SCADA Job Trends in South London

Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition (SCADA)
London > South London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term SCADA in permanent job vacancies in South London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited SCADA over the 6 months leading up to 15 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 45 83 55
Rank change year-on-year +38 -28 -
Permanent jobs citing SCADA 1 3 6
As % of all permanent jobs in South London 0.21% 0.50% 1.48%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.37% 0.86% 3.92%
Number of salaries quoted 1 3 6
10th Percentile - - £50,375
25th Percentile - £62,500 £55,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +23.08% +4.00% -
75th Percentile - £72,500 £71,563
90th Percentile - £75,500 £72,500
London median annual salary £70,000 £68,750 £61,750
% change year-on-year +1.82% +11.34% -27.35%

All Generic Skills
South London

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 South London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 273 347 153
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South London 56.40% 57.74% 37.78%
Number of salaries quoted 89 97 122
10th Percentile £27,694 £32,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £35,750 £45,000 £45,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £53,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.56% -10.83% +14.29%
75th Percentile £50,000 £67,250 £76,563
90th Percentile £80,000 £73,750 £83,750
London median annual salary £75,000 £80,000 £78,000
% change year-on-year -6.25% +2.56% +0.65%

SCADA
Job Vacancy Trend in South London

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

SCADA job vacancy trend in South London

SCADA
Salary Trend in South London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in South London citing SCADA.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in South London citing SCADA

SCADA
Job Locations in South London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SCADA within the South London region over the 6 months to 15 January 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
Kingston Upon Thames +2 1 £80,000 +23.08%
SCADA
London

SCADA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South London 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Ethernet
1 1 (100.00%) Modbus
1 1 (100.00%) Profibus
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
General
1 1 (100.00%) Aerospace
1 1 (100.00%) Military
1 1 (100.00%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Control Systems Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Systems Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Requirements
1 1 (100.00%) High Availability
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) HNC
1 1 (100.00%) HND
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Siemens