SCADA Job Trends 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 12 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 257 253 354
Rank change year-on-year -4 +101 +18
Permanent jobs citing SCADA 25 20 33
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.17% 0.26% 0.20%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.75% 0.69% 0.58%
Number of salaries quoted 13 10 29
10th Percentile £30,900 £33,000 £42,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,938 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £75,000 £60,000 £55,000
90th Percentile £77,000 £79,125 £71,750
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £51,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% +7.84% -6.42%

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 3,328 2,905 5,712
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 23.20% 37.64% 34.74%
Number of salaries quoted 2,086 1,443 3,755
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,800 £26,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £36,250 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,500 £49,139
Median % change year-on-year - +6.84% -13.03%
75th Percentile £67,500 £65,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -15.38%

SCADA
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

SCADA job vacancy trend in the South East

SCADA
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing SCADA.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing SCADA

SCADA
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing SCADA in the South East over the 6 months to 12 May 2026.

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 12 May 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
Thames Valley +26 16 £55,000 +10.00% 10
Berkshire +10 12 £55,000 +10.00% 7
Hampshire -20 8 £29,500 -48.70% 1
Buckinghamshire - 4 - - 1
Kent -34 1 £40,000 +6.67% 2
SCADA
England

SCADA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 (4.00%) ArchestrA
Applications
1 2 (8.00%) AutoCAD
1 2 (8.00%) EPLAN
1 2 (8.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (8.00%) MS Visio
2 1 (4.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (4.00%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 7 (28.00%) Power Platform
2 5 (20.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 5 (20.00%) Modbus
1 5 (20.00%) MQTT
2 1 (4.00%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (28.00%) Power BI
2 2 (8.00%) PostgreSQL
General
1 8 (32.00%) Manufacturing
2 4 (16.00%) Aerospace
2 4 (16.00%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (12.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 3 (12.00%) Pharmaceutical
3 3 (12.00%) Social Skills
4 2 (8.00%) Automotive
4 2 (8.00%) Back Office
4 2 (8.00%) Games
Job Titles
1 7 (28.00%) Systems Engineer
2 5 (20.00%) Implementation Engineer
3 4 (16.00%) Software Engineer
4 3 (12.00%) Electrical Engineer
4 3 (12.00%) Operations Technician
4 3 (12.00%) Project Engineer
5 2 (8.00%) IT Support
5 2 (8.00%) Lead
5 2 (8.00%) Manufacturing Engineer
6 1 (4.00%) Applications Engineer
6 1 (4.00%) Control Systems Engineer
6 1 (4.00%) Designer
6 1 (4.00%) IT Manager
6 1 (4.00%) IT Project Manager
6 1 (4.00%) Junior Software Engineer
6 1 (4.00%) Lead Software Engineer
6 1 (4.00%) Lead Systems Engineer
6 1 (4.00%) Project Manager
6 1 (4.00%) Software Applications Engineer
6 1 (4.00%) Solutions Designer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (24.00%) Manufacturing Execution System
2 5 (20.00%) IoT
3 4 (16.00%) Analytical Mindset
3 4 (16.00%) Driving Licence
4 3 (12.00%) Operational Technology
5 1 (4.00%) Industry 4.0
Operating Systems
1 2 (8.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (32.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 8 (32.00%) ERP
2 7 (28.00%) Business Intelligence
2 7 (28.00%) Data Visualisation
2 7 (28.00%) Visualisation
3 6 (24.00%) Customer Requirements
3 6 (24.00%) Software Engineering
4 5 (20.00%) Data Integration
4 5 (20.00%) System Testing
4 5 (20.00%) Validation
5 4 (16.00%) Compliance Audit
5 4 (16.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
5 4 (16.00%) Systems Engineering
6 3 (12.00%) Integration Testing
6 3 (12.00%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (12.00%) QMS
7 2 (8.00%) Decision-Making
7 2 (8.00%) Quality Management
7 2 (8.00%) Root Cause Analysis
8 1 (4.00%) Strategic Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 7 (28.00%) SQL
2 4 (16.00%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 6 (24.00%) Degree
1 6 (24.00%) HNC
1 6 (24.00%) HND
2 2 (8.00%) NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (16.00%) ARP4754
1 4 (16.00%) DO-254
2 2 (8.00%) GDPR
3 1 (4.00%) Data Quality
3 1 (4.00%) QA
Vendors
1 7 (28.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (12.00%) Allen-Bradley
2 3 (12.00%) Siemens
2 3 (12.00%) Wonderware