SCADA Job Trends in South Lanarkshire

Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition (SCADA)
Scotland > South Lanarkshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term SCADA in permanent job vacancies in South Lanarkshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited SCADA over the 6 months leading up to 1 November 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

	6 months to 1 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	21	-	-
Rank change year-on-year	-	-	-
Permanent jobs citing SCADA	1	0	0
As % of all permanent jobs in South Lanarkshire	2.13%	-	-
As % of the Miscellaneous category	4.00%	-	-
Number of salaries quoted	1	0	0
10^th Percentile	-	-	-
25^th Percentile	£52,000	-	-
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£54,000	-	-
75^th Percentile	£56,000	-	-
90^th Percentile	-	-	-
Scotland median annual salary	£54,500	£29,000	£59,608
% change year-on-year	+87.93%	-51.35%	-8.30%

All Generic Skills
South Lanarkshire

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 citing generic IT skills in South Lanarkshire.

	6 months to 1 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies citing generic IT skills	25	1	2
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Lanarkshire	53.19%	3.33%	18.18%
Number of salaries quoted	17	0	1
10^th Percentile	-	-	-
25^th Percentile	£27,500	-	-
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£31,500	-	£60,000
75^th Percentile	£34,500	-	-
90^th Percentile	£63,100	-	-
Scotland median annual salary	£50,000	£45,000	£55,000
% change year-on-year	+11.11%	-18.18%	-7.60%

SCADA Job Vacancy Trend in South Lanarkshire

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

SCADA Salary Trend in South Lanarkshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in South Lanarkshire citing SCADA.

SCADA Job Locations in South Lanarkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SCADA within the South Lanarkshire region over the 6 months to 1 November 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	Job Ads Past 6 Months	Median Salary Past 6 Months	Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Jobs
Lanark	-	1	£54,000	-
SCADA Scotland

SCADA Top 5 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Lanarkshire

For the 6 months to 1 November 2026, job vacancies citing SCADA also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the South Lanarkshire region citing SCADA.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Continuous Improvement	100.0%	1
1	HNC	100.0%	1
1	NEBOSH	100.0%	1
1	Problem-Solving	100.0%	1
1	Quality Management	100.0%	1

SCADA Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Lanarkshire by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

General

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Documentation Skills	100.0%	1
1	Social Skills	100.0%	1