2
5 3 (12.00%) Process Improvement
5 3 (12.00%) Regulatory Compliance
5 3 (12.00%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (28.00%) C#
1 7 (28.00%) Python
2 6 (24.00%) SQL
3 1 (4.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 16 (64.00%) Degree
2 4 (16.00%) Chartered Engineer
3 3 (12.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (12.00%) PMI Certification
3 3 (12.00%) PMP
4 2 (8.00%) DBS Check
4 2 (8.00%) HNC
4 2 (8.00%) HND
4 2 (8.00%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.00%) Accessibility
1 2 (8.00%) Data Quality
1 2 (8.00%) ISO 14001
1 2 (8.00%) ISO 9001
1 2 (8.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 6 (24.00%) Virtual Machines
2 2 (8.00%) VMware ESXi
2 2 (8.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (8.00%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 9 (36.00%) Rockwell
1 9 (36.00%) Siemens
2 3 (12.00%) AVEVA
3 2 (8.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (8.00%) SAP
3 2 (8.00%) VMware